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24 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I DECEMBER 2025 Q & A W I T H P E T E R T R A N I TZ , G LO BA L E L ECT RO N I C S AS S O C I AT I O N Pan-European Electronics Design Conference Returns Better Than Ever ollowing a highly successful inaugural event, the Pan-European Electronics Design Confer- ence (PEDC) returns, this time to Prague, Czech Republic, Jan. 21–22, 2026. The event is jointly hosted and organized by the Electronics Design and Manufacturing Associa- tion (FED) and the Global Electronics Association. In this Q&A, Peter Tranitz, the Global Electronics Association's senior director of technology solu- tions, shares the value of attending PEDC, which aims to bring together PCB designers from across Europe to learn, network, and share their own knowledge. Peter, the second annual event is coming up in January. What can you tell us about this year's event? After a very successful first-of-its-kind Pan-Euro- pean Electronics Design Conference, our partners from FED and our team at the Global Electronics Association immediately decided to set up another PEDC, and here we are. Over the past several months, we have con- ducted interviews with several of the speak- ers from the first event, which are available on LinkedIn, so you can listen to the topics they are engaged with in Europe and beyond. F