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Author:

Lip-Bu Tan

Founder & Chairman
Walden International

Lip-Bu Tan is Founder and Chairman of Walden International (“WI”), and Founding Managing Partner of Celesta Capital and Walden Catalyst Ventures, with over $5 billion under management.  He formerly served as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of Cadence Design Systems, Inc.  He currently serves on the Board of Schneider Electric SE (SU: FP), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), and Credo Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CRDO).

 

Lip-Bu focuses on semiconductor/components, cloud/edge infrastructure, data management and security, and AI/machine learning.Lip-Bu received his B.S. from Nanyang University in Singapore, his M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his MBA from the University of San Francisco. He also received his honorary degree for Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of San Francisco.  Lip-Bu currently serves on Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)’s Board of Trustees and the School of Engineering Dean’s Council, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s School of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council, University of California Berkeley (UCB)’s College of Engineering Advisory Board and their Computing, Data Science, and Society Advisory Board, and University of California San Francisco (UCSF)’s Executive Council. He’s also a member of the Global Advisory Board of METI Japan, The Business Council, and Committee 100. He also served on the board of the Board of Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) from 2009 to 2021, and as a Trustee of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore from 2006 to 2011.  Lip-Bu has been named one of the Top 10 Venture Capitalists in China by Zero2ipo and was listed as one of the Top 50 Venture Capitalists on the Forbes Midas List. He’s the recipient of imec’s 2023 Lifetime of Innovation Award, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) 2022 Robert N. Noyce Award, and GSA’s 2016 Dr. Morris Chang's Exemplary Leadership Award.  In 2017, he was ranked #1 of the most well-connected executives in the technology industry by the analytics firm Relationship Science. 

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Lip-Bu Tan

Founder & Chairman
Walden International

Lip-Bu Tan is Founder and Chairman of Walden International (“WI”), and Founding Managing Partner of Celesta Capital and Walden Catalyst Ventures, with over $5 billion under management.  He formerly served as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of Cadence Design Systems, Inc.  He currently serves on the Board of Schneider Electric SE (SU: FP), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), and Credo Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CRDO).

 

Lip-Bu focuses on semiconductor/components, cloud/edge infrastructure, data management and security, and AI/machine learning.Lip-Bu received his B.S. from Nanyang University in Singapore, his M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his MBA from the University of San Francisco. He also received his honorary degree for Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of San Francisco.  Lip-Bu currently serves on Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)’s Board of Trustees and the School of Engineering Dean’s Council, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s School of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council, University of California Berkeley (UCB)’s College of Engineering Advisory Board and their Computing, Data Science, and Society Advisory Board, and University of California San Francisco (UCSF)’s Executive Council. He’s also a member of the Global Advisory Board of METI Japan, The Business Council, and Committee 100. He also served on the board of the Board of Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) from 2009 to 2021, and as a Trustee of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore from 2006 to 2011.  Lip-Bu has been named one of the Top 10 Venture Capitalists in China by Zero2ipo and was listed as one of the Top 50 Venture Capitalists on the Forbes Midas List. He’s the recipient of imec’s 2023 Lifetime of Innovation Award, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) 2022 Robert N. Noyce Award, and GSA’s 2016 Dr. Morris Chang's Exemplary Leadership Award.  In 2017, he was ranked #1 of the most well-connected executives in the technology industry by the analytics firm Relationship Science. 

As customer success stories from AI accelerator start ups starting to proliferate, and traction starting to ramp up, it is starting to become clear which ML workloads are most amenable to domain specific architectures, and which market sectors are most likely to adopt novel AI acceleration technologies. 

With one company still retaining the majority of market share in the datacenter, and the edge currently a complete wilderness, it might still be a difficult time to launch a new accelerator company. But opportunities for capturing market share across the cloud-edge continuum definitely exist! In the world of HPC, certain ML and non-ML scientific workloads have seen extraordinary, demonstrable speed ups on novel ML systems architectures, and the scientific community only sees demand for acceleration of these types of workloads growing. At the edge some AI chip companies are already shipping in volume, while new applications emerge continuously.

This panel will look at what it takes to make it in the AIHW game, what might shift the balance of power in the datacenter, and how companies can find a niche at the edge. 

Enterprise AI
Novel AI Hardware
Strategy
Industry & Investment

Author:

Brett Simpson

Co-Founder & Senior Analyst
Arete Research

Brett is a co-founder of Arete (formed in 2000) and is based in the firm's London office. He focuses on the global semiconductor component sector. Brett is a regular public speaker at industry events and after 17 years looking at the sector, has a wealth of experience to draw on. Prior to Arete, Brett spent two years at Goldman Sachs in an equity analyst role, specialising in European technology following three years with Ericsson UK, working in business development, covering all aspects of wireline and wireless telecom infrastructure.

