Program Summer School 2026
Monday, 7 September 2026
| 09:00-17:30 | Welcome at TU Dresden |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30-10:00 | Stefan Mannsfeld (TUD) Welcome |
| 10:00-11:00 | Stefan Mannsfeld (TUD) "Process Integration - Smart is Beautiful" |
| 11:15-12:30 | Networking for Scientists (followed by lunch) |
| 13:00-13:30 | Transfer to Infineon |
| 13:30–17:30 | Infineon Site Visit |
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| 13:30-13:45 | Welcome |
| 13:45-14:15 | Introduction to Infineon Marcus Dankelmann |
| 14:15-14:45 | Live Cleanroom Tour Andreas Greiner |
| 14:45-15:00 | Break |
| 15:00-16:00 | Pitch session with technical experts 1. Semiconductor Manufacturing and Microchip Production (Marziyeh Senf) 2. Automating complex engineering processes with AI (Benedikt Läufer) 3. Technology Development for Integrated Power Circuits (Lars Müller-Meskamp) |
| 16:00-16:30 | Let's talk about your path (Lotta Roemhildt, Jan Rittmeyer, Husam Mohamed, Nahas Annacot) |
| 16:30-17:30 | Networking with various key topics |
| 17:30 | Group picture and end |
Tuesday, 8 September 2026
| 08:00–16:00 | GlobalFoundries Site Visit |
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| 08:00-08:30 | Bus Transfer from Moxy Hotel Dresden to Globalfoundries |
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration & Welcome |
| 09:00-09:30 | Welcome to GLOBALFOUNDRIES Matthias Bonkaß (VP Module Engineering) |
| 09:30-10:00 | CMOS Foundry Business Sven Beyer (Fellow Research & Development) |
| 10:10-11:10 | Attention ain’teverything! CMOS foundry solutions for next gen AI Sven Beyer (Fellow Research & Development) |
| 11:15-12:10 | Panel Discussion |
| 12:10-12:30 | Changing the world from the inside out - Careers@GF Maik Rohne (Talent Acquisition) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:45 | Tours - Rotation Tour 1: Facilities Tour Tour 2: Integration Test and Development Center, VR Cleanroom Visit Tour 3: Lab Tour |
| 16:00 | Bus Transfer to Moxy Hotel Dresden |
Wednesday, 9 September 2026
| 09:00–15:00 | Robert Bosch Semiconductor Manufacturing Dresden Site Visit |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Bus transfer from Moxy Hotel Dresden to Bosch |
| 09:30-10:00 | Arrival and Check-in |
| 10:00-10:45 | Welcome & Introduction Robert Bosch Semiconductor Manufacturing GmbH & Bosch Sensortec GmbH |
| 10:45-11:45 | Guided tour in two groups to the visitor spot and the SubFab |
| 11:45-12:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30-13:00 | Smart Fab, Smart People. Introduction of our Experts. |
| 13:00-15:00 | Deep Dives in 4 groups - AR/VR/3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) - Bosch Sensortec: MEMS-Sensors - little helpers all around us - HRL: People & Jobs - MFT/MFE: Smart Data & Connected Manufacturing |
| 15:15-15:45 | Bus transfer to city center |
| 16:00–17:00 | Guided Walking Tour Through The Historic Center of Dresden |
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| Start Point: Theaterplatz (Equestrian Monument) End Point: Neumarkt (Church of our Lady) |
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| From 17:00 | Free Time |
Thursday, 10 September 2026
| 08:30–16:30 | X-Fab Site Visit |
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| 08:30–09:00 | Bus transfer from Moxy Hotel Dresden |
| 09:00-09:30 | Welcome / Introduction |
| 09:30-10:45 | Presentation #1 for Group 1 & Fab tour for Group 2 |
| 10:45-12:00 | Presentation #2 for Group 2 & Fab tour for Group 1 |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-14:00 | Presentation #3 for all participants |
| 14:00-16:30 | Panel discussion and career session |
| 16:45 | Bus transfer into city center |
| 17:30–22:00 | Networking Dinner at Johann Restaurant |
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| Panel Discussion: Career Paths in Microelectronics Moderation: Katrin Meusinger (Silicon Saxony) Panelists: Susanne Appel (X-Fab) Sven Beyer (GlobalFoundries) Dirk Drescher (Bosch) Steffen Leuner (esmc) Andreas Thamm (Infineon) |
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| Dinner |
Friday, 11 September 2026
| 08:30–13:00 | TU Dresden: Advancing Technology |
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| 08:30-09:00 | Info Booth Tokyo Electron |
| 09:00-09:40 | Keynote Tokyo Electron: Stefan Sawusch (Process Group Manager) |
| 09:45-10:15 | Martin Knaut (TUD) "Novel Atomic Layer Processes" |
| 10:25-11:00 | Padmanava Sen (Barkhausen Institute) "tbd" |
| 11:00-11:30 | Jens Trommer (NaMLab gGmbH) "tbd" |
| 11:30-11:45 | Wrap-up |
| 11:45-13:00 | TU Dresden Cleanroom tours // Lunch |
Status as of August 2026; program details are updated regularly