ISS 2026 Speaker Resource Center

SEMI is deeply honored and greatly appreciate your acceptance of our invitation to speak at the upcoming Industry Strategy Symposium—ISS to be held on January 11-14, 2026 at the Ritz Carlton, in Half Moon Bay, California.   Please note that this is an in-person event only.

As an invited speaker, please review the requirements, deadlines and guidelines below to help you prepare for your participation at ISS.

If there is anyone else from your team who needs to be copied on any correspondence regarding your participation at ISS, please let us know.
 

Please find below speaker requirements and important deadlines.

• October 1, 2025: Short Biography (up to 500 words)
• October 1, 2025: Speaker Headshot Photo (jpg, at least 400x400):
• October 15, 2025: Speaker Agreement (Please sign and return)
• October 15, 2025: Hotel Reservation form
• October 31, 2025: Presentation Title
• October 31, 2025: Presentation Abstract
• December 12, 2025: Draft Presentation (For assigned ISS Committee member to review)
• January 6, 2026: Final Presentation (PowerPoint, 16x9)
• January 6, 2026: Final Presentation (PDF, posted in password protected site for registered attendees to access)
• To be Scheduled: Prep Call with ISS Committee Member as needed

Please send the above requirements to Agnes Cobar at [email protected]

Please review presentation and audiovisual guidelines below as you prepare for your presentation at ISS.

Audio Visual Support

• AV technicians will be available to assist during conference. The technicians will be running the presentation laptop from the tech station located in the back of the ballroom.
• The speaker will be advancing presentation slides remotely.
• Speaker presentations will be uploaded ahead of time on the conference laptop for a smoother flow between presentations. It is important and much appreciated that we receive your presentations by the deadline date.
• There will an opportunity before conference starts in the mornings, during breaks and at the end of each conference day to briefly go over your slides.  Please see Agnes Cobar onsite.

Confidence Monitor

• There will be two confidence monitors located off-stage.
• Important: Please advise ahead on time if you plan to use or view PPT Notes on the confidence monitor. You will need to add your notes to the same PPT deck and not as a separate deck. As a guideline, please use at least 40-point size font for your notes.
• To help us stay on time, there will be a presentation/speaker timer located downstage.

PPT Presentation Template

• Speakers are welcome to use company PPT template.

Presentation Format

• Please prepare your PowerPoint in 16 x 9 ratio.
• A member of the ISS committee will be assigned to offer guidance or answer any questions you might have about your presentation content.
• Commercial content on the presentation is discouraged.

Videos

• If you plan to show videos with your presentation, please let us know ahead of time and  please send separate file of the videos.
• We would like to be able to test the video by the AV crew a few days before the conference.
• Please also note which slide or timing of when the video/s will be played. We will arrange to go over the slides with the speaker onsite prior to speaking.

Other Technical Requirements

• Please let Agnes Cobar know if you have special technical requirements.
   

If you have any questions about ISS, or on speaker requirements and deadlines, please contact Agnes Cobar @ [email protected].