Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) announced today that Rick Hartley will be joining the lineup of speakers for the free sessions on April 30 at PCB East. Hartley, retired from L-3 Avionics as a senior principal engineer and owner of RHartley Enterprises, is the most popular speaker in the history of the PCEA technical conferences and will speak on copper pours in PCB signal layers.
Registrants for the PCB East exhibition will gain access to six free technical sessions taking place at the Boxboro Regency Hotel and Conference Center in Boxborough, MA. Topics will cover AI and PCB design, flex design, simulation, UHDI, PCB signal layers, and more.
“Free Wednesday” starts with a session on “AI and Other Upcoming Changes in PCB Design,” by Matthew Leary, founder and president of Newgrange Design.
After Leary’s presentation, Stephen Chavez, senior product marketing manager of Siemens and PCEA chairman, will speak about “Exploring the World of Ultra-High-Density Interconnect (UHDI) PCB Design.”
The morning sessions will conclude with a session about “Copper Pours on PCB Signal Layers” presented by Hartley.
After Hartley’s session, lunch will be available on the exhibit floor, which is free to all show registrants.
Free sessions resume in the afternoon with three sessions:
- Simulation vs. Reality – Analyze What You Will Really Build
- Why Do You Need to Care about Tin Whiskers in High-Reliability Electronics?
- Basics of Flex Design
Following the free sessions is a reception on the exhibition floor sponsored by Cofactr and EMA Design Automation, and a PCB design community meetup to end the day.
Anyone who registers at pcbeast.com for the exhibition and free sessions by April 29 will receive free admission. Day of show registration for the exhibition and free sessions is $25.
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB and CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY magazines are media partners for the event.
For more information about PCB East, visit pcbeast.com or contact Conference Director Mike Buetow at 617-327-4702; mike@pcea.net.
About PCB East
PCB East is the electronics industry’s east coast conference and exhibition. This four-day technical conference takes place April 29 – May 2 at the Boxboro Regency Hotel & Conference Center in Boxborough, MA, with a one-day exhibition on April 30. The show includes a range of suppliers from the ECAD, PCB design service, fabrication, and assembly supply chain. For more information about PCB East, visit pcbeast.com.
About Printed Circuit Engineering Association, Inc.®
Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA)® (pcea.net) is a nonprofit association that promotes printed circuit engineering as a profession and encourages, facilitates, and promotes the exchange of information and integration of new design concepts through communications, seminars, workshops, and professional certification through a network of local and regional PCEA-affiliated groups. PCEA serves the global PCB community through print, digital and online products, as well as live and virtual events. PCEA publishes PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB (pcdandf.com) and CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY (circuitsassembly.com), as well as the PCB UPdate (pcbupdate.com) e-newsletter. PCEA also produces the PRINTED CIRCUIT UNIVERSITY (printedcircuituniversity.com) online training platform, and trade shows and conferences, including PCB East (pcbeast.com), PCB West (pcbwest.com), PCB2Day workshop series, and PCEA Training (pceatraining.net), the industry leading training and certification program.
