CMC Seminar in Singapore
1-day materials supply-chain forum, bringing together industry leaders and experts to explore the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities across local and global materials supply chains.
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Industry Insights on Semiconductor Materials & Manufacturing
The 2026 Fall Critical Materials Council (CMC) Seminar is a premier one-day semiconductor industry event focused on semiconductor materials supply chains, quality, metrology, and sustainability.
Held in Singapore on October 28, 2026, the seminar follows the Private CMC Meetings:
- CMC Seminar: October 28, 2026
- CMC Joint Session (Fabs & Suppliers): October 27, 2026
- CMC Private Meetings: October 26-27, 2026 - Hosted by STMicroelectronics
Attendees will gain insights into global semiconductor supply chain dynamics, government initiatives, reverse-globalization trends, and the quality and metrology challenges impacting future chip manufacturing expansions.
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4 Industry-Focused Sessions
- Session I: Market Outlook & Government Stimulus
- Session II: Navigating the Intersections of Global Supply Chain Disruptions
- Session III: Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship
- Session IV: Quality-Driven Innovation for an Expanding Chip Industry
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Registration includes access to all seminar sessions, networking opportunities, conference materials, and the welcome reception on October 28, 2026.
Agendas
| Speaker / Title | Company | Presentation |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome and Keynote | ||
| Johnston Peng Procurement Director for Asia |
STMicroelectronics | Advance Packaging Materials Changes and Challenges: Geo-Political and Supply Chain |
| Session I: Market Outlook & Government Stimulus | ||
| Boris Metodiev Director, Manufacturing Analysis |
TechInsights | Semiconductor Market and Capex Outlook |
| Mike Walden VP, Critical Materials Information |
TechInsights | Navigating Materials Supply Chains and Choke Points |
| Session II: Navigating the Intersections of Global Supply Chain Disruptions | ||
| Foo Leong Wong Sr. Director, Global Materials Procurement |
GlobalFoundries | Managing Global Supply Chains |
| Tamara Feil Application Group Manager Business Segment Thin Film |
Plansee | Critical Raw Materials in the Semiconductor Industry with Focus on Supply Chain Based on Example Tungsten |
| Alister MacDonald Director |
Critical Minerals Institute | Hafnium: AI Chips, Jet Engines, Rockets, and the Next Supply Shock |
| Junxian Xie Head of Global Procurement, Chemicals |
AT&S | Materials Supply Chain Challenges of FCBGA/Substrate Manufacturing |
| Session III: Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship | ||
| Laurent Pain Sustainable Electronics Program Director |
CEA-Leti | SubFab Labs- Materials Reuse/Recycling Strategies |
| Katie Lingscheit Research and Development Manager |
Moses Lake Industries, Inc. | Closing the Loop: A Circular Pathway for High-Quality Electrolytes |
| Mark Seah LANXESS Private Limited Derrick Lau Technical Marketing Manager |
LANXESS Private Limited | Advanced Ion Exchange Resin Solutions for Sustainable Semiconductor Manufacturing |
| Session IV: Quality-Driven Innovation for an Expanding Chip Industry | ||
| Uli Blankenstein Vice President Strategy and Execution |
Materion | Scarcity, Security & Sustainability: Rethinking the Semiconductor Metals Supply Chain |
| Chia Mui Ping Managing Director |
Elemental Scientific Instruments Singapore | Solutions for Near Term Metrology Challenges Identified in IRDS Roadmap |
| Michael Garrett Supplier Quality Sr Manager |
Micron | From Reactive to Predictive Quality: Enabling AI Across the Supplier Ecosystem |
| Jeongdong Choe Sr. Technology Fellow/Subject Matter Expert |
TechInsights | Challenges of Memory Manufacturing from a Quality Perspective |
| Time | Schedule | |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 - October 26, 2026 @STMicroelectronics | ||
