The Global Business Council (GBC) produces IMAPS initiatives that cover many business factors important to corporate IMAPS members. GBC programming develops and communicates the business perspective by producing conferences, forums, and webinars. IMAPS has long been a society serving the interests of membership through various symposia, focused technology workshops, and local technical meetings. While the focus of the IMAPS program is largely technical in nature, this initiative within IMAPS is designed to address the business side of the IMAPS portfolio of technologies.
GBC Organizing Committee:
Eelco Bergman, Sara Micro | Mark Gerber, ASE | Thomas Goodman (Izinus) | Tim Olson, Deca Technologies |
Rich Rice | Lee Smith, Applied Materials | Jan Vardaman, TechSearch International
What is the Global Business Council?
The Global Business Council (GBC) is an IMAPS initiative that focuses on business issues related to the technology areas addressed by the corporate organizational members of IMAPS. The revised charter is as follows:
PURPOSE: The IMAPS Global Business Council (GBC) is an initiative within IMAPS which leads the development and communication of the business view of and for the IMAPS corporate membership.
MISSION: The mission of the GBC is to provide value to IMAPS corporate membership by focusing on the business side of technology for microelectronics and packaging. This will be accomplished by development and presentation of events highlighting relevant business topics of interest to corporate membership.
The GBC is managed by a dedicated volunteer Steering Committee and support from IMAPS staff. The composition of the GBC Steering Committee is representative of a cross-section of dynamic business leaders who are in touch in some fashion with the business of microelectronics and packaging technologies. This team has invested its time to organize events that touch on todays global business condition.
The GBC is actively involved in the following areas, aiming to add value to our corporate membership.
4-Tiers
To further the 4-Tiers iniative, the GBC has participated in forming a matrix which identifies the key supply chain elements by industry segment (Aerospace, Military & Security, Automotive Electronics, Biotech & Medical Electronics, Communications, Computers, Office & Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Energy and Industrial/Lab) across the four main tiers of the supply chain (Industry Segment/End Market, Systems, Devices & Applications, Design, and Processes & Materials.) Corporate members will be identified by area in which they operate to help prospective customers find appropriate sources for their needs.
GBC Spring Program
As part of the Device Packaging Conference in Fountain Hills, Arizona in March, the GBC holds its Spring Program with a business-oriented plenary session as part of the DPC.
GBC Fall Program
The GBC has been held in the past during the IMAPS International Symposium on Microelectronics. The GBC has held a Marketing Forum with a business-oriented program. The Marketing Forums usually have a specific technical focus and are open to all attendees of the annual symposium.
