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2026 HBCU CHIPS Network Conference

Apr 1 – 2, 2026
Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel
America/New_York timezone
Championing New Approaches to Reestablishing US Dominance in Semiconductors & Microelectronics

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Session

Plenary Session

M2
Apr 1, 2026, 9:00 AM
Centennial Ball Room (Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel)

Centennial Ball Room

Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel

866 W Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA 30308

Conveners

Plenary Session: Welcome

  • George White (Senior Director for Strategic Partnerships at Georgia Institute of Technology)

Plenary Session: Keynote

  • Frances Williams (Vice President for Research and Sponsored Program at Clark Atlanta University)

Plenary Session: Panel Discussion

  • Patricia Mead (Department Chair at Norfolk State University)

Plenary Session: Panel Discussion

  • Shyam Aravamudhan (rofessor of Nanoengineering at JSNN, North Carolina A&T State University)

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  1. 84. Welcome and Provosts Remarks
    Dr Charlene Gilbert (Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Clark Atlanta University), Dr Raheem Beyah (Provost, Georgia Institute of Technology)
    4/1/26, 9:00 AM
  2. 76. Keynote Address + Micron Leadership Panel
    Fran Dillard (Vice President Global Culture & Workforce at Micron Technology)
    4/1/26, 9:15 AM

    Micron Technology

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  3. 78. Microelectronics Industry Panel
    Armond Duncan (Sr. Program Manager at Micron Technology), Danielle Ferguson-Macklin (Talent Communities Program Manager at Teradyne), Robert Hoogland (Department Manager Embedded Software at ASML), Tara McCaughey (Strategic University Partnership Manager at GlobalFoundries)
    4/1/26, 10:30 AM
  4. 79. Government Funding Opportunities
    Debbie Black-Conn (Microelectronics Commons WFD Lead, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory), Dr James Moore III (Assistant Director, Directorate for STEM Education at National Science Foundation), Dr LaShauna Evans (Program Manager National Science Portal at Air Force Office of Science and Research), Michelle Williams-Vaden (Executive Director at SEMI Foundation), Wayne Churaman (Technical Execution Area Lead, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory)
    4/1/26, 11:30 AM
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