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electronica Executive Event with CEO Roundtable
Artificial intelligence, cyber resilience, and energy efficiency are redefining products, value chains, and business models across the global electronics industry. At the same time, they are forcing companies to make decisions that extend far beyond individual technologies. The electronica Executive Event brings together senior leaders from industry, government, research, and key user industries. Together, they explore the technological, economic, and regulatory forces that will define the future competitiveness of the electronics industry.
November 9, 2026
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Where the future direction of the electronics industry takes shape
On the evening before electronica opens, the Executive Event brings together senior leaders from the global electronics industry, policymakers, and selected innovators to discuss the issues that will shape the industry's future. At the center of the discussion is a critical question: how can companies and regions strengthen their technological sovereignty in an increasingly complex geopolitical environment?
What is discussed that evening resonates far beyond the room. Through the Live Industry Radar, participants collectively assess the developments that are likely to have the greatest strategic impact in the years ahead—and how prepared the industry is to address them today. The results are discussed and interpreted live on stage throughout the event.
For electronica 2026, the format has evolved. Participants are invited to contribute actively, compare perspectives, and continue key discussions in smaller groups.
The result is an early picture of the challenges, priorities, and opportunities shaping the global electronics industry—providing valuable momentum for the week ahead and insights that extend well beyond Munich.
Three topics that shape investment and competitiveness
Artificial intelligence, cyber resilience, and energy efficiency are reshaping investment priorities, product strategies, and the competitiveness of entire regions. As the key topics of electronica 2026, they also frame the evening: the motto " Empowering the All Electric Society " describes the shift toward a more connected, digital, and electrified economy – and the intelligent, secure electronics it depends on. Topics raised on stage continue at Expert Tables. There, manufacturers and users compare their experience on specific questions and take away concrete input for their own decisions.
The electronics industry comes together at electronica—not only to showcase innovation, but to discuss the strategic questions that will shape its future. The Executive Event brings senior industry leaders, policymakers, and users to one table before the exhibition begins.
Speaker
Jean-Marc Chery is STMicroelectronics’ President and Chief Executive Officer and has held this position since May 2018. He chairs ST’s Managing Board and Executive Committee.
Chery began his career in the Quality organization of Matra, the French engineering group. In 1986, he joined Thomson Semiconducteurs, which subsequently became ST, and held various management positions in product planning and manufacturing, rising to lead ST’s wafer fabs in Tours, France, and later in Rousset, France. In 2005, Chery led the company-wide 6-inch wafer-production restructuring program before taking charge of ST’s Front-End Manufacturing operations in Asia Pacific. In 2008, he was promoted to Chief Technology Officer and assumed additional responsibilities for Manufacturing and Quality (2011) and the Digital Product Sector (2012). In 2014, Chery was appointed ST’s Chief Operating Officer responsible for Technology and Manufacturing operations. In July 2017, Chery was appointed Deputy CEO with overall responsibility for Technology and Manufacturing, as well as for Sales and Marketing operations.
Chery sits on the Board of Directors at the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) and France Industrie, and also serves as Chairman of the France – Malaysia Business Council at Medef International. He is a member of the Board of Directors at Legrand. Previously, Chery was President of the European microelectronics R&D program AENEAS and served as President of the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) in 2019-2021. Chery was promoted Knight of the Legion of Honor by the French Ministry of Economy and Finance in July 2019.
Jean-Marc Chery was born in Orleans, France, in 1960, and graduated with a degree in Engineering from the ENSAM engineering school in Paris, France.
Jochen Hanebeck has been Chief Executive Officer of Infineon Technologies since 2022 and a member of the Management Board since 2016. Between 2016 and 2022 he served as the company’s Chief Operations Officer.
Prior to this, he worked in various management functions, including President of the Automotive Division from 2008 to 2016. Between 1999 and 2009 he held different operations positions across the company. From 1994 to 1999 he worked in the DRAM memory technology development.
Hanebeck studied electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen University. After he joined Infineon (Siemens AG until 1999), the company sent him to East Fishkill in New York State, where he worked at the IBM research lab. At this site Siemens, Toshiba and IBM joined forces in the development of 256-megabit DRAM memory.
Jochen Hanebeck was born in 1968 in Dortmund. From the very beginning, curiosity and the desire to understand things have been a strong drive for him. His enthusiasm for semiconductors has remained through all of his career stages. "I couldn't imagine working in any other industry," he says.
“Making life easier, safer and greener” is not only the mission Infineon pursues as a company. It is also Hanebeck’s personal motivation. As CEO he is passionate about working together with the Infineon team to drive forward the decarbonization and the digitalization of our world. Innovative and energy-efficient semiconductor solutions from Infineon are a key enabler for a net zero economy, and they link the real with the digital world.
Expert Tables - Explore topics in depth. Exchange experience. Connect perspectives.
Many strategic questions cannot be fully addressed in a panel discussion alone.
The Expert Tables create space to continue the conversation in smaller groups.
Each table brings together participants who share an interest in a common topic while approaching it from different perspectives. The Expert Tables will be moderated by selected industry specialists. Manufacturers, users, researchers, and other industry representatives contribute their experience and discuss practical challenges and opportunities.
The result is a deeper exchange that extends beyond the stage and connects different viewpoints.
Key Facts at a Glance
Date | Monday, November 9, 2026 – the day before electronica opens |
Motto | Empowering the All-Electric Society |
Focus topics | Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Resilience, Energy Efficiency |
Format | Keynotes from industry and government, real-world perspectives, CEO Roundtable, Live Industry Radar, curated Expert Tables |
Target Audience | Senior leaders from industry, government, and user industries |
Language | English |
Participation | By personal invitation |
Key topics at electronica 2026
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