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  • Monday, Oct 6th
    1:00pm - 5:00pm MT
    Building the Digital Twin Backbone: Why Scalable Data Platforms Are No Longer Optional
    Location: West Building, 100 Level, Room 103 A
    Smart Manufacturing
    Sponsors 
  • Monday, Oct 6th
    1:00pm - 1:05pm MT
    Welcome Remarks and Session Overview
    Location: West Building, 100 Level, Room 103 A
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Anshu Bahadur – SEMI
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Monday, Oct 6th
    1:05pm - 1:50pm MT
    Digital Twins Within the SMART USA Initiative
    Location: West Building, 100 Level, Room 103 A
    Speaker (SMfG): Ross Kunz – Idaho National Laboratory
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Monday, Oct 6th
    1:50pm - 2:20pm MT
    The Critical Role of Secure, Structured Data in Semiconductor Digital Twin Infrastructure 
    Location: West Building, 100 Level, Room 103 A
    Speaker (SMfG): Adam Schafer, Ph.D. – Athinia
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Monday, Oct 6th
    2:20pm - 2:50pm MT
    Digital Twin - The Heart of Smart Manufacturing
    Location: West Building, 100 Level, Room 103 A
    Speaker: Jonathan M. Holt – PDF Solutions, Inc
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Monday, Oct 6th
    3:10pm - 3:40pm MT
    From Data Streams to Smart Fabs: AWS as the Foundation for Digital Twin Scalability
    Location: West Building, 100 Level, Room 103 A
    Speaker (SMfG): Dhara Vaishnav – AWS
    Speaker (SMfG): Gautham Unni – Amazon Web Services
    Speaker (SMfG): Felix David – AWS
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Monday, Oct 6th
    3:40pm - 4:10pm MT
    AI/ML Opportunities for semiconductor manufacturing process optimization (SMPO)
    Location: West Building, 100 Level, Room 103 A
    Speaker (SMfG): Surya R. Kalidindi – Multiscale Technologies
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Monday, Oct 6th
    4:10pm - 4:55pm MT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: West Building, 100 Level, Room 103 A
    Panel Moderator (SMfg): Ross Kunz – Idaho National Laboratory
    Panelist (SMfg): Adam Schafer, Ph.D. – Athinia
    Panelist (SMfg): Dhara Vaishnav – AWS
    Panelist (SMfg): Gautham Unni – Amazon Web Services
    Panelist (SMfg): Surya R. Kalidindi – Multiscale Technologies
    Panelist (SMfg): Jonathan M. Holt – PDF Solutions, Inc
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Monday, Oct 6th
    4:55pm - 5:00pm MT
    Closing Remarks
    Location: West Building, 100 Level, Room 103 A
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Anshu Bahadur – SEMI
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    10:15am - 1:00pm MT
    Smart Manufacturing 1: Digital Twins for Design & Manufacturing #1
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Smart Manufacturing
    Sponsors 
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    10:15am - 10:20am MT
    Opening welcome & introduction to John Behenke
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Anshu Bahadur – SEMI
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    10:20am - 10:30am MT
    The ‘new’ Smart Manufacturing Pyramid & Roadmap!
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): John R. Behnke – Inficon
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    10:30am - 10:35am MT
    Welcome Remarks and Session Overview
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Thurston Taylor – Tokyo Electron America
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    10:35am - 10:55am MT
    Integrating Digital Twins, Machine Learning, and Expert Systems to Optimize Fab Facility Operations.
