Agenda
| Time | AGENDA TOPIC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30 – 8:30a | Breakfast / Registration Check-in / Networking | |||
| 8:30 – 8:45a | Welcome | |||
| Lora Weiss - Senior Vice President for Research at The Pennsylvania State University | ||||
| Dawn Bonnell - Senior Vice Provost for Research at the University of Pennsylvania | ||||
| 8:45 – 9:00a | Introduction to the Workshop | |||
| Gerald Lopez – University of Pennsylvania | ||||
| Daniel Lopez – The Pennsylvania State University | ||||
| Mark Allen – University of Pennsylvania | ||||
| Gianluca Piazza – Carnegie Mellon University | ||||
| 9:00 – 9:15a | J.D. Grom - Senior Advisor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce “Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors and Science Act” | |||
| 9:15 – 9:45a | Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sunil K. Pal (Micron) | |||
| “Drivers and Need for Developing the Semiconductor Workforce of the Future" | ||||
| 9:45 – 10:15a | Keynote Speaker: Jessica Kachian (Intel) | |||
| “From Lab to Fab: Strengthening Academia/Industry Partnership Through Alignment to Semiconductor Industry Needs (for Next-Generation Materials and Devices)” | ||||
| 10:15 – 10:30a | Coffee Break | |||
| 10:30 – 11:50a | Topical Talks: Infrastructure and Manufacturing – Chair: Mark Allen (UPenn) | |||
| 10:30 – 10:50a | Juan Herbsommer (Texas Instruments) “Augmenting semiconductor capabilities with quantum technologies: from prototyping to products | |||
| 10:50 – 11:10a | Madhavan Swaminathan (PSU) “The Future of Semiconductor Packaging is Now” | |||
| 11:10 – 11:30a | Mark Earnshaw (Nokia, Bell Labs) “Lessons in bridging the gap from research innovation to production for photonics” | |||
| 11:30 - 11:50 a | Adam Knapp (SRC) "Mid-Atlantic Semiconductor Hub: A Viewpoint from the SRC” | |||
| 11:50 - 1:00 p | LUNCH | |||
| 1:00 – 2:00p | Topical Talks: Education and Workforce Development – Chair: Gianluca Piazza (CMU) | |||
| 1:00 – 1:20p | Valerie Browning (Lockheed Martin) “Challenges and Opportunities in Building the Microelectronics Workforce for Aerospace and Defense” | |||
| 1:20 – 1:40p | Jonathan White (Synopsys) “EDA Investment in Future Technology and Talent” | |||
| 1:40 – 2:00p | Shannon Munro (PA College of Technology) “Workforce Development at Pennsylvania College of Technology – A Comprehensive Targeted Approach for Industry Sectors Applied to the CHIPS Act” | |||
| 2:00 – 3:00p | Topical Talks: Silicon-adjacent Technologies – Chair: Jamie Phillips (Univ. of Delaware) | |||
| 2:00 – 2:20p | Hrishikesh Das (onsemi) “SiC: Technology needs and opportunities” | |||
| 2:20 – 2:40p | Susan Trolier-McKinstry (PSU) “Integrating Ferroelectrics with Semiconductors” | |||
| 2:40 – 3:00p | Dennis Prather (Phase Sensitive Innovations) “Photonic Integrated Circuits Using Thin-Film Lithium Niobate” | |||
| 3:00 – 3:20p | Coffee Break | |||
| 3:20 – 3:50p | Keynote Speaker: Dr. David Bishop (BU) “Industry-Academia partnership: Lessons learned and prospects” | |||
| 3:50 – 4:00p | Moving to Breakout rooms | |||
| 4:00 – 5:00p | Breakout Sessions and Rooms | |||
| 1. Infrastructure and Manufacturing Leads: George Maracas (former DOE-NSRC director) and Chad Eichfeld (PSU) Notetaker: Eric Johnston (UPenn) | ||||
| 2. Education and Workforce Development Leads: Pamela Abshire (UMD) and Joshua Robinson (PSU) Notetaker: Kristin Field (UPenn) | ||||
| 3. Silicon-adjacent Technologies Leads: James Hone (CU) and Davood Shahrjerdi (NYU) Notetaker: Pat Watson (UPenn) | ||||
| 5:00 – 5:30p | Breakout sessions reporting and discussions panel (Chair: Luigi Colombo – TI) | |||
| 1. George Maracas: Infrastructure and Manufacturing | ||||
| 2. Pamela Abshire: Education and Workforce Development | ||||
| 3. Jim Hone: Silicon-adjacent Technologies | ||||
| 5:30 – 6:15p | Open discussions with all the workshop’s participants (Chair: Luigi Colombo – TI) | |||
| 6:15 – 6:30p | Conclusions | |||
| 6:30 – 8:00p | Evening Social and Dinner | |||