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REAL TIME WITH... IPC APEX EXPO 2023 SHOW & TELL MAGAZINE I I-CONNECT007 7 tures our interview with Emily, as well as recaps from our keynote speakers, and dozens of video interviews we conducted with the greater elec- tronics manufacturing community. Thank you to all who shared their expertise with us this year. Turn to page 22 for a listing of all the video inter- views we conducted and direct links to watch the videos on our Real Time with… website. You won't find content as specific or curated anywhere else—you won't want to miss it. I have the opportunity to connect with columnists. As the manager for our columnist program, I'm always emailing back and forth with our colum- nists about deadlines, the weather—you name it. I invited all my columnists to find me at the show so we could shake hands and chat. Writing about important issues in the field takes a lot of hard work and coordination, which is why it's so gratifying when I finally get to meet columnists in person. In this issue, you'll find several post-show reviews written by our columnists—be sure to check them out. daughter's varsity basketball game. Conversations at the show, whether they're among engineers, suppliers, company leaders, marketing execu- tives, or technical support, are always carried out with a high degree of technical expertise and knowledge—which means I'm always learning, and I love that. The beauty of the show floor always catches my breath. I arrived on Saturday and watched the show floor transform before my eyes. Pulling it all together by Tuesday always seems impossible, but come morning, the carpet is laid, the machines are on, and it's go-time. Arranging so many booths and their displays is truly an art, surpassed only by the professionalism of each exhibitor. Well done, folks. Throughout this issue, you will find several photo galleries with images taken by the IPC pho- tographer Josh Sears, our guest photographer PV Nguyen, and the I-Connect007 staff. I get to step outside my virtual world. The I-Connect007 team is a virtual company. Get- ting face-to-face with each other, our customers, and those who stop by to get acquainted helps keep our social skills from getting fuzzy. I hear so many interesting and engaging stories from visitors to our booth while they check in for their exclusive Real Time with... video interviews. To those I met, thank you for sharing some of your lives with me, for getting to know the I-Con- nect007 team as much as we got to know you. This is a "people" business as much as it is a tech- nology and operations-driven business. I have the chance to interview some really cool people. Sitting down with Emily Calandrelli, the show's keynote speaker, for an exclusive one-on-one discussion about her role as a science communi- cator, her advocacy for women in STEM, and the future she envisions for her children was an expe- rience I won't soon forget. Emily is young, full of energy, and most importantly, she walks the talk. The ability to break down complex ideas into something we can all understand is a challenge that Emily tackles head on. This magazine fea- Emily Calandrelli shoots a selfie with Dylan Nguyen and Michelle Te.