2026 International Semiconductor Events Calendar: In-Person Events
The semiconductor industry evolves quickly – and so too does the global events landscape. New conferences, technical symposiums and virtual learning sessions continue to be announced regularly as chipmakers, EDA providers and research institutions unveil roadmaps, launch technologies and share breakthrough innovations.
| DATE | EVENT | LOCATION | FOCUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29/01/26 – 30/01/26 | Innovation Forum for Automation | Germany | Semiconductor Factory Automation, Digital Manufacturing, AI & Smart Equipment |
| 11/02/26 – 13/02/26 | SEMICON Korea 2026 | Korea | Manufacturing & Materials Ecosystem |
| 15/02/26 – 19/02/26 | 2026 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) | USA | IC & SoC Design, AI Hardware, Advanced Circuits |
| 17/02/26 – 19/02/26 | Chiplet Summit 2026 | USA | Chiplet Architecture & Integration |
| 22/02/26 – 26/02/26 | SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning 2026 | USA | Lithography & Patterning Techniques |
| 24/02/26 – 26/02/26 | DesignCon 2026 | USA | High-Speed Communications & Signal/Power Integrity for Chip-Board-System Design |
| 02/03/26 – 05/03/26 | DVCon 2026: Design & Verification Conference | USA | ASIC Verification & EDA Flows |
| 10/03/26 – 12/03/26 | Embedded World 2026 | Germany | Embedded Systems & Edge AI |
| 16/03/26 – 19/03/26 | NVIDIA AI GTC | USA | Hardware, Software & Applications |
| 22/03/26 – 26/03/26 | IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition – APEC 2025 | USA | Power Electronics |
| 12/04/26 – 16/04/26 | SPIE Photonics Europe 2026 | France | Photonics & Optoelectronics in Semiconductors |
| 19/04/26 – 22/04/26 | IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) 2026 | USA | Custom IC Design & Mixed-Signal |
| 20/04/26 – 22/04/26 | Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) | Italy | Design Automation, HW/SW Design, Test & Manufacturing, Embedded Systems & Software |
| 20/04/26 – 22/04/26 | SEMICONMEET 2026 | Malaysia | Southeast Asia Semiconductor Ecosystem |
| 23/04/26 | Design & Reuse IP-SoC Silicon Valley 26 | USA | IP & SoC Innovation |
| 04/05/26 – 07/05/26 | IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security & Trust (HOST) 2026 | USA | Hardware Security & Trust in Chips |
| 11/05/26 – 14/05/26 | Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC) 2026 | USA | Manufacturing Processes & Yield Improvement |
| 12/05/26 | Siemens User2User Conference | Germany | Siemens EDA Tools |
| 13/05/26 | DVCon China | China | Design & Verification |
| 18/05/26 – 20/05/26 | Advantest VOICE 2026 Developer Conference | USA | Software/Tools for Semiconductor Design |
| 24/05/26 – 27/05/26 | IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems | China | Circuits & Systems |
| 26/05/26 – 29/05/26 | IEEE Electronic Components & Technology Conference (ECTC) 2026 | USA | Packaging, Components & System Integration |
| 27/05/26 – 28/05/26 | National Manufacturing & Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition | Ireland | Manufacturing Technology, Industry 4.0, Supply Chain Innovation |
| 02/06/26 – 05/06/26 | COMPUTEX Taipei 2026 | Taiwan | PC/Consumer Chips & Asian Ecosystem |
| 08/06/26 – 10/06/26 | Semiconductor Wafer Test Conference 2026 | USA | Semiconductor Test & Validation Strategies |
| 10/06/26 – 11/06/26 | Hardware Pioneers Max 2026 | UK | Embedded Systems & Edge AI |
| 14/06/26 – 18/06/26 | IEEE/JSAP Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits | USA | VLSI Technology & Advanced Circuits |
| 15/06/26 – 17/06/26 | SCAPE 2026 (International Wide-Bandgap Power Electronics Applications Workshop) | Sweden | Power Electronics |
| 16/06/26 – 17/06/26 | Automobil-Elektronik Kongress (AEK) | Germany | Automotive Electronics & E/E Architectures |