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Brett Simpson

Co-Founder & Senior Analyst
Arete Research

Brett is a co-founder of Arete (formed in 2000) and is based in the firm's London office. He focuses on the global semiconductor component sector. Brett is a regular public speaker at industry events and after 17 years looking at the sector, has a wealth of experience to draw on. Prior to Arete, Brett spent two years at Goldman Sachs in an equity analyst role, specialising in European technology following three years with Ericsson UK, working in business development, covering all aspects of wireline and wireless telecom infrastructure.

Author:

Gayathri Radhakrishnan

Partner
Hitachi Ventures

Gayathri is currently Partner at Hitachi Ventures. Prior to that, she was with Micron Ventures, actively investing in startups that apply AI to solve critical problems in the areas of Manufacturing, Healthcare and Automotive. She brings over 20 years of multi-disciplinary experience across product management, product marketing, corporate strategy, M&A and venture investments in large Fortune 500 companies such as Dell and Corning and in startups. She has also worked as an early stage investor at Earlybird Venture Capital, a premier European venture capital fund based in Germany. She has a Masters in EE from The Ohio State University and MBA from INSEAD in France. She is also a Kauffman Fellow - Class 16.

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Gayathri Radhakrishnan

Partner
Hitachi Ventures

Gayathri is currently Partner at Hitachi Ventures. Prior to that, she was with Micron Ventures, actively investing in startups that apply AI to solve critical problems in the areas of Manufacturing, Healthcare and Automotive. She brings over 20 years of multi-disciplinary experience across product management, product marketing, corporate strategy, M&A and venture investments in large Fortune 500 companies such as Dell and Corning and in startups. She has also worked as an early stage investor at Earlybird Venture Capital, a premier European venture capital fund based in Germany. She has a Masters in EE from The Ohio State University and MBA from INSEAD in France. She is also a Kauffman Fellow - Class 16.

Author:

Karthee Madasamy

Founder & Managing Partner
MFV Partners
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Karthee Madasamy

Founder & Managing Partner
MFV Partners

Author:

Samir Kumar

GM & Managing Director
M12
Samir is a managing director at M12, leading investments globally where artificial intelligence or machine learning is a key point of leverage.
He also stewards the fund’s Vanguard Bets investment category—startups aiming for breakthroughs that will result in generational shifts in the technology landscape. Samir’s other investment focuses include quantum computing, robotics, autonomous systems, transportation and silicon—especially for AI. Samir manages a team developing theses for new technology areas and oversees the fund’s technical and scientific advisory board.
Prior to joining M12, Samir was a senior director of business development and product management in Qualcomm’s corporate R&D division. There, he led early-stage product validation, partnerships, acquisitions, and strategy for embedded machine learning, computer vision and heterogeneous computing. Samir started his career at Microsoft, where he spent several years leading product management and product planning efforts for enterprise mobility before joining Palm and Samsung.
Samir is a regular conference speaker on his investment focus areas. He has served on or moderated panels of VCs and subject matter experts at LDV Vision Summit, tinyML Summit, and Cybersec&AI Connected.
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Samir Kumar

GM & Managing Director
M12
Samir is a managing director at M12, leading investments globally where artificial intelligence or machine learning is a key point of leverage.
He also stewards the fund’s Vanguard Bets investment category—startups aiming for breakthroughs that will result in generational shifts in the technology landscape. Samir’s other investment focuses include quantum computing, robotics, autonomous systems, transportation and silicon—especially for AI. Samir manages a team developing theses for new technology areas and oversees the fund’s technical and scientific advisory board.
Prior to joining M12, Samir was a senior director of business development and product management in Qualcomm’s corporate R&D division. There, he led early-stage product validation, partnerships, acquisitions, and strategy for embedded machine learning, computer vision and heterogeneous computing. Samir started his career at Microsoft, where he spent several years leading product management and product planning efforts for enterprise mobility before joining Palm and Samsung.
Samir is a regular conference speaker on his investment focus areas. He has served on or moderated panels of VCs and subject matter experts at LDV Vision Summit, tinyML Summit, and Cybersec&AI Connected.

Approximately one year ago, Samsung confirmed the world’s first use of AI to design a mobile processor chip. Since then, AI-driven design has been adopted across the industry at a phenomenal pace, accelerating silicon innovations to market in automotive, high-performance computing, consumer electronics, and other applications. Will this pace of innovation ultimately lead to self-designed silicon? In this sequel to the Day-1 Keynote – Enter the Era of Autonomous Design: Personalizing Chips for 1,000X More Powerful AI Compute, we will be looking at real-world examples of using AI to design chips, and reporting on the industry’s path to autonomous design.

