• Long term implications for semiconductor and electronics sectors
• Evaluating the economic impact
• Strategies to ensure continuity in supply chain and way to move forward
• Identifying the challenges and recognising opportunities brought by the pandemic

• Advancement in 5G infrastructure and services
• Building a Secure 5G Architecture
• Analysing how 5G will impact disruptive technologies and digital experience
• Wireless communication - opportunities and challenges
• 5G and national security implications - How will 5G improve intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems and processing
• The real potential of 5G and beyond - 5G evolution (5GE) continuing the trend towards increased bandwidth, increased coverage, and increased volumes of data
• Perspective on 6G technology, architecture and vision for 2030

Speakers:

Eric Hardouin

Gint Atkinson

Volker Ziegler

• Higher frequencies, component density, weight & size reduction and thermal balance requirements increase the need for EMI shielding solutions in semiconductor industry
• New materials and processes for mass manufacturing of EMI Shielding under evaluation in semicon supply chain
• Inkjet printing of particle-free Ag-ink as a digital and additive process for EMI Shielding
• Direct selective printing enables full design flexibility
• Integration of hi-volume all-in manufacturing equipment and ink consumable by one supplier reduces supply chain interfaces and development time

Speakers:

Franz Vollmann

• Winners and losers in the autonomous driving race
• How to enhance Car2Car or Car2X Communication
• Intelligent solutions for driving in cities - Road safety and city infrastructure assessment
• Connected vehicles (IoT, 5G, Smart cities)
• Exploring the growing demand of in-vehicle semiconductors
• Creating a future of mobility that is safe and sustainable

Speakers:

Hans Adlkofer

Maxime Flament

Sunil Banwari

• Increased data generation, data storage and data analysis requires ever more advanced device technologies
• For a long time device scaling has been the main solution to performance improvement but this is no longer sufficient
• Advanced packaging technologies open up new possibilities for performance improvement and enabling new architectures
• To fully utilise the potential of advanced node devices with advanced packaging structures the requirements for the back end technology start to move in direction of front end
• Some examples of advanced connection technologies will be presented as well as an outlook will be given

Speakers:

Ruurd Boomsma

• Increasing levels of ADAS depend on progress in image sensors, and LiDAR and radar systems:
• Review the challenges of automotive imaging conditions for the sensor optimisation
• Review the growing need for AI assistance to make local decisions At the same time, the drive train is going fully electric:
• Review the progress in efficient conversion between battery and motor
• Review role of Wide Bandgap materials for higher efficiency, smaller size and weight, and better cooling.
• Review functional safety for the automotive design process to deliver the car of the future

Speakers:

Hans Stork

A Heterogeneous Integration Roadmap is critically needed to focus on new materials and new devices, new architecture, designs, manufacturing processes and new methodologies to bring diverse components together into a System-in-Package (SiP).
• Addressing future vision
• Exploring heterogeneous Integration for special applications

Speakers:

Ramin Farjad

• Recent trends in big data analysis for semiconductor production
• Integration of big data infrastructure and IIoT in the semiconductor industry
• The data challenges for semiconductor companies
• How can big data help with the supply-chain decisions and improve aspects of manufacturing operations (yield, quality and productivity)?

Speakers:

Balachandran Rajendran

Gunaseelan Ponnuvel

• Assessing the future of the semiconductor and consumer electronic industries post Covid-19
• What type of new innovations are attracting venture funding
• Mergers and Acquisitions in the sector and their impact on the industry
• New manufacturing clusters in Southeast Asia - companies and governments are investing to relocate production back home or diversify it into Southeast Asia

Speakers:

CYRUS MEWAWALLA

Hing Wong

Jackie Zou