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The Special Presentation Sessions were introduced at APEC 2004. These presentations have been solicited from the leaders in the power electronics industry especially to address topics of current interest. Like the Professional Education Seminars, they were chosen for their specific topics and were not selected through the peer review process.

These special presentations do not have papers in the APEC Proceedings. To download the presentation in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, right click the presentation title and choose "Save target as..." or the equivalent command for your browser. Acrobat Version 5 or later is needed to view and print the presentations.

Session SP1: Market Trends

Tuesday, February 27, 2008; 8:30 AM - Noon
Meeting Room 9 C
Session Chair:
Ada Cheng, International Rectifier
 SP1.1  Power ICs Market Growth - Good News for All?
  A. Sharma, IMS Research
 SP1.2 Evolution of Power Supply in a Package to Power Supply on a Chip
 B. Narveson, Texas Instruments, PSMA Packaging Chair
 C. O'Mathuna, Tyndall National Institute, PSMA Packaging Committee Chair
 SP1.3  More Power to You with Digital Power
 M. Vukicevic, iSuppli
 SP1.4 The Impact of Energy Prices on Industrial Motor Drive Growth
 S. Odom, IMS Research
 SP1.5 Are GaN & SiC Ready for Prime Time?
 T. Hausken, Strategies Unlimited
 SP1.6 Lighting Technologies Panel Discussion
 J. Gamble, Datapoint Research

Session SP2: Business

Wednesday, February 27, 2008; 8:30 - 10:15 AM
Meeting Room 9 C
Session Chair:
Carol Williams, Trendsetter Electronics
 SP2.1  When the Price of Everything Drops: Who benefits from declining semiconductor price?
 S. Ohr, Gartner Dataquest
 SP2.2 Key Procurement Best Practices
 D. Hawtof, iSuppli
 SP2.3  A Perspective on How Wall Street Values Power Electronics
 S. Smigie, Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
 SP2.4 The Future of Power Supplies
 M. Mankikar, Micro-Tech Consultants

Session SP3: System Design

Wednesday, February 27, 2008; 2:00 - 5:30 PM
Meeting Room 9 C
Session Chair:
David Carey, Portelligent Inc.
 SP3.1  Understanding the Power Needs for ATCA Systems
 F. Cirolia, Emerson Network Power
 SP3.2 Power Connectors Evolve to Support Next Generation Equipment
 B. Hult, Bishop & Associates, Inc.
 SP3.3  IPC-9592 Requirements for Power Conversion Devices for the Computer and Telecommunications Industries: What It Means 
 S. Strand, IBM, IPC-9592 Subcommittee Chair
 N. Witkowski, Alcatel/Lucent, IPC-9592 Subcommittee Vice Chair
 SP3.4 PMBus Application Profiles Developed to Address the Need for Commonality in Improving Power Monitoring and Management
 G. Richards, Dell
 SP3.5 Thermal Design and System Performance Tradeoffs
 C. Biber, Biber Thermal Design, Ltd.

 SP3.6

Avoiding Five Common Mistakes in High Frequency Power Magnetics Design
 D. Monroe, Torotel Products Inc.

 SP3.7

Optimizing High Current Voltage Regulator Design for the Data Center
 G. Schuellein, International Rectifier

Session SP4: Power Electronics For A Greener World

Thursday, February 28, 2008; 8:30 - 11:30 AM
Meeting Room 9 C
Session Chair:
Baskar Vairamohan, EPRI
 SP4.1  Server Power Delivery and Control for Data Center Efficiency
 K. Boyden, International Rectifier 
 SP4.2  Energy Efficiency Through Power Electronics
 J. Rudiak, Infineon Technologies
 SP4.3  Compressed Air and Thermal Energy Storage for UPS Applications
 K. Schuetze, Active Power 
 SP4.4  On the "Renewability" of Energy
 D. Patterson, University of Nebraska
 SP4.5  Server Administered Client Power Management
 J. Taylor, Dell
 SP4.6 A GPS for the Energy Efficiency Regulation Highway
 C. Mullett, On Semiconductor

Session SP5: Current Topics in Power-Electronics Research

Thursday, February 28, 2007; 2:00 - 5:30 PM
Meeting Room 9 C
Session Chairs:
Joshua Israelsohn, JAS Technical Media
 SP5.1  Power Electronic Research at the University of Padova
 P. Mattavelli, University of Padova
 SP5.2 Power Electronics Efforts at Intel
 S. Chickamenahalli, Intel
 SP5.3  Renewable Energies and Autonomous Power Systems
 J. Sun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
 SP5.4  Power Electronics Related Research at the University of Alabama
 T. Haskew, University of Alabama
 SP5.5   Power Electronics Research at Queen's University
 Y.F. Liu, Queen's University
 
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