Chip Design
Novel AI Hardware
Hardware Engineering
Industry & Investment

Author:

Stelios Diamantidis

Senior Director & Head of Autonomous Design Solutions
Synopsys

Stelios heads Synopsys' AI Solutions team in the Office of the President, where he researches and applies innovative machine-learning technology to address systemic complexity in the design and manufacturing of integrated computational systems. In 2020, Stelios launched DSO.ai™, the world’s first autonomous AI application for chip design. He has more than 20 years of experience in chip design and EDA software and has founded two companies in this space. Stelios holds an M.S. Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, California.

 

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Stelios Diamantidis

Senior Director & Head of Autonomous Design Solutions
Synopsys

Stelios heads Synopsys' AI Solutions team in the Office of the President, where he researches and applies innovative machine-learning technology to address systemic complexity in the design and manufacturing of integrated computational systems. In 2020, Stelios launched DSO.ai™, the world’s first autonomous AI application for chip design. He has more than 20 years of experience in chip design and EDA software and has founded two companies in this space. Stelios holds an M.S. Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, California.

 

Vision
NLP and Speech
Connectivity and 5G
Chip and Systems Design
Innovation at the Edge
Edge Trade Offs
On Device ML
Data Science
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Strategy
Industry & Investment
Vision
NLP and Speech
Connectivity and 5G
Chip and Systems Design
On Device ML
Innovation at the Edge
Edge Trade Offs
Data Science
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Strategy
Industry & Investment
Vision
NLP and Speech
Connectivity and 5G
Chip and Systems Design
On Device ML
Edge Trade Offs
Innovation at the Edge
Data Science
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Strategy
Industry & Investment
Vision
NLP and Speech
Connectivity and 5G
Chip and Systems Design
On Device ML
Edge Trade Offs
Innovation at the Edge
Data Science
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Strategy
Industry & Investment

The Meet & Greet is the perfect opportunity to reconnect with peers, expand your network, and discuss the state of ML across the cloud-edge continuum! Join attendees from both Edge AI Summit and AI Hardware Summit for this extended networking session.

We will soon announce a luminary guest speaker who will present in the middle of the function, followed by a drinks reception for both events.

Order of ceremony:
4:00 - 5:00 PM: Informal Networking
5:00 - 6:00 PM: Guest Keynote Speaker
6:00 - 7:00 PM: Drinks Reception

Vision
NLP and Speech
Connectivity and 5G
Chip and Systems Design
On Device ML
Edge Trade Offs
Innovation at the Edge
Data Science
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Strategy
Industry & Investment
Chip Design
Edge AI
Enterprise AI
ML at Scale
NLP
Novel AI Hardware
Data Science
Hardware Engineering
Software Engineering
Strategy
Systems Engineering
Industry & Investment

Author:

Lip-Bu Tan

Founder & Chairman
Walden International

Lip-Bu Tan is Founder and Chairman of Walden International (“WI”), and Founding Managing Partner of Celesta Capital and Walden Catalyst Ventures, with over $5 billion under management.  He formerly served as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of Cadence Design Systems, Inc.  He currently serves on the Board of Schneider Electric SE (SU: FP), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), and Credo Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CRDO).

 

Lip-Bu focuses on semiconductor/components, cloud/edge infrastructure, data management and security, and AI/machine learning.Lip-Bu received his B.S. from Nanyang University in Singapore, his M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his MBA from the University of San Francisco. He also received his honorary degree for Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of San Francisco.  Lip-Bu currently serves on Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)’s Board of Trustees and the School of Engineering Dean’s Council, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s School of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council, University of California Berkeley (UCB)’s College of Engineering Advisory Board and their Computing, Data Science, and Society Advisory Board, and University of California San Francisco (UCSF)’s Executive Council. He’s also a member of the Global Advisory Board of METI Japan, The Business Council, and Committee 100. He also served on the board of the Board of Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) from 2009 to 2021, and as a Trustee of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore from 2006 to 2011.  Lip-Bu has been named one of the Top 10 Venture Capitalists in China by Zero2ipo and was listed as one of the Top 50 Venture Capitalists on the Forbes Midas List. He’s the recipient of imec’s 2023 Lifetime of Innovation Award, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) 2022 Robert N. Noyce Award, and GSA’s 2016 Dr. Morris Chang's Exemplary Leadership Award.  In 2017, he was ranked #1 of the most well-connected executives in the technology industry by the analytics firm Relationship Science. 

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Lip-Bu Tan

Founder & Chairman
Walden International

Lip-Bu Tan is Founder and Chairman of Walden International (“WI”), and Founding Managing Partner of Celesta Capital and Walden Catalyst Ventures, with over $5 billion under management.  He formerly served as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of Cadence Design Systems, Inc.  He currently serves on the Board of Schneider Electric SE (SU: FP), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), and Credo Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CRDO).

