The third annual Long Island Power Electronics Symposium & Exhibits was held on 2019 November 7 from noon to 8 PM at the Hauppauge Radisson located at 110 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge LI. All area professionals involved in all sectors of power electronics were invited.
At the event, 52 companies showcased their products and services in a 49-table exhibit hall packed with attendees, while two technical lecture tracks took place in separate chambers. After a complimentary networking lunch, the lectures were kicked off with the keynote address “Trends in Power Electronics 1970 to 2019” by Josh Hauser, where he chronicled the changes that occurred in the merchant power supply business over the past fifty years which included an overview of the changes in technology, regulation and the market.
The official attendance count at the Symposium was 475, including lecturers, exhibitors and general attendees.
Benefits of CCM v TM in PFC Applications: A Comparison
Isaac Cohen, TI
Bridgeless Isolated PFC Using GaN FETs and Digital Control
Jin He, TDK
Designing to Survive a Direct Lightning Strike
Mark Hendricks, Dehn
EMC Inductors and Filters (Encore Lecture)
Douglas Toth, Field Applications Engineer, Wurth
Optimizing and Analyzing Closed Loop Performance for Power Electronics
Dan Schwarz, Keysight
Power Quality Issues in High Power Applications
Dave Furnish, Torotel
SiC High Power Modules
Eric Motto, Powerex
SiC MOSFETs Enable Electric Vehicles with Enhanced Performance
Jeff Fedison, ST Microelectronics
Simplifying Efficient Low Power AC/DC Converters
Thomas Lawson, CogniPower
Aurora Group
The Aurora Group is a premier manufacturer's representative firm with over 30 years experience providing exceptional service and support to manufacturers and customers.
BC Power Systems
Since 1985, BC Systems, a veteran-owned business, has supplied custom military power supplies, power controls and other quality products to major defense contractors and to the US military.
Glenair
Glenair began operations in 1956 as the first company specifically founded to produce electrical connector accessories. Building on that foundation, they now offer a dozen, full-spectrum product lines designed to meet every interconnect requirement.
Kepco
Kepco, an ISO 9001:2015 company, has been designing and manufacturing electronic power supplies, both modular and instrument type, since 1946.
Keysight
Keysight solutions empower researchers, educators, and students around the world.
Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsubishi Electric is one of the world's leading names in the manufacture and sales of electrical and electronic products and systems used in a broad range of fields and applications.
TDK/Lambda
TDK/Lambda is one of the oldest and most trusted manufacturers of high-quality power supplies, offering a broad product line with over 5,000 models.
Torotel Products
Torotel provides custom magnetic products and value added assemblies for a wide range of mission critical applications.
Excellent conference.
Tom Terlizzi, GM Systems
As usual this year's symposium provides an excellent platform to meet with vendors and look at existing and new technology with respect to Power, Filtering and instrumentation.
Vince Cipolla, Collins Aerospace
Enjoyed the time at your IEEE conference, it was a great show and well organized.
Bob Dupre, Chroma Systems
The afternoon had a pretty good energy.
Craig Chapman, CBA Empire
Thank you for organizing the symposium.
Ivan Erakovic, Spellman HV Electronics
Great Job Guys! Nice to see some new faces. See you next year.
Steve Boegle, Behlman/Orbit
The IEEE team put on another great Symposium. I can’t find anything wrong - it was done professionally.
Samuel Wolfe, Torotel Products
The show was excellent. Met many serious people with interconnect applications. Good leads to follow up on. Good opportunity for networking. Nicely done. We plan on participating in next year’s show...again.
Greg Wadsworth, JST
All in all a very pleasant day. Received several solid leads. Food was very good. A nice casual feel to the exhibit hall.
Neal Fergenson, EMS Development
Another great show.
Dennis Starke, Fusion Sourcing Group
First time attendee...I thought it was very well organized. Great mix of vendors. Thanks!
Matt Wakeham, Wakeham Consulting
Wonderful event, good organization.
Ozgur Keser, Future Electronics
Very good presentations and well organized.
Arkadiy Peker, Microchip
Great conference and really enjoy meeting with past colleagues and future partners and prospects. There needs to be a more active initiative to get local universities and colleges involved to increase memberships of those that are starting their career.
Michael Petagna, TRC Electronics
I found the variety of vendors very useful and made a good number of new contacts. I always look forward to this Symposium and hope it continues.
Lee Davis, Persistent Systems
Well done - I enjoyed the event and I appreciate the effort put into organizing it!
Isaac Cohen, TI
Very good organization, thanks for everything.
Celil Yagiz, Kolt Engineering
Overall, this was a great meeting which offered great exposer to "what's new" and trending. The attendance was remarkable. Thanks for hosting this Symposium.
Robert Schachter, Phase2 Technologies
Congratulations on another very successful LI Power Electronics Symposium.
David Morrison, How 2 Power
Great turnout, really found it useful.
Michael Calamita, Intelligent Product Solutions
The vendors were great.
Joe Fierro, Zebra Technologies
Great show and extremely well attended. Kudos to the promoters. There was a good assortment of suppliers in the Display Hall and the presentations were very helpful. The venue was extremely convenient for us and they did a good job keeping it clean, providing comfortable seating, and proper climate. Thanks for all the hard work.
Don Neuhaus, Parker
Great Show. Attendance was amazing.
Anonymous
It was one of the best shows we have done in last few years everything worked out great.
Anthony Yackovich, Contech Marketing
This year's event was awesome. It was great to see an overflow of vendors in each hallway and corridor of the Radisson Hotel.
Rhonda Green, Zebra Technologies
