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IPC COMMUNITY 101 SUMMER 2023 Silicon to Systems (Belgium), IPC Day (France), SMTconnect (Germany), Focus on PCB (Italy), IPC Day (Czechia), and EMS Executives Sum- mit (UK). These meetings and exhibitions gave us the opportunity to engage European subject matter experts on many of our for- ward-looking initiatives, including workforce development, advanced packaging, sustain- ability, and design. It is anticipated that many of these technical experts will become future participants in IPC's standards development activities to support the industry's needs in these vital areas. The meeting with PCB executives was a crit- ical step for IPC's Government Relations and Solutions teams to understand the unique needs of the industry. Executives from 12 of the largest PCB manufacturers headquartered in Europe provided candid feedback on areas that they believe require government support, ranging from expanding R&D competencies to managing regulatory burdens and modern- izing equipment. Looking ahead, the industry will be focused on productronica, the signature European trade show, Nov. 14–17, 2023, in Munich. IPC plans to host the Hand Soldering Competition World Final there as well as several CFX infor- mation sessions. India By Gaurab Majumdar Executive Director of IPC India IPC India organized its first regional India and Sri Lanka Standard Development Team, comprised of 22 members from 20 EMS pro- viders in a single platform. During the meet- ing, the proposed changes for new revisions of IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001 in FDIR were dis- cussed and recommended. We also organized a standards regional team for IPC-A-620, Requirements for Acceptance for Cable and Wire Harness Assemblies on April 25. This involved 20 experts from 16 prominent organizations in India and Sri Lanka. There were four hand-soldering competi- tions in April and May. On April 27, there was a competition and technical workshop in Kol- kata for the first time. In addition to demon- strating their soldering skills, participants gained insight into industry best practices. The other competitions took place May 9 at Prebin Distribution CC, Johannesburg; May 16 at VVIET College in Mysuru; and May 25 at EDB in Sri Lanka. A wire harness competition took place May 11–12 at Ray-q technologies in Ben- galuru. Sixty experts representing 45 Czech EMS companies gathered May 25–26, 2023, to network, exchange and learn at IPC Day Czech Republic, Kuneticka Hora, Dirtec.