Presidential Sessions
| Presentation Title | Driving Disruptive Technologies in an Innovation Ecosystem - A Perspective from a U.S. National Lab |
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| Presentation Date & Time | July 3(Wed.), 14:45 - 15:30 |
| Place | Grand Ballroom, 3F |
| Speaker | Director. Kimberly S. Budil |
| Affiliation | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States of America |
| Biography |
Kimberly S. Budil sets the strategic vision for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and exercises broad delegated powers to ensure successful execution of programs and operations to enhance national security through application of cutting edge science and technology and to maintain an outstanding and diverse workforce. She leads the development and implementation of the Laboratory’s scientific vision, goals and objectives and serves as the Laboratory’s highest-level liaison with the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, the LLNS Board of Governors, the University of California and other government, public and private organizations.
Budil leads a workforce of approximately 8,700 employees and manages an annual operating budget of approximately $3 billion. Along with the directors of Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories, she shares the responsibility of providing the United States government with an annual institutional assessment of the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile and enterprise. She is the 13th director of the Laboratory and serves as president of Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. Budil has held roles of increasing management responsibility at the Laboratory, most recently serving as principal associate director for Weapons and Complex Integration. Budil served as a detailee twice in Washington, D.C and was Vice President for National Labs at the University of California Office of the President. She currently serves on several boards and participates in numerous professional and community outreach activities. Budil holds a Ph.D. in engineering and applied science from the University of California, Davis, where she was a Hertz Fellow, and a B.S. in physics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. |
| Presentation Title | Semiconductor Innovation for a Better Life |
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| Presentation Date & Time | July 3(Wed.), 14:00 - 14:45 |
| Place | Grand Ballroom, 3F |
| Speaker | Dr. Jaihyuk Song |
| Affiliation | Samsung Electronics, Korea |
| Biography |
Dr. Jaihyuk Song is the Corporate President and CTO of Samsung Electronics’ Device Solutions Business leading the Semiconductor R&D Center and Mechatronics Research Center.
Prior to his appointment as the President and CTO, Dr. Song served as EVP and Head of Semiconductor R&D Center responsible for managing a broad range of semiconductor R&D activities from fundamental research to chip level testing, and driving innovation in Memory, Advanced Logic, New Memory and CIS device technology development. Dr. Song started his career as a DRAM process engineer at Samsung in 1996, and has held several management positions in Flash Memory Product & Technology Development at Samsung’s Memory Business. Before joining the R&D Center, he has been mainly responsible for driving the company’s NAND Flash Memory technology development. Starting with the planar 2D structure in 2004, and the revolutionary vertical 3D structure in 2013, which has become an industry-standard since its groundbreaking introduction, he has played a key role in pioneering V-NAND technology solutions for seven consecutive generations. He received the 2017 Korea Technology Award, Presidential Award, presented by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, for the development of the 64-layer 4th generation V-NAND solution. Dr. Song holds a doctoral and master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University, and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). |