10:30–10:35
Elisabeth Steimetz
Dr. Elisabeth Steimetz has been Director of EPoSS, the European Platform on Smart Systems Integration, since 2019. She chaired the drafting of the ECS Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and leads EPoSS’s delegation to the Chips JU boards. In 1999 she co-founded LayTec, a maker of in-situ and in-line measurement tools for thin-film processes, and led its marketing and sales for 13 years. She joined VDI/VDE-IT in 2013 and represented Germany on the CATRENE and PENTA cluster boards. She studied physics at RWTH Aachen and holds a PhD from TU Berlin.