ChipStart UK @ Edinburgh: Forming, Storming, Norming & Performing in collaboration with the Generative AI Laboratory University of Edinburgh
ChipStart UK's renowned "Forming, Storming, Norming & Performing" semiconductor event comes to Edinburgh on January 29th.
We have a Gen AI focused agenda delivered in collaboration with the Generative AI Laboratory at the University of Edinburgh.
Where: Edinburgh University (in person)
When: 12pm - 4.30pm, Thurs 29th January
12pm: Registration
1pm-4.30pm: Presentations and Networking (agenda below)
and then
5.30pm-Late: Optional evening social (see below)
In-person networking with the Scottish and National semiconductor ecosystem
Hear from ChipStart's current cohort of 12 exciting UK semiconductor startups
Learn how Semiconductors and AI are combining, featuring research from the University of Edinburgh
Debate with the experts on Generative AI driven design automation and the leading VC investors in this industry
We expect this event will be fully subscribed, and we will be operating a waitlist.
If you can no longer attend the event in person, we would be grateful if you could let us know so that we can release your place to someone else.
Agenda
12.00: Registration and Lunch
13.00: Welcome & Opening remarks
13.10: Keynote: AI for Assistive Autonomy (Prof Subramanian Ramamoorthy)
13.30: Keynote: From Cloud to Edge: How Arm Is Powering the Next Wave of AI Startups (Neil Parris, Arm)
13.50: Panel Discussion: GenAI Design Automation - Chaired by Jed Hurwitz; panellists from Cadence, Siemens EDA, Axiomise and Tattvam AI
14.20: Showcase: ChipStart UK Cohort #3 companies - Chipletti, Ethicronics, Kahu SiliconBio, Kelvin Quantum, Prospectral, quadrAI, Quantopticon, Rayd Technologies, Rx Watt, SiDesign Works, Smith Displays, Xen Quantum
15.20: How ST works with Startups (Sara Pellegrini, ST)
15.35: Showcase: Gen AI Research Initiatives, featuring Themis Prodomakis (April Hub), Luo Mai (Computing Systems Architecture), Adrian Jackson (EPCC)
16.05: Panel Discussion: Investing in Hard AI & Semiconductors - Chaired by Sandy McKinnon (Pentech); panellists Pete Hutton (Cambridge Angels), Alastair Moore (PXN), Hannah Dent (Old College Capital)
16.40: Close
Optional After-Event Social
The "Forming, Storming, Norming & Performing for Semiconductor Startups" event will conclude at 4.30pm. Since we're in Scotland and it will be close to Burns Night, obviously we will then be hosting a social from 5.30pm nearby, involving an Address to a Haggis, food and drink, and we will even be laying on a Ceilidh. We hope you can join us for this. So that we can manage numbers, please register separately for the evening event here: