Welcome to IICIT
IICIT = International Institute of Connectors and Interconnect Technology
IICIT is united in a quest for excellence in electrical and optical interconnects. Our purpose is to foster critical thinking, to encourage innovation, to provide clarity to issues that match end user needs to product attributes, and to promote personal and professional growth for our members to help enrich their contributions to our industry.
You are invited to join us!
4 decades ago, a group called the Electronic Connector Study Group, made up of engineers, suppliers, and reliability personnel, were working to instill rigor and excellence in the interconnect portion of electronic and optical systems. That group, originating in the Delaware Valley, transitioned into the IICIT, a mainstream trade association with interconnect technology and connectors as its primary charter. As companies downsized, outsourced, and reengineered themselves into more profitable entities in a worldwide competition that is the manufacturing business of today, the components engineer who was the mainstream of IICIT has become an endangered species. Inexperienced engineers entering the market today are encountering the same problems that were surmounted years ago.
IICIT has been reborn now to focus on teaching the lessons of the past, existing solutions steeped in reality and trial by fire, and in focusing on cutting-edge new initiatives for excellence. The most recent annual IICIT Symposium and Expo was a huge success and well received by the attendees with a half day of symposium-style “basics” or legacy learnings and a second day of shared cutting-edge innovation. Check out the photos in the Symposium tab in the navigation bar above....
We are already set up for the 39th Symposium & Expo! Scheduled now for the afternoon of May 12 and all of May 13, 2008 in Naperville, Illinois (just 20 miles from O'Hare Airport in Chicago) - we have already collected Ron Bishop to be our keynote speaker, Ron Hranac for a tutorial and we plan to have a special presentation by Molex since the venue for this Symposium is right in their backyard, so to speak. It is not too early to sign up to attend, just click on the 2008 Symposium tab under Symposiums above to get the registration form, then call the Holiday Inn Select Hotel & Conference Center at 1801 Naper Blvd in Naperville, Illinois (630.505.4900) to make your hotel reservations. Our IICIT rate is $132 per night if you book before April 11, 2008 and includes a hot breakfast plus WiFi internet connectivity.
If you are interested in attending or securing a Vendor booth or sponsoring any part of our 2008 39th Symposium & Expo, please email us with your specific interest and current contact information so we can work together to achieve a world-class symposium and expo!