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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
ET
Magnetics vs Capacitors - Which presents the lesser obstacle to advancing power electronics?
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
ET
Debate 1 - Magnetics vs Capacitors - Which presents the lesser obstacle to advancing power electronics?
Location: Level Four, A412
Session Chair:
George A. Slama
– Wurth Elektronik
Debate Speaker:
Jim Marinos
– Payton Planar
Debate Speaker:
Charles R. Sullivan, PhD
– Dartmouth
Debate Speaker:
Peter A. Blais
– YAGEO Group
Debate Speaker:
Jerry Zhai, PhD
– MaxEpic Inc.
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
ET
SiC vs GaN - Which will lead in Power Conversions?
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
ET
Debate 2 - SiC vs GaN - Which will lead in Power Conversions?
Location: Level Four, A411
Session Chair:
Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio
– AspenCore Power Electronics News
Debate Speaker:
Kevin Speer, PhD
– Microchip Technology
Debate Speaker:
Alex Lidow, PhD
– Efficient Power Conversion
Debate Speaker:
Mrinal K. Das, PhD (he/him/his)
– onsemi
Debate Speaker:
Thomas Neyer
– Infineon
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
ET
The power or peril of AI-driven designs - Will they light up the power supply landscape or will they go up in flames?
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
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Debate 3 - The power or peril of AI-driven designs - Will they light up the power supply landscape or will they go up in flames?
Location: Level Four, A404/A405
Session Chair:
Robert C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski
– University of California at Berkeley
Debate Speaker:
Grant Pitel, PhD
– Magna-Power Electronics Inc.
Debate Speaker:
Babak Fahimi
– University of Texas at Dallas
Debate Speaker:
Dragan Maksimovic, PhD (he/him/his)
– University of Colorado Boulder
Debate Speaker:
Laszlo Balogh
– Texas Instruments