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Manoj Athawale – Intel Corporation
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    10:55am - 11:15am MT
    Using Virtual Silicon & Machine Learning to Improve Yield in Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Joseph Ervin – Lam Research
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    11:15am - 11:35am MT
    Reliable Digital Twins with Robust AI for Predictive Quality in Semiconductor Materials Manufacturing
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Gianni Klesse – EMD Electronics
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    11:35am - 11:55am MT
    A digital twin ecosystem to propel domestic semiconductor manufacturing
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Gary K. Fedder – Carnegie Mellon University
    Speaker (SMfG): Dragan Djurdjanovic – University of Texas at Austin
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    11:55am - 12:15pm MT
    Benefits Captured from a Digital Twin Platform with Integrated Machine Learning Capabilities
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Boyd Finlay – Cohu (Tignis)
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    12:15pm - 12:35pm MT
    Dual-Channel Digital Twins: Harnessing EDA and SECS/GEM for Real-Time Equipment Optimization
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Fahad Golra – Agileo Automation
    Speaker (SMfG): Marc Engel – Agileo Automation
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    12:35pm - 12:55pm MT
    A Unified Data Lake Platform for Accelerating AI Engineering
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Ananth Kommuri – Amazon (AWS)
    Speaker (SMfG): Sebastian Salomon – Amazon - AWS
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    12:55pm - 1:00pm MT
    Closing Remarks
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Thurston Taylor – Tokyo Electron America
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    1:00pm - 2:00pm MT
    Lunch Session (Sponsored by Nvidia): Ecosystem-Connected Digital Twins: Transforming Semiconductor Fabs with Nvidia Omniverse 
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Panel Moderator (SMfg): Vikram Natarajan – Nvidia Omniverse
    Panelist (SMfg): Jin Lim – SK hynix
    Panelist (SMfg): Scott D. Rothenberg – Applied Global Services, Applied Materials
    Panelist (SMfg): Alexander Schafgans – ASML
    Panelist (SMfg): Glenn Muzyka – TSMC Arizona
    Smart Manufacturing
    Sponsor 
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    2:00pm - 4:50pm MT
    Smart Manufacturing 2: Agentic AI in Manufacturing Operations #1
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Smart Manufacturing
    Sponsors 
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    2:00pm - 2:05pm MT
    Welcome Remarks and Session Overview
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Doug Suerich – PEER Group
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    2:05pm - 2:25pm MT
    Improving electrical equipment maintenance decisions to optimize the uptime of manufacturing plants
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Benjamin Sandoval – ABB
    Speaker (SMfG): Daryl Curran – ABB
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    2:25pm - 2:45pm MT
    Machine Learning Method for Yield Management and Prediction in Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Tzu-Hsuan Chen – PDF Solutions
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    2:45pm - 3:05pm MT
    Comprehensive autonomous R2R using Agentic AI to address today’s rising CMP processing challenges
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Christopher Gould – Future Foundation North America Inc
    Speaker (SMfG): Abeer Singhal – Future Foundation North America Inc
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    3:05pm - 3:25pm MT
    Leveraging AI in Jabil’s Manufacturing Journey
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Upasana U. Pandya – AWS
    Speaker (SMfG): Vivian Sun – Jabil Inc.
    Speaker (SMfG): Sachin Shetti – AWS
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    3:25pm - 3:45pm MT
    Orchestrating Intelligence: Predictive AI Maintenance for the Modern Semiconductor Facility
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Subhadra Sampathkumaran – Intel Corp.
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    3:45pm - 4:05pm MT
    Virtual Metrology Done Right
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Mike Young-Han Kim – Gauss Labs
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    4:05pm - 4:25pm MT
    Accelerating Semiconductor Process Development with AI: Deep Dive into Real-World Case Studies
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Joel Li – Cosmos Innovation
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    4:25pm - 4:45pm MT
    The Evolution of AI Applications for Process Control
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker: Jonathan M. Holt – PDF Solutions, Inc
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Tuesday, Oct 7th
    4:45pm - 4:50pm MT
    Closing Remarks
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Doug Suerich – PEER Group
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    10:15am - 1:00pm MT
    Smart Manufacturing 3: Digital Twins for Design & Manufacturing #2
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Smart Manufacturing
    Sponsors 
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    10:15am - 10:20am MT
    Welcome Remarks and Session Overview
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Viswa Anakkara Vadakkath – Deloitte Consulting
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    10:20am - 10:35am MT
    Smarter Semiconductors: Real-Time Plasma Etch Optimization with Machine Learning Neural Networks
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Prakash R. Kota – MLPowersAI, Inc.
