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FEBRUARY 2024 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 17 Kelly: Yes. is goes back to the core of our technology solutions mission where we have our key initiatives: advanced packaging, design, Factory of the Future, and e-mobil- ity. ose pour into an event like this and the efforts behind it. We selected those very delib- erately. ey're slightly different, but they all have synergy, and they overlap. Matties: IPC has received some high praise around standards committees and meetings at IPC events from some of those who pre- viously had been harsh critics. That change in attitude shows both acknowledgment and appreciation for how IPC's approach to the technical program and standards develop- ment has changed over the last couple of years, and how information is being devel- oped and presented. Well done. Kelly: ank you. at is good to hear. Matties: What else would be important for the PCB fabricators to know who are attending IPC APEX EXPO 2024? Matties: Regarding design, we always hear about the need for more collaboration between designers and manufacturers from the engineering phase all the way through the assembly process. Is IPC APEX EXPO helping to foster that collaboration? Kelly: Of course, everything starts with design so you can't get too far down the product seg- ment without having that defined. is is an area where we have asked for more participa- tion from OEMs and are hopeful to see those partnerships develop. LaRont: Are you seeing papers from OEMs themselves? Rak: Not as much as we would like. We have some collaboration, though, and I know of at least one paper where the work was a collab- oration between a technical organization and the OEMs. Kelly: Julia, did you want to mention the OEMs who are involved? Gumminger: So far, they include Intel, Sam- sung, IBM, Panasonic, Lockheed Martin, NASA, the U.S. Army, and more. Welzel: is early involvement is reflected in the Professional Development design track where we have both design for excellence (DFX) and design for manufacturing (DFM) explicitly highlighted. Gumminger: We currently have three or four papers in peer review in the design track, and we have design information being covered in the UHDI special session. Andy Shaughnessy: As the editor of Design007 Magazine, I'm happy to see IPC expanding its design offerings every year at IPC APEX EXPO. The Professional Develop- ment Courses have about 10 classes, and about half are DFM. It gets designers to consider talking to their fabricator. Is that an IPC goal? Stanton Rak