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IPC COMMUNITY 87 WINTER 2024 Europe By Sanjay Huprikar President, IPC Europe and South Asia Operations The IPC Europe team is hosting two new events during the first quarter of 2024. WinterCom Debuts in Spain Volunteers of IPC standards development committees around the globe will gather in Barcelona, Spain, Jan. 22–25 to participate in IPC WinterCom 2024. The event represents the first time these vital face-to-face sessions will occur outside the United States. The meeting topics for discussion will include materials, design, PCB fabrication, PCB assembly, wire harness technologies, Factory of the Future, e-textiles, and plastronics—with the commit- tees engaged and focused on developing and maintaining the standards that the electron- ics industry needs to build electronics better. Attendees will be treated to insightful morn- ing keynote addresses on urgent challenges facing the industry, including workforce development and sustainability for electron- ics. If you have questions about WinterCom, please contact TeresaRowe@ipc.org or Fran- ciscoFourcade@ipc.org. Workshop Addresses Workforce Issues We are pleased to partner with Advanced Rework Technology, Nano Electronic Ser- vices, and Grinsty Rail to present a workshop titled "Insight into Electronics Manufactur- ing," on March 7 at Grinsty's location in Red- ditch, England. As part of IPC's focus to help electronics manufacturers address labor shortages, this workshop will highlight the importance of core skills that are lacking in the industry, like precision hand soldering and rework/repair, and simultaneously serve as a job fair for local manufacturing companies in the Midlands region of the U.K. Our thanks to Debbie Wade, Steve Drew, and Naim Kapa- dia for their energetic leadership. If you have questions about this event, please contact PhilippeLeonard@ipc.org. In addition to our new events, we look for- ward to participating in two large industry trade shows in Q1: Southern Manufacturing and Electronics in Farnborough, England, Feb. 6–8; and Global Industrie in Paris, France, March 25-28.