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IPC COMMUNITY 66 WINTER 2024 IPC K-FEST, our annual premier event in Korea, successfully convened on Nov. 9 in Suwon, South Korea, with nearly 80 represen- tatives from more than 40 companies span- ning diverse sectors. K-FEST stands for Korea Festival of Elec- tronics Standards and Technology and is organized by IPC Asia and the IPC Korea Advi- sory Committee. "IPC K-FEST 2023 is where innovation meets inspiration, where stan- dards meet technology, and where the future of electronics comes alive," says Sydney Xiao, president, IPC Asia Pacific. The event kicked off with welcome remarks from Dr. John W. Mitchell, IPC president and CEO, and Jongwon Kwon, general project director, De-facto Standard Forum. Sydney addressed the topic of "IPC Standards Trends." During the technical seminar session, industry experts presented insights into qual- ity issues and countermeasures of electroless tin plating, evaluation of basic properties of soldering materials, verification processes of SMT manufacturing based on IPC standards, and correlation between IPC QML and PCBA capability. IPC ASIA IPC K-FEST 2023 IPC Korea hosts Festival of Electronics Standards and Technology By Glenn Gong, Marketing Director, IPC Asia