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    10:35am - 10:55am MT
    Driving Innovation Through Virtual Twins, Connected Ecosystems, & IP Intelligence
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): John Maculley – Dassault Systèmes
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    10:55am - 11:15am MT
    Process Digital Twin for Test Equipment using Discrete Event Simulation and Machine Learning
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Zach S. Eyde – Intel
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    11:15am - 11:35am MT
    Semantic Digital Twins for Real-Time Inspection and Safety
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Binil Starly – Arizona State University
    Speaker (SMfG): Wenlong Zhang – Arizona State University
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    11:35am - 11:55am MT
    Multi-Agent workflow for Fab scheduling
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Sumit Sanyal – minds.ai
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    11:55am - 12:15pm MT
    Transforming Semiconductor Manufacturing with Physics-Based AI and Predictive Optimization
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Dan Knott – PhysicsX
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    12:15pm - 12:35pm MT
    Dynamic Simulation Enabled Prescriptive Analytics for the AI-Driven Autonomous Factory of the Future
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Peter Lendermann – D-SIMLAB Technologies Pte Ltd
    Speaker (SMfG): Martin Feldbusch – GlobalFoundries
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    12:35pm - 12:55pm MT
    Digital Twins and AI Agents for Autonomous Tool Operations
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Kiran Karunakaran – Via Automation
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    12:55pm - 1:00pm MT
    Closing Remarks
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Viswa Anakkara Vadakkath – Deloitte Consulting
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    1:00pm - 2:00pm MT
    Lunch Session (Sponsored by Deloitte): The Critical Role of Equipment Configuration Digital Twins
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Panel Moderator (SMfg): Dan Hamling – Deloitte Consulting
    Panelist (SMfg): Gautham Unni – Amazon Web Services
    Panelist (SMfg): Stavros Stefanis – Deloitte Consulting
    Smart Manufacturing
    Sponsor 
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    2:00pm - 5:15pm MT
    Smart Manufacturing 4: Accelerating Sustainability with Smart Manufacturing
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Smart Manufacturing
    Sponsors 
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    2:00pm - 2:10pm MT
    Welcome Remarks and Session Overview
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Amit Srivastava – Micron
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    2:10pm - 2:40pm MT
    SEMI Smart Sustainability Roadmap Part II: AI blueprint for device makers
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Brian J. Coppa – ULVAC
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    2:40pm - 3:05pm MT
    Water Sustainability in Semiconductor Facilities Design and Challenges of Industry 4.0 Technologies
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Iris VanAlstine – FLUOR
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    3:05pm - 3:30pm MT
    Harnessing Edge Intelligence to Drive Environmental Sustainability in Semiconductor Manufacturing
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Akilah Doyle – Emerson
    Speaker (SMfG): Julia Villa – Emerson
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    3:30pm - 3:55pm MT
    Agentic AI: SmartOps for Wastewater Reclaim
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Leslie Bird – Gradiant
    Speaker (SMfG): Siva Kumar Kota – Gradiant
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    3:55pm - 4:20pm MT
    1st & 2nd Generation Dashboards for Optimizing & Predicting RO Performance
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Michael Boyd – Veolia
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    4:20pm - 4:45pm MT
    Increasing water circularity with Real-time Augmented In-situ Raman Spectroscopy (AISRAS) with AI/ML
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Heather Tugaoen – Watergenics Inc.
