Manufacturing AI Workshop

​Manufacturing AI has moved from "emerging" to "table stakes," but most teams are still stuck in the pilot phase. A focused regional session meets the moment.

Regional relevance: Oregon and SW Washington host the densest concentration of semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, and additive operations on the West Coast.

Session I:
Dr. Isil Berkun - Founder and CEO of DigiFab AI

Nearly a decade as Staff AI Software Engineer at Intel deploying computer vision and ML systems across semiconductor fabs. PhD in Electrical Engineering (Michigan State). Stanford LEAD incubator finalist. LinkedIn Top Voice. 380,000+ learners on LinkedIn Learning across 12 courses. Taught at Columbia University and Portland State University. Recent speaking: Formnext 2025 (Frankfurt), NEDME 2025, and MSU Burgess Institute 2026 (keynote).

Session II:
Dr. Adam Schafer - CEO of Athinia, a secure data collaboration platform for the semiconductor industry (subsidiary of EMD Electronics).

Previously Head of Supply Chain Strategy at the U.S. Department of Commerce CHIPS Program Office. 22+ years at Intel across metrology, engineering management, and supply chain leadership. Former Vice Chair of the Responsible Business Alliance Board of Directors. PhD in Physical Chemistry (University of Washington).