| 8:30 AM |
Registration and breakfast |
| 9:20 AM |
Guests to be seated |
| 9:30 AM |
Opening Address
By Ang Wee Seng, Executive Director, Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association |
| 9:40 AM |
Semiconductor Geopolitics and Industry Collaboration
Supply chain bifurcation, export controls, and friend-shoring are reshaping semiconductor geography. This session will address how companies and countries are navigating trade tensions, creating new partnerships, and rethinking supply chain strategies. It will provide a view of how Singapore can thrive amid geopolitical fragmentation through neutrality, trust, and diplomacy.
By Ian Stewart, Executive Director, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
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| 10:10 AM |
Shaping the Agile, AI Ready Workforce: Building Talent for the Semiconductor Industry of Tomorrow
As rapid technological advancement and AI transformation reshape global industries, the workforce must evolve to remain competitive. Workforce Singapore (WSG) will share insights on equipping workers with adaptive skills to leverage AI in high-tech environments, implementing large-scale upskilling initiatives to meet emerging industry demands, and fostering a culture of agility and lifelong learning. Discover how proactive workforce strategies are enabling companies to thrive in an era of unprecedented technological change and global competition.
By Anderson Ee, Director, Enterprise Development Group, Workforce Singapore |
| 10:40 AM |
Guest-of-Honour Speech
By Mr. Chee Hong Tat, Minister for National Development
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| 10:50 AM |
Memorandum-of-Understanding (MOU) Signing Ceremony between UWEEI and SSIA
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| 10:55 AM |
Singapore Catalysing Photonics for AI
Gain insights on the materials and photonics advances, that enable performance scaling, energy efficiency, and new integration paths for next generation systems.
By Paul Meissner, Vice President and General Manager, Photonics Platforms, Applied Materials |
| 11:20 AM |
Networking Break |
| 11:40 AM |
Scaling with Speed: Building the Picks and Shovels Powering the AI Era
Artificial intelligence is advancing at unprecedented speed — and semiconductor innovation must accelerate to keep pace. From front-end to back-end of line to advanced packaging, and from novel materials to metrology and manufacturing tools, these are the indispensable enablers of every breakthrough. Building ventures in this space demands more than capital: it requires shorter development cycles, resilient supply chains, and strong IP protection. This keynote explores how to accelerate semiconductor innovation without compromising reliability — through early customer engagement, parallel de-risking, and defensible moats — and highlights Singapore’s unique opportunity to lead in delivering the critical semiconductor foundations that will sustain and scale the AI era.
By Phoebe Tan, Partner, Xora Innovation |
| 12:05 PM |
AI Driven Manufacturing, a Catalyst for Semiconductor Transformation
Semiconductor companies face unprecedented complexity in design, manufacturing precision, and supply chain volatility. AI and cloud solutions are transforming the ecosystem by accelerating complex EDA workloads and design cycles. Generative AI deployed on AWS enables manufacturers to instantly harness decades of knowledge across global operations, revolutionizing production processes and sustainability efforts. These capabilities provide critical visibility into worldwide operations, deliver sophisticated forecasting, and generate actionable recommendations for supply chain planners. We will explore how semiconductor companies can overcome current challenges while building resilience for future demands.
By Michelle Toh, Head of Enterprise Business, AWS Singapore |
| 12:30 PM |
Lunch and Networking |
| 2:00 PM |
Powering the Next Generation, The Role of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors, GaN
From GaN’s translation to real-world adoption, uncover the device- and system-level gains in efficiency and power density, and the exciting opportunities for innovation and growth.
By Ng Geok Ing, Executive Director, National Semiconductor Translational and Innovation Centre, Gallium Nitride (NSTIC-GaN) |
| 2:25 PM |
Unlocking the Potential of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors, SiC Perspectives
Discover how SiC is evolving in maturity, yield, and cost — and what that means for the future of energy, mobility, and communications. We’ll also get an update on the recent progress of A*STAR SiC power devices, future outlook of A*STAR’s power electronics, including SiC and GaN.
By Gong Xiao, Head of Department for SiC Power Electronics, Institute of Microelectronics, A*STAR |
| 2:50 PM |
Networking Break |
| 3:10 PM |
Integrating Performance, Power Efficiency, and Sustainability, Next Generation Memory
The next wave of memory technologies is redefining possibilities — balancing performance with energy efficiency, enabling breakthroughs from data centers to the edge, and embedding lifecycle sustainability.
By Wang Li, Senior Director, Package Development and Engineering (PDE), Micron Technology |
| 3:35 PM |
Next Generation Manufacturing Resilience, Building Supply Chain Agility
Over the past five years, the semiconductor industry has faced unprecedented challenges, triggering a profound reorganization. Marked by extreme global interdependence, the sector is now entering a new chapter in its fifty-year history—one defined by manufacturing resilience and supply chain agility. But what does this shift mean for the stakeholders involved? Who are they, where are they located, what actions are they taking, and when will changes unfold? In an era of surging semiconductor demand, production is no longer just about factories; grasping the evolving ecosystem is essential to understanding the industry’s future.
By Gary Huang, Corporate Vice President, Asia Principal Client Strategic Advisor, Yole Group |
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