Pack Your Bags! We’ve Got Your Trade Show Calendar Here

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Summer vacation? Check.

Kids back in school? Check.

New issues of I-Connect007 magazines downloaded? Check.

Keys, wallet, phone? Check, check, check.

So, what’s missing? Ah, that’s right, it’s time to start planning your trade show attendance. To help you make decisions about when and where to go, we’ve put together a list of industry trade shows. It has been two long years with no or few in-person trade shows, and we’ve felt it. 

Hats off to the associations and other industry leaders that have pulled off virtual trade shows during the pandemic. But let’s face it: Zoom trade shows could never replicate the feel and energy of a live show. We humans crave personal interaction, and live trade shows and conferences offer networking opportunities that just don’t exist on our computer screens. 

So, now we’re back in business and ready to hit the road. Do you have a show or conference to add to our list? Let us know!

SMTA Events

SMTA hosts a variety of regional trade shows and gatherings in North America. 

Empire Expo and Tech Forum
Sept. 27
Rochester, New York

Carolinas Technical Chapter Meeting
Sept. 28
Charlotte, North Carolina

Tampa Expo and Tech Forum
Oct. 4
St. Petersburg, Florida

Space Coast Expo and Tech Forum
Oct. 6
Melbourne, Florida

Utah Expo and Tech Forum
Oct. 11
Salt Lake City, Utah

Long Island Expo and Tech Forum
Oct. 19
Melville, New York

SMTA International
Oct. 31–Nov. 3
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Los Angeles/Orange County Expo and Tech Forum
Nov. 15
Long Beach, California

San Diego Expo and Tech Forum
Nov. 17
Escondido, California

Silicon Valley Expo and Tech Forum
Dec. 7
San Jose, California

Pan Pacific
Jan. 30–Feb. 2, 2023
Kauai, Hawaii

Link to SMTA calendar

More Industry Events:

Vehicle Display and Interfaces
Sept. 27-28
Detroit, Michigan

Defense TechConnect Summit and Expo 2022
Sept. 27-28
National Harbor, Maryland

PCB West
Oct. 5
Santa Clara, California

New Cabin Technologies 2022
Oct. 6
Novi, Michigan

IPC Advanced Packaging Symposium: Building the IC-Substrate and Package Assembly Ecosystem
Oct. 11–12
Washington, D.C.

TechBlick
Oct. 12-13
Eindhoven, Netherlands

Medical Design & Manufacturing
Nov. 2-3
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Electronica
Nov. 15–18
Munich, Germany

2023 Events

CES
Jan. 5-8
Las Vegas, Nevada

IPC APEX EXPO
Jan. 21–26
San Diego, California

Link to IPC calendar

DesignCon
Jan. 31–Feb. 2
Santa Clara, California

To stay updated on our current list of events, click here.

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