A full replay of the 2018 APEC Plenary Session, sponsored by Mouser Electronics. 

Index:

0:00:00 - Intro by APEC General Chair Eric Persson
0:01:30 - Special Announcement by PELS President Alan Mantooth
0:06:40 - APEC 2018 overview (Persson)
0:12:35 - Plenary overview (Aung Tu)
0:14:35 - Adam L. Hamilton - Power: A Fundamental Ingredient of Advanced Science and Applied Technology
0:42:16 - Johann W. Kolar - Vienna Rectifier and Beyond 
1:13:35 - Muhammad Nawaz - Moving from Si to SiC from the End User's Perspective 
1:46:09 - APEC “Halftime Show” - special programming from IEEE.tv and Mouser
2:14:48 - Zoya Popovic - WPT: from µW/cm2 Harvesting to kW Capacitive Vehicle Powering
2:43:56 - P. Markondeya Raj - 3D Power Packaging made Real with Embedded Component and Substrate Technologies
3:14:34 - Hans Stork - Does Power Efficiency Improve with Consolidation in the Semiconductor Industry? 

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Adam L. Hamilton, President and CEO of Southwest Research Institute, presents his keynote talk on the relationship of power and applied technologies. Hamilton uses various use cases, including deep sea science, autonomous vehicles, Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS), initiatives in deep space and more.

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Dr. Johann W. Kolar, Professor at ETH Zurich Institute PES, shares his keynote presentation on the Vienna Rectifier, including a brief history, comparative evaluations and further improvements on the technology.

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Dr. Muhammad Nawaz, Principal Scientist at ABB Corporate Research in Sweden, presents his keynote talk about the transition from using silicon to silicon carbide in power electronics. Nawaz reviews devices in their portfolio, identifying trends in the field, and reasons for the switch with the product end user in mind.

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Zoya Popovic, Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, reviews types of wireless power transfer in her keynote presentation on low-power harvesting. Prof. Popovic considers examples and use case environments that are practical for power harvesting in certain applications.

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Dr. P.M. Raj, Senior Research Engineer at Georgia Institute of Technology, delivers his keynote presentation on 3D Power Packaging, reliability challenges. Dr. Raj also compares different types of embedding and capacitors.

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Dr. Hans Stork, Senior VP and CTO of ON Semiconductor, shares his keynote on systems benefits of high efficiency and the drivers of power conversion technology. Dr. Stork reviews various examples to consider the factors required for achieving full system optimization.

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