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DRAFT AGENDA

Themes

Nextgen
AI
Supply chain
Sustainability
Design to product
Policy
Startup connect
Future Workforce
Country Roundtable
State Spotlight
Hackathon
ELCINA
SID
Women

Day wise- Draft Agenda

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Session Title

Theme

Topics

Company

Speaker

Hall name

Day 1

9:55AM – 11:15AM 

Inauguration of
SEMICON India
2026

Grand Inaugural  Bramhakamal
11:45AM onwards Exhibition Inauguration
SEMICON opening
  Exhibition Foyer
Area 1
12:30PM - 01:30PM

Networking Lunch

 
1:30PM - 1:40PMKeynote  MeitYS. Krishnan, Secretary MeitYAmaltas
1:40PM - 1:50PMKeynote  Lam ResearchShesha Varadarajan
1:50PM - 2:00PMKeynote Edge AINXPLars Reger, NXP CTO
02:00PM - 02:10PMKeynoteNextGen
Manufacturing
Opportunities
for India in AI, Data
Centre, Automotive and
Power
InfineonJochen Hanebeck, CEOAmaltas
02:10PM - 02:20PMKeynote IntelSrini Iyengar
02:20PM - 02:30PMKeynoteAdvancing Semiconductor
Projects in India
ASMLAllan Wayne - Chief Strategic
Sourcing and Procurement
Officer
02:30PM - 03:15PMFireside
Chat
Growing together: India's
commercial Fab and the
Ecosystem
BCG Ankush Wadera (Mod)Amaltas
Tata ElectronicsUtpal Shah
SiCSemGuru Thalapaneni
KLADominic David
IntelSanthosh Viswanathan
03:15PM - 3:25PMKeynote NextGen ManufacturingApplied MaterialsPrabu Raja
03:25PM- 3:35PMKeynote Building the next
generation manufacturing
ecosystem- why India’s
opportunity is bigger than
building fabs
HCL-FoxconnShikhar Malhotra, Chairman India
Chip Pvt Ltd
03:35PM - 04:10PMPanel
Discussion
PackagingConversation with Global
Leaders on Advanced
Packaging
PwC Sujay Shetty,Partner
- ESDM & Semiconductor (Mod)
Tata ElectronicsTim McIntosh
Applied MaterialsManish Ranjan, Hetrogeneous
Packaging
MicronAkshay Singh
3DGS3DGS: Babu Mandava
04:10PM - 04:20PMKeynoteDeveloping
Equipment R&D
and Manufacturing
Ecosystem in India
Trusted Innovation,
Navidating Complexity by
Advantest
AdvantestYoshiaki Yoshida, ChairmanAmaltas
04:20PM - 04:30PMKeynoteThe Future of Assembly:
How Advanced Dicing
Technology is
Empowering India's
Semiconductor
manufacturing
DISCOTakatoshi KYO - President DISCO
Hi-Tec.
04:30PM - 04:40PMKeynote UHPKunal Singh Bisht - Manager of Equipment Development
04:40PM - 04:50PMKeynoteAI Transforming
Industry
AI and the future of our
Industry - From
Semiconductor design to
Electronics manufacturing
to the Supply chain that
connects them
USTGillroy Mathew - COO
04:50PM - 05:45PMPanel
Discussion
AI Impact on Industry
Future; AI for Electronics
Manufacturing; AI in
Semiconductor Design;
AI-enabled Supply Chains
Bain (Mod)Bo Huang, Partner
Bain & Company
AMDPrakash Raghavendra,
Senior fellow, Software Systems
Lam ResearchDavid Fried, VP & Chief AI
Officer
Marvell TechnologyNavin Bishnoi, VP Country Head
India
WiproRitesh Tyagi, VP Global
Head Silicon
MicronShisheer Kotha
Director, Smart Manufacturing
and AI
05:45PM - 05:55PMKeynote SandiskPrasad Sandireddy - VP Memory
Technology
05:55PM - 06:05PMKeynote Schneider ElectricHenri Berthe, President
Schneider Semiconductor

