This special edition of the annual IPCEI ME/CT event will take place during the 20th Silicon Saxony Days, one of Europe’s leading gatherings dedicated to microelectronics and advanced technologies. 🌍

⏰ What to expect ?

From 9h to 12h, the 17the of June 2026 CONNECT event will bring together key players from the European ecosystem to discuss:

✅Project highlights from the SENSE, THINK, ACT and COMMUNICATE workstreams
✅Expert insights into technological breakthroughs and strategic progress
✅Industrial collaboration and European strategic initiatives
✅A few spots are still available to showcase your project through a poster !

Time	Session	Speaker	Organisation / Workstream
09:15	Poster Walk
09:30	Opening Greetings	Daniel Lukas	Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
09:40	Keynote	Manfred Horstmann	General Manager & Senior Vice President of GlobalFoundries Europe
10:00	Introduction on IPCEI ME/CT	Martin Strassburg	AMS OSRAM
10:10	XT011 – X-FAB’s next-generation 110 nm BCD-on-SOI technology platform	Lars Bergmann	X-FAB / Workstream SENSE
10:20	The New Frontiers of Semiconductor Metrology	Roberto Pangallo	WOOPTIX S.L. / Workstream SENSE
10:30	Advanced material solutions for low power Edge AI and packaging	François Brunier	SOITEC / Workstream THINK
10:40	Prevent the cybersecurity debacle: build security into chips	Mike Eftimakis	Codasip / CHERI Alliance / Workstream THINK
10:50	Millimeterwave Converters enabled by a novel GaN-on-SiC HEMT Technology	Robert Makon	Rohde & Schwarz / Workstream COMMUNICATE
11:00	System-on-Chip Power Saving Evolution for 6G	Mirel Pehadzic	Nokia Mobile Infrastructure / Workstream COMMUNICATE
11:10	TBA	Dirk Brauer	Valeo / Workstream ACT
11:20	High Performance Nanowire MicroLEDs for Optical Interconnects	Ivan-Christophe Robin	Aledia / Workstream ACT
11:30	Highlight IPCEI ME/CT Spillovers	Stefan Wunderer	Nokia
11:40	Closing Remarks	Ferdinand Bell	NXP
11:45	Poster Walk

Moderated by Uwe BADER and Angelika IBERL.

This is a unique opportunity to connect with major innovation stakeholders and contribute to the future of European industry.

𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦: only one person per registration form. Deadline of registration: 28 May.