Committees
APEC is managed, governed, and operated by three groups: the APEC Planning Committee, the APEC Steering Committee, and a hired professional conference management company.
APEC Planning Committee
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.
Professional Conference Management Company
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.
APEC Steering Committee
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).
APEC 2027 Planning Committee
| Dhaval Dalal ACP Technologies 2027 General Chair | Deepak Veereddy Infineon Program Chair |
| Stephanie Watts Butler WattsButler, LLC Assistant Program Chair | Jin Wang The Ohio State University Steering Committee Chair, Past General Chair 2026 |
| Francesco Iannuzzo Politecnico di Torino Plenary Session Co-Chair | Conor Quinn Advanced Energy Plenary Session Co-Chair |
| Laszlo Balogh Consultant Seminar Co-Chair | Eric Persson Infineon Seminar Co-Chair, AV Systems Chair |
| Jaume Roig onsemi Industry Session Co-Chair | David Chen Power Integrations Industry Session Co-Chair |
| Gab-Su Seo National Laboratory of the Rockies Industry Session Co-Chair | Dheeraj Jain Würth Elektronik Debate Sessions Co-Chair |
| Minjie Chen Princeton University Debate Sessions Co-Chair | John Vigars Fusion Business Consulting Exposition Co-Chair |
| Kristofer Eberle Plexim Exposition Co-Chair | Benjamin Benchimol Würth Elektronik Exposition Co-Chair |
| Aung Tu TuTech Consulting Finance Chair | Ernie Parker Finance Co-Chair |
| Mark Nelms Auburn University Finance Co-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 |
| Jonathan Kimball University of Missouri Web Chair | Bob White Embedded Power Labs Web Co-Chair |
| Greg Evans Welcomm, Inc. Publicity Chair | Renee Yawger Ideal Seiconductor Publicity Chair |
| Frank Cirolia Advanced Energy Social Media Chair | Harish Krishnamoorthy University of Houston Mobile App Chair |
| Siamak Abedinpour Texas Instruments Publications Chair | Oliver Trescases University of Toronto Education Analytics And Awards Chair, Publications Co-chair |
| Madeline White Guest Hospitality Co-Chair | Teri Tu Guest Hospitality Co-Chair |
| Sonia Soin Guest Hospitality Co-Chair | David Otten Massachusetts Institute of Technology MicroMouse Chair |
| Dinesh Kithany Wired and Wireless Technologies (WAWT) Member-at-Large | Xiaonan Lu Purdue University Member-at-Large |
Conference Management
| Kelly Laurie Meeting Management Services Sr. Events Director | Caryn Pepper Meeting Management Services Logistics Manager |
| Christen Denson Meeting Management Services Logistics Manager | Catalina DeMassi Meeting Management Services Education Manager |
| Katia McKennon Meeting Management Services Education Manager | Nate Knauer Meeting Management Services Education and Mobile App Manager |
| Stephen Holtzman Meeting Management Services Education Coordinator | Rachel Epstein Meeting Management Services Marketing Manager |
| Ed Lonsinger Meeting Management Services Exhibits Manager | Chantal Freedman Meeting Management Services Sponsorship & Exhibit Manager |
| Adam Lewis Meeting Management Services Registration Manager | Mike Schulz Meeting Management Services Registration Manager |
| Rebecca Armely Meeting Management Services Ambassador Manager | Samantha Alimi Meeting Management Services Food & Beverage Manager |
| Tom Wehner Epapers, LLC Technical Sessions Submissions Management | Tom Dehn BADGEGuys Technology Management |
APEC Steering Committee
| Jin Wang The Ohio State University Steering Committee Chair 2026 General Chair Representing PELS | Dhaval Dalal ACP Technologies 2027 General Chair Representing PSMA |
| Deepak Veereddy Infineon 2028 General Chair Representing IAS | Aung Thet Tu TuTech Consulting 2025 General Chair Representing IAS |
| Tim McDonald Consultant 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 DPx – Differential Power 2020 General Chair Representing PELS |