Press area International Business Conference 2025

International Cooperation for Resilient Semiconductor Production
The semiconductor industry plays a central role in the modern economy and is crucial for innovation across numerous sectors. The 2025 Economic Conference is dedicated to international networking and the exchange of knowledge among universities, companies, and political stakeholders. The conference will focus in particular on the following topics:

• Strengthening Upper Lusatia as a business hub by involving regional companies and tapping into new markets
• Skilled workforce development: Presentation of new degree programs in the semiconductor industry at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with the Technical University of Liberec
• Promoting collaboration: Exchange between companies, research institutions, and policymakers to ensure sustainable and resilient semiconductor production
• Investments and innovations: Opportunities and challenges for the regional economy

• Greetings from politics, science and business
  • Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Sophia Keil, Vice Rector for Research, Transfer and International Affairs
  • Thomas Kralinski, Saxon State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labor, Energy and Climate Protection
  • Prof. Dr. Jhy-Wey Shieh, Ambassador, Taipei Representative Office in the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Liang-Ruey Ke, Ambassador, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Czech Republic
  • Kunihiko KAWAZU, Minister & Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan in Germany
  • Dr. Stephan Meyer, District Administrator District of Goerlitz, President of the Euroregion Neiße
  • Martin Půta, Hejtmann of the Liberec Region, President of the Euroregion Nisa
  • Thomas Zenker, Mayor of the City of Zittau
  • doc. RNDr. Miroslav Brzezina, CSc., Dr. h. c., Rector, Technical University of Liberec
  • Dr. Dino Uhle, Regional Managing Director, Economic Council
    
• Lectures:
  • ESMC - A Light House Project of the European Chips Act in Silicon Saxony
    Dr. Christian Koitzsch, President of the European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC)
  • The Role of the Semiconductor Industry for Lusatia, Europe and Taiwan. Oppurtunities for the Regional Ecosystem.
    Dr. Germar Schneider, Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co.KG
  • EU Cutting-Edge Research: AIMS5.0 as an Example
    Thomas Gutt, Infineon Technologies AG
  • Revolutionizing AI with Next-Gen Computing: Shaping the Future of Semiconductors
    Dr. John Chen, Celes Group
  • Securing Skilled Workforce for the Semiconductor Industry: Presentation and Joint Development of Tailored Dual Study Programmes (KIA) in Collaboration between Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and the Technical University of Liberec
    Prof. Dr. Sophia Keil, Prof. Dr. Jens Weber and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kästner (HSZG) as well as doc. Ing. Josef Cernohorsky, Ph.D.
  • Set-Up of International Contracts in the German-Taiwanese Environment
    Dr. Axel Schober, Attorney

• From 17:00: Get-together with evening buffet and networking opportunities

• Representatives of the Saxon State Government, representatives of Taiwan in the Federal Republic of Germany and the Czech Republic, and the Japanese envoy to the Federal Republic of Germany
  
• Companies from Germany, e.g.:
  • Advanced Mask Technology Center Dresden GmbH & Co. KG
  • Fujikin Germany
  • GlobalFoundries
  • Infineon Technologies AG, Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG
  • Lexas Technologies GmbH
  • Nagano Keiki Co., Ltd.
  • European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC) GmbH
  • Tokyo Electron Europe Ltd
  • Regional Companies (Selection): ATN Hölzel GmbH, RTT GmbH, ULT AG, ARNIO GmbH, digades GmbH, Phänomen Mechanical Engineering GmbH, Federn-Schulze, Ziegelwerk Oberlausitz GmbH, Veolia Energie Deutschland GmbH, büroplan - ergoplan e.K.
    
• Companies from Japan (remote):
  • Mitsubishi Chemical Europe GmbH
  • Nuflare Technology, Inc.
  • Techno Horizon Co., Ltd.
  • Fujikin GmbH
  • JX Advanced Metals Corporation & Europe
  • JETRO
  • Kyocera Fine Ceramics
  • Tokyo Electron Europe Ltd.
  • Nagano Keiki Co., Ltd.
    
• Companies from the Czech Republic, e.g.:
  • CUBE CZ s.r.o.
  • Crytur, spol. s r. o.
  • UCT Fluid Delivery Solutions s.r.o.
    
• Institutions: Silicon Saxony, DLR, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Technical University of Liberec, Görlitz and Liberec Districts, German Economic Council
• Researchers and students

As part of the conference, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, in collaboration with the Technical University of Liberec, will present new degree programs focused on semiconductor technologies—programs that are practice-oriented, internationally focused, and developed in partnership with industry. They are a central component of our strategy for the targeted development of skilled workers in the region.

• Mechatronics for Manufacturing (Bachelor) – Joint degree program with the Technical University of Liberec
• Semiconductor Processes and Materials Chemistry (Bachelor)

• Press Invitation
• Conference Program
• Overview VIPs
• Press release (April 10, 2025)
• Group photo
  Photographer: Sven Müller
  Caption: (from left to right) doc. RNDr. Miroslav Brzezina, CSc (Rector of TU Liberec), assoc. Prof. Kateřina Maršíková (Vice President of TU Liberec), District Administrator Dr. Stephan Meyer (District of Görlitz), Prof. Dr. Sophia Keil (Vice President HSZG), Dr. Christian Koitzsch (President of the European Semiconductor Manufacturing ESMC), Thomas Zenker (Mayor of Zittau), Prof. Dr. Jhy-Wey SHIEH (Representative of the Taipei Representation in Germany), Lian-Ruey KE (Director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Prague), Kunihiko KAWAZU (Deputy of the Embassy of Japan in Germany)