Navigating the Semiconductor Industry and Supply Chain in the U.S. & Japan

Semiconductors are at the heart of the devices we use every day, from smartphones and computers to cars. Often called “the new oil” for their critical role in modern technology and economic growth, semiconductors are vital to the national and economic security of both the United States and Japan. However, their highly complex, globally interconnected supply chain is vulnerable to disruptions, such as geopolitical tensions and natural disasters. What is the current state of the semiconductor industry and its supply chains in the United States and Japan? Are recent efforts to strengthen these supply chains leading to greater resilience? In this event, industry experts discuss the latest developments in semiconductors and the supply chain landscape in the United States and Japan, addressing both current and emerging challenges and highlighting opportunities for U.S.-Japan collaboration to build stronger, more reliable supply chains.

Speakers
Mukesh Khare, General Manager, IBM Semiconductors; Vice President, Hybrid Cloud, IBM Research
Mitsunobu Koshiba, Co-Founder, C-dos LLC; Chairman, Committee in Economic Security and Advanced Technology, Keizai Doyukai; Outside Director, Rapidus Corporation (Participating Virtually)

Agenda
6:30 – 7:30pm: Discussion and Q&A
7:30 – 8:00pm: Reception

Admission
This is a paid event with advance registration required. A designated number of tickets are available for free to our corporate members. (Corporate member code is required to register for the event. If you don’t know your corporate member code, please contact [email protected].) Please note that seating is limited and on a first come, first served basis.

About the Speakers

Mukesh Khare
General Manager, IBM Semiconductors; Vice President, Hybrid Cloud, IBM Research

Dr. Mukesh V. Khare is General Manager of IBM Semiconductors division and Vice President of Hybrid Cloud Research. He leads a global team of more than 1500 researchers and engineers that are re-defining the future of computing for next generation workloads such as generative artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and their delivery via hybrid multi cloud. His research agenda includes semiconductor process technology, chip design for accelerated computing, system architecture and hybrid cloud software. Throughout his career, Dr. Khare has built and driven collaborative research alliances that lead to breakthrough advances in computing, such as 7nm and 2nm chip technologies. In 2019, he championed the formation of the AI Hardware Center, a $2.3B initiative and in 2023 a $10B initiative to create a High NA EUV research center through a public-private partnership at the Albany Nanotech Complex. He serves on the Board of the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), which manages more than $100 million in funding for the university research as well as key academic-consortium boards such as Purdue and State University of New York. Mukesh was the recipient of the Asian American Executive of the year award in 2021 and the SEMI Sustainability Excellence Award in 2023.  He is also an industrial advisor to the US Department of Commerce and the India Semiconductor Mission on their CHIPS Acts. Mukesh was awarded the IIT Bombay Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2024 for his contributions in the corporate world. Dr. Khare served as the General Chair of the 2018 Symposia on VLSI Technology, has co-authored more than 100 research papers and holds many U.S. and international patents. Dr. Khare is a recipient of an IBM Corporate Award, IBM’s highest technical award for his leadership in delivering innovative technologies and is also an IBM Distinguished Engineer. He holds a Master of Technology from IIT Bombay and a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Yale University. He is a strong advocate of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and sponsors initiatives such as PowerUp for women engineers.

Mitsunobu Koshiba
Co-Founder, C-dos LLC; Chairman, Committee in Economic Security and Advanced Technology, Keizai Doyukai; Outside Director, Rapidus Corporation

Mitsunobu Koshiba graduated from the Faculty of Engineering (Printing and Imaging Engineering) at Chiba University in 1978 and completed his graduate studies at the same university in 1980. After receiving a Rotary Foundation Scholarship to study at the Materials Science Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, in the United States, he joined Japan Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd. (now JSR Corporation) in 1981, where he was engaged in the development of semiconductor materials at the Tokyo Research Laboratory. In 1990, he was transferred to Silicon Valley, U.S.A, where he worked to establish the semiconductor materials (photoresists) business in the U.S. market at JSR Micro Inc. After returning to Tokyo in 2002, he served as General Manager of the Electronic Materials Division and Director of Fine Chemicals Division before being appointed President and Representative Director in 2009. He served as Chairman Emeritus of JSR Corp. between June 2021 and June 2023. While concurrently serving as an outside director of Rapidus, and Non-Executive Chairperson of Fortaegis (Holland), he co-founded C-dos LLC (a thinktank) and is serving as a member of several government councils on advanced technology such as semiconductors and quantum technology, national economic security, and innovation strategy by providing policy recommendations and publicizing his opinions. Moreover, he is supporting deep-tech startups in Japan and overseas such as Spiber and Qantinuum. Since 2019, he has run the Committee in Economic Security and Advanced Technology at the Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) as its chairperson. 

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