CS International 2026 Agenda

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Monday 20th April 2026 starting at 11:00 CET
11:00 AngelTech Innovate Summit - Limited places! Requires separate registration: https://www.angeltech-innovate.net/register
18:00 Pre-conference Networking Drinks / Dinner Reception (available to those who have registered for 21st & 22nd April for AngelTech Conference)
Tuesday 21st April 2026 starting at 08:00 CET
08:00 Registration and welcome refreshments
08:50 Housekeeping by Conference Chairs
Growing Revenues in GaN Power Electronics
09:00 Radiation Hardened High Voltage GaN Technology to Enable a Permanent Human Presence on the Moon and Beyond
Presented by Antxon Arrizabalaga - Semi Zabala
09:15 Advancing GaN Power Technologies: Scaling to 300 mm for the AI Era
Presented by Pierre Gassot - imec
09:30 Analytical X-Ray Solutions for Thin Film and Wafer Analysis
Presented by Andrey Zameshin - Malvern Panalytical
09:45 Leading Epitaxy Solutions for High Volume Manufacturing of Compound Semiconductor & Optoelectronic Devices
Presented by Dr. Nicolas Muesgens - Aixtron
10:00 D3GaN Power Modules for Automotive Inverters Achieving 99.7% WLTP Efficiency
Presented by Dieter Liesabeths - VisIC Technologies
10:15 GaN Comes of Age: From Fast Chargers to Strategic Power Platforms
Presented by Roy Dagher - Yole Group
10:30 Morning Break - Refreshments & Networking
11:00 Improving GaN with a Dash of Oxygen
Presented by Robert Mears - Atomera
11:15 Chemical Vapor Deposition of Nitrides by Carbon-free Precursors
Presented by Stefano Leone - Fraunhofer Institute IAF
11:30 Revelios: Semi-Automated, Non-Destructive Crystalline Defect Metrology for GaN-Based Epitaxial Layers
Presented by Martin Čalkovsky - Thermofisher
11:45 Tunable Epi System for RF GaN HEMT
Presented by Ray (Dongsik) Suh - TES Co. Ltd
12:00 High Performance GaN Power Devices Enabled by Wafer Bonding
Presented by Elisabeth Brandl - EV Group
12:15 Accelerating GaN Process Development through Modeling: from Recipe to Device Characteristics
Presented by Andrey Smirnov - STR
12:30 Presentation Title to be Confirmed - Wise Integration
Presented by Ridha Hamza - Wise Integration
12:30 Lunch Break & Networking
14:00 Startup Elevator Presentations
Revitalising the SiC industry
14:10 Enabling Advanced Silicon Carbide R&D with 200-mm Open-Innovation Pilot Line at IME, A*STAR Singapore
Presented by Umesh Chand - A*STAR
14:25 Quantifying What Matters in SiC Fabs: Inline TXRF, HRXRD, and XRR for Yield Control
Presented by Meredith Beebe - Rigaku
14:40 Further Growth Opportunities for SiC in New Application Fields
Presented by Peter Friedrichs - Infineon
14:55 Enhancing Yield in Compound Semiconductor Processing
Presented by Serge Jedwab - Siconnex
15:10 SiC: The Trusted Partner and Growth Engine for the High-Power Conversion Industry
Presented by Mrinal K. Das - onsemi
15:25 Afternoon Break and Networking
15:55 Achieving High-Quality Monocrystals at Scale
Presented by Gerald Kreindl - EEMCO
16:10 Advanced Metrology Strategies for High-Yield SiC Manufacturing in Mature and Emerging Power Markets
Presented by Tamzin Lafford - Bruker UK
16:25 Electrical Parametric Characterization of Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Wafers and Devices
Presented by Maarten Raimond - Tektronix
16:40 RAITH VECTOR in Compound Semiconductors
Presented by Jean-Claude Menard - Raith
16:55 3 decades of SiC innovation leading to 200mm production and full vertical integration
Presented by Manuel Gärtner - STMicroelectronics
17:10 Closing Remarks
18:00 Networking Drinks and Dinner Reception (concludes around 20:00)
18:30 AngelTech Rump Session - Bottlenecks & Battlegrounds: The Future of the AI Chip Ecosystem
Presented by David Cheskis - Square Zero Technologies, and Diana Khlan - Chips Weekly
Wednesday 22nd April 2026 starting at 08:00 CET
08:00 Registration and welcome refreshments
08:50 Housekeeping by Conference Chairs
Advancing a broadening laser portfolio
09:00 Development of Strain-compensated Distributed Bragg Reflectors for GaN-based VCSELs With Potential for Faster Growth and Higher Productivity
Presented by Takeshi Kawashima - Ricoh
09:15 Unlocking the Future: Nanoporous Compound Semiconductor Technology for Next-Gen Sensing, Digital Health and Energy-Efficient Data Centers Optical Interconnect
Presented by Jung Han - InPHRED
09:30 Manufacturing VCSELs on 150mm and 200mm Wafer Formats
Presented by Peter Smowton - Cardiff University
09:45 Enabling As/P Epitaxy at Scale for Photonics, Optoelectronics, and Solar
Presented by Vinod Merai - Veeco
10:00 Advanced Volume Manufacturing InP Etching on 150 mm Wafers Using High Temperature and Reliability Electrostatic Chuck
Presented by Zhanxiang Zhao - Oxford Instruments
10:15 Developments in Surface Emitting Lasers and Component technologies
Presented by Graham Berry - Huawei Bragg Research Center (UK)
10:30 Photonic crystal surface emitting lasers – their potential for advanced communications
Presented by Richard Taylor - Vector Photonics
10:50 Morning Break - Refreshments & Networking
microLEDs: How to gain market traction
11:20 From Display to System: Enabling System-on-Panel Architectures Using MicroLEDs and MicroSolid Printing™
Presented by Reza Chaji - VueReal
11:35 Scalable MicroLED Optical Link Prototype Fabrication for the Next Generation Computing
Presented by Vygintas Jankus - CEA-Leti
11:50 Building a Silicon Fab-Compatible Supply Chain for MicroLED Manufacturing
Presented by Alexander Loesing - Allos Semiconductors
12:05 Lunch Break & Networking
Unlocking the potential of ultra-wide bandgap materials
13:35 Gallium Oxide RF Electronics: Recent Advances Toward Unlocking UWBG Potential
Presented by Min Zhou - Xidian University
13:50 12" SiC – Wafering Solutions for AR and Advanced Packaging
Presented by Malte Mueller - Lapmaster Wolters
14:05 High Voltage Power Technology with Gallium Oxide and AlGaN
Presented by Martin Kuball - University of Bristol
14:20 Towards More Efficient Power Transistors: Modulation-Doped β-(AlₓGa₁₋ₓ)₂O₃/Ga₂O₃ Heterostructures with Enhanced Electron Mobility
Presented by Andreas Fiedler - Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ)
14:35 A Soft-Switching-Based Inverter Topology for High-Efficiency Applications
Presented by Ajay Poonjal Pai - Sanan
14:50 Gallium Oxide from Epitaxy to Device Demonstration - A Holistic Approach to Ultra-Wide Bandgap Power Electronics
Presented by Saptarsi Ghosh - Swansea University
15:05 Closing Remarks
Presentation times and order are subject to change. This agenda was last updated on 17 Mar 2026 at 9:30am.