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A huge range of technologies need a semiconductor to function: smartphones, cars, computers, and even fighter jets. A well-functioning society depends on semiconductor chips and their continued development and availability.  The United States remains a major player in the semiconductor industry, as well as in the purchasing of chips and end-use products, but production has largely been off-shored to East Asia. Washington is currently grappling with how to bring more semiconductor manufacturing back to the U.S., but largely left out of the discourse is how to maintain the U.S.'s leading edge in semiconductor design.

Against this backdrop, Perry World House is convening a panel of Penn and industry experts to discuss the critical importance of the design of semiconductors, as well as the role of manufacturing and supply chains for the industry. What are U.S. companies doing to keep their edge? How does off-shoring of semiconductor manufacturing affect the business model for these companies? How do these issues affect U.S. national security? Are the Biden administration’s goals on semiconductors realistic and achievable?

Join Perry World House for a conversation with Penn experts and industry leaders to discuss these critical questions and more.

Speakers

Melissa Flagg is the founder of Flagg Consulting LLC, as well as a senior advisor to the Atlantic Council GeoTech Center, and a fellow at the Acquisition Innovation Research Center at Stevens Institute of Technology. Prior to this, she was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) at Georgetown University. Previously she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research, responsible for policy and oversight of Defense Department science and technology programs. She has worked at the State Department, the Office of Naval Research, the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Army Research Laboratory. She holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and a B.S. in Pharmacy.

Mark Fuselier is senior vice president of Technology and Product Engineering at AMD. He is responsible for end-to-end foundry technology and engineering for new product introduction and manufacturing. Fuselier has more than 25 years of semiconductor industry experience and has been involved in the development and production of process technology generations spanning from 0.35um through 7nm across multiple fabs and products. He has played a central role in the development and productization of system-level solutions such as multi-core CPU SoC integration, heterogenous APUs, 2.5D chip-package, and chiplet System in Package (SiP) integration. Fuselier holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of IEEE and the Electron Devices Society.

Raghib Hussain is President of Products and Technologies at Marvell where he oversees the company’s businesses and technologies by defining overall strategy, aligning roadmaps, monitoring and prioritizing product development, leading innovation and driving growth. Raghib also has oversight of the Office of the CTO – the driving force behind Marvell’s long-term technology vision and strategy transformation efforts. Previously he served as Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of the company’s Networking and Processors Group. Prior to joining Marvell in 2018, Raghib served as the Chief Operating Officer of Cavium, a company he co-founded. Prior to Cavium, Raghib held engineering roles at both Cisco and Cadence and helped found VPNet, an enterprise security company. Raghib earned a B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering from NED University in Karachi, Pakistan, and an M.S. in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University. He holds more than 40 patents in the fields of networking and security.

Rahul Kapoor is the David W. Hauck Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In his research, Kapoor focuses on the management of industry disruption and ecosystems related to new technologies and business models. He has published numerous articles on these topics in leading peer-reviewed and practitioner journals from a perspective of both established firms and start-ups. He is the past Chair of the Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management. He also serves as an Associate Editor of the Strategic Management Journal, and is on the Editorial Boards of Organization Science and Strategy Science. Kapoor has received several awards for his research and teaching including the inaugural Academy of Management (Technology and Innovation Management Division) Emerging Scholar Award, the Strategic Management Journal Best Paper Prize, and Wharton Teaching Excellence Award. He has also advised and consulted for several firms with respect to launching new innovation initiatives. Prior to joining academia, he spent over 7 years in the high-tech industry where he worked for Texas Instruments and was involved with two startups, one of which he co-founded.

Moderator

Regina M. Abrami is Chang Sun Term Professor and Faculty Director of the Global Program at the Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies. In addition, she is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Senior Fellow of Management at the Wharton School. Prior to the Lauder Institute, she was on the faculty of Harvard Business School where she taught in the M.B.A, Doctoral, and Executive Education Programs, with special focus on government-business relations, international and comparative political economy, and the origins and global impact of Chinese business today. Dr. Abrami is a multi-year recipient of a Wharton Teaching Award for her course on China and Global Business today. Other honors include the Aspen Institute’s “Ideas Worth Teaching Award” for her course on strategic foresight. She serves as editorial review board member of the Asian Business and Management Journal and advisor to the Management & Business Review. Her work has appeared in Comparative Politics, Journal of East Asian Studies, Harvard Business Review, and the Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems, in addition to the 2014 study Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth.

COVID-19 Guidelines

Perry World House is following the University of Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 guidelines. In-person access to our hybrid events is now open to the public as well as the Penn community.

All in-person attendees will be REQUIRED to wear a mask and MUST either show their Green PennOpen Pass (University of Pennsylvania faculty, students, postdocs, and staff or badged contractors) OR Green PennOpen Campus (all other visitors including event attendees) in order to take part in-person.

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We will continue to provide virtual access to all of our hybrid programming. Zoom details will be found in your order confirmation email.