Transpacific Collaboration Forum: Japan’s Partnering Strategy to Revitalize Its Semiconductor Industry

Speaker Event

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Friday, February 27th from 2:00–6:00 PM, doors open at 1:30 PM

Krutch Auditorium, Clark Kerr Campus, University of California, Berkeley

The Berkeley Risk & Security Lab, in partnership with the Japan Society of Northern California, is pleased to announce the inaugural Transpacific Collaboration Forum. This event, supported by the National Association of Japan-America Societies and a coalition of esteemed academic and industry partners, will explore the critical intersections of industry resilience, capacity expansion, and transpacific collaboration in the semiconductor sector. The program will examine Japan’s semiconductor reinvestment efforts and its broader implications for global supply chains and technological innovation. Additional campus partners include the UC-Berkeley Center for Japanese Studies, and the Institute for Business Innovation at the Haas School of Business. 

The forum will gather leading policymakers, industry executives, and academics to engage in discussions on critical themes such as friendshoring, alliance-shoring, and the strategic importance of Japan’s investments in the semiconductor industry for the broader semiconductor industry, including the U.S. fabless sector.

Speakers:

Nishikawa Kazumi, Deputy Director-General for Economic Security Policy, Manufacturing Industry, Cybersecurity and Information Technology, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI Japan)

Dr. Sakyasingha Dasgupta, CEO and Founder, EdgeCortix Kazuhiro Gomi, CEO, NTT Research

Henri Richard, GM and President, Rapidus Design Solutions

Professor Masato Miyake, Semiconductor Application Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

Kazuhiro Gomi NTT Research, Inc., president and chief executive officer (CEO).

Yoshifumi Kato, Mission Executive, DENSO Corporation

Chi-Hung Lin, President, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Taiwan 

Moderators: 

Jon Metzler, Continuing Lecturer Business & Public Policy, UC Berkeley Haas

Jay Goldberg, Senior Analyst, Semiconductors & Electronics,Seaport Research

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to discussions on the future of semiconductor innovation, industry collaboration, and policy development. We look forward to your participation.

For more information, please contact Vivian Bossieux-Skinner, Berkeley Risk & Security Lab, or Jon Metzler, Haas School of Business and BRSL faculty fellow.