Key Conferences & Must-Attend Events for ASIC Design & Verification Engineers
As we move through 2026, the semiconductor industry continues to accelerate across AI hardware, chiplet-based design, and verification complexity. For ASIC design and verification engineers, the second half of the year is packed with events that are less about theory and more about real-world implementation challenges -from advanced verification methodologies to system-level design scaling.
Whether you’re focused on UVM, formal verification, emulation, or next-gen EDA workflows, these events are where the industry direction becomes visible in practice.
Upcoming Training for Design Verification Professionals (Virtual & In-person)
| Start Date | Training | Provider | Delivery Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22nd June | RISC-V Verification Training | Alpinum Events | Hybrid |
| 22nd June | Hands-on AI in Design Verification | Alpinum Events | Hybrid |
| 29th June | Class Based SystemVerilog Verification | Doulos Training | Online |
| 6th July | IC Verification with Python and cocotb | Doulos Training | Online |
| 7th July | AMS Co-Simulation (RNM & UVM) | Alpinum Events | Online |
| 9th July | Verilog-AMS, SystemVerilog-AMS & UVM-AMS | Alpinum Events | Online |
| 27th July | Essential Formal Verification | Doulos Training | Online |
| 17th August | Advanced Formal Verification | Doulos Training | Online |
| 1st September | Embedded C | Midas Ireland | Online |
| 8th September | SystemVerilog for Verification | Midas Ireland | Online |
Semiconductor Events: July – September 2026 (Q3)
- 17th – 19th June: 3D & Systems Summit
- 23rd June: Verification & Semiconductors Futures Conference UK 2026
- 22nd – 24th June: The International Conference on IC Design and Technology (ICICDT)
- 29th June – 2nd July: International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Methods, and Applications to Circuit Design SMACD 2026
- 30th June – 2nd July: FPGA Conference Europe 2026
- 26th – 29th July: Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2026
- 23rd – 25th August: Hot Chips Symposium
- 26th August: Semiconductors to Systems Summit 2026
- 1st – 3rd September: DVCon India 2026
- 8th September: FPGA World 2026
- 15th – 17th September: AI Infra Summit
- 22nd – 24th September: embedded world North America
- 29th – 30th September: Microelectronics UK
- 30th September – 2nd October: 39th IEEE International System-on-Chip Conference
Semiconductor Events: October – December 2026 (Q4)
- 11th – 14th October: 34th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration SoC
- 13th – 15th October: SEMICON WEST
- 8th – 12th November: 2026 International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
- 17th – 18th November: DVCon Europe 2026
- 14th – 17th December: IEEE MCSoC (Multicore and Many-core Systems-on-Chip) Forum
Key Themes to Watch in Q3–Q4 2026
Across this year’s events, several trends are expected to dominate discussions:
- AI-assisted verification and debugging
- Formal verification adoption at scale
- System-level verification and validation
- Hardware/software co-verification
- Chiplet and heterogeneous integration verification
- Functional safety and security verification
- Emulation and hardware-assisted verification
- Cloud-based EDA and verification workflows
For ASIC design and verification engineers, these events offer valuable opportunities to learn from industry experts, evaluate new tools and methodologies, and stay ahead of the challenges shaping next-generation semiconductor development.
Whether you are focused on ASIC verification, FPGA development, embedded systems, AI hardware or semiconductor manufacturing, these conferences and technical events provide valuable opportunities to explore the technologies and methodologies shaping the future of chip design.
Make sure to bookmark this page, as additional 2026 semiconductor events may be added throughout the year.