Hot Talk Electronics Forum 2021

Recent Practices and Challenges in the Semiconductor Industry

Date: 12 August 2021

Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Format: On-line Forum

Registration: Please register via LINK

Agenda:

1. Market and latest semiconductor technology advancement - Dr. Meikei Leong (25 minutes)
2. Product management and the full design cycle - Mr. Jacky Wan (25 minutes)
3. Forum Discussion and Questions - moderated by Ir Peter Yeung (30 min)

With the supply chain crunch on semiconductors, there is a global shortage of microchip in 2021 and would likely affect the coming year too.  Dr Leong will share with the audience the macro-market environment and the latest technology direction, including the 3^rd generation semiconductor. Mr. Wan will share the design cycle and ways for end users to optimise the prioritise new product introduction, covering topics like changes in design cycle in the market, agility on system level re-design and component qualification, and the selection of components based on their features and availability.  After the 2 presentations, Mr. Yeung will moderate a discussion forum with the speakers to talk about the latest semi-conductor industry developments and answer questions from the audience.

Speaker 1: Dr Meikei Leong, former CTO of ASTRI, CEO of UMEC

Dr Meikei Ieong is a global technology leader with rich experiences in research, development, and commercialisation.  He is founding chairman of Semiconductor Nanotechnology Alliance (SNA). He also served as CXO (CTO/CEO) in leading semiconductor companies and technology research institutes. He also held various leadership positions in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and IBM Research. He holds a PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a MBA degree from the MIT Sloan Fellows Program at the MIT School of Management. He has published more than 130 papers in journals and conference proceedings and more than 120 patents and received more than 13,000 citations. Dr Ieong is an IEEE Fellow.

Speaker 2: Mr. Jacky Wan, Vice President, Engineering, Arrow

Jacky Wan is the vice president of Engineering for Arrow Electronics’ Global Components business in the Asia-Pacific region. He leads the strategy and execution of expanding engineering expertise and developing technology ecosystem capabilities that drive business growth for Arrow’s technology suppliers, customers and business partners. Jacky joined Arrow in 2012. He held a number of regional marketing and business development roles through which he was responsible for building up business development team for several vertical segments, a regional engineering team, and forming close alliance with industry ecosystem partners. Before being promoted to his current position, he was regional director for Strategic Verticals.

Jacky holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and he completed the executive program in International Management from Stanford / National University of Singapore.

Moderator: Ir Peter Yeung, former Head of EE & ICT Cluster, Hong Kong Science & Technology Park Corporation

Ir Yeung was the Head of Electronics and Information Technology & Communications Cluster of HKSTP before his retirement in Jun 2021, responsible for the industry development and growth strategy of the respective sectors.  He is a member of the Advisory Committee for Department of Computing of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a member of the Industry Training Advisory Committee of the Qualification Framework, a Fellow member of HKIE and Council Member of the Hong Kong Computer Society.  He served as Chairman of the HKIE Electronics Division (2009-10) and Committee member of the HKIE Information Technology Division.  With over 30 years of experience in systems engineering, business management and technology development, Peter has been a mentor and a collaborator with many startups and tech companies.

Peter holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Oregon State University and a Master degree in Business Administration from the York University of Toronto.  Peter is also a member of IEEE and the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society, and is now dedicating his passion to promote the sustainable development of smart cities.