29 October 2026 · UPC Barcelona
One-day Chip Design
Education Workshop
A chip design education workshop in Barcelona connecting academia, research and industry to prepare the next generation of semiconductor professionals.
Registration
Secure your place at the workshop.
Complete the form to attend. Confirmation and practical event information will be sent to the email address provided.
- •Thursday, 29 October 2026
- •Registration from 09:00
- •UPC Campus Nord, Sala Màster · Building A3, Carrer de Jordi Girona, 1-3, Les Corts, 08034 Barcelona
The starting point
Designing chips starts with designing talent.
A working day in Barcelona where universities, research centres, industry and ecosystem organisations will define how chip-design education should evolve.
The goal is to share real needs, identify approaches that already work and build a common roadmap for the next generation of semiconductor professionals.
Day programme
An agenda designed to turn reflection into action.
Registration
Welcome and attendee registration.
Opening & Motivation
Institutional welcome and objectives for the day.
Syllabus I. Current reality and the future of education
A shared diagnosis of content, capabilities and the evolution of chip-design education.
Coffee break
Coffee and conversation among participants.
The future of tools and digital design
New tools, digital flows and capabilities required for advanced design.
Lunch break
An informal space to connect and continue conversations.
Academia–Industry relationship
Market needs, collaboration and the connection between education and employability.
Break
Rest and networking.
Syllabus II. The impact of AI on education
How to integrate artificial intelligence into teaching, tools and emerging professional profiles.
Final
Conclusions and next steps.
Getting there
UPC Campus Nord
Carrer de Jordi Girona, 1-3, Les Corts, 08034 Barcelona
Who it is for
A space for those who teach, hire and transform.
The workshop brings together the people shaping education, research, recruitment and collaboration across the semiconductor ecosystem.
Universities and educators
Programme leads, teaching staff and teams designing new learning pathways.
Industry and talent teams
Companies, technical leads and HR teams with real demand for specialist profiles.
Research centres
Teams with experience in tools, architectures, verification and technology transfer.
Semiconductor ecosystem
Organisations supporting talent, innovation and collaboration between academia and industry.
Why now
Infrastructure is not enough.
Talent matters too.
The ecosystem needs people who can imagine, design, verify and bring complex chips into the real world. The workshop addresses three key challenges.
Next-generation curricula
What future chip designers should learn: fundamentals, open tools, verification, AI and advanced architectures.
Industry and academia
How education can respond to real recruitment needs and provide the practical experience companies need today.
Early talent pipeline
How to introduce chip design before university and make it visible, appealing and accessible.
Networking before, during and after the event
Connect better with ChipNConnect.
Professional matchmaking with the simplicity of a dating app, designed to create useful connections across the semiconductor ecosystem.
Create your profile, set your interests and swipe through other attendee profiles. When interest is mutual, it is a match and new ways to collaborate become available.
Create your profile
Introduce your role, experience, interests and goals for the day.
Swipe and discover
Browse attendee profiles and find people connected to your challenges.
Match and meet
Connect through mutual interest and schedule meetings during the event.
Chat and work groups
Message your matches and join thematic groups or collaborative projects.
