Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Sunday, 06/Apr/2025
9:00am
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12:00pm
PDC 1
Location: Vecht 1

»Design-on-Simulation for Advanced Packaging: Warpage Management, Reliability and Life Prediction«
Course Instructors: Dr. Xuejun Fan (Lamar University, USA) & Kuo-Ning Chiang (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

PDC 2
Location: Eem

»Reliability Assessment of Glass Substrates and Interposers for Advanced Packaging«
Course Instructor: Prof. Seungbae Park (State Univ of New York at Binghamton, USA)

9:00am
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5:00pm
PDC 3
Location: Singel

»Efficient Thermo-Mehanical Simulations Using Compact Models (Hands-on course)«
Course Instructors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tamara Bechtold (Jade University of Applied Sciences, DE) & Soenke Maeter (CADFEM GmbH, DE)

2:00pm
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5:00pm
PDC 4
Location: Eem

»Nano/Micro Metal Particle Sintering: Materials, Process, Characterization, and Reliability in Automotive and Power Electronics«
Course Instructors: Dr. Jiajie Fan (Fudan University, China) & Dr. Xuejun Fan (Lamar University, USA)

PDC 5
Location: Vecht 1

»Reliability and Failure of Micro-electronics Packaging Materials«
Course Instructor: Dr. Amar Mavinkurve (NXP Semiconductors, The Netherlands)


Date: Monday, 07/Apr/2025
8:45am
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8:55am
Opening: Opening
by Michiel v Soestbergen (NXP)
8:55am
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10:25am
IK: Industrial Keynotes
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Michiel van Soestbergen
Chair: Willem Van Driel

»Forward-Looking Roadmap: Enabling Heterogeneous Integration in the Next Decade«
Gamal Refai-Ahmed, Ph.D., PEng, FIEEE, LFASME, FEIC
AMD, US


»Multi-Physics Simulations: Accelerating Microelectronics Packaging for Artificial Intelligence Applications«
Mudasir Ahmad
Google, US


»SiC-MOSFET Multiobjective Optimization«
Christos Pateropoulos
Ansys, GR


»Innovations in Early Detection and Resolution of Temperature-driven Reliability and Performance Issues«
Bert Knops
Hexagon, NL

10:25am
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10:50am
CB1: Coffee Break
10:50am
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12:20pm
S1: S1: Technical Keynotes
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Bart Vandevelde
Chair: Véronique Rochus

»Failure Analysis Beyond Moore’s Law: Challenges and a Roadmap Forward«
Lesly Endrinal
Google, US


»Reliability Analysis of Connected Lighting Systems from Cloud Data«
Piet Watte & Ger van Hees
Signyfy, the Netherlands


Presentation of the EuroSimE Achievement Award
Laudation by Gabriele Schrag and Véronique Rochus, Chairs of the Multi-physics Track

12:20pm
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1:20pm
L1: Lunch
1:20pm
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2:40pm
S2: Polymer Characterisation
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Alberto Corigliano
Chair: Marco Sperti
S3: Thermal Modelling and Experimental Characterisation
Location: Eem + Lek
Chair: Olaf Wittler
Chair: Ming-Yi Tsai
2:40pm
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2:50pm
Break
2:50pm
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3:50pm
S4: Solder Interconnect Fatigue
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Steffen Wiese
Chair: Meiying Su
S5: Reduced Order Modeling for Multi-Physics
Location: Eem + Lek
Chair: Mike Feuchter
Chair: Roland Niemeier
3:50pm
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4:15pm
CB2: Coffee Break
4:15pm
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5:35pm
S6: Warpage Simulation and Experiments
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Vincenzo Vinciguerra
Chair: Alexander Reichel
S7: Reliablity of Power Electronics
Location: Eem + Lek
Chair: Fengze Hou
Chair: Robert Schwerz
6:15pm
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7:00pm
Boat Transfer to Conference Dinner
7:00pm
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10:00pm
Conference Dinner at Leeuwenbergh

