The Darnell Group’s first-annual CTO Power Summit is under way in San Diego, California. The CTO Power Summit, which concludes tomorrow, is not a tradeshow or similar broad-based event open to everyone and anyone. Instead, it’s an exclusive, invitation-only meeting where CTOs and similar senior technical/engineering executives including Vice Presidents of Research and Development, Vice Presidents of Engineering, Directors of Advanced Technology, and so on, are broadening their perspectives and sharing knowledge with their peers in a relaxed setting.
Darnell’s CTO Power Summit provides CTOs and technology and engineering executives at global power converter companies (including ac-dc power supplies, dc-dc converter modules, inverters, lighting ballasts, motor drives and uninterruptible power supplies) with a relaxed atmosphere to network with colleagues, learn new solutions from their peers both inside and outside the power electronics industry, hear the latest application and market trends, and leave with high-impact knowledge take-aways.
Among the topics being addressed at this unique global event:
– Monitoring and accessing new technologies
– Leadership for strategic innovation
– Technology assessment of potential mergers and acquisitions
– Translating product details into terms that can be marketed
– Representing company interests to government, academic and industry organizations
Keeping up with the latest technology trends and getting advanced information for next-generation trends is important, but it is only a part of what CTOs are receiving at Darnell’s CTO Power Summit. The industry continues to move at a faster and faster pace. Customers are demanding solutions to today’s problems for today’s designs. It is the CTO’s task to have a clear view of technology trends and market needs beyond today’s demands. A clear vision of medium- and longer-term market demand trends is critical. It enables CTOs to identify opportunities for enhancing product differentiation and keeping up with changing market conditions. Complementing the improved margins enabled by enhanced product differentiation is the drive for reduced product development costs and product manufacturing cost reductions. Darnell’s CTO Power Summit is addressing this diverse set of demands and providing the tools CTOs need to drive success into the future.
Darnell believes that the chief technology officers at power electronics companies need, more than ever, a venue for off-record discussions, latest solutions, and projections of future opportunities. The purpose is to provide a forum for CTOs to speak candidly with technology and business leaders about the realities of the industry. And, until today, that was long overdue!
