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Keynote Sessions

Prith Banerjee, EVP and CTO Schneider Electric.
TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2016
Translating IoT Into Innovation at Every Level
Grand
BallroomB&C 8:00am – 9:15am
Biography: Prith Banerjee is Executive Vice President, Chief Technology
Offi cer and member of the Executive Committee of Schneider Electric,
“Translating IoT Into Innovation at Every Level”
reporting to the Chairman and CEO. In this role he is responsible for driving
innovation and technology diff erentiation, and coordinating the R&D Biography: Prith Banerjee is Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Offi cer and member
activities of the company across its fi ve businesses with 11,000 R&D of the Executive Committee of Schneider Electric, reporting to the Chairman and CEO. In this
personnel, and a 1.2 billion Euro R&D investment. He is a Fellow of the role he is responsible for driving innovation and technology diff erentiation, and coordinating the
AAAS, ACM and IEEE, and a recipient of the 1996 ASEE Terman Award and R&D activities of the company across its fi ve businesses with 11,000 R&D personnel, and a 1.2
the 1987 NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award. He received a B.Tech. Prith Banerjee billion Euro R&D investment. He is a Fellow of the AAAS, ACM and IEEE, and a recipient of the
(President’s Gold Medalist) in electronics engineering from the Indian 1996 ASEE Terman Award and the 1987 NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award. He
Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical EVP and CTO received a B.Tech. (President’s Gold Medalist) in electronics engineering from the Indian
engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana. Schneider Electric Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the
University of Illinois, Urbana.

TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2016
BallroomB&C 12:45pm – 2:15pm
Grand

“A Public-Private Research Proposal in Response to the Semiconductor Industry Challenges
– SRC Taking the Lead”

Biography: Ken Hansen joined Semiconductor Research Corporation as its President and CEO
Ken Hansen in June 2015. Ken brings his experience as the former Vice President and Chief Technology
Offi cer with Freescale Semiconductor. Prior to becoming CTO at Freescale, Ken was Vice
President & CEO President and led Freescale’s Chief Development Offi ce where he improved design effi ciency
Semiconductor and reduced product cost for all Freescale business units. Previously, he held several senior
Research technology and management positions at Freescale and Motorola leading research and
Corporation development teams. He received the BSEE and MSEE degrees from the University of Illinois
where he also has been recognized as an ECE and College of Engineering Distinguished
Alumni, is a Fellow of the IEEE, and holds 11 U.S. patents. Ken is an industry veteran, with 40
years of experience in technical management and system/circuit design, primarily in the area of
wireless communications.

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