Facility Tour & Austin Semiconductor and Photonics Showcase 2026
Join La Luce Cristallina and leaders from The University of Texas at Austin, government, and industry for an invite-only afternoon highlighting Austin’s semiconductor and photonics ecosystem.
Guests will tour La Luce's Austin fabrication facility, where barium titanate wafers are produced, and hear perspectives on advanced materials, U.S. semiconductor innovation, and the technologies supporting telecom, datacom, AI, and quantum capabilities.
EVENT DETAILS
12:30 p.m. - Doors Open @ EME Building, J.J. Pickle Research Campus: 10500 Exploration Way, Austin, TX 78758
1:15 p.m. - Welcome + Celebratory Ribbon Cutting with Austin's Mayor Pro Tem Team
Opening of the La Luce Cristallina Headquarters
1:30 p.m. - Fabrication Facility Tour
Tour of local barium titanate wafer production & clean-room demonstrations
2:30 p.m. - Doors Open @ Engineering Education Research Center EER Building, University of Texas at Austin Campus: 301 E. Dean Keeton St., Room 2.518 (Texas Innovation Center), Austin, TX 78712
3:00 p.m. - Austin Semiconductor & Photonics Showcase
José "Chito" Vela - Austin Mayor Pro Tem
Jasmine Stoughton - Policy Advisor, Office of Mayor Kirk Watson
Dean Roger Bonnecaze, Ph.D. - Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Vice President for Research Fernanda Leite, Ph.D. - The University of Texas at Austin
Gregg Bartlett - Chief Technology Officer, GlobalFoundries
David L. Elizondo - District Director, San Antonio District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration
Robert Visser - Vice President, Engineering Technology, Office of the CTO, Applied Materials
Alex Demkov, Ph.D. - Chief Executive Officer, La Luce Cristallina
Texas Instruments
4:00-5:00 p.m. - Networking Reception
*Cocktail bites and refreshments.
Ribbon Cutting | FAB Tour (1:00 - 2:00 p.m.) @ EME Building on the J.J. Pickle Campus: 10500 Exploration Way, Austin, TX 78758
*Please park in front of the EME building or on the street. We will have vouchers for you.
Semiconductor and Photonics Showcase (3:00 - 5:00 p.m.) @ EER Building on the University of Texas at Austin Campus: 301 E. Dean Keeton St. Austin, TX 78712 Room #2.518 (Texas Innovation Center)
*Please park in Speedway Garage or San Jacinto Garage. We will have vouchers for you.