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The Technology Sovereignty Package in Practice

4 Nov 2026 – 5 Nov 2026
Le Plaza Hotel - Brussels, Belgium
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Antonio Varas

Chief Strategy Officer at Synopsys

Antonio Varas is Chief Strategy Officer at Synopsys, where he leads the corporate strategic planning process. Before joining Synopsys, he spent 18 years at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), most recently as Senior Partner and Managing Director. At BCG he was global co-lead of the semiconductor practice and led its work on geopolitics in the technology industry. He holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BSc in Finance and Economics from Deusto University.

Sessions

Theatre - Main stage Panel

14:10–14:45

Panel “Boosting Chip Design in Europe"

Speaker

Antonio Varas

Chief Strategy Officer at Synopsys

Joe Cole

Cadence, Corporate Vice President

Paul Williamson

SVP, Corporate Ventures - Arm

Geoffrey Lee

Siemens EDA, Vice President

Gunnar Thomas

TSMC Europe, General Counsel

Moderator

Pierre Chastanet

Head of Unit - Microelectronics and Photonics at the European Commission

Theatre - Main stage Keynote

15:00–16:00

European Chip Design Platform launch with the presence of EVP Virkkunen

Speaker

Henna Virkkunen

Executive VP European Commission

Jari Kinaret

Executive Director at Chips JU

Patrick Vandenameele

CEO, imec

Romano Hoofman

Strategic Development Director at imec & EuroCDP Coordinator

Paul Williamson

Senior Vice President at ARM

Joe Cole

Corporate Vice President at Cadence

Geoffrey Lee

Vice President at Siemens EDA

Antonio Varas

Chief Strategy Officer at Synopsys

Moderator

Silvana Muscella

CEO of Trust-IT, ALLPROS.eu Technical Coordinator