📅 Date: 23 October
⏰ Time: 10:00 – 11:30 CET
📍 Online

Celebrating leaders who inspire progress and measurable change, the Spark Excellence Award spotlights professionals whose dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is driving real impact across the sector. Nominations will remain open until 30 September 2025.

About the Webinar

The European Chips Diversity Alliance (ECDA) brings together academia, industry, and policymakers to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across Europe’s microelectronics sector. By lowering barriers for underrepresented groups, ECDA helps unlock the missing talent crucial for Europe’s growth, competitiveness, and innovation.

This webinar will showcase the Alliance’s progress, highlight new insights, and share practical tools for building inclusive learning and working environments. It is designed to engage stakeholders across the ecosystem and inspire actionable steps toward a more diverse and equitable future in microelectronics.

Who Should Attend?
  • Industry professionals shaping the semiconductor and microelectronics sectors
  • Educators and learners interested in inclusive education and training practices
  • HR and DEI practitioners seeking practical tools and approaches
  • Policymakers and public stakeholders supporting Europe’s skills agenda

Whether you are a researcher, an employer, or simply curious about DEI in technology, you’ll gain valuable insights and resources to apply in your own context.

What to Expect

Participants will:

  • Hear about the latest DEI Report on trends and challenges
  • Learn from September’s PTvT Event highlights
  • Discover strategies for inclusive learning environments
  • Explore ECDA’s DEI Training Suite aligned with EU standards
  • Engage in an open Q&A session with speakers
Agenda

Time (CET) Session Speaker
10:05–10:15 Opening & Video Explainer, Kartikey Srivastava Senior Specialist – Communications, SEMI Europe
10:15–10:30 DEI Report,  Nessa Maguire- Founder of EudaOrg
10:30–10:45 Inclusive Chips Forum,  Matthew Coates -Project Manager for European Education Development from Platform Talent voor Technologie
10:45–11:00 Inclusive Learning Environments, Richard Harte- User Experience Specialist at Learnovate
11:00–11:15 DEI Training Suite, Stephan Schmuck -Lecturer in Liberal Arts & Management at ESCP Business School 
11:15–11:30 Q&A Session Kartikey, Senior Specialist – Communications, SEMI Europe

✅ Join us to be part of the conversation shaping a more inclusive microelectronics sector in Europe.