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    4:45pm - 5:10pm MT
    Driving Sustainability with Electrochemical Strategies for Point-Source Wastewater Management
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Cameron Lippert – ElectraMet
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:10pm - 5:15pm MT
    Closing Remarks
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Amit Srivastava – Micron
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Smart Manufacturing Reception and Live Poster Session
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    A Dual-Model Approach for BCDE and D-Square Mark Detection using AI-based Application in FIB Tools
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Wen Tong – Intel
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Adaptive Digital Twin Platform for Training in Semiconductor Cleanroom Processes and Operations
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Ehsan Azimi – University of Arizona
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Ruoshan Lan – University of Arizona
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Advanced Resource Management in Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities Monitoring
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Ankit Dhorajiya – CereBulb
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): John Stawiarsk – CereBulb
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Agentic AI for Semiconductor Data: From Structured Analysis to Unstructured Insight
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Jim Redman – ErgoTech Systems, Inc
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    AI-Driven Optical Inspection Equipment and System for Wafer Macro Defect Detection
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Shih-Chih Lin – University Of Washington
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    An AI-Powered Smart System for Yield Enhancement in Electronics Manufacturing
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Daehan won – Binghamton University
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Sangwon Yoon – Binghamton University
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Automatic Fault Isolation Through Smart Layout Tracing and Time Series-based Image Analysis
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Mohamed Ben Salah – Intel Corporation
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Liu Hsi-Chun – Intel Corporation
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Digitizing a Functional Fabrication Plant for a Digital Twin Future
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Thenkurussi 'Kesh' Kesavadas – University at Albany, SUNY
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Discovering Hidden Capacity by Putting SEMI's Productivity Standards to Work
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Alan Weber – Cimetrix by PDF Solutions
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    DT-Test: Modular Simulation Library for Semiconductor Assembly/Test
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Robert Dodge – Arizona State University
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Enabling End-to-End Autonomy with Application-Aware Materials Integration
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Sirisha Kuchimanchi – Xtrium Inc.
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Raghunandan Mathur – Xtrium Inc.
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Malur Narayan – Xtrium Inc.
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Improving Precision and Reducing Errors in Automated Semi Manufacturing by Managing EMI
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Vladimir Kraz – OnFILTER
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Improving semiconductor process performance with Bayesian Optimization in the hands of SME's
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Peter Polito – JMP
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Sarah Gilyard – JMP
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Innovative Energy Solutions for AI-Driven Data Centers
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): George Liu – Schneider Electric 
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Modeling and Simulation on 3M Chemical-Mechanical Planarization Products
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Jiadi Fan – 3M company
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Kazuma Nuno – 3M company
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Modernizing Semicon Fabs: Integrating Digital Solutions & Services for Efficiency and Sustainability
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Stephen March – Schneider Electric
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Vishal Mahna – AVEVA
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Optimization of Surface Active Foam Fractionation (SAFF®) for PFAS in Semiconductor Fab Wastewater
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Andrew Punsoni – Allonnia
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Predictive monitoring of air abatement systems using AI technology
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Gerald R. Norz – Durr: Clean Systems Technologies division
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Nina B. Zerman – Durr Systems Inc
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Real-Time Thermal Process Monitoring and Inspection for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Miles Moreau – KIC
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Real-Time Ultra-Trace Water Monitoring in Semiconductor Reuse Loops Using Online Ion Chromatography
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Kraig Kmiotek – Metrohm USA
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Brett Lane – Metrohm USA
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Scalable Detection of Unknown Defects in Wafer and Photomask Inspection Using AI
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Tareq Aljaber – Averroes.ai Inc.
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Universal Image Enhancer for TEM/SEM Images
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Riti Paul – Arizona State University
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Abhinav Kumar – Applied Materials
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Baoxin Li – Arizona State University
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Unlocking Automation Potential in Semiconductor Industry: Right Methods, Right Time, Right Impact
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): Thomas Beeg – Fabmatics USA
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Wednesday, Oct 8th
    5:15pm - 6:30pm MT
    Using Smart Sensor Management to Verify Wet Bench Health
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Poster Presenter (SMfG): James A. Hill – Kodai Flow Research
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    10:15am - 1:00pm MT
    Smart Manufacturing 5: Automation & Equipment Toward Fully Autonomous Factories
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Smart Manufacturing
    Sponsors 
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    10:15am - 10:20am MT
    Welcome Remarks and Session Overview
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Anuj Mahendru – Rockwell Automation
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    10:20am - 10:35am MT
    Automation Maturity Roadmap for Legacy 200mm Fabs
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Dennis Xenos – Flexciton
    Speaker (SMfG): Anshu Bahadur – SEMI
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    10:35am - 10:55am MT
    Enhancing Workforce Efficiency and Reducing MTTR with GenAI Virtual Assistant in Smart Manufacturing
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): David H. Webster – Lavorro
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    10:55am - 11:15am MT
    Challenges in Equipment Maintenance for Smart Manufacturing
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Gaku Ikeda – Tokyo Electron /Equipment Development Department
    Speaker (SMfG): Tadashi Mochizuki – Tokyo Electron Limited /System Development Department
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    11:15am - 11:35am MT
    Integrated Production and AMHS Simulation for Layout Optimization in Semiconductor Fab Expansion
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Nicholas Chang – VMS Solutions
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    11:35am - 11:55am MT
    Sub Fab to Cleanroom - How AI Agents Accelerate Fab Wide Digital Transformation
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Joe Lee – Aidentyx Inc.
