CHIPS NORTH attracts senior leaders from across the global semiconductor ecosystem. Here are some of the voices that have shaped the conversation.
Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and to the Secretary of State (Defence Procurement)
Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
Minister of Finance and National Revenue
ADM, Policy-Industry Department of National Defence
Founder and Chairman, Wesley Clover International
CEO, Tenstorrent
Managing Director, Canada's Semiconductor Council
SVP, Global AI Markets, AMD
Founder and CEO, Avalanche Thinking
CEO, C2MI
CEO, Invest Ottawa
CSWO & SVP, G&E Software, AMD
VP Global Strategy, STMicroelectronics
President, 49North
Senior Venture Investor, AMD
CEO and Co-founder, Alfalume Inc.
Director General, Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC)
Corporate VP, Platform Software & Firmware, AMD
CEO, Quantum Industry Canada
Managing Partner, Cycle Capital
Director of Technology Policy, SIA
CEO, Inpho
COO, Xanadu
EVP and GM, Data Center, Qualcomm
Co-founder and CEO, Blumind
Principal, Playground VC
Chief Commercialization Officer & VP Industry Innovation, Vector Institute
Partner, Deep Tech Venture Fund, BDC
Former Director General, Advanced Electronics and Photonics Research Centre
CEO, TechWorks UK
Managing Director, Infineon Technologies Canada Inc.
Former VP FABrIC, CMC Microsystems
Chief Commercial Officer, Nexperia
Advisor, Silicon Catalyst
VP, Global Policy, SIA
Tech Executive, Qualcomm
President and CEO, Canada Foundation for Innovation
VP LPU Hardware, NVIDIA
SVP Engineering, Mixed Signal IP, Qualcomm
Fellow, Platform Architecture, AMD
SVP Business Development & Sales, IMEC
Former Director, NY Creates
SVP Engineering-Interface IP, Synopsys
Former Director of Workforce Programs, NY Creates
Professor, Computer Science, University of Toronto
Former Canada Country Manager, Intel
CEO, Tekna
CEO, CMC Microsystems
SVP Engineering, Qualcomm
COO, IBM Canada
VP, IDA Ireland, Semiconductors
CEO, OPENEDGES
VP Global Workforce Development & Initiatives, SEMI
Economist, Director and Principal, Ciuriak Consulting
Global Director of Innovation & Operations Manager - iHub, Linamar
Executive Director, AIM Photonics
Managing Partner, Silicon Catalyst
Vice-rectrice adjointue au relations gouvernementales, Directrice du cabinet du recteur, Universite de Sherbrooke
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