HCLTech Semiconductor AI Day

Overview

The event featured a compelling line-up of sessions that showcased how AI is rapidly transforming the semiconductor enterprise - from innovation strategy to real-world execution. Senior industry voices, ecosystem partners, and HCLTech experts came together to share future-focused perspectives and practical applications that are already driving impact across the value chain.

Across the day, the discussions and interactions demonstrated a shared commitment to innovate faster, industrialize AI with confidence, and build the semiconductor enterprise of tomorrow.

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Highlights

The event featured a compelling line-up of sessions that showcased how AI is rapidly transforming the semiconductor enterprise - from innovation strategy to real-world execution. Senior industry voices, ecosystem partners, and HCLTech experts came together to share future-focused perspectives and practical applications that are already driving impact across the value chain.

Across the day, the discussions and interactions demonstrated a shared commitment to innovate faster, industrialize AI with confidence, and build the semiconductor enterprise of tomorrow.

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Transforming the Semiconductor Enterprise with AI

Anshul Verma, Head of Chip Business, Semiconductor Vertical, HCLTech outlined how AI is becoming a strategic catalyst for agility, resiliency and sustainable growth across the semiconductor lifecycle.

The CIO’s Playbook for Harnessing AI

Sriram Sitaraman, CIO, Synopsys, provided a pragmatic view of how enterprises can scale AI across engineering, infrastructure and operations to accelerate business outcomes.

Co-Innovation with Ecosystem Partners

NVIDIA and MIT Media Lab showcased breakthrough advancements in accelerated computing and next-gen AI research, demonstrating the value of strong partnership-led innovation.

GenAI in Action at HCLTech

Live demonstrations - including AI Force and applied automation - illustrated how GenAI can enhance silicon development efficiency, enable smarter manufacturing and unlock new value creation at scale.

The Day at a glance:

TimeSessionDetails
3:00 – 3:10 PMWelcome & IntroductionMeenakshi Benjwal - VP, Marketing, HCLTech
3:10 – 3:30 PMAI as the Catalyst for Next-Gen Semiconductor EnterprisesAnshul Verma - Head of Strategic Initiatives, TMT, HCLTech
3:30 – 3:50 PMSupercharging Progress: Our Vision for Al at the CoreHaripriya Prakasam - Senior Director, GenAI Solutions, HCLTech
3:50 - 4:10 PMCoffee & Connection Break
4:10 - 4:30 PMDemocratizing Agentic Al with MIT Media LabApoorv Iyer - Global lead of AI and GenAI, HCLTech
4:30 - 4:50 PMAccelerating Innovation Together: Harnessing Al Through Strategic CollaborationVignesh Rama - Global Partnerships Leader, NVIDIA
4:50 - 5:10 PMScaling Al Across the Semiconductor Value Chain: Lessons from Global EnterprisesEd Soo Hoo - WW CTO Global Accounts, Lenovo
5:10 - 5:30 PMThe CIO's Playbook for Harnessing Al: Driving Agility, Resilience and Growth in SemiconductorsSriram Sitaraman - Chief Information Officer, Synopsys
5:30 – 6:00 PMPutting it all together: HCLTech GenAl offeringsDemo Sessions
6:00 PM onwardsNetworking & Dinner

Speakers

Ameer Saithu
Sriram Sitaraman

Chief Information Officer, Synopsys

Vignesh Rama
Vignesh Rama

Global Partnerships Leader,
NVIDIA

Anshul Verma
Anshul Verma

Head of Strategic Initiatives, TMT,
HCLTech

Apoorv Iyer
Apoorv Iyer

Global lead of AI and GenAI,
HCLTech

Haripriya Prakasam
Haripriya Prakasam

Senior Director, GenAI Solutions
HCLTech

Meenakshi Benjwal
Meenakshi Benjwal

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.

Haritez Narisetty

Sr Director Scalable Solutions, GlobalFoundries

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.

Vignesh Rama

Global Partner GTM Leader, NVIDIA

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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