To celebrate the International Women’s Day on March 8 this year, Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), the voice of the global semiconductor industry, hosts Women’s Leadership Initiative Asia-Pacific Executive Conference at 9-11 AM, on March 2nd, 2022. With the theme of “The Semiconductor Power to Change the World,” the online conference commences with welcome remarks by Ms. Jodi Shelton, co-Founder and CEO of GSA, and Dr. Nicky Lu, Chair of GSA AP Leadership Council and Chairman, CEO & co-Founder of Etron Technology, Inc.
“GSA focuses on people who make up of the semiconductor industry. We want to broaden our view focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion. Our industry will grow even stronger by encouraging women and under-represented people to join us,” said Jodi Shelton.
“This year GSA WLI APAC Executive Conference entitled <The Semiconductor Power to Change the World> is very timely reflecting what the worldwide economy and the technical societies need to discuss about,” said Dr. Nicky Lu.
The GSA has established its Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) to significantly increase the number of women in leadership roles in the semiconductor industry, the capital dedicated to women-led start-ups and the number of STEM-focused female candidates joining the semiconductor ecosystem.
Bringing together industry leaders, entrepreneurs and engineering professionals, GSA’s WLI APAC Executive Conference in 2022 will explore the STEM leadership as main power of industry transformation and technology evolution, as well as demonstrate the changing force to create a more diversified workplace (#BreakTheBias) and more sustainable environment for a better tomorrow.
The program sessions this year include 3 critical panel discussions — leadership, sustainability, and entrepreneurship, with an excellent speaker lining-up:
- WLI APAC Executive Panel Discussion I: Leadership
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- Moderator: Debra Bell, WLC of WLI, GSA; VP of DRAM Product Engineering Group, Micron Technology
- Panelist: Jaya Jagadish, Country Head of AMD India & CVP of Engineering, AMD
- Panelist: Helen K. Pan, General Manager, Apollo Autonomous Driving USA
- Panelist: Rituparna Mandal, General Manager of MediaTek Bangalore, MediaTek
- WLI APAC Executive Panel Discussion II: Sustainability
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- Moderator: Mavis Ho, General Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Greater China and SEA, imec
- Panelist: Giorgia Longobardi, Founder & CEO, Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD)
- Panelist: Janet Chou, CFO, JCET Group
- Panelist: Nina Kao, Deputy Spokesperson & Head of Public Relations Department, TSMC
- Panelist: Cheng Wang, Vice President of Public Relations, UNISOC
- WLI APAC Executive Panel Discussion III: Entrepreneurship
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- Moderator: Elisa Chiu, Founder & CEO, Anchor Taiwan
- Panelist: CK Tseng, President of Arm Taiwan, Arm
- Panelist: Sherry Hsia, Founder, Baiyan Global Consulting
- Panelist: Xiaotong Lin, WLC of WLI, GSA; CEO, Coolstar Technologies
- Gayathri Radhakrishnan, Senior Director of Investment, Micron Ventures
GSA would like to express sincere thanks to our exclusive event sponsor TSMC and the partner associations Anchor Taiwan, Ladies Who Tech, Semiconductor Portal Inc. (SPI), Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA), Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) and Taiwan Women on Boards Association (wob.tw).
About GSA
GSA is Where Leaders Meet to establish an efficient, profitable and sustainable high technology global ecosystem encompassing semiconductors, software, solutions, systems and services. A leading industry organization that represents 300+ corporate members on six continents, including more than 120 public companies, GSA provides a unique, neutral platform for collaboration, where global executives interface and innovate with peers, partners and customers to accelerate industry growth and maximize return on invested and intellectual capital. Members of the GSA represent 75 percent of the $500B+ semiconductor industry and continue to grow. For more information, visit www.gsaglobal.org. Follow GSA on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and WeChat.
About WLI
The GSA has established its Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) to significantly increase the number of women in leadership roles in the semiconductor industry, the capital dedicated to women-led start-ups and the number of STEM-focused female candidates joining the semiconductor ecosystem.
The WLI vision is to “Apply the spirit of Moore’s Law, which catapulted innovation by doubling the performance of electronics to significantly increase the number of women in leadership roles in the industry, the capital dedicated to women-led start-ups and the number of STEM-focused female candidates joining the industry.”