Microelectronics US The Steering Committee prepares for the first event in Austin in 2027

Industry leaders from NVIDIA, AWS, Siemens, GlobalFoundries, Synopsys, Honeywell, Cisco, Ericsson, and other organizations will help to plan this event, which will be held from May 4th to 5th, 2027.

Austin, Texas, October 7, 2026 / PRNewswire / -- Microelectronics US Today, it was announced that a steering committee has been established, bringing together senior leaders from the electronics industry ecosystem to jointly plan the first conference. This conference will be held in Austin, Texas, from May 4th to 5th, 2027.

Microelectronics US aims to tell a complete and coherent story of the industrial chain from silicon to intelligent systems, bringing together fields such as semiconductors, advanced packaging, photonics, embedded systems, AI infrastructure, and data centers – areas that were traditionally covered by different industry activities separately.

The committee will help to establish the agenda, identify emerging trends, recommend speakers, support partnerships, and provide guidance for the participants' experience. The members include:

• Gary Anderson —— ATI Director of Strategic Planning and Cooperation
• Pete Bernard —— Edge AI Foundation Chief Executive Officer
• Priya Boopalan —— ZF Semiconductor Lifecycle Manager
• Raffaella Borzi —— imec Vice President of Strategic Cooperation
• Nitin Dahad —— EE Times Chief Editor
• Harry Foster —— Chief Scientist of Siemens Verification
• Mike Gianfagna —— SemiWiki / Person in charge of GForce Marketing
• Ariful Haque —— Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas State University
• Vivek Kamble —— NVIDIA Senior Signal Integrity Engineer
• Nihaar Mahatme —— NXP Technical Director
• Soheil Modirzadeh —— Synopsys Senior Product and Solutions Marketing Manager
• Murajith Muraleedharan —— Director of Honeywell's Product Portfolio Strategy
• Robert Quinn —— Founder of Quinn's Media
• Farhan Rahman —— Head of R&D at Ericsson Austin
• Ratna Reddy Chada —— Cisco Senior Components and Advanced Technology Engineer
• Alyssa Reinhart —— Texas Institute for Electronics Director
• Royston Sequiera —— Project Managers of AMD SoC and GPU
• Umar Shah —— AWS Chief Semiconductor Expert in Strategy, Business Development, and Solutions
• Itisha Tyagi —— Director of Product Management at Grophond Power Technology

"This committee embodies the complete ecosystem required for delivering intelligent systems, from research and development to large-scale deployment in reality," said Michael Adeniya, the event director of Microelectronics Global. "We have gathered experts who are involved throughout this entire process, so this exhibition will be jointly shaped by those who are building the future of the industry."

Microelectronics US will be held in Austin's "Silicon Hill," with four stages set up for a two-day agenda that includes live demonstrations, workshops, as well as the Talent Foundry talent platform. This platform is a labor development program aimed at connecting students and early-career engineers with industry experts.

The event is expected to attract over 2,500 participants and more than 100 exhibitor partners. Strategic partners include RISC - V International, Edge AI Foundation, as well as the Austin startup community.

Those interested in participating in speeches, exhibitions, or cooperation can visit microelectronicsus.com for more information.

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