Technical Event
Tuesday Plenary
25 February 2025 • 8:20 AM - 10:00 AM PST | Conv. Ctr., Grand Ballroom 220A
Session Chairs: Qinghuang Lin, Canon (United States) and John Robinson, KLA (United States)
8:20 AM - 8:40 AM:
Presentation of New SPIE Fellows
8:40 AM - 9:20 AM:
Abstract to be announced
Christophe Fouquet is President & CEO of ASML. A French national, he joined ASML in 2008. He was appointed to the Board of Management in 2018 as Chief Business Officer and appointed President & Chief Executive Officer in 2024.
Christophe holds a Masters’ degree in physics from the Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble and has more than 25 years’ experience in the semiconductor industry.
He is a firm believer in putting the customer at the center of everything that ASML does, and in empowering its global team of more than 42,000 people to take ownership and to always ask: What’s next?
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM:
Abstract to be announced
Heike Riel is IBM Fellow, Head of Science of Quantum and Information Technology and Lead of IBM Research Quantum Europe at IBM Research. She is responsible for leading the research agenda of the Science of Quantum and Information Technology department aiming to create scientific and technological breakthroughs in Quantum Computing, Physics of Artificial Intelligence, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Precision Diagnostics and Smart System Integration.
She is a distinguished expert in nanotechnology and nanosciences and focuses her research on advancing the frontiers of information technology through the physical sciences. She contributed to advancements in the science and technology of nanoscale electronics, in particular the exploration and development of semiconducting nanowires and nanostructures for applications in future electronic and optoelectronic devices, in molecular electronics for future nanoscale switches and memory applications, and organic light-emitting diodes for display applications. Her current research interests include new materials and device concepts for future nanoelectronics for applications in quantum computing and neuromorphic computing. She also serves as the Deputy Director of the new Swiss National Competence Center for Research on Silicon Spin Qubits.
Event Details FORMAT: General session with live audience Q&A to follow each presentation.
MENU: Coffee, decaf, and tea will be available outside presentation room.
SETUP: Theater style seating.
8:20 AM - 8:40 AM:
Presentation of New SPIE Fellows
8:40 AM - 9:20 AM:
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Christophe Fouquet
ASML Netherlands B.V. (Netherlands) |
Abstract to be announced
Christophe Fouquet is President & CEO of ASML. A French national, he joined ASML in 2008. He was appointed to the Board of Management in 2018 as Chief Business Officer and appointed President & Chief Executive Officer in 2024.
Christophe holds a Masters’ degree in physics from the Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble and has more than 25 years’ experience in the semiconductor industry.
He is a firm believer in putting the customer at the center of everything that ASML does, and in empowering its global team of more than 42,000 people to take ownership and to always ask: What’s next?
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM:
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Heike Riel
IBM Research Frontiers Institute (Switzerland) |
Abstract to be announced
Heike Riel is IBM Fellow, Head of Science of Quantum and Information Technology and Lead of IBM Research Quantum Europe at IBM Research. She is responsible for leading the research agenda of the Science of Quantum and Information Technology department aiming to create scientific and technological breakthroughs in Quantum Computing, Physics of Artificial Intelligence, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Precision Diagnostics and Smart System Integration.
She is a distinguished expert in nanotechnology and nanosciences and focuses her research on advancing the frontiers of information technology through the physical sciences. She contributed to advancements in the science and technology of nanoscale electronics, in particular the exploration and development of semiconducting nanowires and nanostructures for applications in future electronic and optoelectronic devices, in molecular electronics for future nanoscale switches and memory applications, and organic light-emitting diodes for display applications. Her current research interests include new materials and device concepts for future nanoelectronics for applications in quantum computing and neuromorphic computing. She also serves as the Deputy Director of the new Swiss National Competence Center for Research on Silicon Spin Qubits.
Event Details FORMAT: General session with live audience Q&A to follow each presentation.
MENU: Coffee, decaf, and tea will be available outside presentation room.
SETUP: Theater style seating.