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| Summer 2009 - All the latest developments leading up to the GEF 2010 event |
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On behalf of the Global Electronics Forum (GEF), I am pleased to welcome you to the summer newsletter, the first for the 2010 event.
GEF 2010 will take place on 11-14 March 2010, in a luxury hotel in Singapore. Across the three days delegates will be able to network with senior decision making executives whilst benefitting from a cutting edge programme of interactive presentations from the industry experts.
Despite the economic downturn, technology in all segments of the electronics market has continued to advance at a phenomenal pace. As the industry shows the first signs of recovery, it has never been more important to be ahead of the competition.
Registration for GEF 2010 is now open. To find out how you can get involved please contact me today.
If you have any news which you would like included in the Autumn newsletter, please send your press releases to the news editor at gefmarketing@spgmedia.com. |
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| GEF 2010 News - Interview with Dr Peter van Maren |
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An interview with Dr Peter van Maren, Managing Director, McLaren Electronic Systems Limited, by Tessa Sykes
| Q. What inspired you to embark on a career in electronics? |
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It was more chance than anything. My background is mechanical engineering and through that I developed an interest in various types of vehicles. The use of electronics was a way of monitoring behavior of trains, then mining machinery, and then fast cars. |
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| Q. What newspaper do you read? |
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I get the Daily Mail on a Saturday for its weekly TV programme guide and quickly read through the paper at the same time. The Daily Telegraph is bought by others in my house three or four days a week so I browse that from time to time. |
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| Q. Describe your job |
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Our electronics company develops, manufactures and supplies control and data systems to motor sport and other automotive and manufacturing industries. The main part of my job is developing markets for our systems and products and seeding new innovations which others, much more capable than me, turn into reality. |
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| Q. What is the best thing about your job? |
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It is interesting with a lot of variety and very time pressured, so things happen very quickly. You move from an idea into a concept into actually developing and manufacturing something new very quickly so you can see your good ideas straight in front of you. The relevance of what you’re doing is thus easy to see. |
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| Q. And the worst? |
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I don’t think there is a worst thing about the job. You need complete immersion in something for it to be satisfying and as part of that there are frustrations and things that go wrong. That doesn’t make the day bad, it’s just part of the whole package. If everything went perfectly it would be a very dull world indeed. |
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| Q. On the way to work, what radio station do you tune into? |
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Radio 4. |
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| Q. Where’s the most exciting place you’ve been to on business? |
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Many years ago I was working in the mining industry and spent a week in a gold mine in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. It rained all the time and the mountains were covered in rain forests. The local population was still quite primitive and walked around untouched by the 20th century. It was unlike anywhere I had seen before and was bizarre, interesting and quite fascinating. |
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| Q. Out of all the industries, automotive is probably regarded as the first for innovation and design. Are there any new exciting developments in this industry that will act as a catalyst for other industries to follow? |
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The reason that automotive has such an important place in electronics is that you have a demanding market place where a very high level of performance and reliability are required. In automotive at the moment, there is a lot of activity in terms of alternative power trains, meaning smaller, more compact electric motors and power electronics as part of a hybrid control system or a complete electric vehicle. There is a development of battery technology that goes with that and that moves across to how you distribute energy to charge batteries better.
If we look forward five to 10 years, the whole eco-system of electric vehicles and how they mix in with the power grid will almost certainly change. |
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| Q. What positives can you identify in the economic climate? |
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That things will get better. I suspect that as we go into 2010 and 2011 we’ll see tangible signs of recovery. |
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| Q. How you been affected? |
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We’ve been affected by reduced sales as our customers tighten their belts and reduce discretionary spend. That said, it’s a great opportunity to focus on what you need to be producing when the economy turns around. So if you can afford to do it, it’s a great time for innovation. |
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| Q. What future partners do you intend to work with? |
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People who have an established reputation in the areas in which our business is focused: mobility solutions, power electronics and control and data systems. |
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| Q. What technology challenges are you facing? |
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With hybrids and electric vehicles there is quite a challenge in being able to deliver torque, and hence power, from a reasonably sized package. Electronics, however simple or sophisticated they are, always come down to how small and efficient you can make them so that they deliver the performance whilst remaining sufficiently cool. |
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| Q. Thinking back to the GEF forum last year, what did you find most useful about being at the event? |
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There were some very good people at the forum that provided an outlook on the world and the businesses they are in, and became potential contacts and partners for the future. |
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| Q. What is your favorite sport, apart from motor racing? |
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To play, it’s squash and snow skiing. My favorite sport to watch is American football. |
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| Q. What was the last book you read? |
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It’s rather embarrassing actually, “The Prince” by Machiavelli. |
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| Q. What is your favourite film of all time? |
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The Godfather. |
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| Q. Who in electronics do you most admire and why? |
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Max Planck because he was one of the physicists back in the first part of the 20th century who had to use his mind to understand how things operated in the land of the very, very small. It wasn’t until the mid to late 20th century that a lot of things were able to be proved with experimentation. So it’s a wonderful example of using your brain and thought processes to think through a problem. |
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| Q. If you didn’t work in electronics what would you do? |
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If I’m allowed to do something I’m not completely qualified to do professionally I would teach skiing, just so I could ski a lot more. |
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| GEF 2009 News ISSUE 1 - POST-EVENT NEWSLETTER • April 2009 |
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The Event
The second annual Global Electronics Forum built on
the success of the last event to make an even greater
mark in the industry.
