USPAE

USPAE November Member Forum: False Claims Act and CMMC
2024-11-19 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
This month’s forum, False Claims Act and CMMC, features Eric Crusius, a Partner at Holland & Knight. This will be an interactive discussion on risk as result of CMMC 32CFR including self-assessment relative to false claims act. This event is for USPAE alliance partners and government personnel only.
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USPAE October Member Forum
2024-10-15 12:00 - 13:00
Learn about specific needs the Air Force has to address challenges with hundreds of outdated test stands. 309 EMXG is the maintenance, repair, and overhaul center of excellence for avionics and generator components supporting multiple airframes within USAF. Automated Test Stands play a critical role in our overhaul process. As of today we have 680 different test stands in our factory; of different ages, complexities, reliability, etc. We have developed a multi-year, multi-hundred million dollar, strategy to recapitalize these test stands and collapse the variation into three predefined standard test machines. This event is for USPAE alliance partners and government personnel only.
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USPAE Annual Meeting 2024
2024-09-25 - 2024-09-26 | Arlington, VA
This year, the focus will be on “Finding Opportunities,” related to how industry and government can collaborate to enhance electronics supply chain resiliency for our defense systems and critical infrastructure. This event is your chance to discover new opportunities, expand your networks, learn about funding and policy, and connect with the investor community.
We look forward to featuring senior government leaders, DoD services, investors, prime integrators, and electronics industry members. Plus, don’t miss the panel with PE, VC, Angel, and Government investors. Following the panel session, alliance partners will have opportunity to meet with the investors to promote their capabilities.
This forum is open only to USPAE alliance partners and government. If you’d like to become an alliance partner, click here to join.
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USPAE July Member Forum
2024-07-23 11:00 - 12:00
This month’s forum features Joe Sopcisak, Technical Director for the DoD’s Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization Directorate (MCEIP). There are many new government funding opportunities for the U.S. defense electronics industry that range from capital investments for manufacturers to the development of new electronics products, materials and processes. Joe Sopcisak oversees many of these efforts, so don’t miss this chance to hear from and interact with him directly. This event is for USPAE alliance partners and government personnel only.
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2024 IEEE 74th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)
2024-05-28 - 2024-05-31 | Denver, CO
The Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) is the international event that brings together the best in packaging, components and microelectronic systems science, technology and education in an environment of cooperation and technical exchange. ECTC is sponsored by the IEEE Electronics Packaging Society (formerly CPMT). The technical program contains papers covering leading edge developments and technical innovations across the packaging spectrum. Topics include advanced packaging, modeling and simulation, Photonics, interconnections, materials and processing, applied reliability, assembly and manufacturing technology, components and RF, and emerging technologies.
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SEMI Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC)
2024-05-13 - 2024-05-16 | Albany, NY
ASMC is a technical conference for discussing solutions that improve the collective manufacturing expertise of the semiconductor industry. Solving the challenges presented by semiconductor manufacturing is a combined effort by device makers, equipment and materials suppliers, and academics. ASMC provides an unparalleled platform for semiconductor professionals to network and learn the latest in the practical application of advanced manufacturing strategies and methodologies.
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Defense Industrial Base Conference
2024-05-07 - 2024-05-09 | Oklahoma Convention Center, 2 West Reno Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK, 73102, United States
The number of small manufacturers in the U.S. defense industrial base is shrinking. Thousands of businesses – more than 40% of the total – have left the space over the past decade. In order to keep our nation’s armed forces moving, we must create new bridges between the Department of Defense and the nation’s manufacturing base.
The Defense Industrial Base Conference (DIBCON) was created to address this need. While other defense industry conferences and manufacturing expos exist, there is no single national event that brings together small manufacturers, economic development organizations, defense industry leaders, and DoD.
Only direct engagement will get new manufacturers to raise their hand and say they want to help. We need to empower these small businesses to compete to aid our nation’s defensive surge capacity. The purpose of DIBCON is to create that opportunity.

