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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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Gunnar Thomas

TSMC Europe, General Counsel

Gunnar Thomas is General Counsel at TSMC Europe in Amsterdam and also heads Human Resources for the EMEA region. He plays a key role in setting up ESMC, TSMC’s joint venture building a chip plant in Dresden, including recruiting its workforce. Before TSMC, he worked at Giga-Byte Technology and at a German law firm. He holds a Master of Laws in Legal Informatics from Leibniz Universität Hannover.

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