APEC is managed, governed, and operated by three groups: the APEC Planning Committee, the APEC Steering Committee, and a hired professional conference management company.

Each year’s APEC is planned and managed by the APEC Planning Committee (aka Conference Committee). This committee is all volunteers. The Planning Committee is responsible for managing the technical content, exposition, social and networking events, registration, catering, and other activities specific to that year’s conference.

To provide continuity most committee members serve for multiple years. The General Chair rotates among individuals appointed by each of the sponsors. A person enters the General Chair track by first serving as the Assistant Program Chair, then the Program Chair, and finally as the General Chair. It is also typical that the current year’s General Chair is elected as the Chair of the APEC Steering Committee after serving as General Chair.

The APEC Planning Committee oversees the operations of the professional conference management company that is hired, generally on a multi-year contract, to provide and manage all of the day to day activities needed to support the conference such as managing the hotels, working the convention center, managing the registration process, and all of the other work needed to support the conference.

The APEC Steering Committee is responsible for the longer term operation of the conference, such as selecting future conference locations and managing the bidding process when soliciting bids for conference management services. The Steering Committee is also responsible for setting and managing the APEC Operating and the APEC Policies and Procedures.

The APEC Steering committee consists of three representatives from each of the three sponsors. The Steering Committee includes the Past General Chair, the current General Chair, and the Current Program Chair (next in line for the General Chair position).

Jin Wang
The Ohio State University
2025 General Chair
Dhaval Dalal
ACP Technologies
Program Chair
Deepak Veereddy
Infineon
Assistant Program Chair
Aung Thet Tu
Tu Tech
Past General Chair, Finance Co-Chair
Stephanie Watts Butler
WattsButler, LLC
Plenary Session Chair
Francesco Iannuzzo
Politecnico di Torino
Plenary Session Co-Chair
Laszlo Balogh
Texas Instruments
Seminar Co-Chair
Conor Quinn
Advanced Energy
Seminar Co-Chair
Jaume Roig
onsemi
Industry Session Co-Chair
David Chen
Power Integrations
Industry Session Co-Chair
Aengus Murray
Consultant
Industry Session Co-Chair
Eric Persson
Infineon
AV Systems Chair
John Vigars
Allegro MicroSystems
Exposition Chair
Van Niemela
OmniOn Power
Exposition Co-Chair
Benjamin Benchimol
Würth Elektronik
Exposition Co-Chair
Mark Nelms
Auburn University
Finance Chair
Indumini Ranmuthu
Texas Instruments
Debate (RAP) Sessions Co-Chair
Dheeraj Jain
Würth Elektronik
Debate (RAP) Sessions Co-Chair
Greg Evans
Welcomm, Inc.
Publicity Chair
Kathy Naraghi
Welcomm, Inc.
Publicity Co-Chair
Frank Cirolia
Advanced Energy
Social Media Chair
Bridget O’Gorman
PESC, Inc.
Social Media Co-Chair, Publicity Co-Chair
Bob White
Embedded Power Labs
Web Chair
Jonathan Kimball
University of Missouri
Web Co-Chair
Harish Krishnamoorthy
University of Houston
Mobile App Chair
Siamak Abedinpour
Dialog Semiconductor, Inc.,
A Renesas Company
Publications Chair
Oliver Trescases
University of Toronto
Education Analytics And Awards Chair
Oliver Trescases
University of Toronto
Education Analytics And Awards Chair
Alireza Safaee
Apple Inc.
Student Activities Chair
Zheyu Zhang
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Student Activities Co-Chair
Jose Ortiz Gonzalez
University of Warwick
Student Activities Co-Chair
David Otten
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MicroMouse Chair
Sonia Soin
Guest Hospitality Co-Chair
Madeline White
Guest Hospitality Co-Chair
David McKennon
Meeting Management Services
Strategic Account Director
Kelly Laurie
Meeting Management Services
Sr. Events Director
Caryn Pepper
Meeting Management Services
Logistics Manager
Christen Denson
Meeting Management Services
Logistics Manager
Katia McKennon
Meeting Management Services
Education Director
Catalina DeMassi
Meeting Management Services
Education Manager
Rachel Epstein
Meeting Management Services
Marketing Manager
Nate Knauer
Meeting Management Services
Education and Mobile App Manager
Ed Lonsinger
Meeting Management Services
Exhibits Manager
Lexie Teeter
Meeting Management Services
Sponsorship & Exhibit Coordinator
Adam Lewis
Meeting Management Services
Registration Manager
Rebecca Armely
Meeting Management Services
Registration Manager
Mike Schulz
Meeting Management Services
Registration Manager
Samantha Alimi
Meeting Management Services
Food & Beverage Manager
Tom Wehner
Epapers, LLC
Abstracts Management
Tom Dehn
BADGEGuys
Technology Management
Aung Thet Tu
TuTech
Steering Committee Chair
2025 General Chair
Representing IAS
Jin Wang
The Ohio State University
2026 General Chair
Representing PELS
Dhaval Dalal
ACP Technologies
2027 General Chair
Representing PSMA
Tim McDonald
Infineon
2024 General Chair
Representing PSMA
Pradeep Shenoy
Texas Instruments
2023 General Chair
Representing PELS
Omer C. Onar
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2022 General Chair
Representing IAS
Conor Quinn
Advanced Energy
APEC 2021 General Chair
Representing PSMA
José A. Cobos
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
2020 General Chair
Representing PELS
Ernie Parker
Retired
2019 General Chair
Representing IAS