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Industry Sessions

Industry Sessions

  • Wednesday, March 25, 2026
  • 8:30 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    IS07 - Beyond Silicon: Integrated Wide Bandgap Power Solutions for Next-Generation Systems
    Industry Session Chair: Renee Yawger – Efficient Power Conversion (EPC)
    Industry Session Chair: Peter Di Maso, MBA – Cambridge GaN Devices
  • 8:30 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    IS08 - AI Tools for More Efficient Power Electronics Design
    Industry Session Chair: Kevin Hermanns – PE-Systems GmbH
    Industry Session Chair: Stephanie Watts Butler, PhD, PE – WattsButler LLC
    Industry Session Chair: Jaume Roig – onsemi
  • 8:30 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    IS09 - Simulation and Modelling of Power Electronics
    Industry Session Chair: Harry Soin, MASc – AEI
    Industry Session Chair: Richard Chung – ST Microelectronics
  • 8:30 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    IS10 - Power Supplies for AI Servers
    Industry Session Chair: Sam Abdel-Rahman – Infineon Technologies America
    Industry Session Chair: Jitendra Agrawal – Apple
  • 8:30 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    IS11 - Overcoming Technical and Manufacturing Challenges to Meet Market Demands
    Industry Session Chair: George A. Slama – Wurth Elektronik
    Industry Session Chair: Matt Wilkowski, MSEE – Würth Elektronik
    Industry Session Chair: Ed Herbert, BEEE (he/him/his) – Independent Inventor
  • 8:30 AM - 11:55 AM CT
    IS12 - EV Power System Design Challenges
    Industry Session Chair: Francesco Di Domenico – Infineon Technologies
    Industry Session Chair: Davide Giacomini (he/him/his) – Infineon
  • 1:30 PM - 4:55 PM CT
    IS13 - New era of Power technologies, Devices, Topologies and applications
    Industry Session Chair: Karthick Murukesan, Ph.D. – Power Integrations
    Industry Session Chair: Davide Giacomini (he/him/his) – Infineon
  • 1:30 PM - 4:55 PM CT
    IS14 - Power Circuit Design for Emerging Applications
    Industry Session Chair: Sudhakarababu Chakkirala, PhD – Power Integrations Inc
    Industry Session Chair: Kamal Varadarajan, PhD – Power Integrations
  • 1:30 PM - 4:55 PM CT
    IS15 - Tools and Automation for Design and Testing
    Industry Session Chair: Anuj S. Narain, MSEE – Wolfspeed
    Industry Session Chair: Adam Anders – Wolfspeed
  • 1:30 PM - 4:55 PM CT
    IS16 - Power Converter Circuits and Topologies
    Industry Session Chair: Puneet Sareen – Texas Instruments
    Industry Session Chair: Sasikala Thangam, B.E EEE – TI
  • 1:30 PM - 4:55 PM CT
    IS17 - Markets and Technology Evolution
    Industry Session Chair: Elisabetta Mahmutovic – Texas Instruments
    Industry Session Chair: Dinesh Kithany, MBA (Marketing) (he/him/his) – Wired & Wireless Technologies (WAWT)
  • 1:30 PM - 4:55 PM CT
    IS18 - Wide Bandgap Power Devices
    Industry Session Chair: Sandeep Bahl, PhD – Texas Instruments
    Industry Session Chair: Andy Smith