Annual Symposium 2026
Tuesday 6th October
Theme: “What Lies Ahead?”
Registration is now open for the ICT Annual Symposium. The Symposium will be held on Tuesday 6th October at The Windmill Village Hotel, Birmingham Road, Coventry, CV5 9AL.
Our presentations will begin at 10am with refreshments and registration from 9.30am. Lunch is included for all attendees and we’ll be finishing around 4pm.
We have a good range of speakers who will share their views on what the future holds for the UK and European PCB industry.
The event is free to attend for ICT members; for non-members there is a small charge of £35. We have a limited number of tabletop spots available, please let me know if you wish to book one.
We have reserved accommodation at £140.00 B&B, please let me know if you’d like me to reserve a room.
Please message me to register; it will be great to see you there.
Alun Morgan (FInstCT)
Technical Director
The Institute of Circuit Technology
+44 7836 219743
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Time |
Event |
Presenter |
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09:30 |
Registration & refreshments |
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10:00 |
Welcome |
Alun Morgan - Technical Director of the ICT |
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10:10 |
Lecture 1 |
Steve Driver, Chairman of the ICT – What does the future hold for the European PCB industry and the ICT? |
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10:50 |
Lecture 2 |
Alun Morgan, Ventec International Group – Market Outlook and how the AI Infrastructure Build Out is reshaping the PCB Materials Supply Chain |
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11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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12:00 |
Lecture 3 |
Sultan Saidov, Alpha Machines - Industry 4.0 & AI: Automation in PCB manufacturing and its impact |
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12:40 |
Round Table Discussion |
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13:00 |
Buffet lunch in the Loft 18 restaurant |
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14:15 |
Lecture 4 |
Ashok Sridhar, TracXon B.V. – Roll-to-Roll Hybrid printed electronics, the TSMC of Printed Electronics! |
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14:55 |
Lecture 5 |
Adam Edwards, The Manufacturing Technology Centre MTC - How innovation, advanced manufacturing, and technology development can support the evolving needs of the electronics and PCB sector. |
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15:35 |
Round-Up |
Leigh Allinson - Vice Chairman of the ICT |
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15:45 |
Close |
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