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Industry Strategy Symposium 2024 to Highlight Chip Innovation and Business Opportunities on Path to $1 Trillion
November 7, 2023 | SEMIEstimated reading time: 1 minute
SEMI announced that Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) 2024 will be held January 7-10 at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, Calif. with the theme Ready, Set and Ramp? ISS is the year’s first microelectronics executive check-in, offering perspectives from leading analysts, researchers, economists, and technologists on forces impacting the semiconductor industry. The annual symposium provides insights into growth opportunities and industry intelligence to help inform company business plans and forecasts based on current market conditions. Registration is open.
ISS speakers will highlight trends that promise to lay the groundwork for the semiconductor industry’s path to $1 trillion in revenue with a focus on innovation and business opportunities in growth markets. Central themes at ISS 2024 will include:
- Economic trends
- Geopolitical and semiconductor supply chain trends
- Semiconductor market drivers including AR/VR, medical and artificial intelligence (AI)
- Fab challenges
- PFAS regulations and restrictions
- CHIPS Act investments
“The intelligence shared at ISS 2024 will be key in enabling companies across the semiconductor supply chain to hone their operational and sales strategies in order to seize business opportunities in the year ahead,” said Joe Stockunas, president of SEMI Americas and host of ISS. “We look forward to hosting top visionaries and experts as they provide perspectives on the latest macroeconomic, geopolitical and electronics industry developments and trends.”
ISS 2024 Highlights
Keynotes
- Day 1: Sumit Sadana, Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer,
Micron Technology
- Day 2: Deepak Kulkarni, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Advanced Packaging, AMD
- Day 3: Nivruti Rai, Managing Director and CEO, Invest India
Economic trends and market forces shaping the electronics industry
- Executives and economists from Bloomberg Economics, Gartner, SEMI, TechInsights and Yole Développement
Insights into market and application drivers
- Top executives from META, Microsoft and Infineon Technologies
Technology trends
- Experts from Tokyo Electron and TechInsights
Headwinds
- Thought leaders from Bechtel, Dentons Global Advisors and New Hope Energy
Tailwinds
- Experts from mySilicon Compass, Renesas and TechSearch International
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