| 9:00 AM | Welcome/Introductions/Opening Remarks by Lita Shon-Roy, President | |
| 9:10 AM | Agenda Review by Mike Walden, VP Critical Materials Information | |
| 9:20 AM | Measuring Procurement Organizational Effectiveness - breakout into small teams to discuss your company's response to Case Study 1 | |
| 10:20 AM | Supply Chain Live Survey | |
| 10:35 AM | Coffee/Networking Break | |
| 10:50 AM | Measuring Digital Transformation Success Beyond Cost Savings - same teams to discuss your company's response to Case Study 2 | |
| 11:45 AM | Lunch - hosted by STMicroelectronics | |
| 12:50 PM | Assessing Supplier Relationship Health - new teams to discuss Case Study 3 | |
| 1:30 PM | Lessons Learned from Major Supply Chain Disruptions - three individual company's responses to Case Study 4 (10 minutes each) | |
| 2:00 PM | Coffee Break | |
| 2:15 PM | Hot Topics - Today's Pressing Supply Chain Issues (Moderated) / Live Survey Results | |
| 3:00 PM | Air Liquide Supplier Presentations @STMicroelectronics | |
| 3:30 PM | Depart for Air Liquide Tour / Site Visit (4:00 PM to 5:30 PM) | |
| 6:00 PM | Private Networking Dinner Sponsored by Air Liquide | |
| Day 2 - October 27, 2026 @ Paradox Singapore Hotel | ||
| 9:00 AM | Welcome/Introductions | |
| 9:05 AM | Recap of Day 1 by Mike Walden, VP Critical Materials Information | |
| 9:15 AM | Developing an AI Governance Framework for Procurement Organizations - larger groups to discuss your company's response to Case Study 5 | |
| 9:20 AM | Group Break Out Working Sessions (3 or 4 Groups) | |
| 10:00 AM | Group Report Out (5 minutes each) | |
| 10:20 AM | Coffee Break | |
| 10:40 AM | Hot Topics - same groups discussing today's pressing supply chain issues (Moderated) | |
| 11:30 AM | Key Takeaways to Share at Joint Session | |
| 11:50 AM | Wrap-Up and Recap | |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch - Hosted by STMicroelectronics | |
| Time | Schedule | |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 CMC Joint Session (Fabs & Associate Members) Day 2 - October 27, 2026 at Paradox Singapore Hotel, Singapore | ||
| 12:30 PM | Event Badges Pick Up | |
| 1:00 PM | Welcome & Opening Remarks by Lita Shon-Roy, President | |
| 1:05 PM | Key Takeaways from CMC Fabs Sessions | |
| 1:15 PM | What's Not Perfect Yet Regarding the Handling of Major Supply Chain Disruptions (Up and Down the Supply Chain) - A Panel Discussion | |
| 1:45 PM | Is AI Improving or Hindering Fab/Supplier Relationships (the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) - A Panel Discussion | |
| 2:10 PM | Why Not Share Data on Materials Supply Chain Dependencies? - A Panel Discussion | |
| 2:35 PM | Breakout Session Instructions | |
| 2:40 PM | Move into Preassigned Groups (10 groups) / Short Break | |
| 2:50 PM | Breakout Session - Working Groups - Facilitated by TechInsights | |
| 3:50 PM | Breakout Session - Working Groups Report Out - 10 groups, 5 minutes each | |
| 4:40 PM | Closing Remarks - Mike Walden, VP of Critical Materials Information | |
| 4:45 PM | Members Private Networking | |
| 5:30 PM | End Joint Session | |
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CMC Seminar Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Johnston Peng
Procurement Director for Asia, STMicroelectronics. In his current role, he leads strategic sourcing world-wide and key account management for suppliers in China. With more than 25 years of experience in semiconductor manufacturing, materials management, procurement, logistics, and supply chain operations, Johnston has played a pivotal role in strengthening supply resilience and procurement excellence across Asia's highly dynamic semiconductor ecosystem. Throughout his career with STMicroelectronics, he has held several leadership positions, including Head of Logistics and Head of Production & Material Control and Material Planning in Shenzhen, China, where he was responsible for end-to-end supply chain planning, inventory optimization, logistics transformation, and supplier collaboration.
