Events

September 2013 – February 2014

Sep
17
Tue
3D Printing Conference and Expo @ DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
Sep 17 – Sep 18 all-day

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.

Sep
24
Tue
PCB West 2013 Conference & Exhibition @ Santa Clara Convention Center
Sep 24 – Sep 26 all-day

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.

Feb
25
Tue
Strategies in Light LED conference @ Santa Clara Convention Center
Feb 25 – Feb 27 all-day

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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    • “At Western Digital, I brought in Bob Kotcher based on his exemplary job performance, project management skills, academic & practical knowledge, and teamwork/communications skills, all of which Bob had repeatedly demonstrated to me when I had the opportunity to work with him prior to Western Digital. Bob brought with him world-class academic credentials and a simply outstanding knowledge of Factory Physics, including Capacity Modeling, Cycle-Time Simulation, and Lean Manufacturing. Bob is a great guy to work with and would be a valued member of any operations staff wanting to improve its productivity and/or lower operating costs. He won’t let you down.”

      Guy Harper – Engineering Projects Director
      Calisolar, Inc.
    • “At MMC, Bob initiated and led numerous cross-functional process improvement teams that made significant improvements to our production. For example, in one area, he linked together several disparate operations into a cell, reducing cycle time and WIP by 97% and saving $220,000 a year in labor and damaged product.”

      John Kim – Director, Thermal Reactor Process Engineering
      Nuvosun
    • “At Headway Technologies, we were planning a major capital investment in an additional photolithography stepper tool in order to improve throughput at this bottleneck. Bob did a Monte Carlo simulation analysis of this area and found something that none of us had suspected. The capacity at this work-center was actually operator-constrained, not machine-constrained. He showed us how, by adding operators, we could meet the required capacity increase. A few additional operators in the photolithography area kept these tools at an optimum utilization and this extra Opex was a small fraction of the capital depreciation that another stepper would have cost.” 

      Guy Harper – Engineering Projects Director
      Calisolar, Inc.
    • “At each company that he works with, [Simitar founder Bob Kotcher] strives to improve day-to-day operations, and thus to improve the bottom line.  Bob is not afraid to present politically unpalatable truths, if his work suggests that a change will lead to overall improvement.”

      Dr. Jennifer Robinson – Chief Operating Officer
      Fabtime, Inc.