2022 ECIA Executive Conference Brochure

2022 ECIA Executive Conference October 23-25, 2022 – Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel

The 2022 ECIA Executive Conference is a senior management level conference for the electronics industry’s leading companies – representing the entire supply chain. The dates for the 2022 Executive Conference event are October 23-25. We look forward to hosting an in-person event at the Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel.

Register for the Conference Book your hotel room Sponsor the Conference This year’s theme, “Bucking Normal: The Resilient Thrive Through Disruption” – reflects the growing realization in the industry that there likely will be no ‘return to normal’ after several years of global disruption. The concept of status quo and stability has been shattered by the disruptive events of these past few years.

Learning how to thrive in this environment is imperative and successful companies must find ways to increase their ability to react quickly to one unforeseen event after another.

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Meet your Executive Conference Planning Committee The conference is strategically planned by a volunteer committee led by a Conference Chair and Co-Chair. ECIA thanks you for all your work.

View our committee video.

Chair Robert Derringer Crouzet

Co-Chair Tobi Cornell Kruvand Associates

Julie Fajardo TDK-Lambda Americas

Bob Garcia Ferrari Technical Sale

Scott Jones AEM Group

Nicolle Ladouceur Rohm Semiconductor

Todd McAtee Mouser

Sam Read Cornell Dubilier

Chad Van Doorninck Abracon

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Caroline Wells Omron

Tom Wichert TDK-Lambda Americas

Thank You Conference Sponsors!

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Keynote: Dean Kamen

Sunday Evening Reception

Monday Breakfast

Monday Reception

Conference Wi-Fi

Hotel Key Cards

Monday Luncheon

Session: The Champion’s Code Ross Bernstein

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Mobile App

Session: Personal Leadership/Steve McClatchy

Notebooks

Table Chargers

Monday AM Break

Lanyards

Tuesday Breakfast

PART OF RS GROUP

Monday PM Break

Association Partner

Gold: ITT Cannon; YAGEO Group; BIG ZETA; Bourns, Inc.; Triad Magnetics; Flip Electronics; Crouzet North America; Analog Devices, Inc.; Omron Electronic Components; Lectrix; Abracon; and Hammond MFG. Inc. Silver: JJM Search; Schaffner EMC, Inc.; Vishay Americas, Inc.; BlockMaster Electronics Bronze: Kruvand Associates; ECS, Inc. International Exhibitor: Assent Compliance; Budde Marketing Systems 4

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ECIA Executive Conference Schedule “Bucking Normal: The Resilient Thrive Through Disruption” General sessions will be held in the Avedon Ballroom; Breaks and Meals in the Cassatt Ballroom and the adjacent Artist Foyer; New round table sessions will be in either Cassatt A/B or Warhol.

Sunday, October 23 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Registration

5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Opening Reception; Sponsored by Avnet/Newark

Monday, October 24 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

Breakfast; Sponsored by Master Electronics

7:00 a.m.

Registration

7:00 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.

NEW! RoundTable – Jeffrey Shaffer, Stroz Friedberg – Cybersecurity Trends and Developments

8:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.

Welcome

8:15 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.

Dean Kamen, FIRST® – FIRST® Future: How to Get Involved to Recruit & Retain Future Employees & Customers; Sponsored by Digi-Key Electronics and ROHM Semiconductor

9:15 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Cynthia Kellam, TE Connectivity – Post Pandemic Transformations - B2C Customer Expectations in a B2B World

10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Networking Break; Sponsored by TDK & TDK Lambda

10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.

Cliff Waldman, New World Economics – The World After Covid: Global Economic Update

11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Lynn Torrel, Flex – Building Resilient Supply Chains in a New World; Sponsored by Master Electronics

12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Luncheon; Sponsored by GlobalSpec

1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

ECIA State of the Association and Board Q&A

2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Monica Highfill, Women in Electronics: Retaining and Recruiting Talent: Tips and Tricks

2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Networking Break; Sponsored by Kyocera AVX

3:15 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Dale Ford, ECIA – Electronics Components Industry Analysis and Outlook

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Steve McClatchy, Author – Decide: Personal Leadership; Sponsored by The TTI Family of Specialists

5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Reception; Sponsored by Waldom Electronics and Molex

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Tuesday, October 25 6:30 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.

Breakfast; Sponsored by Catalyst Unity Solutions and Triad Magnetics

7:00 a.m.

Registration

7:00 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.

NEW! Round Table – Cliff Waldman, New World Economics – Global Economic Deep Dive

7:00 a.m. to 7:45 a.m.

NEW! Round Table – Barry Lawrence, Thomas & Joan Read Center for Distribution Research and Education, TAMU – Close Up Look at the TAMU Study: “The Value Delivered

by Authorized Channel Partners for Electronic Components”

8:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.

Welcome

8:15 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.

Dennis Reed, Edgewater Research – Opportunities out of Disruption

9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

Association Awards

9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Networking Break

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Moderator Albert Vasquez , Sway Ventures – Doing Well

by Doing Good: How Corporate Purpose Translates Into ESG Practice, Panel – Robert Sinclair, CrowdSmart; Sonita Lontoh, Sunrun; Kevin Bulatek, Omron

11:00 a.m. to Noon

Ross Bernstein, Author – The Champion’s Code; Sponsored by Cornell-Dubilier Electronics

12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Optional Women in Electronics luncheon program

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We thank our conference speakers!

Read speaker bios and learn more.

Alan Ahern, Crowley Associates, Rep Council Chair and Board of Directors

Ross Bernstein, Ross Bernstein Speaking Kevin Bulatek, Omron Frank Flynn, Sager Electronics & Chairman Board of Directors Dale Ford, ECIA Monica Highfill, Women in Electronics Dean Kamen, DEKA Research & Development Corporation, FIRST® Cynthia Gage Kellam, TE Connectivity Robert Kirch, Vishay Americas, Manufacturer Council Chair and Board of Directors Barry Lawrence, Thomas & Joan Read Center for Distribution Research and Education, Texas A&M University David Loftus, ECIA Sonita Lontoh, Sunrun Steve McClatchy, Alleer Training & Consulting Dennis Reed, Edgewater Research Jeff Shaffer, Stroz Friedberg Robert Sinclair, CrowdSmart Lynn Torrel, Flex Cliff Waldman, New World Economics Albert Vazquez, Sway Ventures Karim Yasmine, Future Electronics, Distributor Council Chair and Board of Directors We look forward to seeing you at the Executive Conference October 23-25, 2022.

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Join Us at the 2022 Executive Conference! ”It’s easy to be excited to meet in person after 2 years of a cancelled conference. We are offering great content focused on what is relevant today, on how to thrive through disruption and also on topics that keep executives up at night. We are offering a powerful conference that people will say ‘this is going to be one I will remember.’ And of course a chance to ‘buck around’ a bit with our colleagues.” – Conference Chair, Robert Derringer of Crouzet North America.

“It’s been really fascinating to talk through all of the conference topics as they have changed and fluctuated throughout the years. The Executive Conference Planning Committee discussed how the meaning of ‘normal’ is really a fallacy, and that personal life and work are bucking the trends of what we are all used to. This brought life to the theme... what is bucking normal, anyway? So let’s talk about how we can enthusiastically move past what we think of as the way things ‘should’ be. Life will always change... and the resilient will thrive!” – Conference Co-chair, Tobi Cornell of Kruvand Associates

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