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Leveraging America’s Potential - Workforce Development for the Semiconductor Industry

Invitation Only Open to the Public

EVENT SUMMARY

This event will focus on the workforce challenges for the microelectronics industry in the U.S. as the industry rapidly expands due to investments made by the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act. It is estimated that over the next few years an additional 70,000 to 90,000 fab workers will be needed within new CHIPS-funded facilities. This workforce gap is substantial and demands a large-scale investment in workforce development. 

This event will feature five guest speakers who will discuss the critical role of community colleges in addressing this challenge, designing workforce development initiatives focused on underrepresented minorities and rural communities, and lessons learned in the political process of creating and passing the workforce provisions in the CHIPS and Science Act.

GUEST SPEAKERS

Bo Machayo, Director of U.S. Government and Public Affairs, Micron Technology Anastasia Urtz, Provost and Senior Vice President, Onondaga Community College  Jared Ashcroft, PI of Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC); Professor at Pasadena City College Hon. John Katko, Senior Advisor, HillEast Group Sujai Shivakumar, Director and Senior Fellow, Renewing American Innovation Project, CSIS

The event will be co-hosted by Frank Doyle, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean, and John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy.

Date: Time: - Location: Online
Boston Tech Hub Faculty Working Group Attendees

About the Event

DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE OF CHIPS AND SCIENCE

This event is part of the special initiative, "Delivering on the Promise of CHIPS and Science." Click here for an overview of the events hosted and papers published focused on the implementation of the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act.

THE BOSTON TECH HUB FACULTY WORKING GROUP

This event is hosted by the Boston Tech Hub Faculty Working Group, which was founded by former Secretary of Defense and Belfer Center Director Ash Carter and Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean Frank Doyle. 

From February to May 2023, the group held monthly discussion-based meetings with senior faculty across Harvard and MIT and practitioners/decision makers across the public and private sectors that sought to explore and answer the questions: “How do we execute on the promise of the CHIPS and Science Act in an effective way?” and “Where do we go from here?”

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