Call for Abstracts for Speakers
Supply Chain at SEMICON West 2027
Powering Growth: The Intelligent, Resilient Semiconductor Supply Chain
AI Demand and Geopolitical Shifts
How AI growth and changing trade policy are reshaping global supply.
- Supply bottlenecks created by AI demand in leading-edge wafers, HBM, advanced packaging, substrates and power components
- Regionalization, friend-shoring and the economics of fabs and packaging lines in multiple regions
- Critical materials, gases and chemicals, from mine to fab
- Mapping chokepoints and uncovering hidden dependencies below tier-1 suppliers
Resilient and Responsive Supply Chains
Turning visibility into faster, better decisions.
- Demand sensing and closing the gap between demand signals and the factory, including the bullwhip effect in AI cycles
- Capacity allocation, long-term agreements and risk-sharing models between suppliers and customers
- Inventory strategy, buffer placement and working-capital tradeoffs
- Multi-sourcing, supplier qualification speed and business continuity planning
- Resilience metrics, scenario planning and stress testing
AI, Digital Twins and Supply Chain Intelligence
Using AI and simulation for supply chain risk management and operations.
- Agentic AI for planning, procurement, logistics and exception handling
- AI-driven risk sensing that draws on news, trade, patent and regulatory signals
- Digital twins, simulation and modeling of global supply networks
- Sharing data securely across suppliers, OEMs, fabs and OSATs, plus supply-chain cybersecurity
- Human oversight and decision authority in AI-driven supply chain operations
Traceability, Circularity and New Business Models
Building transparency and sustainability into the value chain.
- End-to-end traceability and provenance, from materials through wafer, die, package and system
- Chiplet and multi-die genealogy, counterfeit prevention and compliance documentation
- Circular models: reclaim, refurbishment, recycling of materials and chemicals, and resale of used equipment
- New commercial models such as capacity-as-a-service, consortium buying and supply partnerships with shared data
IMPORTANT INFORMATION & 2027 DEADLINES
Deadlines | Information |
Oct 7 | Call for Abstracts Open |
Nov 23 | Abstract Submissions Deadline |
Jan 8 | Author and Speaker Notification |
Mar 15 | Speaker Portal Tasks Due |
Mar 15 | Final PPT Due (16:9 display format) and PDF Versions |
QUESTIONS?
Contact Anshu Bahadur
[email protected]
SPEAKER REQUIREMENTS
If your abstract is accepted and you are invited to present, please complete these requests:
- Speaker agreement
- Headshot and short bio (<500 words)
- PowerPoint slide presentation (16:9 format)
- PDF for distribution to attendees
- Identify a replacement speaker if unable to attend