PROGRAM
ELECTRONICS < > ECOLOGIES #4 MANUFACTURING WORKSHOP
MONDAY 4 DECEMBER 2023
(TIMES DISPLAYED ARE IN SGT TIME)

9:00

Arrive / Event Registration
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

9:15 – 9:30

Welcome and Introduction
Melissa Gregg, RMIT University

9:30 – 10:20

Explaining the Interconnected Worlds of Global Production Networks: Global Electronics Industry in the Post-Pandemic 2020s
Distinguished Professor Henry Yeung, National University of Singapore

10:20 – 10:50

Intel’s approach to Circular Economy
Taimur Burki, Intel

10:50 – 11:05

Morning Break

11:05- 11:30

Climate Change Induced Water Stress and Future Semiconductor Supply Chain Risk
Professor Josh Lepawsky, Memorial University of Newfoundland

11:30 – 12:00

Respondent, Morning Presentations
Professor Ned Rossiter, Western Sydney University

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 – 13:45

Roundtable 1: Reflections on Labor and Chip Manufacture
Professor Jack Qiu, Nanyang Technological University, in conversation with Professor Julian Thomas, RMIT University
Professor Brett Neilson, Western Sydney University

13:45 – 14:30

Roundtable 2: Reflections on Labor, Device and AI Manufacture
Associate Professor Jenny Chan, China’s tech boom, labor and (im)mobility Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Melissa Gregg, RMIT University

14:30 – 15:00

Closing remarks