TowerJazz TGS Newport Beach, USA
October 31–November 1, 2012
Hyatt Regency, Irvine, Calif. USA
The 7th annual TowerJazz Technical Global Symposium (TGS) will offer updates on our specialty process technologies such as High Speed SiGe, CMOS image sensors, power management and others as well as our design enablement solutions. We will also provide case studies from our customers and presentations by industry experts and leaders in academia.
Our aerospace and defense focused day will take place on Wednesday, October 31. To participate in the sessions, you must be a US citizen or permanent resident alien (a birth certificate, passport or green card will be required to attend). Please join us for a guest speaker at lunch sponsored by 
. David Davis, Chief of the Systems Engineering Division, United States Air Force Space and Missile Center ("SMC") will present a talk on "Future Space Systems Enterprise Architectures to Meet Emerging Affordability Challenges."
Our commercial sessions will take place on Thursday, November 1. We will provide Fab tours at our Newport Beach facility on both days. There is no registration fee for participation at TGS events.
Aerospace & Defense – Day One
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
8:30am - 4:30pm
To attend Aerospace and Defense day, you must be a US citizen or permanent resident alien.
(A birth certificate, passport or green card will be required to attend.)
| Start | Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
| 8:30 | 60 | Continental Breakfast/Registration | ||
| 9:30 | 10 | Mike Scott | TowerJazz | Welcome - Opening remarks |
| 9:40 | 30 | Richard Mann | TowerJazz | CMOS Image Sensors Overview/Update |
| 10:10 | 30 | Richard Chaney | American Semiconductor | FleX Silicon-on-Polymer with TowerJazz SOI Processes |
| 10:40 | 10 | Morning Break | ||
| 10:50 | 30 | Dr. Payam Heydari | UC Irvine | Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Imaging in TowerJazz SiGe |
| 11:20 | 40 | Robert Milkovits | TowerJazz | Workshop: Migration of TowerJazz PDKs to Cadence IC 6.1 |
| 12:00 | 90 | Lunch - TGS & RHET/Speaker | ||
| 12:30 | 30 | David Davis | USAF Space & Missile Center |
Future Space Systems Enterprise Architectures to Meet Emerging Affordability Challenges |
| 1:30 | Afternoon Sessions | |||
| 1:30 | 30 | Dr. Marco Racanelli | TowerJazz | Aerospace & Defense Business Overview/Update |
| 2:00 | 30 | Dr. Shahriar Shahramian | Acatel-Lucent/Bell Labs | mm-Wave Transceivers and Phased Arrays in SiGe BiCMOS |
| 2:30 | 30 | Dr. Bob Pugh | Think Strategically | Current issues with Export Control and Trusted Electronics |
| 3:00 | 15 | Afternoon Break | ||
| 3:15 | 30 | Keith Avery | USAF Research Labs | AFRL Space Electronics Technology Program Plans |
| 3:45 | 45 | Dr. Shahriar Shahramian Rod Bonebright Dr. Payam Heydari Dr. Fardod Behbahani |
Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs Boeing UC Irvine SaberTek |
Panel: Innovation in SiGe vs. Digital CMOS |
| 4:30 | End of Day 1 sessions | |||
| 4:30 | 30 | Fab Tours – Shuttle from Hyatt to TowerJazz facility | ||
| 5:30 | 180 | Holiday Reception – iPad giveaway - raffle prizes | ||
Schedule is subject to change.
Commercial – Day Two
Thursday, November 1, 2012
9:00am - 4:00pm
| Start | Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
| 08:00 | 60 | Continental Breakfast/Registration | ||
| 09:00 | 30 | Russell Ellwanger | TowerJazz CEO | Keynote – Pursuit of Excellence |
| 09:30 | 30 | Dr. Marco Racanelli | TowerJazz | SiGe/RF/HPA Overview and Update |
| 10:00 | 30 | Dr. Farbod Behbahani | SaberTek | Choosing SiGe, GaAs or Digital CMOS for Wireless Apps |
| 10:30 | 15 | Morning Break | ||
| 10:45 | 30 | Dr. Shye Shapira | TowerJazz | Power Management Overview & Update |
| 11:15 | 30 | Ross Teggatz | Triune Systems | Advanced Power Management in Wireless Power |
| 12:00 | 90 | Lunch - Exhibits Open | ||
| 12:00 | 90 | Fab Tours – Shuttle from Hyatt to TowerJazz facility | ||
| 01:30 | 30 | Dr. Avi Strum | TowerJazz | CMOS Image Sensor Overview & Update |
| 02:00 | 30 | Dr. Daniel Van Blerkom | Forza Silicon Corp. | Top to Bottom look at Image Sensor Design Process |
| 02:30 | 30 | Dr. Samir Chaudhry | TowerJazz | Design Enablement Overview & Update |
| 03:00 | 20 | Afternoon Break | ||
| 03:20 | 20 | Ilan Rabinovich | TowerJazz | Mixed-Signal/CMOS Overview & Update |
| 03:40 | 20 | Zmira Shternfeld-Lavie | TowerJazz | Transfer Optimization Process Services (TOPS) Overview |
| 04:00 | End of Day 2 sessions – Wrap up - iPad giveaway | |||
Schedule is subject to change.
This year we are hosting the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 33rd Annual Radiation Hardened Electronics Technology (RHET) meeting on October 30–31 in conjunction with TGS Aerospace & Defense day.
Please note, there is a registration fee for RHET and you must register separately if you plan to attend.
For more information: www.towerjazz.com/rhet.html
For our attendees’ convenience, all our technical sessions as well as our evening reception on October 31 will take place at the Hyatt Regency hotel. We have secured a special room rate of $125/night for our registered attendees. Our Newport Beach fab is very close to the hotel so we will offer fab tours and provide a shuttle from the hotel to our facility and back.
Hotel information: |
Hyatt Regency Irvine To guarantee the rate of $125/night, please book your room by Oct. 19, 2012.To make your hotel reservation, please click here. |
Stay tuned as we will continue to add pertinent information as it becomes available. Please feel free to share this with anyone you think may be interested in attending.
For more information on TGS contact: lauri.julian@towerjazz.com.
