ICOS

🎉 Read the Last ICOS Newsletter!

We are glad to share the Final ICOS Newsletter featuring the last results and events of the project.

💡 What to expect?

📰 Promoting International Cooperation at the ICOS Final Event
📰Two new reports releasing recommendations for the future of semiconductors
📰ICOS at the 26th International Conference on Industrial Technology Innovation in Taiwan
📰Update on Future Technologies for Advanced Computation and Functionality
📰Workshop on Key Results of ICOS for European Economic Resilience at EFECS 2025
📰A Last Word from the ICOS Coordinator

🤝 A huge thanks to all the partners for their involvement during the project and to the whole audience of the ICOS page, following regularly the updates and releases on International Cooperation for Semiconductors

Read the newsletter on the ICOS website

📣 ICOS Final Event - Presentations Now Available

Would you like to revisit a presentation from the Final Event "Results & Recommendations of International Cooperation on Semiconductors for European Economic Resilience"? Couldn’t attend but interested in the topics discussed?
🔎 Explore the workshop presentation materials and discover the recommendations shared in Brussels.

All materials are available here: lnkd.in/gZFYbBkS

🎬 Watch the highlight video below to relive the key moments from our final gathering in Brussels!

📅 Over the past three years, ICOS-International Cooperation On Semiconductors has brought together experts and stakeholders to strengthen cooperation and understanding across the semiconductor ecosystem. This event was the opportunity to share key outcomes, insights, and perspectives for the future.

🚀 From economic and value chain analysis to the most promising technologies for future applications, the ICOS Final Event in Brussels highlighted strategic recommendations and how international collaboration can strengthen Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem.

During this event, we had the great pleasure of welcoming key leaders from European Commission - DG CONNECT, whose insights are vital to Europe’s technological roadmap:
· Pierre Chastanet Head of Unit Microelectronics and Photonics Industry
· Werner Steinhoegl Steinhögl Head of Sector in the Microelectronics and Photonics Industry Unit
· Jonas Jütting International and Policy Officer
as well as many representatives from the Chips Joint Undertaking.

🤝 As we wrap up this journey, a special thank you for this success to the coordination teams at Grenoble INP - UGA and the SiNANO Institute, we also warmly thank all speakers and participants as the partnerships, insights, and strategic discussions fostered in Brussels will continue to shape Europe’s semiconductor ambitions for years to come.

Stay tuned: presentations available soon on our website

🎆 ICOS Final Event Highlights - Project Results and Perspectives

We were delighted to welcome partners, industry leaders, researchers, and key stakeholders from the #semiconductor ecosystem to this final workshop. This event was an opportunity to discover the outcomes and key achievements of the ICOS initiative.

We had very close cooperation with the European Commission during the three years of ICOS, in particular thanks to the support of Werner Steinhoegl, Jonas Jütting and Pierre Chastanet, in order to strengthen international cooperation with leading semiconductor countries by combining political, scientific and technological strategies.

🤝We would like to thank all ICOS partners for their great contributions to the project, as well as our international partners with whom we have organized many fruitful events to develop balanced semiconductor partnerships in order to speed up technological innovation and strengthen the semiconductor value chain for European economic and societal resilience.

✨ As Pierre Chastanet highlighted during his Welcome Address, ICOS results are not meant to stay on paper, their goal is to be used to help build the future of semiconductors

Grenoble INP - UGA - Universiteit Gent - @IU.NET - CEZAMAT PW - National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies - IMT Bucharest - Delft University of Technology - imec - CEA-Leti - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft - Tyndall National Institute - VTT - Bosch - NXP Semiconductors - Infineon Technologies - STMicroelectronics - SiNANO Institute - AENEAS Association - VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH - DECISION Etudes & Conseil

✨ICOS Final Event!

We are delighted to open this last event with a welcome address by Pierre Chastanet, Head of Unit Microelectronics and Photonics Industry at the European Commission (DG CONNECT).

🎤 The morning session will set the scene for a deep dive into international cooperation, economic resilience, and strategic priorities for Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem:

The first part of the morning, chaired by Pascale CAULIER (SiNANO Institute), focuses on key analyses:

• Key Results of International Cooperation on Semiconductors for European Economic Resilience : Francis Balestra, ICOS Coordinator (Grenoble INP - UGA/ CNRS) will share ICOS key outcomes on how international collaboration strengthens Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem, boosts innovation, and reinforces economic resilience.

• Economic Analysis of Semiconductor Value Chain: Léo Saint-Martin (DECISION Etudes & Conseil) will present Europe’s positioning compared to the US, China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore, and identify

➡️ Next, the morning moves into practical insights and forward-looking strategies during the Pitches and Panel Discussion: “Foundations of International Cooperation: Analyses and Promising Paths.” Experts will share how to translate technological and economic analyses into actionable strategies for international cooperation:

•From the technology landscape to cooperation: How to apply filters for priorities - Ryoichi Ishihara, Delft University of Technology

•Feedback Loop with the Community: Recommendations for International Cooperation in R&D - Peter Ramm, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

•International Cooperation: Which Paths Are Most Promising? - Melanie Hentsche, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

The discussions will culminate in a dynamic panel featuring Ryoichi Ishihara (TUDelft), Peter Ramm (Fraunhofer), Melanie Hentsche(VDI-VDE), Léo Saint-Martin (DECISION Études & Conseil), and Jonas Jütting (European Commission – DG CONNECT), moderated by Dr. Elisabeth Steimetz (VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH/ EPoSS Association).

🤝 Stay tuned for updates throughout the day!