Agenda
Look for the GOMACTech 2025 program later this year!
Workshops
Panel Discussions
Keynote Speakers
Microelectronics Commons: The New Battleground of Global Motorsport
The Microelectronics Commons (Commons) is a key national initiative that is executed with oversight from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s (OUSD(R&E)’s) Principal Director for Microelectronics as part of the CHIPS and Science Act. This effort benefits both the Department of Defense (DoD) and the United States in spurring development of a domestic microelectronics manufacturing industry by forging critical partnerships with commercial industry, academic, and government partners within eight regional hubs across the country. The Commons supports the acceleration of laboratory to fabrication (lab-to-fab) prototyping through hubs to create a network focused on maturing emerging microelectronics technologies, strengthening microelectronics education and training, and developing a pipeline of talent to bolster local semiconductor economies and contribute to the growth of a domestic semiconductor workforce. In particular, the Commons will address the need for processes, materials, devices, and architectures to be developed and transitioned from research labs to small-volume prototyping in a fab or foundry. The Microelectronics Commons released the first annual Call for Projects (CFP) in December 2023 and released 41 topics across six technical areas: Electronic Warfare, Commercial Leap Ahead, AI Hardware, Quantum, Secure Edge/Internet of Things and 5G/6G. This talk will provide an update on the progress in spurring advances.
Roger Griffiths
Team Principal
Andretti Formula E, Andretti Extreme E
Having joined Andretti in the spring of 2014, Roger Griffiths serves as the team principal for Andretti Formula E and Andretti Extreme E. Griffiths’ vast background in many motorsports endeavors including Formula One, INDYCAR, American Le Mans Series, European Le Mans Series, and Super Touring Cars, Griffiths has led Andretti Formula E to 10 wins and 32 podiums across nine seasons. He also served as the technical director for Honda Performance Development, where he experienced success at the Indy 500 in 2012 and the 2013 Driver’s Championship. The UK native is an engineering graduate of Loughborough University of Technology (1991) and the year following his graduation, Griffiths earned his master’s degree in automotive product engineering at Cranfield Institute of Technology with a specialization in vehicle modeling and lap simulation.