CASPA 35th Annual Conference & Dinner BanquetOct 23–24, 2026 · Santa Clara Convention Center

The CEO Summit

Silicon Valley's Premier Gathering of Semiconductor Leaders
Who Takes The Stage

Featured Speakers

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Lip-Bu Tan

Lip-Bu Tan

CEO
Intel
Jimmy Cheng

Jimmy Cheng

President
CASPA '26–'27
Irving Tan

Irving Tan

CEO
WD
Michael Xie

Michael Xie

President & Co-founder
Fortinet
Sassine Ghazi

Sassine Ghazi

CEO
Synopsys
Michael Hurlston

Michael Hurlston

CEO
Lumentum
Andrew Feldman

Andrew Feldman

CEO
Cerebras
Bill Brennan

Bill Brennan

CEO
Credo
Gavin Uberti

Gavin Uberti

CEO
Etched
Rodrigo Liang

Rodrigo Liang

CEO
SambaNova
Hong Hou

Hong Hou

CEO
Semtech
Raghib Hussain

Raghib Hussain

CEO
Altera
Naveen Rao

Naveen Rao

CEO
Unconventional AI
Anna Goldie

Anna Goldie

CEO
Ricursive Intelligence
Mark Wade

Mark Wade

CEO
Ayar Labs
Sunghyun Park

Sunghyun Park

CEO
Rebellions
Sid Sheth

Sid Sheth

CEO
D-Matrix
Krishna Rangasayee

Krishna Rangasayee

CEO
Sima.ai
Faraj Aalaei

Faraj Aalaei

CEO
Cognichip
Hao Zhong

Hao Zhong

CEO
ScaleFlux
Faris Sbahi

Faris Sbahi

CEO
Normal Computing
David Lam

David Lam

CEO, Multibeam
Founder, Lam Research
Chenming Hu

Chenming Hu

Father of the 3D Transistor
UC Berkeley
Why Attend

Come With A Goal. Meet The Right People.

Pick the role closest to yours. Each one lists the sessions to catch and opportunities to meet people working on the same problems.

I am a
Startup founder

Meet the capital, and the founders a step ahead of you.

  1. 01Hear how investors see the next wave of semiconductors, and what they back.
  2. 02Meet venture investors from Lux Capital, Samsung Ventures America, Salience Capital and Seligman Ventures.
  3. 03Compare notes with the CEOs of AI compute companies such as Cerebras, SambaNova and Etched.
Sessions to catch
  • Oct 23 · 2:40 – 3:30 PMSilicon Capital: Investing in the Next Semiconductor Wave
  • Oct 23 · 4:20 – 5:10 PMEdge AI & Intelligent Infrastructure
  • Oct 24 · 11:10 – 11:50 AMAI Compute: Architectures Beyond the GPU
Supplier or vendor

Meet the people who design the platforms you sell into.

  1. 01Hear where AI infrastructure is heading across compute, memory, networking and optics.
  2. 02Meet leaders at Synopsys, Siemens, Fortinet and Intel, and the memory and interconnect companies around them.
  3. 03Host a table at the Dinner Banquet and bring your own customers and partners.
Sessions to catch
  • Oct 24 · 10:30 – 11:10 AMData Storage & Infrastructure in the AI Era
  • Oct 24 · 3:20 – 4:00 PMOptical Interconnects & High-Speed Connectivity: The Next Data Center
  • Oct 24 · 1:20 – 1:40 PMASIC Design and Cyber Security
Investor or analyst

Pressure-test your view of the market.

  1. 01Hear the semiconductor outlook from the analysts at Bernstein and SemiAnalysis.
  2. 02Question operators working on wafer-scale compute, optics and memory.
  3. 03Meet founders and CEOs across AI compute, storage and interconnect in one place.
Sessions to catch
  • Oct 23 · 2:00 – 2:40 PMSemiconductor Industry Outlook Panel
  • Oct 23 · 2:40 – 3:30 PMSilicon Capital: Investing in the Next Semiconductor Wave
  • Oct 24 · 4:00 – 4:30 PMWafer-Scale AI: Breaking the Compute Bottleneck
Strategy or procurement lead

Understand the supply chain before you commit to it.

  1. 01Learn what AI infrastructure costs to run, counted in watts.
  2. 02Hear the CEO of Intel in conversation with CASPA's president.
  3. 03Meet vendors across the stack: compute, storage, networking and design tools.
Sessions to catch
  • Oct 23 · 1:40 – 2:00 PM$100/Watt: The Evolving Economics of AI Infrastructure
  • Oct 24 · 11:10 – 11:50 AMAI Compute: Architectures Beyond the GPU
  • Oct 24 · 7:45 – 8:45 PMFireside Chat: Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and CASPA President Jimmy Cheng
Engineer or technical professional

Hear how the people building AI silicon are thinking.

  1. 01Follow the technical conversation on architectures, memory, optics and design security.
  2. 02Hear from the CEOs of AI compute companies about the problems they are working on.
  3. 03Use the breaks and the banquet as opportunities to meet peers and ask questions.
Sessions to catch
  • Oct 24 · 11:10 – 11:50 AMAI Compute: Architectures Beyond the GPU
  • Oct 24 · 1:20 – 1:40 PMASIC Design and Cyber Security
  • Oct 24 · 3:20 – 4:00 PMOptical Interconnects & High-Speed Connectivity: The Next Data Center
About CASPA

A Non-Profit Community
Of Semiconductor Professionals
Since 1991.

CASPA is a registered non-profit organization. Proceeds from our annual conference help support the work we do throughout the year, including:

  • Student scholarships, presented at our annual banquet
  • The CASPA Mentorship Program
  • Symposium, job fairs, and career events throughout the year
35years of CASPA
6,000+individual members
11chapters worldwide
CASPA scholarship recipients on stage
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Tickets

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Annual Conference

23–24 October
$399
  • Two days of keynotes and panels
  • CEOs and leaders across semiconductors and AI
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Conference + Banquet

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23–24 October
$1,599
  • Both conference days
  • The Dinner Banquet on Oct 24
  • Fireside chat with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan
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Dinner Banquet

24 October, evening
$1,299
  • Dinner Banquet on Oct 24
  • Fireside chat with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan
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“Behind every technological revolution are the leaders bold enough to shape it. The CEO Summit was created to unite those leaders under one stage.”
Jimmy ChengCreator of the CEO Summit, CASPA President 2026–2027