Zürich | April 23, 2026

Dennis Dahlgren, Senior Editor at Evertiq, will open the conference with a one-on-one conversation with a leading industry expert. This session will introduce the key themes shaping today’s electronics landscape, highlighting developments, challenges and questions that are likely to influence the sector in the near future.

Drawing on topics regularly followed and analysed within Evertiq’s editorial work, the discussion will touch on technological shifts, the changing needs of manufacturers and suppliers, and broader developments affecting the industry’s direction. The aim of this opening conversation is to provide attendees with a focused, informative starting point for the day and to set the context for the sessions that follow.

With every increasing performance requirements for PCBs, advanced copper foils and glass weaves are needed in addition to improved resin systems.

More stringent requirements within the European Union (REACH, SVHC listings, PFAS) are to be considered when selecting base materials for a given application.

Due to geopolitical changes, especially the military, space and aerospace segments are re-considering and looking for European suppliers. 

In addition, supply chain disturbances during and after CoVID reminded the industry of the dangers of being dependent on Greater China.

With the exit of two more base material suppliers from European production, there is only one remaining laminate and one remaining copper foil producer in Europe.

Alexander Ippich in his speech is going to show, how all those requirements can be addressed.

Claus Aasholm, founder of Semiconductor Business Intelligence and a seasoned semiconductor strategist, will join Evertiq Expo to deliver a fact-based examination of the global semiconductor industry.

Known for his precise analytical approach and proprietary data models, Claus focuses on the metrics that truly define the market: capacity expansion, capital investments, supply-chain shifts, labour dynamics, regional policy effects, and real utilisation patterns across the value chain.

Rather than following industry narratives, he dissects the underlying data that exposes structural change, reveals actual areas of growth, and challenges assumptions often repeated in corporate and policy circles. His analysis aims to provide clarity in a sector shaped by geopolitical intervention, aggressive capital deployment, and accelerating technological requirements.

OMNYA is a program created in response to a real market demand. This solution is created for PCB designers, which supports team collaboration and provides access to current information about components and libraries used in design. The program helps to organize and streamline data management, which is crucial in the daily work of engineers.

Since these challenges concern users of various EDA tools, OMNYA was designed as a solution independent of the software manufacturer - it works not only with Cadence software, but also with other environments. It is fully vendor agnostic.

Ewelina Bednarz, Global Content Manager at Evertiq, will close the conference with a presentation built around one of the industry’s most closely watched rankings. Without revealing the content of the list in advance, this session will guide participants through the major shifts and patterns reflected in this year’s data.

Drawing on Evertiq’s analytical work and leading industry datasets, Ewelina will explore the key forces behind these changes: technological acceleration, supply-chain restructuring, geopolitical pressure, evolving investment strategies and the emergence of new competitive dynamics across the global electronics landscape.

This Closing Talk is designed as a clear, data-driven conclusion to the conference — offering participants expert commentary, informed context and a forward-looking perspective on what these developments may mean for manufacturers, suppliers and decision-makers in 2026 and beyond.