MILPITAS, Calif. â”� November 7, 2017  — SEMI announced today that the Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) 2018, will take place January 15-18 at Half Moon Bay’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel, with the theme “Smart, Intuitive & Connected: Semiconductor Devices Transforming the World.”  ISS is the year’s first executive check-in, bringing together leading analysts, researchers, economists, and technologists for insights on the forces impacting the semiconductor industry. The annual symposium offers executives a unique platform for identifying growth opportunities and gaining industry intelligence to help them ensure that their business plans and forecasts are based on up-to-the-minute market conditions.  Registration for ISS is now open.

Major developments are transforming the extended supply chain — artificial intelligence, intelligent vehicles, augmented and virtual reality, and limitless connectivity within the cloud. Through collaboration across an expanding ecosystem and advanced technical innovations, today’s electronics are incorporating features that defy convention, while constantly raising performance and lowering power consumption, with smaller footprints,  reduced device sizes, and increasingly packaging heterogeneously integrated components.

The ISS 2018 will feature insightful keynote addresses, panel discussions, and presentations spanning four key session topics:

• Economic Trends: Get an insider’s view from  Alpha Capital Partners, BCA Research, Gartner, IHS Markit and  SEMI.
• Market Perspective: Autonomous cars, virtual reality, and cloud connectivity — where’s the growth? Hear perspectives from  Amazon Web Services, Mentor (a Siemens Business), Nissan Research Center Silicon Valley and  Oculus.
• Technology: Emerging applications and major advances in equipment, materials, design, and packaging. Get insights from executives at  ASM, ASML, IC Knowledge, imec, Intel, and  Versum Materials.
• Societal Disruptions by Technology: Robotics, artificial intelligence, social media — hear from representatives of  Accenture, IBM, McKinsey & Co., Tufts University and VLSI Research, among others.

The industry is going through a major growth cycle and the challenges remain to stay strong ahead of the cycles. SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium 2018 will give industry professionals the knowledge needed to succeed. To learn more and to register, visit  http://www.semi.org/en/ISS

Sponsors include:  Applied Materials, Accenture, Air Liquide, Applied Seals North America, DAS, EV Group, Edwards Vacuum, Greene Tweed, JSR Micro, Lam Research, Linde Group, Linx Consulting, Nikon Precision, TEL, 3-Way Logistics, Valqua America, VAT, Versum Materials, and  Watlow. 

About SEMI

SEMI^® connects over 2,000 member companies and 1.3 million professionals worldwide to advance the technology and business of electronics manufacturing. SEMI members are responsible for the innovations in materials, design, equipment, software, devices, and services that enable smarter, faster, more powerful, and more affordable electronic products. FlexTech and the MEMS & Sensors Industry Group (MSIG) are SEMI Strategic Association Partners, defined communities within SEMI focused on specific technologies. Since 1970, SEMI has built connections that have helped its members prosper, create new markets, and address common industry challenges together. SEMI maintains offices in Bangalore, Berlin, Brussels, Grenoble, Hsinchu, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley (Milpitas, Calif.), Singapore, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C.  For more information, visit  www.semi.org



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