May 22, 2023
Training and Upskilling Driving Business Growth
Time
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location
Online, Central European Time (CEST)
Germany
Microelectronics is an essential component of virtually all aspects of our daily lives and chips are strategic assets for key industrial value chains in Europe. With the European Chips Act, the EU wants to address semiconductor shortages and strengthen Europe’s technological leadership.
One of the key objectives of the act is to address the acute skills shortage, attract new talent and support the emergence of a skilled workforce in the EU. Companies of all sizes and types across the entire value chain are affected by the talent shortage. In particular, start-ups and SMEs often lack the capacity and facilities to offer training programs and, thus, to attract potential employees.
The number of open vacancies in the semiconductor sector in Europe is growing at an alarming rate and the lack of talent has become a real bottleneck to future growth.
Since its launch in 2018, METIS (MicroElectronics Training, Industry and Skills) aimed at bridging the skills gap in the microelectronics sector for a more competitive Europe.
The Sector Skills Alliance, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme, brings together a consortium of 18 key partners to develop skills intelligence, deliver a METIS catalogue of training and promote microelectronics as a career choice.
The METIS project implements a new strategic approach to sectoral cooperation on skills for microelectronics by involving the key players across the industry, education and training, and regulatory/certification bodies.
During this webinar, attendees will learn more about:
- The METIS catalogue of courses, including trainings in the four main areas of microelectronics (from Introduction to Semiconductors, to packaging technology, AI and many more).
- Concrete examples of courses and experiences by education and training providers and their students/trainers
- Long-term opportunities offered by METIS value added resources.
Agenda
Welcome Remarks
Biography
Christopher Frieling is Director for Advocacy and Public Policy at the SEMI Europe Brussels Office. Christopher has a background in EU affairs, innovation, and tech policy. Prior to SEMI he worked at the Brussels office of Fraunhofer in several roles including most recently as Senior Advisor. Christopher holds an MSc in Economics of Science and Innovation and a Bachelor of Business Administration.
Introduction and Overview of the METIS Course Catalogue
Biography
Bernd Deutschmann received his M.Sc. degree and the Ph.D. degree in telecommunication engineering from the Graz University of Technology/Austria in 1999 and 2002, respectively. After his studies, he worked in the semiconductor industry from 2000 to 2014 on improving the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of integrated circuits. In 2014, he returned to academia and moved to the Technical University of Graz/Austria as a full professor for "Electronics" and since then heads the Institute of Electronics. His research area is the design of electronic systems and integrated circuits with a special focus on their electromagnetic compatibility. As part of his research activities, he has filed several patents and authored and co-authored numerous papers and technical articles.
Biography
Dominik Zupan has received the BSc and MSc degree in Information and Computer Engineering from Graz University of Technology, Austria. He is working towards his PhD degree at Graz University of Technology as university assistant at the Institute of Electronics (IFE). Within the METIS project he has the lead of work package 3, whose main outcome is a curriculum of training courses, based on the skills needs of the European microelectronics industry.
Course Pitches
Biography
Adil Masood received his Master’s degrees in Photonics in 2008 from Cochin University, India. He then joined imec–Ghent University as researcher and worked on various topics related to Photonics. Currently, he is involved in the operational and business development of IC prototyping services at imec. He is also involved in organization of trainings and development of course material under EUROPRACTICE and METIS.
Biography
Najah Jassam is a graduate engineer in Electrical Engineering and a lecturer for Microtechnology at the dresden chip academy. He worked as a Lecturer at the University of Basrah, Iraq and a Service Engineer in the field of chip manufacturing (ASML, Carl Zeiss SMS GmbH, KLA Tencor GmbH, Plastic Logic GmbH Dresden), and a Service and application engineer worldwide (e.g. Intel, Infineon, Globalfoundries, TSMC).
Biography
Ahmed Elrouby is a Test Improvement Engineer ta Infineon Technologies Austria AG since March 2022. He has a Bachelor's degree in Electronical Engineering from the German University in Cairo and a Master's degree in Systems Design from FH Kaernten in Villach, Austria.
SEMI University Introduction
Biography
Naresh Naik is in charge of managing all aspects of SEMI University including revenue generation, content and partner strategies, LMS and curriculum enhancements, and much more. Before joining SEMI, he worked at Atlassian, Inc. as Senior Leader - Training Strategy, Curriculum and Certification where he drove the strategy and development of customer-facing training programs incl. design approach, curriculum development and credentialing for 250,000+ global customers. Prior to Atlassian, he served as Senior Manager, Training and Documentation at Autodesk where he managed a global team of instructional designers, eLearning developers and technical writers.
Recognition and Stakeholder Feedback
Biography
Manuela Costone is an expert in the Bologna Process and internationalization of the Higher Education sector. A Senior Project Manager in EU projects linked to the implementation and application of the European Qualifications Framework. Her study and research activities are in the field of Higher Education systems, professional and academic recognition and joint programmes.
Live Q&A Session
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This webinar is free of charge.
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Learn about the METIS project:
METIS - Microelectronics Training, Industry and Skills
Addressing the skills shortage is a priority for the elevated competitiveness of the sector of the European microelectronics. An important step in this direction is a stronger industry and education collaboration. Under the coordination of SEMI, the METIS consortium, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme, is uniquely positioned to bridge this gap, as it will implement a new strategic approach to sectoral cooperation on skills for microelectronics by involving the key players across industry, education & training and regulatory/certification bodies.
Learn more
SEMI Europe is an active participant in EU-funded projects, given its global member base and its position as the voice of the microelectronics industry.
Learn more about ongoing projects in which SEMI Europe takes part.