ADTC & edaWorkshop26 Programm

Julien Ryckaert (IMEC) 

Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) play a vital role in strengthening European value chains and supporting the Union’s main political goals, such as the Green Deal and Digital Strategy, while also advancing sovereignty.

IPCEIs complement other research and development programs - including EFECS, Eureka, Chips JU, and Horizon Europe - by adding “First Industrial Deployment” (FID) activities to traditional R&D&I efforts.

Currently, IPCEI ME/CT (Microelectronics and Communication Technologies) represents the largest IPCEI to date, with an €8 billion funding budget and about €14 billion in private investment, involving 14 Member States and over 600 companies.

The IPCEI ME/CT program includes 4 workstreams and a spillover activity. The work-streams corresponding to the complementary technical objectives along the microelectronics value chain are: (1) sense, (2) think, (3) communicate and (4) act with spillover as an additional key activity.

Presentations of the IPCEI community:

• Introduction – what is an IPCEI?
• Looking forward, research and development communities - including students and PhD candidates - will be key in driving progress for future IPCEIs. Priority research areas will be presented based on current findings of the IPCEI ME/CT in the different workstreams.

The Chips Act 2.0 has the goal to make Europe competitive, indispensable and resilient within the global semiconductor ecosystem.  It contains three strategic objectives: 1. Competitiveness – Enabling EU’s semiconductor industry to compete globally in terms of technology and price ; 2. Technological Leadership – Focusing on those areas in which Europe can lead in global value chains ; 3. Indispensability – Ensuring EU capabilities are critical for global markets, thus reducing vulnerability to coercion.  An important element is to secure strategic funding in semiconductor design and manufacturing, and to build on strengths and expand technological leadership in a number of key markets.  The panel will give a presentation of the current status of the Chips Act 2.0, followed by a discussion with industry (large enterprises and SME’s) and RTO’s on the technological priorities and trends to focus upon withing Europe.

C. Ospelkaus, (U Hannover)

The Chipdesign Germany Forum will be in parallel to ADTC and edaWorkshop on May 6, while it continues also on May 7, 2026.