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2025 event highlights
Semiconductor Australia returned in 2025 for another sell-out conference. Featuring over 60 sector experts and showcasing Australia's best and brightest deep tech innovators.
Key Note: Dr Simon Poole AO
Internationally recognised engineer, scientist, and entrepreneur.
Director of the ANFR
2013: Clunies Ross Award recipient
2018: Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation
Co-Founder and Director of Cylite.
Leading from the Front
Tech sovereignty, strategic deterrance, and building Australia's innovation arsenal
Angus Bean, DroneShield
Jens Goennemann, AMGC
Paula Adams, Wrays
Matt A. Hill, Hypersonix
Sonny Foster, Visionary Machines
James Berman, Bell Potter
Chip Diplomacy
Uniting policy, capital & capability to leverage Australia’s intellectual horsepower in the global chips race.
Hugh Durrant-White, NSW Chief Scientist
Prof. Johanna Weaver, Tech Policy Design Institute
Coby Hanoch, Weebit Nano
Prof. Mike Boers, Atto Devices
Ingrid Marsh, Cicada Innovations
Ron Bechler, Kogan
Semiconductors Power the Universe
Advanced chips underpin every advanced tech on Earth, from AI and communications to defence, healthcare and energy
Sean Hehir, BrainChip
Arye Kohavi, 2D Generation
Coby Hanoch, Weebit Nano
Simon Ruffell, Archer Materials
Where Quantum & AI Collide
Australia’s rising superpower in the global tech stack
Andreas Baumhof, Quintessence Labs
Brett Freeman, Silicon Quantum Computing
Dr Thomas Ohki, Emergence Quantum
Marcel Zalloua, ResetData
Johnathan Belz, BFA Global
Mark Luo, Quantum Brilliance
Dr Josh Brown, BluGlass
Global Impact
How Australian semiconductor, photonics and deep-tech companies can compete internationally, build strategic partnerships and translate local innovation into global markets.
Jekaterina Viktorova, Syenta
Frank Yao, Innofocus
Michael De Nil, Morse Micro
REcap
Watch the experts shaping Australia’s semiconductor, quantum, AI, and defence capabilities.
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