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Executive Forum … Delivering Value to Your Company Get the greatest possible value from your IPC membership. Join the Executive Forum today! The Executive Forum represents an elite group within the IPC membership who gather for future-oriented discussions and to gain access to unique research and information resources.
Leaders in Our Industry Executive Forum members constitute an exclusive, dynamic group of world leaders in electronics manufacturing services (EMS), printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing and industries in their supply chain. Membership gives you access to unique information and resources specific to your industry. Members include the leading companies in the industry. Active participants include CEOs and other executives in fields such as marketing, technology, quality, operations, and research and development. The Executive Forum is an international group, with member companies around the world. Membership benefits include access to many global studies, and savings on conferences offered around the world each year. “It’s important to keep your ear to the ground and know what’s going on in the industry… The contacts you make in the Executive Forum are hard to beat.” Executive Forum Conferences: Learn and Meet with Other Executives Executive Forum conferences deliver knowledge and networking opportunities. They offer participants unique access to leading experts who speak on critical and time-sensitive topics such as emerging and disruptive technologies, OEMs’ technology roadmaps, trends in new and growing markets, and economic forecasts. The knowledge you gain can help you with strategic planning, to better position your company for the future. The opportunity to network with industry leaders, peers, suppliers and customers can open doors to new business relationships. The Executive Forum Conference series consists of three annual events in Asia, Europe and North America. Conferences are one-and-a-half to two days in length, and bring together executives and managers from across the supply chain, creating a unique opportunity for networking with colleagues, customers and suppliers. Some of these conferences are held in conjunction with IPC Management Meetings. IPC works closely with sister organizations in Asia and Europe to plan and host conferences in those regions to ensure that our programs draw a wide range of senior executives — the inner circle of the regions and markets where we meet. Conferences in 2007 were held in Shanghai, Copenhagen and Las Vegas. Conferences in 2008 are being planned in Singapore, Germany and in the USA. Check our Web site for the latest information about Executive Forum conferences and reports: www.ipc.org/ExecutiveForum. “Executive Forum Conferences provide great opportunities for networking with our suppliers and customers, and for sharing ideas that can make our companies more competitive in this challenging environment.” Industry/Market Studies and Analysis: Indispensable Resources Gain access to market research data and analysis specific to your industry. The Executive Forum publishes reports and studies that include data that supports strategic decision-making and is not available anywhere else. The following critical resources are FREE to all Executive Forum members:
Nonmembers may purchase some of these resources, but at a price that can be many times the cost of Executive Forum membership. Leveraging Knowledge into Better Business Performance
More important than what we deliver to you is what you do with it inside your company. Bring all of your employees into the loop and enhance their understanding of industry issues and trends — Executive Forum benefits extend to everyone at the member facility. Executive Forum conferences and research studies focus on meeting the industry’s needs. They are planned by the industry and for the industry with the guidance and participation of fellow Executive Forum members who serve on planning committees. Executive Forum membership allows you to understand your markets from the inside out — to understand what has been driving trends, and to look into the future with a clearer view. Participation in the Executive Forum gives you penetrating knowledge of market and technology drivers to keep your company on the leading edge. Our members apply what they learn from networking, conference participation and using the research reports to drive better strategic business decisions. “The Executive Forum is a very useful industry platform to review the electronics business climate and emerging technologies driving our markets. For all levels of the supply chain, being a member of the Executive Forum is a well spent investment of time and money.” What You Have Been Missing: Executive Forum Commissioned Studies Each year the Executive Forum publishes several major studies focused on the future of our industry. These studies are planned by a steering committee of your industry peers, and conducted by respected industry consultants. The members receive these detailed reports as benefits of their Executive Forum memberships. Their dues, which support these studies, are just a fraction of the cost you would ordinarily pay to commission a proprietary study. Among our recent studies: Microelectronics: The Future of Miniaturization and its Impact on Electronics Manufacturing
Conducted by Prismark Partners (2007) Geographic Strategies for Global Expansion in the Electronic Interconnect Industry: Where to Invest for Long-Term Business Growth
Conducted by BPA Consulting (2007) Medical Electronics Market Opportunities for Interconnect Manufacturers
Conducted by Prismark Partners Worldwide High Speed Electronics Technology and Market Trends for the Years 2006–2016
Conducted by BPA Consulting
Supply Chain Tracker
IPC’s quarterly subscription report includes timely industry data and analysis from across the supply chain, covering the EMS, PCB and OEM industries, as well as materials, chemicals, solder and equipment suppliers to those industries. Each report offers a bird’s-eye view of factors affecting your supply chain, so you can see how related businesses affect your own operations and performance. “I found Supply Chain Tracker extremely valuable, especially for our recent strategic planning session. Please keep up the good work.” Delivering Unparalleled Value to You IPC understands the time constraints you face, so we created the Executive Forum expressly to package our most popular market research services and provide you with a simple way to obtain them. Executive Forum members enjoy privileged access to valuable resources when they need them.
With Executive Forum membership, you pay $1,500 for the Full-Service Package (includes all of the reports plus one free registration to each conference) or $1,200 for the Research Package (includes only the reports). Without Executive Forum membership, you could pay five to ten times what it costs an Executive Forum member to get these same resources. Some of these unique resources are available only to Executive Forum members and are not for sale. Consider what benefits you receive for your $1500 or $1200 membership in the Executive Forum, versus the cost of these benefits to nonmembers. These benefits are available at no additional charge for all employees at Executive Forum member facilities. The Value of Knowledge Of course, this is only in monetary terms. The real value of receiving information in several convenient formats — published reports, presentations at conferences, networking — is even greater. Executive Forum members avoid the cost of missing critical information. As one member notes, “There is always something to learn, whether you are a large multinational company or a smaller regional player.”
Receive the Benefits of Executive Forum Membership Today To join today, download the application form (.pdf) or visit www.ipc.org/ExecutiveForum. For more information, contact IPC’s director of market research, Sharon Starr, at sharonstarr@ipc.org or (tel.) +1 847-597-2817. IPC Statistical Programs IPC also offers monthly and quarterly statistical programs for its members in the EMS, PCB, laminate, solder, process consumables, assembly equipment and PCB equipment industries. Participants receive the monthly/quarterly reports for free, in exchange for their commitment to participate each period. These are separate programs from the Executive Forum. IPC membership is the only requirement. For more information, please contact Piyamart Holmgren at homupi@ipc.org or +1 847 597 2868.
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