Day 2

09:15 AM- 09:25 AMKeynote The New Innovation Pipeline -
From concept to chip delivery,
competitive advantage now
comes from engineering the
whole system, not optimizing
isolated stages.
InfosysVikram Meghal, SVP EngineeringAmaltas
09:25 AM- 09:35 AMKeynote From Concept to Silicon:
Strengthening India's Design
Enablement & Test Ecosystem
L&TSandeep Kumar, CEO L&T
Semiconductor
09:40AM - 09:50AMKeynoteSupply Chain 360 KaynesHernaine "Nanie" Torres, GM
09:50AM - 10:20AMPanel DiscussionSupply chain related challenges,
import etc.
EnY (Mod)Aisha Ali Hussaini, Partner
Semiconductor Practice
Lam ResearchPeter Holland, VP Supply Chain
Inox Air Products Air ProductsDiganta Sarma, Head South Inox Air
Products 
10:20AM  - 10:30AMKeynote Driving the Next Phase of
India's Electronics Growth
Bain & CompanyBalaji Thirumalai, Partner
10:30AM - 11:10AMPanel DiscussionElectronic Systems &
Product: Driving the
Next Phase of India's
Electronics Growth
"Large-Scale Manufacturing;
Paving the Path for Deeper
Domestic Value Addition" By
ICEA and SEMI
ICEAPankaj Mohendroo
Cyient DLMRajendra Velagapudi
SiemensAditya Ramakrishna
Tata ElectronicsRanganathan V
ResoluteRaminder Singh Soin
Guidance Tamil NaduPallavi Verma, IAS
11:10 AM - 11:20 AMKeynoteInvestment in IndiaGlobal investment in Deeptech
Companies
Celesta CapitalSriram Viswanathan
11:20AM - 11:40AMFireside ChatPowering Global
Progress
Future of the semiconductor
sector and its role in global
development and productivity
McKinseyMark Patel - Sr PartnerAmaltas
SEMIAjit Manocha
11:40AM - 12:25PMPanel DiscussionResearch and
Development
Research and Development for
Advanced Technologies
MeitYSunita Verma (Mod)
IIT-BhProf S Kamalkar
Advanced PackagingDr Thumala Rao
IIT-MProf Bijoy Das
IBMDr Mukesh Khare
12:25PM - 12:35PMKeynoteInternational
Collaboration
Global Partnership and
opportunities for Global
Companies in India
Ministry of External AffairsShri Vikram Misri,Foreign
Secretary,MEA
12:35PM - 12:45PMKeynote Investment in IndiaInvest IndiaNivruti Rai
01:00 PM-02:00 PM

Networking Lunch

 
02:00PM - 02:30PMFireside ChatDesign : Products
and Fabless: From
Concept to Chip:
The Innovation
Pipeline
Fireside Chat with Hon'le
Cabinat Minister. Host Rishi
Raj, Financial Express
 Shri Ashwini Vaishnav, Union Cabinet
Minister, Minister for Railways,
Information & Broadcasting,
Electronics & Information Technology,
Government of India
Amaltas
02:30PM - 02:40PMKeynoteRedefine 3D IC Performance
for AI-With AI
Siemens EDARuchir Dixit - VP & Country Manager
India
02:40PM - 02:50PMKeynoteChallenges and
Opportunities using AI for
Silicon and System Design
IntelGokul Subramaniam, India President
02:50PM - 03:15PMPanel
Discussion
Design : Products
and Fabless: From
Concept to Chip:
The Innovation
Pipeline
From Concept to Silicon:
Strengthening India's
Design Enablement & Test
Ecosystem.
CDAC Dr Sudarshan (Host)
SynopsysAmit Khanuja
NXPHitesh Garg, VP & India
Country Manager
03:15:PM - 04:00PMPanel
Discussion
Scaling India's Fabless
Ecosystem: From Innovation
to Global Leadership
EricssonJeyenth Vijayaraghavan
(Mod)
USTDr Manish Bali, GLobal Head
L&TDhirendra Verma, CBO
 AMDDeepak Agarwal, CVP &India Site
head
SandiskRama Shukla, SVP
ASIPVenkata Simhadri
04:00PM - 04:35PMPanel
Discussion
Policy Forum +
State Spotlight
Session
States Powering India’s
Semiconductor Ambition
IESAAshok Chandak(Mod)Amaltas
AssamDr J.B. Ekka IAS
OdishaShri Vishal Kumar Dev, ACS
GujaratSmt P Bharathi IAS
KarnatakaDr N Manjula,IAS
MPShri M Selvendran, IAS
04:35 PM - 05:10PMPanel
Discussion
States Powering India’s
ESDM Ambition
MeitYVageesh Tiwari (Mod) 
Andhra PradeshShri Katamaneni
Bhaskar IAS
MaharashtraShri Ajit Kumbhar, IAS
UPShri Alok Kumar
BiharShri Kundan Kumar, IAS
05:10PM - 05:20PMKeynoteLeadership ForumWomen leadership Experience
and
Summary of Women forum
Track
AMDJaya Jagadish
05:20PM - 06:00PMPanel
Discussion
Women Shaping the Electronics
and Semiconductor
Industry
YourStoryShradha Sharma, YourStory (Mod) 
TeradyneAlpa Sood
MicronUsha Gogineni
Applied Materials IndiaRadhika Viswanathan
RenesasMalini Narayanmoorthi
Tata ElectronicsLavanya S

