Visionary keynote speakers and industry luminaries will share insights on Smart technologies that are shaping the future at SEMICON Japan 2018, the largest and most influential exhibition in Japan for electronics manufacturing. Registration for SEMICON Japan, at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on December 12-14, is now open for the exhibition and programs.

Themed “Dreams Start Here,” SEMICON Japan 2018 reflects the promise of AI (artificial intelligence), Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart technologies.

SEMICON Japan 2018 is the gathering place to connect the people, technologies and business across the electronics manufacturing supply chain, from semiconductor manufacturing to autonomous cars, robotics and other Smart applications.

Representing segments across the supply chain, the industry visionaries will present at SEMICON Japan’s SuperTHEATER in seven keynote forums, all with simultaneous English-Japanese translation.

Opening Keynotes – Alternative Future Envisioned by New Leaders 

	Motoi Ishibashi CTO of Rhizomatiks, a leading media art company in Japan that staged the Rio Olympic Games closing ceremony. It will orchestrate the opening performance at SEMICON Japan 2018.
	Toru Nishikawa President & CEO of Preferred Networks, a deep-learning research startup conducting collaborative research with technology giants including Toyota, Fanuc, NVIDA, Intel and Microsoft.

Semiconductor Executive Forum – Views by Top Three in the Era of Smart World 

	Dr. Yasuo Naruke President and CEO of Toshiba Memoryrepresenting memory sector
	Thomas Morgenstern Senior VP and GM of GLOBALFOUNDRIESrepresenting foundry sector
	Junko Sunaga President of Qualcomm Japan representing fabless sector

SMART Transportation Summit – The Future Created by SMART Innovation 

	Takashi Imai President and CEO of Toyota Info Technology Center
	Kazuyuki Iwata Operating officer, Energy & Mobility Management System Executive LPL, at Honda R&D
	Hajime Kumabe Executive director, Engineering Research and Development Center, at Denso
	Klaus Meder President and representative director of Bosch

Additional SEMICON Japan 2018 highlights include:

• SEMI Market Forum on the growing China and global semiconductor ecosystem with speakers from IHS Markit and SEMI.
• SMART Technology Forum on the front line of AI with speakers from the University of Tokyo, Microsoft Japan, Amazon Web Services and DefinedCrowd.
• Manufacturing Innovation Forum on EUV lithography with speakers from ASML and Xilinx.
• Mirai (future) Vision Forum on how advanced science and technology could transform the human body with speakers from Leave a Nest and more.

SEMICON Japan Sponsors

• Platinum sponsors include Disco Corporation, Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Screen Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd., and Tokyo Electron Limited.
• Gold sponsors include Advantest, Applied Materials, Ebara, Fasford Technology, Hitachi Chemical, JSR, Kokusai Electric, Lam Research, Nikon, and Tokyo Seimitsu.

For more information and to register for SEMICON Japan, click here.