(January 22, 2010) BANNOCKBURN, IL — Live recordings of selected presentations from IPC’s October 2009 Executive Summit are now available as synchronous audio with presentation slides. Delivered by some of the industry’s most renowned subject-matter experts, the 30- to 60-minute presentations provide updates on major market opportunities as well as key management issues.
Offering perhaps the most significant impact on the electronics supply chain, major market opportunities in medical electronics, printed electronics (PE), and solar technology are featured.
In “Mobile Health Applications and Medical Electronics,” Bruce Kline from Mayo Clinic discusses healthcare restructuring, tele-medicine, remote monitoring and system requirements and challenges.
Printed electronics guru Raghu Das covers PE applications in “Printed Electronics Trends & Opportunities: How Electronic Interconnect Companies Can Benefit,” and provides insight on a low-cost means of producing components, their materials and the commercial market for these products.
In “Outlook for the Global Solar Market,” Paula Mints, head of the solar practice at Navigant Consulting, provides an overview of global solar power generation, thick- and thin-film cell materials, and pricing.
On the management side, presentations cover important and timely subjects, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), EMS contracts, and protecting intellectual property.
In “Mergers and Acquisitions: Buying and Selling for the Best Value,” M&A investment banker Paul Emello, Capitol Technologies, identifies key issues buyers and sellers must consider to maximize the value of mergers and acquisitions and how to avoid costly mistakes in the process.
Leading patent attorney Patrick Muir, Muir Patent Consulting, discusses the patent application in “Protecting Your Intellectual Property,” as well as the importance of following up on the application, the value of the patent and the potential for litigation.
In “Caveat Emptor: Key Contract Do's and Don'ts for EMS Providers on the Purchasing Side,” Jeff Roth, a legal expert on EMS contracts with Fees & Burgess, discusses why the terms and conditions of a purchase order should be given wide distribution and clarifies important areas of coverage. He also explains warranty, indemnity and material flow-through as well as international procurement agreements.
For more information on the Executive Summit presentations or to purchase the audio-slides, visit www.ipc.org/exsum-09. The audio-slide presentations are available to IPC members for $35 per presentation or $75 per set of three. Nonmembers may purchase the presentations for $50 each or $100 per three-pack.