Day 3

09:15AM - 09:25AMKeynote Compound semiconductors
in the Cognitive Age
Avalanche ThinkingChuck Mattera, Founder & CEOAmaltas
09:30AM - 10:20AMPanel
Discussion
Leadership Forum:
Industry Synergy for
National Priorities
Industry Associations
Advancing India's National
Agenda
SEMI Ajit Manocha- ModeratorAmaltas
ISMShri Amitesh Kumar Sinha
IESAAshok Chandak
ICEAPankaj Mohendroo
ELCINARajoo Goel
MAITCol. Suhail Zaidi
10:20AM - 11:15AMPanel
Discussion
Investment
Facilitation and Ease
of Doing Business
Enabling India’s
Semiconductor Growth: A
Whole-of-Government
Approach to Regulatory
Framework & Ease of Doing
Business
MeitYSushil Pal, JS (Mod)
MoCShri Manish Chadha JS
CustomsMr. Anupam Prakash JS.
GujaratNeha Kumari, Mission Director
KaynesMr. Raghu Panicker, CEO
DPIITSumeet Jharangal, JS
11:15AM - 11:45AMPanel
Discussion
Sustainability & ESGBuilding a Responsible
Ecosystem
IIT-MDr Indumathy Nambi(Mod)Amaltas
TELVaidya Bharadwaj, Project Leader
EcolabssPratik Bhatt, Business Head
Global Hightech
11:45AM - 12:00PMKeynoteDisplaySID SummarySID / Omniply TechnologiesHarith Doshi
12:00PM– 12:10PMKeynoteFuture WorkforceTopic - Context Setting-
Context Setting on Industry
Academic Partnerships and
Talen Pipeline
Gati Shakti Viswavidyalaya
(GSV)
Manoj Choudhary, VC
12:10PM - 01:00PMPanel
Discussion
Workforce Development;;
Industry & Academic
Partnerships; Semiconductor
Talent Pipeline;
SEMIShari Liss (Mod)
IISCProf Shankar Selvaraja
IIT-BProf Swaroop Ganguly
KLADinesh Kumar Mishra
NeiletDr M M Tripathi, DG
01:00PM-02:00PM

Networking Lunch

02:10PM – 02:20PMKeynoteStartup ConnectFrom Research Question to a
Procurement Question
IncoreNeel Gala

Amaltas

 

02:30PM - 03:15PMPanel
Discussion
Startup ConnectSemiconductors Are Hot,
Hardware Is Hard: What Would
It Take Indian VCs to Say Yes
More Often
Context SettingAkshay Aggarwal
Agrani LabsDheemant Nagaraj (Mod)
Applied MaterialsSuraj Rengarajan
IDTAVibhore Sharma
EndiyaSateesh Andra
ExfinityChinnu Senthilkumar
03:15PM - 04:00PMPanel
Discussion
Fuelling India's Deep-Tech
Startups
Context SettingSundeep GuptaAmaltas
7RaysPradeep Vajram (Mod)
Ananant SystemsChitranjan Singh
VervesemiRakesh Mallik
Aheesa Digital InnovationsSridharan Mani
BigEndian SemiconductorsSunil Kumar, CEO
04:00PM OnwardsClosing
session
Spotlight & ClosingHackathon Results; Startup
Pitch results: Closing Plenary
ISM & SEMIAmitesh Sinha, Ajit Manocha & Ashok
Chandak