10 am  Keynote Address presented by:
Normand Bourbonnais
President, CEO at Technum Quebec


Keynote Synopsis:
Western countries are making massive investments to re-shore semiconductor manufacturing activities and build a resilient supply chain in North America and in Europe. Of late, two major funding efforts have been deployed :

• The Chip and Science American Act
• The European Chip Act

Under these two initiatives reside an astonishing investment effort made by several major semiconductor players to build new a production plant or expand their current facilities. There is no doubt that in the coming years, the overall installed capacity will quadruple in North America, offering major market opportunities for everyone in the electronics ecosystem across Canada.

Insights into this future endeavour will be provided to those attending this session.

11:00 am
Ampco Manufacturers Inc Session
Location: Carrera Room
Speaker: Rick Gagne - OEM Business Development Manager
Membrane Switch Design Solutions.

11:30 am
Hansen Industries Session
Location: Venezia Room
Speaker: Mr. Edwin Beange, B.E.Sc.,P.Eng, MBA.
Manufacturing; a rags-to-riches story!

Your speaker, Mr. Edwin Beange, B.E.Sc.,P.Eng, MBA, bought Hansen in 1991 and sold it on April 1, 2023 to a Canadian Public Company called Exchange Income Corporation (EIC). It took Edwin 32 years to become an overnight success. Mr. Beange is a humorous and engaging speaker who will tell his rags to riches story in the hope of encouraging you to create and realize your own dreams. He will touch on automation, Emotional Intelligence (EI), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), peer mentorship, team building, cancer, depression, ping-pong, Strategic Planning, delegation, timing and luck. Hansen Industries Ltd. is a manufacturer of sheet metal and machined components for the electronics industry. Hansen uses over 30 Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) lasers, waterjets, mills, lathes, and punch presses in a Lean Manufacturing environment.  

1:00 pm Nemko Session
Location: Venezia Room
Speaker: Gilles Philion

The session will be about the Modular Host Integration Requirements for EMC and Radio

1:00 pm QAI Laboratories Session
Location: Carrera Room
Speaker: Parminder Singh, Vice President - Electromagnetic Compatibility Department
Design and mitigation for electrical/electric devices for better EMC performance"

2:00 pm
Conductive Containers Inc Seminar
Speaker: Douglas Holtz is the National Sales Manager for Conductive Containers, Inc., the leader in ESD packaging and handling products

"ESD Best Practices Packaging, Handling and Storage"

ESD has become an important topic of conversation in the manufacturing process of the electronics industry. As components become more sensitive to damage caused by an ESD, companies must take more precautions to help eliminate and isolate any chance that their products are exposed to situations that could introduce the opportunity for an ESD event. While you can have the most advanced ESD program for grounding, smocks, constant monitoring and such, if care is not taken in material selection for handling, storage and shipping all the hard work on the front end is voided by bad practices on the back end. Considerations concerning handling and packaging are physical, electrical and chemical. This presentation will discuss Best Practices to help improve your overall manufacturing process and improve quality.