Date: Tuesday, 08/Apr/2025
8:30am
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10:30am
PS: Interactive Poster Session
Location: Foyer
Chair: Sven Rzepka
10:30am
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10:55am
CB3: Coffee Break
10:55am
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12:15pm
S8: Solder Joint Reliability
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Rainer Dudek
Chair: Abhijit Dasgupta
S9: Material and Process Models of Multi-Physics Systems
Location: Eem + Lek
Chair: Romain Liechti
Chair: Thomas Krivec
12:15pm
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1:15pm
Lunch: Lunch
1:15pm
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2:35pm
S10: Machine Learning & Reliability
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Muhammad Musadiq
Chair: Mike Röllig
S11: Heterogeneous and Multi-Physics Systems
Location: Eem + Lek
Chair: Gabriele Schrag
Chair: Leo Svenningsson
2:35pm
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2:45pm
Break
2:45pm
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4:05pm
S12: Mechanical Stress Characterisation
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Marcus Schulz
Chair: Jeffrey C. Suhling
S13: Thermal Behavioral Modelling
Location: Eem + Lek
Chair: Cadmus Yuan
Chair: Fabrice Casset
4:05pm
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4:30pm
CB4: Coffee Break
4:30pm
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5:50pm
S14: PCB and Substrate Reliability
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Pan Liu
Chair: Daniel Losbichler
S15: Sinter Materials for Power Electronics
Location: Eem + Lek
Chair: Muyuan Li
Chair: Tobias Daniel Horn
5:50pm
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6:20pm
SpS: Sponsor & Exhibitor Session
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Martin Niessner

Presentations from: Quanscient, CADFEM, Henkel, STMicroelectronics, Infineon, TU Delft

6:30pm
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8:30pm
Reception at the Venue

Date: Wednesday, 09/Apr/2025
8:30am
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9:50am
Special Session: Mixed IEEE EPS Session
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Przemyslaw Gromala

»Co-Packaged Optics - Heterogeneous Integration of Photonic IC and Electronic IC«
John H Lau
Unimicron Technology Corporation, USA


»Chips Act USA: Simulation and Reliability Challenges Being Addressed«
Chris Bailey
Arizona State University, USA


»HIR Reliability Chapter – Status and Next Steps«
Abhijit Dasgupta
University of Maryland, USA


»HIR Modeling and Simulation Chapter – Status and Next Steps«
Xuejun Fan
Lamar University, USA

9:50am
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10:15am
CB5: Coffee Break
10:15am
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11:15am
S16: IPCEI to Strengthen EU Microelectronics
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Vincenzo Vinciguerra
Chair: Michiel van Soestbergen

»Virtual Design of Experiment Methodology for Package Design Robustness«
Roseann Duca
STMicroelectronics, MT


»Virtual Material Qualification for Substrate Materials«
Thomas Krivec
AT&S AG, AT


»Innovative Semiconductors for Cutting-edge Functions and Systems«
Przemyslaw Gromala
Robert Bosch GmbH, DE


»A Journey into the Warpage Containment of Semiconductor Wafers through FEA Simulations«
Vincenzo Vinciguerra
STMicroelectronics, IT


»Digital Twin Methodology Applied to Power Cycling«
Martin Niessner
Infineon Technologies AG, DE

S17: Multi-Physics Modeling of High-frequency Devices
Location: Eem + Lek
Chair: Sjoerd Douwe Medard de Jong
Chair: Sung-Uk Zhang
11:15am
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11:25am
Break
Break
11:25am
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12:25pm
S18: Fracture Mechanics & Interface Strength
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Julia Zündel
Chair: Marius Dijk, van
S19: Simulation and Characterization of MEMS
Location: Eem + Lek
Chair: Aleksandr Morozov
Chair: Tamara Bechtold
12:25pm
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1:25pm
Lunch
1:25pm
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2:45pm
S20: Solder Fatigue Simulations and Predictions
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Pradeep Lall
Chair: Karsten Meier
S21: Advanced Modeling Techniques for Multi-Physics Systems
Location: Eem + Lek
Chair: David Walther
Chair: Xiao Hu
2:45pm
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2:55pm
Closing: Awards and Closing
Location: Vecht 1 + Vecht 3
Chair: Willem Van Driel
Chair: Michiel van Soestbergen