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LIVE WEBINAR | SEMICONDUCTORS AT THE HEART OF AUTOMOTIVE’S NEXT CHAPTER – Part 2
Semiconductor supply chains, strategies, and the road ahead!
Join Yole Group for the second edition of our exclusive live webinar series, inspired by our Automotive White Paper program.
During the webinars, let’s explore:
- Semiconductors as a strategic lever – how they are driving performance, innovation, and market differentiation.
- Shifting supply chains – geographic diversification, capacity pressures, and new partnership models redefining OEM–supplier relationships.
- China’s growing influence – how intensifying competition and local innovation are shaping global dynamics.
- Strategic outlook – what the future automotive semiconductor supply chain might look like and who will control it.
AGENDA
- 5:00 pm: Introduction — Amanda Gassé, Vice President of Business Development and General Manager, Yole North America
- 5:10 pm: Semiconductor supply chains & strategies: global leaders vs. China’s rising ecosystem — Pierrick Boulay and Yu Yang, both Principal Analyst, Yole Group
- 5:25 pm: Live Q&A — moderated by Junko Yoshida
- 5:40 pm: Conclusion — Amanda Gassé
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LIVE WEBINAR | China’s pivotal role in automotive innovation – Part 1
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Amanda Gassé
Vice President of Business Development and General Manager, Yole North America
Amanda Gassé is Vice President of Business Development at Yole Group, where she leads the North American team and drives growth and partnerships in the semiconductor and technology markets.
With over two decades of experience in business development and marketing across the semiconductor and energy industries, she specializes in building and scaling business development strategies, forging client relationships, and aligning marketing and operational plans with corporate objectives. Amanda led the implementation of Yole Group's global customer success initiative and directed marketing and business development for an energy engineering firm. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Boston University and an executive MBA with a concentration in digital media and analytics from Cornell University.
Junko Yoshida
Contributing Editor
Junko Yoshida is an independent technology/business journalist.
Junko, former editor-in-chief at EE Times, has been a roving reporter in Tokyo, Silicon Valley, Paris, New York and China, covering the semiconductor industry. Today, she explores the nexus of mobility, automation, AI, software/ hardware architecture and semiconductor technologies, and writes her weekly newsletter on Substack: Junko’s Tech Probe
She also created a series of video podcasts on topics such as software-defined vehicles, chiplets and the emerging technology ecosystems in China and India. She has recently started her own YouTube Channel: Junko’s Talk to Us
She loves covering advancements in technologies, but always with a focus on the technologies’ impact on people, industries and society.
Yu Yang, PhD
Principal Lead Analyst, Automotives & Robotics
Yu Yang, PhD is Principal Lead Analyst, Automotives & Robotics at Yole Group.
Based in Belgium, he is engaged in the development of technology and market products, dedicated to mobility electrification, and especially automotive industry. Yu is deeply engaged in coordinating all studies and activities within the automotive industry.
Prior to Yole Group, Yu worked as a business development partner and R&D project leader at Punch Powertrain N.V. (Belgium), R&D project manager at Bekaert N.V. (Belgium), and doctorate researcher at IMEC (Belgium).
Yu Yang holds a PhD in materials engineering from Leuven University (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) in Belgium and a master’s in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University (China).
Pierrick Boulay
Principal Analyst, Automotive Semiconductors
Pierrick Boulay is Principal Analyst, Automotive Semiconductors at Yole Group.
He works in the fields of solid-state lighting and lighting systems, carrying out technical, economic, and marketing analyses. In addition, he leads the automotive activities within the company.
Pierrick has authored several reports and custom analyses on topics such as automotive lighting, LiDAR, sensing for ADAS vehicles, and VCSELs.
Prior to Yole Group, Pierrick has worked in several companies where he developed his knowledge of lighting and automotive. In the past, he has primarily worked in R&D departments on LED lighting applications.
Pierrick holds a master of science in electronics at ESEO (Angers, France)