Facility Tour & Austin Semiconductor and Photonics Showcase 2026

Join La Luce Cristallina and leaders from The University of Texas at Austin, government, and industry for an invite-only afternoon highlighting Austin’s semiconductor and photonics ecosystem. Guests will tour La Luce's Austin fabrication facility, where barium titanate wafers are produced, and hear perspectives on advanced materials, U.S. semiconductor innovation, and the technologies supporting telecom, datacom, AI and quantum capabilities. EVENT DETAILS 12:30 p.m. - Doors Open @ EME Building, J.J. Pickle Research Campus: 10500 Exploration Way, Austin, TX 78758 1:15 p.m. - Welcome + Celebratory Ribbon Cutting with Mayor Pro Tem Team Opening of the La Luce Cristallina Headquarters 1:30 p.m. - Fabrication Facility Tour Tour of local barium titanate wafer production & clean-room demonstrations 2:30 p.m. - Doors Open @ Engineering Education Research Center EER Building, University of Texas at Austin Campus: 301 E. Dean Keeton St., Room 2.518, Austin, TX 78712 3:00 p.m. - Austin Semiconductor & Photonics Showcase José "Chito" Vela - Austin Mayor Pro Tem Jasmine Stoughton - Policy Advisor, Office of Mayor Kirk Watson Roger Bonnecaze, Ph.D. - Dean, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Gregg Bartlett - Chief Technology Officer, GlobalFoundries David L. Elizondo - District Director, San Antonio District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration Robert Visser - Vice President, Engineering Technology, Office of the CTO, Applied Materials Texas Instruments Alex Demkov, Ph.D. - Chief Executive Officer, La Luce Cristallina 4:00-5:00 p.m. - Networking Reception *Light refreshments and libations. Ribbon Cutting | FAB Tour (1:00 - 2:00 p.m.) @ EME Building on the J.J. Pickle Campus: 10500 Exploration Way, Austin, TX 78758 *Please park in front of the building. Semiconductor and Photonics Showcase (3:00 - 5:00 p.m.) @ EER Building on the University of Texas at Austin Campus: 301 E. Dean Keeton St. Austin, TX 78712 Room #2.518 *Please park in Speedway Garage or San Jacinto Garage