Industry Strategy Symposium 2024 Opens to Highlight Semiconductor Growth Opportunities on Path to $1 Trillion
January 8, 2024 | SEMIEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Semiconductor industry growth opportunities in the year ahead will take center stage at Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) 2024 as the year’s first executive check-in opens with leading analysts, researchers, economists, and technologists offering insights on forces impacting the industry.
Themed Ready, Set and Ramp?, the event at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, Calif. will present industry intelligence to help inform company business plans and forecasts based on current market conditions.
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), and power semiconductors
- Fab challenges
- PFAS regulations and challenges
- CHIPS Act updates and investments
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: Kevin Quinn, Senior Relationship Director, CHIPS Program Office, United States Department of Commerce
- Day 3: Ian Steff, Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce, President and CEO, mySilicon Compass
Economic trends and market forces shaping the electronics industry
- Executives and economists from Hilltop Economics, Gartner, SEMI, TechInsights and Yole Group
Insights into market and application drivers
- Top executives from META Research Lab, Microsoft, MilliporeSigma and Infineon Technologies
Technology trends
- Experts from Tokyo Electron, STMicroelectronics and TechInsights
Headwinds
- Thought leaders from Albright Stonebridge Group, Bechtel, Entegris and New Hope Energy
Tailwinds
- Experts from Comet Group, McKinsey & Company, Renesas and TechSearch International
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