Overview
The HCLTech Semiconductor AI Day - the inaugural edition of our Chip2Intelligence Leadership Forum - was hosted on November 10 in Santa Clara, bringing together 20 + senior leaders from across the global semiconductor ecosystem. The forum focused on the pivotal role of AI in accelerating innovation, from chip design and engineering to manufacturing and operations.
The Day at a glance:
| Time | Session | Speaker |
| 3:00 – 3:10 PM | Welcome & Introduction | Meenakshi Benjwal - VP, Marketing, HCLTech |
| 3:10 – 3:30 PM | AI as the Catalyst for Next-Gen Semiconductor Enterprises | Anshul Verma - Head of Chip Business, HCLTech |
| 3:30 – 3:50 PM | Supercharging Progress: Our Vision for Al at the Core | Haripriya Prakasam - Senior Director, GenAI Solutions, HCLTech |
| 3:50 - 4:10 PM | Coffee & Connection Break | |
| 4:10 - 4:30 PM | Democratizing Agentic Al with MIT Media Lab | Dr. Pradyumna - Post Doctoral Associate, Project NANDA, MIT |
| 4:30 - 4:50 PM | Leveraging AI for Service Transformation (AI Force) | Gopal Ratnam, VP, AI Force, HCLTech |
| 4:50 - 5:10 PM | Accelerating Innovation Together: Harnessing AI Through Strategic Collaboration | Vignesh Rama - Global Partnerships Leader, NVIDIA |
| 5:10 - 5:30 PM | The CIO's Playbook for Harnessing Al: Driving Agility, Resilience and Growth in Semiconductors | Sriram Sitaraman - Chief Information Officer, Synopsys |
| 5:30 – 6:30 PM | Putting it all together: HCLTech GenAl offerings | Demo Sessions |
| 6:30 PM onwards | Networking & Dinner | |
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Speakers
Chief Information Officer, Synopsys
Global Partnerships Leader,
NVIDIA
Head of Strategic Initiatives, TMT,
HCLTech
Global lead of AI and GenAI,
HCLTech
Senior Director, GenAI Solutions
HCLTech
VP, Marketing
HCLTech
Testimonials
The event provided an excellent opportunity to engage with peers across the semiconductor ecosystem and exchange practical insights on AI adoption. The conversations were meaningful, and the networking was truly valuable.
At NVIDIA we believe in the power of ecosystem partnerships to build real world AI applications to help enterprises deliver exceptional AI outcomes. Agentic and Physical AI capabilities showcased by HCLTech will transforms industries. This customer event truly highlighted the art of the possible is at the epicenter of the next Industrial Revolution - Semiconductor Industry.
Whats Next
Building on the success of this first edition, the Chip2Intelligence Leadership Forum will continue to bring together senior leaders to explore the next wave of transformation shaping the semiconductor enterprise. Upcoming editions will expand the conversation into cloud-enabled scale, cybersecurity-driven resilience and other breakthrough capabilities redefining how semiconductors are designed, built and operated.
More perspectives. More innovation. More momentum — coming soon.
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