Top level global executives from the high spend areas
of telecoms, consumer, PC and automotive came
together to prove that, despite recent hard times,
investments are still being made and relationships
still prospering.
At the heart of GEF were the invaluable one-to-one
meetings. More than 300 meetings took place between
electronics manufacturers and supplier partners over
the three days of the event.
Programme
The GEF seminar programme gave unmissable insights into current trends and issues in our industry.
Key contributors were Paul Prince, CTO Dell Enterprise Systems on Coupling Hardware and Silicon design
or more Powerful Software enablement, SAP with their overview of the Asian Manufacturing sector,
and Bridgeco / STS on Convergence, along with a lively demo of The Connected Home.
There were thought-provoking presentations from Philips Consumer Lifestyle, McLaren, GE Healthcare,
Samsung Telecom, Microsoft and, once again, the popular handset / mobile technology discussion session
with Nokia, among others.
Speakers
The conference session covered a diverse range of topics. Speakers included:
- Paul Prince, CTO Enterprise systems, Dell
- Jean-François Baril, SVP, Global Procurement, Nokia
- Johan Van de Ven, SVP, Philips Consumer Lifestyle
- Dr Muzib Khan, VP, Product Management and Engineering Wireless Terminals
Division, samsung
- Dr Hasan Saleheen, Head of Advanced Electrical Technology Centre, GE Healthcare
- Peter Van Manen, Managing Director, McLaren Electronic systems
- Bruce Anderson, General Manager, Global Electronics industry, iBM Corporation
- Sanjay Ravi, Managing Director, Worldwide High Tech and Electronics industry, Microsoft
- Saj Kumar, Vice President, Discrete Manufacturing, SAP Asia Pacific Japan
- Mark Stonich, Partner, PRTM Consultants
- Allan Lam, VP Worldwide sales, Fairchild
Covering topics such as:
Coupling Hardware and silicon Design for more Powerful
software Enablement.
Paul Prince, CTO Enterprise systems, Dell
Exploring the Mobile Technology Boom and Emerging Trends in
Handset innovation
Jean-François Baril, SVP Global Procurement, Nokia
The Furture of the Wireless Ecosystem from 3G to WiMAX to LTE.
Dr Muzib Khan, VP, Product Management and Engineering Wireless
Terminals Division, samsung
Networking
GEF 2009 teed off with the popular Accenture-sponsored golf tournament, giving everyone the chance
to play a world-class course and meet their fellow delegates in a relaxed setting.
A champagne drinks reception and gala dinner bringing together c-level executives from Global Electronics
Forum and the Global Semiconductor Forum provided the perfect networking opportunity – the first of
many over three days.
Without a doubt, these meetings are the best way to reinforce relationships with existing partners and to
forge new business opportunities. Follow-up meetings were happening as soon as the next day and the
week after GEF, with most parties reporting that they expect to have created new business partnerships
over the next 12 months.
GEF will be back in 2010 so fix it in your calendar now for 11th – 14th March in Singapore. With over 60%
of 2009’s delegates registering on site to return next year, we do hope that you if you haven’t done so
already you will join us in 2010.
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| Autumn 2008 - All the latest developments leading up to the GEF 2009 event |
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On behalf of the Global Electronics Forum (GEF), I would like to welcome you to the Autumn Newsletter. This publication is designed to keep you up to speed with the latest developments at GEF, and in the electronics industry as a whole.
There is also a very interesting release from IBM outlining the important factors for global procurement professionals over the next coming year.
We welcome all feedback from readers, and if you have information that you think is worthwhile sharing in the newsletter please contact us.
For the second year, GEF will run concurrently with the Global Semiconductor Forum allowing us to provide solutions to the whole electronic supply chain.
This will give attendees a greater opportunity for networking alongside the opportunity to discuss solutions across both areas.
GEF 2010 will include a series of private business development meetings between delegates and suppliers, a comprehensive conference programme for each stream covering keynote presentations and interactive seminars, as well as the opportunity to network with peers and colleagues.
The first day of GEF will encompass the golf tournament, sponsored by Accenture. This tournament will provide the perfect opportunity to meet fellow delegates and network during a round of golf at one of Bangkok's finest golf courses.
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Phone: +44 (0) 207 753 4266 |
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