Overview

After many successful regional Tech Tours, The European Tech Tour Association launched a series of vertical events that gathers the best emerging European companies in a given industry sector. This initiative sprouted from the need to identify and showcase European technology start-ups in a vertical industry segment to professionals investing or working within this industry. The concept is to structure a best of best startup track along side an innovative industry specific initiative.

The first of our series covered the semiconductor segment. The ETT Semiconductor Summit 06 was jointly organized with IMEC, Europe's leading independent research center in micro and nanotechnologics field and took place 24-25 October 2006 in Belgium. The European Tech Tour Semiconductor Summit 2006 gathered a selected group of 150 international solutions & IP developers, semiconductor corporates, EDA & electronic system companies, entrepreneurs, service providers and venture capitalists.

The Semiconductor Summit 2008 was the 3rd in a series of vertical events and was held 4-5 November 2008.


 

Objectives

To identify the upcoming and leading top 25+ high-growth privately held technology semiconductor companies in Europe and to introduce them to key European, US and Asian investors and professionals who can assist in their global expansion.