Chia Mui Ping
Managing Director, Elemental Scientific Instruments Singapore. With over 35 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, her expertise spans contamination control, ultra-high purity chemicals, analytical instrumentation, laboratory quality systems, and semiconductor process support. Having held leadership roles at Elemental Scientific Instruments, Kanto Kagaku, PerkinElmer, Merck, and Seagate Technology, she combines technical expertise with business leadership to help semiconductor manufacturers advance process reliability, analytical excellence, and innovation across Southeast Asia.
Boris Metodiev
Director of Semiconductor Manufacturing Analysis at TechInsights. Boris Metodiev is proud to lead the team recognized for setting the standard in the semiconductor manufacturing consultancy and advisory field. Expertise in market sizing, technology roadmaps, customer dynamics, and translating market insight into product, and long-term planning decisions. He is often quoted in media publications and maintains a busy conference and vendor briefing schedule.
Mike Walden
VP of Critical Materials Information, TechInsights. Mike is TECHCET’s expert in modeling industry trends and forecasting semiconductor key indicators including semiconductor revenues, OEM equipment revenues, wafer start volumes and revenues. He is also in charge of market research and analysis of silicon wafers and sputtering targets materials. Mike has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry that stems from IBM in cost analysis and supply chain management; he has helped grow businesses with leadership roles at SUMCO, MEMC/Sun Edison, Zing Semiconductor and Okmetic. Mike holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech and a B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from Morehead State University.
Derrick Lau
Technical Marketing Manager, LANXESS Private Limited. He brings over 23 years of specialized experience in ion exchange (IX) and membrane technologies. Derrick began his career in process design before transitioning into the semiconductor industry with Infineon Technologies. In 2011, he joined LPT at LANXESS, a leading global ion exchange resin manufacturer and solution provider for water treatment and liquid purification. He has since been involved in various IX projects across Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. As an accomplished industry expert, Derrick has presented numerous technical papers at international conferences, focusing on zero liquid discharge (ZLD), condensate polishing, reverse osmosis (RO) recovery, and resin analysis troubleshooting. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham (UK) and a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the National University of Singapore.
Alister MacDonald
Director, Critical Minerals Institute. A ceramic engineer with more than 40 years of international experience, including four years living and working in the United States, he specializes in advanced materials and critical-minerals supply chains. A guest speaker at CMC Dallas in May 2017, he returns on 28 October 2026 to discuss zirconium and hafnium in AI semiconductor manufacturing. His presentation will also show how new critical-minerals ventures can build trusted supply chains from day one using transparent, verifiable ESG principles, creating a potential platform for international recognition.
Mark Seah
Territory Manager, LANXESS Private Limited. With over 17 years of commercial experiences in ion exchange (IX) and membrane technologies (RO), he specializes in sales, marketing, business development, strategic distribution channel management, customer service, supply-chain management, key account management, and cost center management. Over the past seventeen years, Mark has successfully led business management initiatives across ASEAN, ANZ, Japan, China and India, bringing extensive regional market expertise to advance water treatment and purification solutions.
Uli Blankenstein
Vice President, Strategy & Execution for Materion Corporation. He is a global executive recognized for transforming manufacturing businesses into market leaders through strategic vision, operational excellence, and cultural change. With leadership experience across the U.S., Germany, Singapore, Japan, and China, he has successfully built and scaled organizations that deliver sustainable growth and profitability. In his current role, Uli drives the commercial, operational, and cultural transformation of a ~$700 million Electronic Materials division. He oversees division-wide strategy, quality, marketing, business development, communications, and M&A. Among his recent achievements, he successfully integrated the company’s largest acquisition, delivering significant margin improvement, and developed a strategic vision that repositioned the division as a leader in Electronic Materials.
