Date: Tuesday 28 March 2017
Time: 11:30 - 13:00
Location / Room: Auditorium A

Chair:
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, UCB, US

From autonomous driving to big data, from machine learning to cyber-physical systems, from robotics to the internet of everything, from brain-machine interfaces to the human intranet, innovation is moving at a pace that has never been seen before. To face the large investments and increasing global competition, mergers and acquisitions have sped up in all areas including the semiconductor industry that has been possibly the most decisive enabling factors of these disruptive technologies. The panel will address what are the structural factors to sustain innovations and what are the strategies that some of important actors in the industrial and research sector are embracing. The panel will also address the opportunities and difficulties of the different regions of the world in the changing social and economic landscape. The panel will begin with an introductory presentation about the state of technology and innovations in the areas outlined above. Then executives from IBM, ST Microelectronics and Leti will address the problems to face and the strategies to embrace in a challenging competitive landscape.

Panelists:

• Arvind Krishna, Sr. VP, Head of Research, IBM, US
  
• Marie-Noëlle Semeria, CEO, CEA/Leti, FR
  
• Benedetto Vigna, EVP & GM, Analog & MEMS Group, STMicroelectronics, IT
  

13:00

End of session Lunch Break in Garden Foyer Keynote Lecture session 3.0 in "Garden Foyer" 1350 - 1420 Lunch Break in the Garden Foyer On all conference days (Tuesday to Thursday), a buffet lunch will be offered in the Garden Foyer, in front of the session rooms. Kindly note that this is restricted to conference delegates possessing a lunch voucher only. When entering the lunch break area, delegates will be asked to present the corresponding lunch voucher of the day. Once the lunch area is being left, re-entrance is not allowed for the respective lunch.