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Meeting background

Major investments are being made in green energy technologies. Significant progress has been made but cost, technology and infrastructure challenges remain. One path to lower cost solutions is through standardization, wherever common elements exist across the various technologies. iNEMI is sponsoring a workshop to focus on those standardization gaps and technology challenges that can best be solved by the electronics industry, working in cooperation with the alternative energy sector.

The workshop will:

Feature leaders from a number of green energy technology areas including wind, solar (PV, CPV, CSP, etc.), smart grid, energy storage (batteries, fuel cells, etc.), and power conditioning or power management (inverters, combiners, etc.).
Identify technology gaps – primarily in the “balance of plant” area (i.e., those system elements surrounding the energy conversion core), where we believe an integrated collaborative electronics industry adds the most value.
Examine opportunities for standardization in assembly, testing, reliability evaluation and similar areas of commonality.
Brainstorm technology gaps, options and priorities.
Establish action groups to address specific issues, based on outcomes of meeting.

Meeting objectives

Identify the most likely areas where the electronics industry can have the greatest impact on closing alternative energy technology gaps.
Within those selected areas, identify standardization issues and technology needs best solved by consortial activities.
Form action groups to propose and execute the required collaborative programs.

Who should attend

Senior/middle management and senior technical leaders from the alternative energy/cleantech industry, research labs, government, regulatory bodies, and academia with responsibilities including:

Component and system design
Advanced technology development
Product strategy and new business development
Reliability assessment
Regulatory compliance
Packaging, assembly and test engineering
Volume manufacturing
Installation and maintenance

Benefits of participation

This meeting will set the priorities and direction for future collaborative programs for the electronics industry to address cost and technology issues in alternative energies. Your participation will allow you to help set this agenda for the industry and define collaborative programs. New business opportunities for the electronics industry may also be identified as we explore the challenges that are faced by green energy technology developers.

Workshop registration

Participants

     Early Bird Price

     After September 26

iNEMI members
no fee

no fee

Non-members
$350

$400

Speakers
no fee

no fee

Registration fee includes continental breakfast, lunch and dinner on October 20 and continental breakfast and lunch on October 21.

Click links below to register

     Member and non-member registration

     Speaker registration

     Click here to pay by wire transfer (detailed instructions will be emailed to you)

Cancellation policy: The full registration fee will be refunded for cancellations made up to 15 days prior to the event; 50% of the fee will be refunded up to seven days prior to the event; and no refund will be made less than seven days prior to the meeting.

Speakers and preliminary agenda

Click here for a list of speakers and the preliminary agenda.

Hotel and travel accommodations

Hotels
Nearby hotels include:

The Hilton in Santa Clara (www.santaclara.hilton.com)
The Marriot in Santa Clara (www.marriott.com)
The Holiday Inn in Santa Clara (www.holidayinn.com)

Maps and directions from local airports and roads

Press releases

Ljubisa Stevanovic, GE Global Research, to Keynote iNEMI Alternative Energy Workshop in San Jose (09/20/10)

iNEMI Workshop Will Focus on Role of Electronics Industry in Development of Alternative Energies (07/13/10)

For further information, please contact:

Jim McElroy
jmcelroy@inemi.org
+1 603-539-7722

or

Bob Pfahl
bob.pfahl@inemi.org
+1 703-834-2083