The inaugural Microelectronics UK event held on 24-25 September 2025 at London Excel brought together the following strands of the UK Electronics Industry;

• Semiconductors
• Embedded Systems
• Photonics

Held over two days, the event featured talks and panel sessions, a Start-up Launchpad and a Skills Zone. The concurrent Exhibition attracted over 3,000 registrations and 100 Exhibiting organisations representing the breadth of the UK Microelectronics Industry.

Download the Exhibition Report, which contains a list of Sponsors and Exhibitors at Microelectronics UK.

Microelectronics UK will continue in 2026 on 29-30 September 2026 at the same venue and it is planned to hold a Microelectronics US event based on the same format on 22-23 April 2026 in Austin, Texas, USA.

IMAPS-UK is interested in receiving feedback and on whether to continue participation in this event in the future. Please contact the IMAPS-UK Office to send comments.

The Centre for Power Electronics (CPE) and IMAPS-UK are pleased to announce a Call for Abstracts for the Annual CPE Conference from Early and Mid Career Academics. The CPE 2026 Conference is planned to be held at the University of Edinburgh on 7-8 July 2026.

Abstracts are invited from early/mid career academics which describe the latest advances in Power Electronics and Drives. Up to 4 abstracts will be selected for Oral Presentation during the CPE Conference.

The following Research and Development topics have been highlighted:

• Semiconductor and Passive Devices
• Materials, Packaging and Interconnect; including sustainability and circularity
• Converters, Drives and Applications; including cryogenic and megawatt scale applications
• Control, Test and Reliability

For further details please download CPE 2026 Call for Abstracts

Please submit your Abstract to office@imaps.org.uk