Andreja Erbes
Director of Technology Scouting and R&D Partnerships
Biography
Andreja Erbes has been the Director of Technology Scouting and R&D Partnerships at STMicroelectronics since 2022, actively driving innovation initiatives within ST’s Innovation Office. He received the M.Eng., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, in 2011, 2014, and 2015, respectively, specializing in MEMS and mmWave Analog/RF circuit design. He currently serves as Vice President of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society (IEEE UFFC).
Company Profile
At ST, we are more than 50,000 creators and makers of semiconductor technologies mastering the semiconductor supply chain with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. An integrated device manufacturer, we work with more than 200,000 customers and thousands of partners to design and build products, solutions, and ecosystems that address their challenges and opportunities, and the need to support a more sustainable world. Our technologies enable smarter mobility, more efficient power and energy management, and the wide-scale deployment of cloud-connected autonomous things. We are committed to achieving our goal to become carbon neutral on scope 1 and 2 and partially scope 3 by 2027. Further information can be found at www.st.com.
Tomas Bauer
Executive Vice President, Sales & Business Development
Biography
With over 20 years at Silex Microsystems, Tomas Bauer has been a driving force behind the company’s global leadership in MEMS innovation. As Executive Vice President of Sales & Business Development, he has played a central role in shaping Silex’s strategic roadmap and fostering long-term collaborations with leading technology innovators. A mechanical engineer by training, Tomas began his career at Ericsson’s wafer fab, where he bridged engineering and commercial roles. Since joining Silex in 2004, his deep industry insight and commitment to breakthrough partnerships have helped position the company at the forefront of next-generation MEMS manufacturing and ecosystem development.
Company Profile
Silex Microsystems AB, a Swedish company, is the world’s leading pure-play MEMS foundry, trusted by the most innovative companies to bring breakthrough ideas to market—faster.
With unmatched expertise and advanced MEMS manufacturing capabilities, Silex turns groundbreaking designs into manufacturable, scalable products, from concept to high-volume production.
Our cutting-edge wafer fab, combined with industry leading process technologies, empowers customers to scale disruptive solutions with confidence, speed, and quality.
Alastair Attard
Director of Business Development
Biography
Alastair Attard is Director of Business Development at UTAC Group. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and an Executive MBA, and brings over 19 years of experience in the semiconductor assembly & test.
Alastair has previously held positions at STMicroelectronics in MEMS and SiP process engineering and package development, and at Besi where he managed the process development group for advanced die attach technologies.
Alastair joined UTAC in 2018 and today is responsible for business development of semiconductor assembly and test solutions with particular focus on MEMS, Sensing, and Advanced Packaging.
Company Profile
UTAC Group is a leading outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) provider, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Singapore. The company specializes in advanced assembly and test services for logic, memory, analog/mixed-signal, image sensors, MEMS, and power devices. UTAC supports a global customer base that includes fabless companies, integrated device manufacturers (IDMs), and wafer foundries.
With ten manufacturing facilities across Singapore, Thailand, China, and Indonesia, and a robust global sales network spanning North America, Europe, Greater China, Japan, and Southeast Asia, UTAC delivers comprehensive turnkey solutions—from wafer probing to final testing.
UTAC serves diverse market segments including automotive, computing, communications, consumer electronics, and industrial applications. Renowned for its reliability, technological expertise, and customer-centric approach, UTAC continues to play a vital role in enabling next-generation semiconductor innovation.
UTAC Group provides a comprehensive range of semiconductor assembly and test services, delivering turnkey solutions from wafer probe to final test across key end markets.
Its packaging portfolio includes leadframe-based packages such as QFN, DFN, QFP, TLA, and Cu-clip variants, as well as laminate-based BGA/iBGA packages for mobile, computing, and automotive applications. UTAC also offers System-in-Package (SiP) modules that integrate multiple components into compact, high-density solutions for IoT, wearables, and automotive electronics.
Advanced wafer-level offerings include bumping services and Wafer-Level Chip Scale Packaging (WLCSP) for customers requiring miniaturization, high electrical performance, and low-profile form factors.
UTAC also supports image sensor packaging, including automotive-grade iBGA with cleanroom assembly to meet stringent reliability and contamination standards.
To complement mass production, UTAC provides value-added services such as package design support, reliability qualification, and failure analysis—helping customers accelerate time to market with confidence.
Volker Herbig
VP BU Microsystems
Biography
Volker Herbig, VP BU Microsystems at X-FAB, oversees all MEMS activities within the X-FAB Group. Before assuming his current role, Volker worked as Director Product Marketing at X-FAB. Previously he held also engineering, marketing and management positions at Siemens, Inkjet Technologies and Carl Zeiss where, among other activities, he developed MEMS inkjet print heads and was responsible for setting up a manufacturing facility for those. Volker Herbig holds a master’s degree in physics from Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
Company Profile
X-FAB is one of the world’s leading specialty foundry groups for analog/mixed-signal semiconductor technologies with a clear focus on automotive, industrial, and medical applications. As a pure-play foundry, X-FAB provides manufacturing and design support services to customers that design analog/mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) and other semiconductor devices for use in their own products or the products of their customers. Its customers worldwide benefit from the highest quality standards, manufacturing excellence and innovative solutions by using X-FAB’s modular CMOS and SOI processes in geometries ranging from 1.0 µm to 110 nm, and its special micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) processes. X-FAB is also the first pure-play foundry to provide comprehensive processing technologies for the wide-bandgap materials silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN). The GaN-on-Si wafers are manufactured in its modern 8” fab in Dresden, Germany, and SiC wafers in the 6” fab in Lubbock, Texas, USA. X-FAB runs six production facilities in Germany, France, Malaysia and the U.S. The company employs about 4,200 people worldwide.
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