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<b>LAST CALL FOR REGISTRATION!</b></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">LAST Call The <b>North American Plasma Etch Exchange (NAPEX)</b> is pleased to invite you to our upcoming</span><span style="color: rgb(200, 38, 19);">
<b>virtual symposium</b>, <b>“Frontiers in Nanoscale Plasma Etching,”</b> taking place
<b>October 20–21, 2026, from 1:00–4:10 PM ET each day</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></div>
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This two-day symposium will bring together researchers and professionals from <b>
academia, industry, nanofabrication facilities, and the semiconductor community</b> to exchange knowledge and discuss recent developments and emerging challenges in plasma etching and atomic layer processing.</div>
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The program features invited speakers representing <b>Applied Materials, Silicon Austria Labs, Oxford Instruments, University of Nevada Reno, UC Berkeley, SENTECH, AlixLabs, Caltech, IonQ, Engenius Micro, Georgia Tech, and UCSB</b>.</div>
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The technical program will cover topics including <b>atomic layer etching (ALE), plasma-enhanced atomic layer processes, advanced semiconductor manufacturing, ferroelectric materials, wide-bandgap materials, SiC, lithium niobate and diamond etching, advanced
logic and memory technologies, and emerging plasma-processing applications</b>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(200, 38, 19);"><b>Registration (free):</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZAfvSjEE48ldxSiTaOgf4S8qSQY9e_cCWegHbZbNWUmhQvw/viewform" id="OWA0c0b3c2f-1d94-fc3e-ac97-87707de7bd38" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZAfvSjEE48ldxSiTaOgf4S8qSQY9e_cCWegHbZbNWUmhQvw/viewform" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZAfvSjEE48ldxSiTaOgf4S8qSQY9e_cCWegHbZbNWUmhQvw/viewform&source=gmail&ust=1790714712475000&usg=AOvVaw0YPg2nJsr6y1CdQDvZmIVZ" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;"><b>Register
for the NAPEX Virtual Symposium</b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(200, 38, 19);"><b>Full program and event information:</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/napex-plasma-etch-exchange/upcoming-events-oct-20th" id="OWA4cb8ef8f-4bb5-5590-68b9-27a874eec0ce" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://sites.google.com/view/napex-plasma-etch-exchange/upcoming-events-oct-20th" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://sites.google.com/view/napex-plasma-etch-exchange/upcoming-events-oct-20th&source=gmail&ust=1790714712475000&usg=AOvVaw1u7hucMFTiODRFzhAqbFfG" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); margin: 0px;"><b>Frontiers
in Nanoscale Plasma Etching – Event Page</b></a></span></div>
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We encourage <b>faculty, researchers, students, cleanroom and nanofabrication staff, process engineers, and semiconductor professionals</b> to participate.</div>
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<b>Please feel free to forward this invitation to your colleagues, students, research groups, and professional networks who may be interested.</b></div>
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We look forward to seeing you at the symposium.</div>
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<b>NAPEX Team</b><br>
<b>North American Plasma Etch Exchange (NAPEX)</b></div>
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<b>Vincent Genova</b> — Cornell University (Retired)<br>
<b>Ling Xie</b> — Harvard University<br>
<b>Lavendra Mandyam</b> — Stanford University<br>
<b>Durga Gajula</b> — Georgia Tech</div>
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