iMAPS and IPC On-Shoring Advanced Packaging and Assembly Workshop
2024-04-29 - 2024-05-01 | Arlington, VA
This workshop will be bringing Government agencies, the DIB (Defense Industrial Base) and Advanced Packaging and Assembly providers together to discuss their efforts to onshore advanced packaging. The mission of this workshop is to engage our workforce community to identify the newly created Advanced Packaging programs which addresses US Government and Defense requirements critical to the onshoring of the microelectronic assembly and packaging supply chain. Government agencies including the Department of Commerce/NIST, DoD (SHIP/IBAS/Title III/Printed Circuit Board Executive Agent), DARPA and SRC will be briefing on their advanced packaging programs.
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USPAE April Member Forum
2024-04-25 11:00 - 12:00
USPAE is changing to better serve industry and the U.S. government! Join us for the April monthly forum to learn what these changes mean for you and how we’ll work to identify new opportunities for industry.
Chris Mitchell, interim executive director, will provide information on the changes as USPAE moves from a traditional trade association to a more focused convener of government and industry. In addition to learning what this means for your organization, it also is an opportunity to provide input into the areas you would like to see the organization focus.
This members-only forum is a great opportunity to help shape USPAE to better serve you.
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IPC APEX Expo
2024-04-06 - 2024-04-11 | Anaheim, CA
Discover the newest innovations and hear from the best minds in the electronics manufacturing industry. IPC APEX EXPO 2024 will feature a world-class trade show, cutting-edge technical conference, professional development courses taught by industry experts, non-stop networking and more! This year’s APEX Expo is also hosting the Electronic Circuits World Convention 16 (ECWC16), which is an international PCB symposium held every three years, in different cities worldwide. ECWC provides a valuable platform to encourage knowledge sharing about the latest information on global PCB demand, PCB manufacturing processes, and to promote the domestic PCB industry.
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SMTA Ultra High Density Interconnect Symposium
2024-03-26 07:00 - 18:00 | Peoria, AZ
SMTA Ultra HDI Symposium aims to set the stage for industry pioneers, researchers, engineers, designers and academia to engage in the active sharing of information while addressing the complexities and innovations reshaping the world of Ultra HDI technology. This symposium will provide insight into the rapidly evolving landscape of Ultra HDI: PCB Design, Fabrication, Assembly and Reliability.
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iMAPS Annual Device Packaging Conference (DPC 2024)
2024-03-18 - 2024-03-24 | Fountain Hills, AZ
The conference is a major forum for the exchange of knowledge and provides numerous technical, social and networking opportunities for meeting leading experts in these fields. The conference will attract a diverse group of people within industry and academia. It provides a chance for educational interactions across many different functional groups and experience levels. People who will benefit from this conference include: scientists, process engineers, product engineers, manufacturing engineers, professors, students, business managers, and sales & marketing professionals. DPC 2024 will be co-located with the Workshop on Advanced Packaging for Medical Microelectronics (March 21-22).
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Government Microcircuit Applications & Critical Technologies Conference (GOMACTech)
2024-03-18 - 2024-03-21 | Charleston, SC
GOMACTech was established primarily to review developments in microcircuit applications for government systems. Established in 1968, the conference has focused on advances in systems being developed by the Department of Defense and other government agencies and has been used to announce major government microelectronics initiatives and provides a forum for government reviews.
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USPAE February Virtual Member Forum
2024-02-21 13:00 - 14:00
Join ATI’s Chris Van Metre, who will discuss the upcoming opportunities expected to flow through the DIBC and how they may benefit USPAE members. ATI, USPAE’s long-standing partner, was awarded the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), which will coalesce and award prototype projects to expand the DIB and help address defense supply chain issues, developing the industrial workforce, sustaining critical production, commercializing research and development efforts, and rapidly scaling emerging technologies to build a robust, resilient DIB. This members-only forum provides opportunity to directly ask questions on how to engage on emerging funding opportunities.
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*NOTE: This forum is open only to USPAE members and Government. If you’d like to participate in this and other USPAE activities, click here to join.

USPAE Membership Forum with OUSD A&S MCEIP, Joe Sopcisak
2024-01-16 13:00 - 14:00
There are many new government funding opportunities for the U.S. defense electronics industry that range from capital investments for manufacturers to the development of new electronics products, materials and processes. Joe Sopcisak, who oversees many of these efforts, will be our guest at the January 16 USPAE forum. Don’t miss this chance to hear from and interact with him directly. This is an USPAE members only event.
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Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC)
2023-12-11 08:00 - 2023-12-14 17:00 | Nashville, TN
DMC is the nation’s annual forum for enhancing and leveraging the efforts of engineers, managers, technology leaders, scientists, and policy makers across the defense manufacturing industrial base. The event is sponsored by DoD’s Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel (JDMTP) with typical attendance of over 1,000 primarily government, industry, and academic participants.

Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit & Expo
2023-11-28 08:00 - 2023-11-30 17:00 | Washington, DC
Entering its twelfth year, the annual Defense TechConnect (DTC) Summit, is co-located with the Fall SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference and Resilience Week, brings together defense, private industry, federal agency, and academic leadership to accelerate state-of-the-art technology solutions for the military and national security.

IEEE International Conference on Physical Assurance and Inspection of Electronics (PAINE)
2023-10-24 08:00 - 2023-10-26 17:00 | Huntsville, AL
Join U.S. government representatives, USPAE, and several of our member organizations at this conference that addresses research, technologies, and approaches to reduce risks of global electronics supply chain security problems. USPAE’s Chris Peters will be giving the visionary talk: “Cut the Clutter…Connecting to Leadership.”

IPC High Reliability Forum 2023
2023-10-17 08:00 - 2023-10-19 17:00 | Baltimore, MD
Join USPAE, U.S. government, industry, and academic colleagues to learn about the latest advancements in high reliability electronics, participate in industry discussions, and professional networking. The focus of this forum is on the design or test of Class 3 electronics for applications with unique safety, reliability, and lifetime requirements. USPAE’s Chris Peters will be presenting at a special session titled: “The Risky Game for High-reliability Electronics.”

