Technical Program

Monday, November 17, 2025

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7:30 AM-10:00 AM


Opening Session & EDFAS General Meeting

10:20 AM-11:00 AM


Emerging FA Techniques and Concepts I
Session Chair: Mr. Kent Erington and Dr. Mike Bruce

10:20 AM-11:10 AM


FIB Sample Preparation I
Session Chair: Dr. Cathy Vartuli and Ms. Valerie Brogden

Product Yield, Test and Diagnostics
Session Chair: Jayant D'Souza and Dr. Venkat Ravikumar

11:20 AM-12:00 PM


Emerging FA Techniques and Concepts II
Session Chair: Mr. Kent Erington and Dr. Mike Bruce

FIB Sample Preparation II
Session Chair: Dr. Cathy Vartuli and Ms. Valerie Brogden

Scanning Probe Analysis
Session Chair: Mr. Phil Kaszuba and Mr. Daminda Dahanayaka

12:10 PM-1:40 PM


FIB User Group Discussion & Lunch

Nanoprobing / SPM User Group Discussion & Lunch

1:40 PM-2:40 PM


FIB Sample Preparation III
Session Chair: Dr. Cathy Vartuli and Ms. Valerie Brogden

Microscopy Analysis and Material Characterization I
Session Chair: Dr. Cecile S. Bonifacio and Prof. Rosine COQ GERMANICUS

Package Level Fault Isolation
Session Chair: Sylvia Lewis and Ms. Susan Li

3:00 PM-4:00 PM


FIB Sample Preparation IV
Session Chair: Dr. Cathy Vartuli and Ms. Valerie Brogden

Microscopy Analysis and Material Characterization II
Session Chair: Dr. Cecile S. Bonifacio and Prof. Rosine COQ GERMANICUS

4:00 PM-4:40 PM


FIB Circuit Analysis & Edit
Session Chair: Mr. Antonio Tollis and Mr. Steven Herschbein

4:00 PM-5:00 PM


System in Package and 3D Devices
Session Chair: Mr. Neel Leslie and Kevin Distelhurst

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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8:30 AM-9:30 AM


ISTFA Keynote Speaker: Dr. Liwei Wang, Senior Director of Heterogeneous Integration Foundry Technology Development, AMD

10:30 AM-11:50 AM


AI Applications for Failure Analysis I
Session Chair: Dr. Sebastian Brand and Zachary Eich

Device Analysis - Case Studies I
Session Chair: Mr. Greg Johnson and Dr. Yuyan Wang

FA Process: Fault Isolation, Mechanisms, & Solutions I
Session Chair: Mr. Kah Chin Cheong and Vinod Narang

12:50 PM-1:30 PM


FA Process: Fault Isolation, Mechanisms, & Solutions II
Session Chair: Mr. Kah Chin Cheong and Vinod Narang

12:50 PM-2:10 PM


Device Analysis - Case Studies II
Session Chair: Mr. Greg Johnson and Dr. Yuyan Wang

12:50 PM-2:50 PM


AI Applications for Failure Analysis II
Session Chair: Dr. Sebastian Brand and Zachary Eich

1:30 PM-2:30 PM


Nanoprobing & Electrical Characterization I
Session Chair: David Albert and Mr. John Sanders

2:10 PM-2:50 PM


The Capital Equipment Buying Journey in FA Labs
Session Chair: Efrat Moyal and Sarah Poehlmann

3:20 PM-4:20 PM


Nanoprobing & Electrical Characterization II
Session Chair: David Albert and Mr. John Sanders

3:20 PM-4:50 PM


AI User Group Discussion

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

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8:00 AM-9:00 AM


Power Devices (Si, SiC, GaN)
Session Chair: Dr. Chris Kang and Baohua Niu

9:00 AM-10:30 AM


Sample Prep User Group Discussion

10:30 AM-11:30 AM


ISTFA Keynote Speaker: Steven Herschbein, Independent Consultant, (IBM/GFS Retired)

12:30 PM-1:30 PM


Women in Failure Analysis Session

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


Panel Discussion: Scaling Beyond Moore’s Law: Heterogeneous Computing and Advanced Packaging

3:00 PM-4:00 PM


Expo Floor - Dessert Reception, Poster Session, and Video Contest

Thursday, November 20, 2025

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8:00 AM-8:40 AM


Boards and System Level FA
Session Chair: Mr. Stephen Fasolino and Ms. Bernice Zee

More Than Moore: Si-Photonics, Magnetics, Magneto-Optics, Biosensors, Quantum Computing, 2D Materials, SQUID etc.
Session Chair: Dr. Ricky Anthony and Dr. William Lo

8:40 AM-9:40 AM


Die Level Fault Isolation I
Session Chair: Ms. Lesly Endrinal and Mr. Dan Bodoh

10:00 AM-11:00 AM


Die Level Fault Isolation II
Session Chair: Ms. Lesly Endrinal and Mr. Dan Bodoh

10:00 AM-11:20 AM


Sample Preparation and Device De-processing I
Session Chair: Rosalinda Ring and Dr. Zachary Lingley

11:20 AM-12:50 PM


OFI User Group Discussion & Lunch

SIP User Group Discussion

12:50 PM-1:30 PM


Sample Preparation and Device De-processing II
Session Chair: Rosalinda Ring and Dr. Zachary Lingley

12:50 PM-2:10 PM


Hardware Security and Counterfeiting
Session Chair: Mr. Kevin Awai and Ms. Pamela Calica