Agenda

Tuesday, October 28

  • Poster Session, featuring Texas A&M College of Engineering students

Wednesday, October 29

  • Chancellor Glenn Hegar, The Texas A&M University System

  • Dr. Joe Elabd, Vice Chancellor for Research, The Texas A&M University System

  • Professor Chris Miller, author, Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology

  • Moderator: Glenn Hamer, President & CEO, Texas Association of Business

    Panelists:

    Eric Almgren, Managing Director, Castle Peak Advisors

    Lex Keen, Founder & CEO, SecureFoundry

    Salman Khan, Interim CEO, Greater Brazos Partnership

    Terry Zrubek, Deputy Executive Director, Economic Development and Tourism Office, Office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott

  • More information coming

  • Moderator: Ted Moise, Director, North Texas Semiconductor Institute

    Panelists:

    Johnnie Cain, Front-End Operations Training Program Manager, NXP Semiconductors

    Mike Glavin, Program Director, Workforce Development, SEMI Foundation

    Sherry Howard, Vice President, Strategic Collaboration & Resource Management, Texas State Technical College

    Clay Huber, Director, Workforce Development, Texas A&M Semiconductor Institute

    Veronique Tran, Vice Provost, School of Manufacturing and Industrial Technology, Dallas College

  • More information coming

  • Moderator: Ty Middleton, Chief Workforce Officer, SMART USA

    Panelists:

    Randy Hall, Solutions Architect, The Provenance Chain Network

    Trace Hurd, Senior Director, Technology Development, Tokyo Electron US

    Sherman Ikemoto, Group Director, Cadence Design Systems

    Steve Putna, Director, Texas A&M Semiconductor Institute

  • Dr. David Staack, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research, The Texas A&M University System

  • Including special guest, Miss Reveille X, from 5:30-6:15 pm

Thursday, October 30

  • Dr. Joe Elabd, Vice Chancellor for Research, The Texas A&M University System

  • Mark England, President, Globalwafers Co Ltd

  • Moderator: Robert Quinn, Quinn Media

    Panelists:

    Brendan Greenwood, Vice President of Operations, ATMC Fab, NXP Semiconductors

    Dennis Menefee, CEO, Partstat, Inc.

    Viresh Patel, Vice President, Head-Packaging & Assembly Division, Renesas Electronics

    Srini Raghavan, Vice President, Head, Plexus Corporation

    Sankar Uppuluri, Head of Corporate Strategy, Arrow Electronics

  • More information coming

  • Moderator: Stephen Bayne, Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Collaboration, Texas Tech University

    Panelists:

    Dereje Agonafer Presidential Distinguished Professor, University of Texas at Arlington; Member, National Academy of Engineering

    Partha Dutta, Chief Technologist, United Semiconductors

    Susan Graham, Technical Director – Systems Engineering, Arm

    Usha Philipose, Co-Director, Center for Microelectronics in Extreme Environments, University of North Texas

  • Steve Putna, Director, Texas A&M Semiconductor Institute