WORCESTER, MA – April 28, 2026 – The annual PCB East conference, featuring more than 80 hours of in-depth electronics engineering training, opens today at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA, the Printed Circuit Engineering Association (PCEA) announced.

The conference will be held April 28 to May 1 and offer classes for every level of experience, from novice to expert. Rick Hartley, Susy Webb, Stephen Chavez, Karen Burnham and Tomas Chester are among the headliners of this year’s conference, which features classes for every level of experience, from novice to expert.
The scope of classes ranges from the basics of design engineering, libraries and circuit grounding to more advanced fare such as power distribution, EMC, stackups, thermal management and DDR memory routing.

More than two-thirds of the presentations are new to the conference, including ones on DFM for ultra high-density interconnects (UHDI), designing in 3D, advanced dielectrics for thermal PCBs, AI, and time budgets for new projects.

The all-day Executive Management Forum on April 28 will cover executive strategies for AI adoption, meeting workforce challenges, and new PCB process selection for advanced electronics packaging.

Also new this year is FPGA Horizons East, a technical conference focused on FPGA design, which is co-locating with PCB East for the first time.

A one-day exhibition featuring more than 85 leading suppliers to the electronics design and manufacturing industry will be held April 29.
“Preregistration for the technical conference and the exhibition are well ahead of last year,” said Mike Buetow, president, PCEA. “We are looking forward to the new location for the top printed circuit board design and engineering conference on the East Coast.”
PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB and CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY magazines are media partners for the event.

For more information about PCB East, visit pcbeast.com or contact Mike Buetow, conference director, at 617-327-4702; mike@pcea.net.

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