 

Lip-Bu focuses on semiconductor/components, cloud/edge infrastructure, data management and security, and AI/machine learning.Lip-Bu received his B.S. from Nanyang University in Singapore, his M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his MBA from the University of San Francisco. He also received his honorary degree for Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of San Francisco.  Lip-Bu currently serves on Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)’s Board of Trustees and the School of Engineering Dean’s Council, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s School of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council, University of California Berkeley (UCB)’s College of Engineering Advisory Board and their Computing, Data Science, and Society Advisory Board, and University of California San Francisco (UCSF)’s Executive Council. He’s also a member of the Global Advisory Board of METI Japan, The Business Council, and Committee 100. He also served on the board of the Board of Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) from 2009 to 2021, and as a Trustee of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore from 2006 to 2011.  Lip-Bu has been named one of the Top 10 Venture Capitalists in China by Zero2ipo and was listed as one of the Top 50 Venture Capitalists on the Forbes Midas List. He’s the recipient of imec’s 2023 Lifetime of Innovation Award, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) 2022 Robert N. Noyce Award, and GSA’s 2016 Dr. Morris Chang's Exemplary Leadership Award.  In 2017, he was ranked #1 of the most well-connected executives in the technology industry by the analytics firm Relationship Science. 

While 5G connectivity offers broad new opportunities, it is not free of cost or energy consumption. So how do you optimise for the best user experience and is it worth it?

Connectivity and 5G
Innovation at the Edge
Edge Trade Offs
Hardware and Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Strategy
Industry & Investment

Author:

Kristina Serafim

Managing Director
Verizon Ventures
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Kristina Serafim

Managing Director
Verizon Ventures

Author:

Sven Brunner

CEO and Founder
holo|one

Sven is founder and CEO of holo|one, a leading Mixed Reality software company. holo|one offers a standardized Mixed Reality collaboration platform targeting the high-value enterprise use cases – remote assistance, workflow guidance and live collaboration. Their solution has been adopted across the globe by Fortune 500 companies like Micron, Lenovo and the Renault Group, along with garnering several awards and accolades.

 

Before founding holo|one, Sven worked as a software engineer and product manager at Disney Research, ETH Zurich, and his own consulting firm. Sven holds a master’s degree in informatics from the University of Zurich and is a recipient of the Swiss National Bank’s Economics Award.

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Sven Brunner

CEO and Founder
holo|one

Sven is founder and CEO of holo|one, a leading Mixed Reality software company. holo|one offers a standardized Mixed Reality collaboration platform targeting the high-value enterprise use cases – remote assistance, workflow guidance and live collaboration. Their solution has been adopted across the globe by Fortune 500 companies like Micron, Lenovo and the Renault Group, along with garnering several awards and accolades.

 

Before founding holo|one, Sven worked as a software engineer and product manager at Disney Research, ETH Zurich, and his own consulting firm. Sven holds a master’s degree in informatics from the University of Zurich and is a recipient of the Swiss National Bank’s Economics Award.

Author:

Khalil Laaboudi

VP of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships
VOSKER

Khalil Laaboudi is VP Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at VOSKER, a fast growing Canada based company with a global footprint, that specializes in remote area monitoring.

Among other subject matters, he is currently in charge of developing, maintaining and monitoring a resilient, reliable and secure LTE network access in more than 50 countries for Vosker's outdoor cameras. Khalil has previously held different senior level positions in the telecommunications industry. Throughout his carrier he established commercial and partnership relations with tier 1 Network Operators in all major geographies.

He is member of the Interuniversity Research Center on Science and Technology (CIRST) where he specializes in comparative telecommunications policies. He is also member of the board at different organizations promoting North-South economic and social collaboration. He is currently completing his PhD thesis on 5G Industrial Strategies at the University of Quebec in Montreal

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Khalil Laaboudi

VP of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships
VOSKER

Khalil Laaboudi is VP Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at VOSKER, a fast growing Canada based company with a global footprint, that specializes in remote area monitoring.

Among other subject matters, he is currently in charge of developing, maintaining and monitoring a resilient, reliable and secure LTE network access in more than 50 countries for Vosker's outdoor cameras. Khalil has previously held different senior level positions in the telecommunications industry. Throughout his carrier he established commercial and partnership relations with tier 1 Network Operators in all major geographies.

He is member of the Interuniversity Research Center on Science and Technology (CIRST) where he specializes in comparative telecommunications policies. He is also member of the board at different organizations promoting North-South economic and social collaboration. He is currently completing his PhD thesis on 5G Industrial Strategies at the University of Quebec in Montreal