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Dr Rogier Verberk holds a PhD In experimental physics from Leiden University (2005). At TNO he worked on EUV lithography with ASML and Carl Zeiss and became principal project manager. From 2013 on he helped to set up the QuTech research centre for quantum technologies. Since 2016 he is Market Director at TNO responsible for Semiconductor Equipment, Quantum Technologies and Medical Photonics. He is active as core team member of the Dutch national roadmaps for Nanotechnology and Semiconductor Equipment, the Strategic Advisory Board of the European Quantum Technologies Flagship and Supervisory Board member of QuantumDeltaNL. 

Lisa Toni Burke is an accomplished broadcast journalist and international moderator, known for her work with Sky News, BBC, RTL Luxembourg, and RTE Ireland. She is the creator and presenter of RTL Today, Luxembourg’s leading English‑language news platform, where she also hosts a weekly radio and podcast show.

With over two decades of experience moderating conferences worldwide, Lisa combines professionalism with an engaging, clear communication style. Her background in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and her broad journalistic career make her a versatile host for topics ranging from technology and science to entrepreneurship and health. In addition to her television and radio career, Lisa is a sought‑after event host, master of ceremony, and voice‑over artist for international organizations. Her strong stage presence and ability to make complex subjects accessible have made her a trusted moderator at events across the globe.

Junichi Tanaka is the Senior Chief Strategist at Hitachi High Tech Europe and holds a Doctoral degree in Engineering. His career has centered on advancing the monitoring and control of semiconductor fabrication processes, from developing plasma simulators and etcher monitoring tools to pioneering plasma spectral CT for analyzing in chamber plasma distributions and introducing FTIR based diagnostics for stabilizing plasma processes. These efforts deepened the understanding of plasma etching and led him to implement fab wide APC systems driven by CD SEM based feedback control, earning the Semicon Japan Technology Symposium Award in 2008.

Today, his work focuses on next generation metrology and inspection technologies, including time domain laser and electron beam techniques. He emphasizes the need for higher resolution CD SEM as semiconductor processes continue to scale, while driving innovations to enhance in line metrology performance and introduce new inspection modalities.

Christina Porter is a co-founder and CEO of Invisix Measuring Systems, an Eindhoven based semiconductor metrology startup developing next-generation soft x-ray scatterometry instruments for advanced logic and memory nodes. She holds a PhD in physics and has spent the last 12 years working on short wavelength metrology, pairing high harmonic generation sources with advanced inference algorithms for critical dimension and overlay metrology. Prior to founding Invisix, Christina worked for 7 years in project leadership and pathfinding for the ASML soft x-ray metrology program. This technology, developed for 10 years at ASML, was licensed to Invisix in 2026 enabling continued development externally. Christina holds 16 published patents and her academic publications have received over 850 citations.

Combines a track record in complex system engineering for systems that fuse sensors, mechatronics, robotvision and factory automation. Today responsible for long term technology development and roadmaps in agile manufacturing and artificial intelligence at TNO High Tech Industry. Rob holds a bachelors degree in physics and files a long list of patents on the topic.

Benoit Quesson graduated from the Ecole Supérieure d’Electronique de l’Ouest (ESEO, Angers, France) in 2003 with a specialty in signal processing. He joined TNO in 2003 and worked on the development of sonar processing solutions for defense and civil applications. In 2016, his interests shifted towards industrial applications and his current research interests include GHz acoustic metrology and inspection for the semiconductor industry and the development of opto-acoustic transducers. He is holding a position as senior scientist in the Acoustic and Measurement System (AMS) department of TNO and is the author of more than 25 patents. 

Johan joined SMART Photonics as CEO in 2019, after having served on their Advisory Board for about 3 years. At SMART, he has raised € 150M with his team to grow SMART Photonics to become a globally leading foundry in the integrated photonics industry.

Johan is currently part of the Semicon Board NL, chairing a European focus group of 8 CEO’s and part the 10 Tech Champions, representing the Dutch National Technology Strategy.

Before SMART, Johan co-founded Liquavista in 2006 and is co-inventor of electrowetting displays. At Liquavista, he had a broad set of roles, ranging from CEO, to CTO and Director Program Management. Together with his team, he raised four rounds of venture capital for Liquavista and sold the company twice, in both cases to Fortune 500 companies (Samsung Electronics and Amazon.com). Johan is also serving as an advisor and/or supervisory board member for a number of start-ups and scale-ups.

Johan received his PhD in Solid State Physics from the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in the Netherlands in 1997.

Jelle de Jong is Senior Vice President Marketing & Sales at FononTech. After a career of 27 years at Philips (Plumbicon tubes, CCD’s, laser modules, and lenses) and 15 years at Teledyne/DALSA (X-ray), he joined FononTech in Februari 2026. 

Dr Rogier Verberk holds a PhD In experimental physics from Leiden University (2005). At TNO he worked on EUV lithography with ASML and Carl Zeiss and became principal project manager. From 2013 on he helped to set up the QuTech research centre for quantum technologies. Since 2016 he is Market Director at TNO responsible for Semiconductor Equipment, Quantum Technologies and Medical Photonics. He is active as core team member of the Dutch national roadmaps for Nanotechnology and Semiconductor Equipment, the Strategic Advisory Board of the European Quantum Technologies Flagship and Supervisory Board member of QuantumDeltaNL. 

Lisa Toni Burke is an accomplished broadcast journalist and international moderator, known for her work with Sky News, BBC, RTL Luxembourg, and RTE Ireland. She is the creator and presenter of RTL Today, Luxembourg’s leading English‑language news platform, where she also hosts a weekly radio and podcast show.

With over two decades of experience moderating conferences worldwide, Lisa combines professionalism with an engaging, clear communication style. Her background in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and her broad journalistic career make her a versatile host for topics ranging from technology and science to entrepreneurship and health. In addition to her television and radio career, Lisa is a sought‑after event host, master of ceremony, and voice‑over artist for international organizations. Her strong stage presence and ability to make complex subjects accessible have made her a trusted moderator at events across the globe.