Welcome to the 3rd Annual

eSMART Factory Conference

March 4th and 5th 2020 in

San Jose, California, United States.

2020 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The eSMART Factory conference will be held on March 4^th and 5^th at the Comet Group Lab One, 3055 Orchard Drive, Suite 150, San Jose, CA 95134, USA. This unmissable annual event brings together the key people and disruptive technologies shaping the electronics manufacturing industry.

“Disruptive” technologies are those that change the paradigm of manufacturing in a significant way, well beyond incremental “Kaizen” activities. Whether these are Smart Factory, IIoT, software or hardware, materials, process or core business requirement changes, there is associated opportunity and risk, that needs to be quantified, qualified and understood in order to be a part of any manufacturing-based business plan.

Embracing disruptive technologies promises to deliver differentiating capabilities in terms of
operational enhancement and cost reduction. As with all new things however, there are
inherent risks associated with early adoption, not only at a technical level, but in terms of how
best the operation can be optimized based on the new capabilities.

In order to assess the right entry point, the eSMART Factory conference focusses on, and
addresses, the full range of disruptive technologies in modern manufacturing, including supply
chain systems, factory logistics, IIoT machine communication and associated Smart software,
robotics and materials science. This is the ideal opportunity to experience and understand new
disruptive technologies, hearing directly from the creators and leaders, so that your own
business plans can be made with full insight of industry technology roadmap as a whole.

This unique event enables your business, management and technical experts to interact with
the presenters, to ask your difficult questions that help you fine-tune strategies going forward,
essential for those wanting to establish and maintain a comfortable step ahead of competitors
in the industry.

THE ORGANIZERS

eSMART Factory is organized by Global SMT & Packaging magazine. Global SMT & Packaging is an imprint of Trafalgar Publications Ltd. and is the leading international electronics manufacturing publication with magazines, websites, newsletters and video channels across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Who Should Attend?

Production Managers, Quality Managers, Test Managers and all C-Level Executives involved in the specification and implementation of Industry 4.0/Smart Factory systems. This is a ‘must-attend’ event for anyone who is interested in Smart Factory implementation and optimization.

What you will learn

Learn about the latest technologies to assist manufacturers improve their process traceability and reliability, reduce factory/machine downtime and improve throughput, logistics and first pass yield. eSmart Factory 2020 will bring together the leading technologists and engineers to present, discuss and debate the future of these technologies and how they will apply to electronics manufacturing.

The venue

Comet Group Lab One is collaborative research space in the heart of Silicon Valley. It holds a wide range of x-ray and inspection tools for semiconductor, PCBA and other industries. The venue also boasts an excellent conference space and has hosted many local and international events since it opened in 2017.

Please send all inquiries to the Conference Chair, Trevor Galbraith at tgalbraith@globalsmt.net