    Speaker (SMfG): Stewart Chalmers – Aidentyx Inc.
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    11:55am - 12:15pm MT
    Unlocking Efficiency: Innovative Industrial Internet of Things Applications in Semiconductor Subfabs
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Dinesh Saigal – Applied Materials
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    12:15pm - 12:35pm MT
    Smart Automation for Mature Nodes: Extending the Lifespan of Legacy Semiconductor Fabs
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Jan Klinger – Fabmatics GmbH
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    12:35pm - 12:55pm MT
    Transforming Semiconductor Manufacturing with AI Agents on AWS
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Gautham Unni – Amazon Web Services
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    12:55pm - 1:00pm MT
    Closing Remarks
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Anuj Mahendru – Rockwell Automation
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    10:30am - 3:00pm MT
    Smart Manufacturing Poster Display
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    1:00pm - 2:00pm MT
    Lunch Session (Sponsored by Nvidia): Data-Driven Innovation in Semiconductor Operations
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Smart Manufacturing
    Sponsor 
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    1:00pm - 1:05pm MT
    Welcome Remarks
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Mark da Silva, PhD – SEMI
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    1:05pm - 1:25pm MT
    Time Series modeling for Smart Manufacturing & Predictive Maintenance - Nvidia
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Aditi Gautam – Nvidia
    Speaker (SMfG): Saira Qureshi – Nvidia
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    1:25pm - 1:40pm MT
    Defect Detection and Data Analysis for Semiconductor Components and Subsystems
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Dalia Vernikovsky – ASNA
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    1:40pm - 2:00pm MT
    From Data to Insight: Building a Learning Digital Twin for Batch Chemistry Intelligence in Fab Operation
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Chris Han-adebekun – Athinia Technologies
    Speaker (SMfG): Wei Zhao – Athinia Technologies
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    2:00pm - 3:50pm MT
    Smart Manufacturing 6: Future Factory: The Road to Full Autonomy/Agentic AI in Manufacturing Operations #2
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Smart Manufacturing
    Sponsors 
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    2:00pm - 2:05pm MT
    Welcome Remarks
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Ranjan Chatterjee – PDF Solutions
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    2:05pm - 2:25pm MT
    Accelerating NPI with AI-Powered Edge Agents: Transforming PCB and System Design for the AI Era
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Arun Santharam – Amazon Web Services
    Speaker (SMfG): Ajjay Kumar Govindaram – Amazon Web Services
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    2:25pm - 2:45pm MT
    Generic SEM Defect Classification AI Framework for High-Throughput Inline Optical Inspection Systems
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Yeseul Kim – Intel
    Speaker (SMfG): Mohamed Ben Salah – Intel Corporation
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    2:45pm - 3:05pm MT
    Unsupervised Subspace Learning for Anomaly Detection in Fault Detection Data
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Aditya Venkatraman – Multiscale Technologies
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    3:05pm - 3:25pm MT
    Physical Intelligence: How AI & Robotics Convergence is enabling Lights Out Facility Operations
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): Pedro Vascones – Intel Corporation
    Speaker (SMfG): Joseph Robison – Intel Corporation
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    3:25pm - 3:45pm MT
    LLM-Inspired approach for Semiconductor Recipe Modeling
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Speaker (SMfG): PrasanthSai Gouripeddi – Arizona State University
    Speaker (SMfG): Abhinav Kumar – Applied Materials
    Smart Manufacturing
  • Thursday, Oct 9th
    3:45pm - 3:50pm MT
    Closing Remarks
    Location: Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Theater, North Building, Lower Level, Expo Floor
    Session Moderator (SMfg): Ranjan Chatterjee – PDF Solutions
    Smart Manufacturing