14:55 – 15:55
Panel Session: Strategic Autonomy or Global Integration? Europe’s Semiconductor Future Amid Geopolitics, Supply Chains, and China Collaboration
Panelist
Javier Hernandez, Ph.D.
Littelfuse
Dr. Javier Hernandez is the Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Littelfuse Inc. (Nasdaq: LFUS). With over twenty-five years of experience in the semiconductor industry, Dr. Hernandez is pivotal in shaping Littelfuse’s strategic direction and driving business development. Previously, Dr. Hernandez served as Senior Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at Littelfuse, where he led multiple initiatives for sustainable long-term growth. He has also held various positions related to business development within the semiconductor ecosystem.
Dr. Hernandez holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Navarra, an Executive MBA from IESE Business School, University of Navarra, and has completed an Executive Program on Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) at Harvard Business School.
Littelfuse
Company Profile
Littelfuse is a diversified industrial technology manufacturing company empowering a sustainable, connected, and safer world. Across more than 20 countries, and with approximately 17,000 global associates, we partner with customers to design and deliver innovative, reliable solutions. Serving over 100,000 end customers, our products are found in a variety of industrial, transportation, and electronics end markets—everywhere, every day. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Littelfuse was founded in 1927.
Company Products & Services
We work with our customers and partners to design, manufacture, and deliver innovative solutions for automotive and commercial vehicles, industrial applications,
data and telecommunications, medical devices, consumer electronics, and appliances. Everywhere, every day, our work focuses on safety and connection. We’re passionate about working with our customers and partners to sustainably create products that protect, control, and sense for a safer, greener, and more connected world.
Panelist
Roberto Antonicelli
JCET
Professional with over 25 years of international experience in the semiconductor and automotive sectors. Currently Senior Director at STATS ChipPAC, part of JCET Group, he has previously held leadership roles at STMicroelectronics and Infineon. He holds a PhD in Microelectronics, with a focus on semiconductor packaging and RF/microwave design. His expertise spans business development, strategic partnerships, and complex program execution, with a strong emphasis on business innovation and collaboration. Married and father of three children, he is recognized for his forward-thinking approach to advancing technology and business solutions.
JCET
Company Profile
JCET Group is the world’s leading integrated-circuit manufacturing and technology services provider, offering a full range of turnkey services that include semiconductor package integration design and characterization, R&D, wafer probe, wafer bumping, package assembly, final test and drop shipment to vendors around the world.
Our comprehensive portfolio covers a wide spectrum of semiconductor applications such as mobile, communication, compute, consumer, automotive, and industrial, through advanced wafer-level packaging, 2.5D/3D, System-in-Package, and reliable flip chip and wire bonding technologies. JCET Group has two R&D centers in China and Korea, six manufacturing locations in China, Korea, and Singapore, and sales centers around the world, providing close technology collaboration and efficient supply-chain manufacturing to our global customers.