| 17/06/26 – 19/06/26 | 3D & Systems Summit | Germany | Europe’s Semiconductor Industry |
| 21/06/26 – 24/06/26 | Device Research Conference (DRC) 2026 | USA | Device Architecture & Emerging Materials |
| 22/06/26 – 24/06/26 | Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI) | USA | VLSI |
| 22/06/26 – 24/06/26 | International Conference on IC Design and Technology | Germany | IC Design |
| 23/06/26 | Verification Futures UK (Co-located with Semiconductors Futures UK) | UK | Verification |
| 25/06/26 – 26/06/26 | International Conference Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits & Systems | Poland | Microelectronics |
| 29/06/26 – 01/07/26 | Realize LIVE Europe (Siemens) | Netherlands | Digital Transformation |
| 29/06/26 – 02/07/26 | SMACD 2026 | Germany | Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis, Simulation Methods and Applications to Circuit Design |
| 30/06/26 – 02/02/26 | FPGA Conference Europe | Germany | Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Embedded AI |
| 01/07/26 – 02/07/26 | UK Semiconductors 2026 | UK | Semiconductor Research & Innovation in UK/EU |
| 25/07/26 – 29/07/26 | Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2026 | USA | EDA & Design Automation for Chips/Systems |
| 04/08/26 – 06/08/26 | Future of Memory & Storage (FMS) 2026 | USA | Memory Technology & System Storage |
| 16/08/26 – 21/08/26 | International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS) 2026 | Japan | Semiconductor Physics & Fundamental Research |
| 23/08/26 – 25/08/26 | Hot Chips | USA | |
| 01/09/26 | DVCon India | India | Design & Verification |
| 02/09/26 – 04/09/26 | SEMICON Taiwan 2026 | Taiwan | Advanced Packaging & Asian Fab Ecosystem |
| 10/09/26 | Design & Reuse IP-SoC China 26 | China | IP & SoC Innovation |
| 15/09/26 | Design & Reuse IP-SoC South Korea 26 | South Korea | IP & SoC Innovation |
| 15/09/26 – 17/09/26 | AI Infra Summit | USA | AI, Compute & Data Centres |
| 22/09/26 – 24/09/26 | Embedded World North America | USA | SoC/Silicon Design, Embedded AI, Connectivity & IoT |
| 29/09/26 – 30/09/26 | Microelectronics UK 2026 | UK | UK/Europe Semiconductor Research & Ecosystem |
| 30/09/26 – 02/10/26 | IEEE System-on-Chip Conference | Germany | SoC Design |
| 11/10/26 – 14/10/26 | IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration SoC | Cyprus | VLSI & SoC Design |
| 13/10/26 – 15/10/26 | SEMICON West 2026 | USA | Semiconductor Equipment & Global Supply Chain |
| 08/11/26 – 12/11/26 | International Conference on Computer-Aided Design | USA | CAD |
| 17/11/26 – 18/11/26 | DVCon Europe 2026 | Germany | Design & Verification |
| 08/12/26 – 09/12/26 | Design & Reuse IP-SoC EU 26 | TBC | IP & SoC Innovation |
| 12/12/26 – 16/12/26 | IEDM 2026: IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting | USA | Device Physics & Emerging Devices |
| 14/12/26 – 17/12/26 | International Symposium on Embedded Multicore/Many-core Systems-on-Chip (MCSoC) | China | Embedded AI & Machine Learning |
Keeping up with Semiconductor Events in 2026
This 2026 International Semiconductor Events Calendar is an evolving resource. We’ll keep updating it as new events are confirmed across:
- ASIC design & verification
- Semiconductor manufacturing & advanced packaging
- Chiplet integration & heterogeneous compute
- AI hardware & high-performance computing
- Automotive & power electronics
- Photonics, materials & semiconductor research
- Industry strategy, supply chain & foundry ecosystem forums
Want Your Event Included?
If you’re organising or sponsoring a relevant event in 2026 and would like it featured here, feel free to reach out. We’re happy to include additional industry conferences, technical workshops and regional meet-ups that support the global chip design and manufacturing community.
Bookmark this page and check back regularly for updates as new semiconductor and chip design events will be added throughout 2026.