From Chips Act 2.0 to Impact: The Next Chapter for Europe’s Semiconductor Ecosystem

Emilie Jolivet is Director, Consulting Services at Yole Group. Drawing on her semiconductor industry background, she leads a team of analysts focused on custom projects, market research, and strategy consulting, while managing relationships with leading semiconductor companies. Previously, she headed Yole Group's Memory & Computing activities, covering packaging, manufacturing, memory, and software & computing. She holds a Master's in Applied Physics (Microelectronics) from INSA Toulouse and an MBA from IAE Lyon. Her career includes seven years as an R&D engineer in photovoltaics and a role in business development at EV Group (Austria) before joining Yole Développement in 2016.

German project management specialist with a background spanning civil engineering and business administration, Frank Bösenberg has led Silicon Saxony as Managing Director since 2018. He joined the organisation in 2014 as project manager of Silicon Europe, "the European network of semiconductor clusters," building on years of experience in international, EU-funded research and development initiatives. Under his leadership, Silicon Saxony now "supports its more than 750 members with regard to networking, lobbying and consequently growth," directly contributing to the objectives of the EU Chips Act. In 2024, Frank also assumed chairmanship of the Silicon Europe Alliance. He is a graduate of TU Dresden.

Director at the European Commission (DG CNECT), leading some of Europe’s most strategic technology portfolios: supercomputing and AI gigafactories, quantum strategy and future Quantum Act, and the EU Chips Act / microelectronics policy. Previously a key architect and lead executor of the EU AI Act.
A central EU figure shaping sovereignty across AI, quantum, and semiconductors.

María Marced is a distinguished Spanish telecommunications engineer and executive leader in the microelectronics industry. Born in Valencia, she holds both a bachelor’s degree and a PhD in Telecommunications Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. María’s professional career spans several major technology companies. She worked for 19 years at Intel, where she rose to the position of Vice President and General Manager for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. In 2003, she joined Philips Semiconductors, later NXP, as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the connected multimedia solutions business unit, eventually leading the sales and marketing department. From 2007 until December 2023, she served as President of TSMC Europe, playing a pivotal role in establishing TSMC’s European fabrication plant. Currently, María serves on the boards of directors of CEVA, IQE, KD, and Sequans Communications, and is the Chair of the GSA EMEA Leadership Council. Her work has earned her numerous accolades, including the Global Industry Leader Award in 2024 at ChipEx (Israel) and recognition by The Wall Street Journal in 2002 as one of the three most powerful businesswomen in Europe, and being named an ambassador for the city of Valencia, alongside receiving the I VLC Chipcity Award in 2024. Since september 2026 she is the Chair of the European Commission Industry Advisory Group for European Chips Act 2.0.

Head of EU Funding Management - Skills

Pierre Chastanet is a Head of Unit at DG CNECT responsible for Microelectronics & Photonics, leading implementation of the EU Chips Act. He previously led cloud, software, and cybersecurity policy at EU level, including industrial data strategy and cloud infrastructure initiatives. A core policy builder across Europe’s semiconductor, cloud, and digital infrastructure stack.

Chairman of the Silicon Europe Alliance and the CEO of the Silicon Alps cluster

Dr. Roberta Fabrizi  works as  Research Analyst at Trust-IT Services S.r.l. and is part of the ALLPROS.eu 2029 Digital Europe project which acts as the Secretariat to the Industrial Alliance for Semiconductors. Food technologist by training Roberta holds a PhD in Animal and Plant Sciences from the University of Sheffield's Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, UK. In her research she looked at the way innovation is perceived and portrayed in moments of economic shift and political uncertainty. Today Roberta uses her skills in science communication, capacity building and knowledge exchange to create science dissemination content and to support EU-funded projects' communication activities and stakeholder engagement. At Trust-IT Services, Roberta puts her passion for scientific storytelling into practice by supporting the European digital innovation, sustainability and Earth Science.