Foo Leong Wong
Senior Director, Process Materials Global Sourcing, GlobalFoundries. He is a seasoned global sourcing and supply chain leader with more than 25 years of experience spanning semiconductor manufacturing, technology, consulting, and operations. In his current role, he leads global sourcing activities for process materials used across wafer fabrication facilities, including sourcing strategy, supplier management, and business continuity planning. Prior to GlobalFoundries, he held multiple senior leadership roles at Dell Technologies, where he drove strategic procurement, digital supply chain transformation, and cost management across global computing and server businesses. He also spent more than six years at McKinsey & Company, advising manufacturing and service organizations across Southeast Asia on operational improvement, procurement, supply chain strategy, and post-merger integration.
Jeongdong Choe
Sr. Technology Fellow, TechInsights. His background includes positions as a Team Lead in R&D for SK-Hynix and Samsung, where he optimized process and device architectures with state-of-the-art technologies for mass production. At TechInsights he has been focusing on technology analysis on semiconductor process, device, and architecture. He has authored numerous articles on memory technology including DRAM Technology Trends, 2D and 3D NAND Process/Device Integration Details, and Emerging Memory such as STT-MRAM, XPoint, ReRAM and FeRAM Design and Architecture. He quarterly produces and updates a widely distributed memory roadmap on DRAM, NAND, and Emerging Memory.
Tamara Feil
Application Group Manager, Plansee. In her current role, she specializes in coatings and sputtering technologies for semiconductor and solar applications. With more than 14 years of experience in materials science, research and development, and technology development, she brings extensive expertise in hard materials, coating technologies, thin films, and PVD applications. Prior to joining Plansee, she served as an R&D Specialist at CERATIZIT, focusing on cemented carbides, hard coatings, cutting applications, and wear damage. Earlier, she was a Development Manager at Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH (MCL).
Mike Garrett
Sr Supplier Quality Manager, Micron Technology. Mike brings more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with extensive expertise spanning manufacturing quality, reticle manufacturing, photolithography, and supplier quality. During his career at Micron, Mike held a variety of technical and leadership roles, including responsibility for all Micron reticles supporting high-volume manufacturing (HVM) and work in photolithography. In Manufacturing Quality, Mike helped develop and roll out Micron’s front-end manufacturing strategy framework, which remains in use today. Most recently, in Supplier Quality, he initiated Micron’s Capital Equipment and Spares Quality team and established the associated quality strategy. His career has also included international assignments in Japan and Singapore, giving him broad global experience across semiconductor manufacturing, quality, and supply chain operations.
Laurent Pain
Sustainable Electronics Program Director, CEA-Leti. He is a fellow expert in the field of semiconductors and lithography. He graduated from the Physics-Electronics-Materials engineering school of Grenoble in 1992 and earned his PhD for work on DUV resists. He joined CEA-Leti in 1996 to work on infrared technology. In 1999, he was assigned to STMicroelectronics to introduce 193nm and e-beam lithography new generation equipment. From 2008 to 2014, Laurent led CEA-Leti’s lithography laboratory, later managing business and partnership development for the CEA-Leti Silicon Technologies Division. In September 2023, he became the Sustainable Electronic Program Director, tasked with shaping CEA-Leti’s strategy and programs in eco-innovation and sustainability, building on decades of expertise in semiconductor processes, lithography, and technology leadership across industrial and research collaborations.
Katie Lingscheit
Research and Development Manager, Moses Lake Industries, Inc. After starting her professional career as a Quality Control Chemist at Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (TCI) in Portland, Oregon, USA, Katie joined Moses Lake Industries, Inc. (MLI) in 2015. At MLI she built a strong foundation in electrodeposition technologies. Her work with MLI has primarily focused on the development of advanced chemical packages for Damascene copper plating applications that are currently in use for the most advanced nodes at major semiconductor manufacturers. More recently, she is leading a research initiative evaluating the technical feasibility and implementation of a circular life cycle for the copper used in copper plating solutions, advancing sustainable practices within the semiconductor process.
