ISS Japan 2026

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The roadmap for advanced packaging in AI applications presents significant challenges, particularly with scaling up and incorporating more chiplets.
This expansion poses obstacles in terms of yield and productivity.
To address these challenges, CoP (Chip-on-Panel) technology will be introduced to complement current CoW (Chip-on-Wafer) to accelerate 3DIC scale up. However, this shift requires substantial infrastructure development, especially for tool development and material innovations. Meanwhile, material usage will be significantly increased, raising concerns about supply chain resilience.
All of which will play a pivotal role in enabling this critical technology expansion and requires seamless collaborations across backend eco-system.

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As global change accelerates and the international environment becomes increasingly uncertain, the effective use of technologies such as AI is essential for Japan to achieve sustainable economic growth. At the same time, building a “Collaborative Growth Model” rooted in empathy enables us to realize true prosperity. This lecture explores the latest technological trends and discusses Japan’s vision for sustainable growth.

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Generative AI is beginning to create an “autonomous digital world,” in which operations and decision-making are orchestrated autonomously through AI agents.
In this session, we will provide an overarching view of how these technological advancements are transforming corporate business processes, organizational structures, and executive decision-making, and examine the fundamental impact these changes have on competitiveness and business strategy.
In addition, the session will offer insights for Japanese companies and the Japanese market from a global perspective, while sharing Microsoft’s vision for the future and strategic perspectives on driving new value creation.

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This presentation will discuss the growing importance of the semiconductor industry amid concurrent geopolitical tensions,
supply chain disruptions, and technological advancements; outline strategies for fostering innovation and strengthening supply chain resilience;
and introduce the Japanese government’s AI and semiconductor strategy in light of these developments.

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This presentation explores Taiwan’s semiconductor development strategy as a "pivotal fulcrum" of the global AI industry. First, it examines how Taiwan maintains its technological leadership by leveraging advanced process nodes and the unique cluster advantage of "zero distance between R&D and production". Second, from a supply chain perspective, it analyzes innovative models for the global deployment of the industrial ecosystem. Furthermore, the session addresses the strategic management of key technical know-how amidst geopolitical challenges and defines a collaborative positioning of "deep coupling" with global partners. Finally, it highlights the evolution and vision
of government policy as it transforms from a "regulator" into an "enabler".

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This session explains approaches to addressing economic security risks, incorporating the latest developments in export and investment regulations in the semiconductor sector. In particular, it focuses on risks associated with business operations in China and India.

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In March this year, the Chinese Communist Party and government adopted the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030), reaffirming their commitment to accelerating “self-reliance and self-strengthening” in high-tech industries centered on semiconductors. This presentation examines how far China’s semiconductor supply chain has advanced toward greater autonomy amid prolonged U.S.–China technology tensions. By analyzing developments in key firms, it also considers how Japanese companies should respond to these changes.

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①Supply chain Resilience
②International Competitiveness
③Geopolitics
④Energy

The world has witnessed the Russian invasion of Ukraine, China’s wolf warrior diplomacy and a series of economic coercion, and the US military operations in Venezuela as well as Iran.
How should Japan react to the measures by major powers that shake the foundations of the rules-based international order established after WWII?

Fawning China, worshipping the US, and the deterioration of Japan’s presence in the world.
How could Prime Minister Takaichi extricate Japan’s diplomacy from such a stalemate that has continued since PM Suga through PM Kishida and Ishiba?

These will be discussed candidly in light of the speaker’s 40-year-long experience as a diplomat.

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AI is dominating the semiconductor market. As AI-related semiconductor prices rise and demand continues to grow, the outlook for the Semiconductor Production Equipment (SPE) market is improving. In addition to demand fueled by technological innovations unique to AI semiconductors, the industry faces an urgent need to construct new fabrication facilities and add production lines to keep up with increased volumes. In this seminar, we will explore the outlook for both the semiconductor and SPE markets.

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We would like to examine the current status and future prospects of Japan's Semiconductor Materials Industries that not only provides solutions for BEOL where semiconductor elements are formed on wafer surface but also for BEOL where thermal and insulation managements are vital. We would like to briefly touch the implications of geopolitical risks.

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AI progress continues to accelerate. Frontier development is shifting from scaling pretraining to optimizing inference and strengthening agent/orchestration layers. This drives demand beyond GPUs to DPUs and data center infrastructure. As physical AI and multimodal models rise, this talk examines the implications for the semiconductor industry.

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As the world grapples with challenges such as population decline and intensifying global competition, how can Japan achieve sustainable growth? This session will highlight technologies such as space, AI, and robotics from a broad perspective that spans industry, society, and philosophy. We will explore Japan’s future and strategic direction through “science and technology-oriented nation,” a concept advocated by Keidanren.
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