Accelerated. Canada’s Semiconductor Symposium 2025.

About.

About

The semiconductor industry’s signature event, Accelerated Canada’s Semiconductor Symposium, brings our industry face-to-face with its end users: aerospace & defence, agriculture, automotive, mining, medtech, advanced manufacturing and oceans. It reviews the state of the domestic ecosystem, maps the path forward and builds relationships with Canada’s most productive industries.

Over two days, Accelerated will explore the state of the industry and the market implications as Canada defines new economic and security relationships. The focus is squarely on building a stronger, more resilient economy.

Get ready for Accelerated on Monday, November 24, with some special tours highlighting some of the advanced technical plants and labs in the Vancouver area. Featuring everything from agricultural facilities to quantum labs, there’s something unexpected for everyone.

Dive a little deeper into semiconductor technology on Thursday, November 27, with a selection of technology training. Details on registration and pricing will be available soon.

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Explore
Unique Tech Facilities

Optional add-on

Monday, November 24
Explore Unique Tech Facilities

Arrive early, and join us for site visits to unique facilities. Step outside your sector, get a glimpse of the technologies transforming other industries, and discover synergies you may not have considered. Spaces are limited. Agenda and registration details will follow.

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Accelerated.

Canada’s Semiconductor Symposium.

Tuesday, November 25
“Innovation. Accelerated”

The Symposium opens with a high-voltage discussion around the innovation and commercialization potential for Canadian SMEs – regardless of their sector and end market. We’ll present examples of productive ecosystems and how they developed, along with a series of discussions that consider the state of two key technologies with deep roots in Western Canada: quantum and photonics. We’ll explore existing and emerging opportunities; the importance of a coherent national strategy and how to maximize market potential.

Research excellence will also be showcased with TEXPO, our national graduate student competition, featuring the work of some of the country’s most talented emerging engineers.

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Accelerated.

Canada’s Semiconductor Symposium.

Wednesday, November 26
“Integration. Accelerated.”

Day Two focuses on the application of semiconductors as economic drivers. The impact of AI and the emerging opportunities in quantum will be discussed with the goal of defining natural areas for collaboration. Featuring industry leaders from automotive, agriculture, aerospace & defence, advanced manufacturing and oceans, we’ll explore the innovation issues they face and how we, collectively, can address them.

Morning sessions explore emerging technologies such as novel sensors coupled with AI for better decision-making.

Afternoon sessions recognize that Canada has significant national security and productivity challenges. With change and uncertainty ripping through global trade relationships and supply chains, Accelerated will explore how Canada’s semiconductor expertise contributes to the ability of these critical domestic industries to innovate and compete.

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Technology Training
for Business
Leaders

Optional add-on

Thursday, November 27
Technology Training for Business Leaders

Stay late, and take a deep dive into the fundamental technologies changing industry. From artificial intelligence to quantum computing, profound advancements are underway.
We offer series of workshops that will provide business-oriented insights grounded in hype-free technology analysis. Details on registration and pricing will be available soon

Built on discussion, disagreement – and a desire to build

Chaired by one of British Columbia’s most respected semiconductor entrepreneurs, Brian Gerson, Founding Member, PMC-Sierra, the Accelerated program has been developed by a broad, opinionated cross-section of industry leaders. As Canada reassesses its place in the world, so too are its industries. From the semiconductor sector through to mining, oceans, agri-food, aerospace and defence, this country’s most productive sectors are taking a fresh, hard look at how best to compete.

The Organizing Committee blends the perspectives of the semiconductor sector with end-use industries that integrate semiconductor technology in their products and the sophisticated processes that create them. And they’re building a surprising and provocative agenda.

Executive Chair

Brian Gerson

PMC-Sierra

Organizing Committee

Nancy Andrews​

Canada's Ocean Supercluster

Lisa Lambert

Quantum Industry Canada

Chamirai Charles Nyabeze

MICA | Centre for Excellence in Mining Engineering (CEMI)

Darrell Petras, P. Ag

Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network Ltd (CAAIN)

Tim Warland

CMC Microsystems

Wei Shi

Université Laval

Tickets

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Where

Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre
1000 Burrard St
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2R9
(604) 331-1000

Thank you to our generous sponsors

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