# What to Expect at IPC APEX 2025: Standards, Innovation & Networking

- Show: [OnTrack](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack)
- Published: 2025-04-16
- Length: 32m
- Episode: 290
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-04-16-what-to-expect-at-ipc-apex-2025-standards-innovation-networking
- Listen: https://podcast.altium.com/e/what-to-expect-at-ipc-apex-2025-standards-innovation-networking/

## Summary

Dr. John W. Mitchell, President and CEO of IPC, discusses IPC APEX 2025, describing it as North America's largest electronics manufacturing event that combines an exhibition, technical conferences, and standards development. He highlights the event's focus on workforce development, including the new Learning Lounge and the Emerging Engineer Program, to address the industry's aging workforce and skills gap. The conversation also covers emerging technologies like Ultra-High Density Interconnect (UHDI) and advanced packaging, noting the challenges of reshoring this capacity to the US despite government investments from the CHIPS Act.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-04-16-what-to-expect-at-ipc-apex-2025-standards-innovation-networking#t=0) Introduction: Dr. John W. Mitchell and IPC APEX 2025 Overview
- [3:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-04-16-what-to-expect-at-ipc-apex-2025-standards-innovation-networking#t=234) The Three Pillars: Expo, Technical Conferences, and Standards
- [5:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-04-16-what-to-expect-at-ipc-apex-2025-standards-innovation-networking#t=323) Participating in IPC Standards Committees
- [9:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-04-16-what-to-expect-at-ipc-apex-2025-standards-innovation-networking#t=559) Design and Manufacturing Technical Sessions
- [12:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-04-16-what-to-expect-at-ipc-apex-2025-standards-innovation-networking#t=752) Workforce Development, Training, and the Learning Lounge
- [19:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-04-16-what-to-expect-at-ipc-apex-2025-standards-innovation-networking#t=1160) Evolution of IPC APEX and the Emerging Engineer Program
- [24:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-04-16-what-to-expect-at-ipc-apex-2025-standards-innovation-networking#t=1444) Ultra-High Density Interconnect (UHDI) and Reshoring Challenges
- [29:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-04-16-what-to-expect-at-ipc-apex-2025-standards-innovation-networking#t=1761) Advanced Packaging, AI Compute, and CHIPS Act Limitations

## Topics

- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- IPC (company)
- IPC APEX 2025 (other)
- CHIPS Act (other)
- UHDI (other)
- IPC 2229 (other)
- IPC 6019 (other)
- Summit (company)
- SpaceX (company)
- NASA (company)

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- [BONUS - IPC President and CEO John Mitchell on Talent Shortages at APEX 2023 - EMSNOW & SCOOP On Location](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2023-02-02-bonus-ipc-president-and-ceo-john-mitchell-on-talent-shortages-at-apex-2023-emsno) (EMS@C-LEVEL)
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