SMTA International 2023
2023-10-09 08:00 - 2023-10-12 17:00 | Minneapolis, MN
Electronics manufacturing conference and exposition with topics that include: advanced packaging, high performance and reliability, interconnect research and reliability, materials for electronics, test and inspection along with many other topics.

IMAPS Symposium 2023
2023-10-02 08:00 - 2023-10-05 17:00 | San Diego, CA
The 56th International Symposium on Microelectronics is organized by the International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society (IMAPS). This year’s program features sessions with emphasis on SiP/Design/Manufacturing Optimization; Wafer Level / Panel Level (Advanced RDL); High Performance / High Reliability; Advanced Package (Flip Chip, 2.5D, 3D, Optical); Advanced Process & Materials (Enabling Technology).

NDIA Manufacturing Division Meeting
2023-09-20 08:00 - 2023-09-21 17:00 | Washington, DC
Topics include supply chain risk management, workforce development, advanced manufacturing, research and engineering, and future focus.

ETi / NDIA Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference
2023-08-28 08:00 - 2023-08-30 17:00

DARPA Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) 2.0 Summit
2023-08-22 08:00 - 2023-08-24 17:00

USPAE August Virtual Member Forum
2023-08-14 13:30 - 14:30
Following a great annual meeting, our upcoming August virtual forum is one not to miss. By request of DoD leadership, Dr. Venkat “Mani” Manivannan from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) CTO office will lead a conversation on how our industry and academic members can be more fully engaged with the DoD technology ecosystems and funding opportunities.
Dr. Manivannan is the Advanced Technology (Digital) Lead for the Digital Group (NDG) of Naval Air Systems Command CTO HQ. His role includes identifying the spectrum of digital technologies relevant to the Navy and DOD through seamless coordination and partnership with industry, academia, and national labs. Specifically, his functional responsibilities include developing robust technology assessments, roadmaps, investment strategies, and portfolio developments of products that provide capabilities and benefit the warfighter. He helps in the strategic and tactical vision of acquiring and implementing high potential emerging digital technologies. He is managing acquisition, research and development efforts, worth more than $75M, utilizing a variety of internal and funding sources.
Dr. Mani has led innovation and has been successful in transitioning basic and applied research and development (R&D) towards product development and commercialization. His work has contributed to more than 100 invention disclosures resulting in more than 40 US, European and World patents, along with numerous publications and presentations.
Register Here: https://ati.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsduGrqz4pGNtYoTA3f4nO82495t-V04o

USPAE Member Meeting
2023-07-18 12:00 - 2023-07-19 12:00 | Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport, 1999 Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA, 22202
All industry members and government are invited to join us in Arlington, VA on July 18 and 19 for the USPAE Member Meeting that brings together government, industry and academia to help advance the country’s electronics capabilities and capacity. For a detailed agenda and additional information please go to the USPAE Member Meeting event website.

Not a member? Join today so that you can be part of the action. (Membership fees are waived for 2023!) If there are any questions Contact Nathan Edwards learn more.
NOTE: USPAE is charging a modest fee for this year’s member meeting to cover costs since member fees have been waived. We appreciate your support!

iMAPS / IPC Onshoring Advanced Packaging and Assembly Workshop
2023-07-10 08:00 - 2023-07-12 17:00 | Westin Tyson’s Corner, Falls Church, VA, 22043, United States

USPAE Member Forum
2023-05-09 13:00 - 14:00
There are many DoD needs and opportunities, especially for the electronics defense industry, yet engaging with the DoD technology ecosystem can be perplexing. Don’t miss the chance to hear from the Department of Navy (DoN) Office of Small Business Programs on how to actively engage with the technology ecosystems, making connections with DoN offices, finding the opportunities, and many other defense industry base support mechanisms.
Dan Sheridan is currently on rotation to the DoN Office of Small Business Programs as the “on-staff entrepreneur,” and has also served as the NAVSEA Director of Integrated Enterprise Plan. Mr. Sheridan actively engages with the defense industrial base and DoN acquisition communities to creatively overcome hurdles and ensure that our defense systems are using the best technology available.
Register today to participate in this member-only online forum.

USPAE Forum: DoD’s Anthony Di Stasio to brief members on new PCB and Advanced Packaging programs
2023-04-13 14:00 - 15:00
It is an exciting time for the U.S. defense related electronics industry. Aside from the CHIPS Act related activities DoD has already has a number of initiatives underway. Everything from the recent Presidential Determination on printed circuit boards and advanced packaging for the Defense Production Act, to several other emerging activities. Join this USPAE member forum to hear directly from Anthony Di Stasio, DoD’s Director for Manufacturing, Capability Expansion And Investment Prioritization (MCEIP), on the latest activities and his vision for the PCB and advanced packaging industries.
Register Here: https://ati.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItcemppj4jE85_aFULvLw-Z-j7JZ4OmOY

GOMACTech
2023-03-19 - 2023-03-23 | Town and Country San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
In March, we will be at GOMACTech in San Diego. GOMACTech has focused on advances in electronics systems for the DoD and other government agencies. This conference also has a significant government participation and has been used to announce major government microelectronics initiatives.
