The Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) today announced the technical program for PCB West 2025, featuring more than 125 hours of in-depth electronics engineering training spread over more than 50 sessions. The program includes 30 classes new to PCB West, PCEA added.
Among the industry experts scheduled to speak this year are Rick Hartley, Susy Webb, Stephen Chavez, Chuck Corley, Karen Burnham, Tomas Chester, and Charlene McCauley. The conference will be held September 30 to October 3 at the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center and features classes for every level of experience, from novice to expert.
The scope of classes ranges from designing all types of printed circuit boards to complex signal and power integrity and power delivery systems design. Foundational topics such as circuit grounding, signal integrity and PCB stackups are interspersed with advanced tutorials on switch mode power supplies, EMC, DDR5, thermal management, RF and mixed-signal design, and more.
New courses this year include high-power PCB design, designing using preexisting schematics, supply chain resilience, application of IPC-6012F to the factory, signal integrity analysis, designing in 3-D, and bypass capacitor placement, among others.
“PCB West is the best place for designers, design engineers and their manufacturers to connect,” said Mike Buetow, conference director, PCB West. “It’s the only place you’ll learn from all the industry’s leading experts and meet legions of new peers and colleagues.”
Registration will open shortly at pcbwest.com. Conference registrants who sign up by September 2 can take advantage of the Early Bird Special discounts for the conference.
An exhibition featuring more than 100 leading suppliers to the electronics design and manufacturing industry will be held Oct. 1.
This year’s show will also introduce the PCB West Management Program, a special one-day symposium featuring experts on the use of artificial intelligence (AI), new product introduction, global manufacturing and new facility engineering expansion, among other topics.
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB and CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY magazines are media partners for the event.
About PCB West
PCB West is the leading technical conference and exhibition in North America for electronics design, fabrication, assembly and test engineers. It will take place September 30 – October 3, 2025, at the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center. The event includes a one-day exhibition on October 1. For more information about PCB West, visit pcbwest.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), PCB Detroit (pcea.net/pcb-detroit), PCB2Day workshop series, and PCEA Training (pceatraining.net), the industry leading training and certification program.
