For fifteen years, Strategies in Light has been dedicated to providing the LED and lighting industry with an unparalleled standard of excellence in quality conference programming.  Led by conference co-chairs and an Advisory Board comprised of industry thought leaders and specialized experts, each topic and speaker is personally hand selected, resulting in an unsurpassed level of non-commercial educational programming for professionals across every segment of the LED/SSL market.

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3D printing is  impacting what we eat, wear, build, drive, fly, and shoot. Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo,  “the” B2B tradeshow for the 3D printing industry, will continue its world tour in San Jose this September 17-18. The event, programmed by Hod Lipson, will feature two full days of conference sessions with two tracks to choose from. Interest in this emerging field is at an all-time high, with the inaugural New York City event attracting more than 3,000 attendees. Top exhibitors including 3D Systems and Stratasys are slated to exhibit in San Jose and showcase their services. Discover what investment opportunities exist and how  your industry will be affected. Our sessions  bring together leading entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, educators, and professionals to prepare you for the 3D printing boom and show you how to utilize 3D printing to improve your business.

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Come hear from state representatives about new and existing programs and policies designed to help California’s manufacturing businesses.  More info: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8012927883?goback=%2Egde_4753313_member_268715660#%21

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UP Media Group Inc., a leader in delivering targeted events to the PCB supply chain, is bringing PCB West 2013 back to the Silicon Valley September 24 – 26 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

Our one-day exhibition Wednesday, September 25 and three-day conference program September 24 – 26 are streamlined to better meet the needs of busy and cost-conscious PCB professionals.

This event encompasses the entire PCB supply chain and brings engineers, designers, fabricators, assemblers and managers together to take advantage of unique opportunities to improve skills, increase knowledge and network with peers, colleagues and experts.

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Tempo Automation discusses its desktop printed-circuit-board assembly robot.

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Joe Clancy will give a dinner presentation on Sales & Operations Planning, covering:

What is S&OP?

Why is S&OP needed in organizations?

Challenges to be anticipated in S&OP implementation.

About the Meetup: At the restaurant, go to the private room in the back. A waiter will take orders for dinner.

About the presenter: Joe Clancy has twelve years of experience in finance and accounting in the telecom industry. He has another twelve years of experience in supply-chain operations, most recently with Logitech, where he was the Worldwide Forecasting Manager. There he led the Global Planning Process-Improvement Team, the Supply-Chain NPI Task Force, and the Pre-S&OP Planning Team. Joe has a Management Accounting degree from Suffolk University in Boston, and an MBA from Santa Clara University. When Joe is not working on supply chains, he enjoys coaching youth and high-school baseball.

HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THIS FREE PRESENTATION:

Join the Bay-Area Operations-Management Meetup group: http://www.meetup.com/BayAreaOperationsManagement/

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Reporting is key to an efficient, responsive, lean, and profitable supply chain.  Yet reporting is often seen as (and is) a real obstacle to improvement.

In this interactive session we will review best practices to ensure that the most common mistakes are avoided:

- Pipeline of report development

- Requirements gathering

- Testing

- Ad-hoc vs. standard reports

- How many reports are needed

- IT or not IT?

Details: http://www.meetup.com/BayAreaOperationsManagement/events/124035112/

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Peno Pan is a certified lean/ six sigma black belt and PMP project manager with 30 years of engineering and management experience spanning all functional areas of a program’s product life cycle from proposal development to final product delivery. The majority of his experiences are in the space industry including NASA’s manned space flight programs, Space Shuttle and International Space Station, various DoD satellite programs and multiple domestic and foreign commercial satellite programs.

He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Florida and advanced degrees in Metallurgy and Management of Technology as well as an MBA.

This is a presentation with lunch event. The presentation is free. The restaurant has an a variety of choices in burritos and sandwiches for about $6-8.

Details and signup: http://www.meetup.com/BayAreaOperationsManagement/events/123565372/

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From silicon to software to systems, SEMICON West showcases the world’s best technology companies from across the micro-electronics supply chain and beyond. This event brings together the people, companies, technologies, and ideas that drive the electronics revolution. SEMICON West is the premier venue for microelectronics innovation.  http://www.semiconwest.org/

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