Panel: Regional and global collaboration models to boost chip design sector in the middle east

Each panelist gave a position statement that revolves around the following questions (followed by a Q&A session): 1. Present state of the union in your respective cmmtries in regards to educational, research, govemmental, and industrial initiatives to boost IC and FPGA design sectors, and how it can or cannot be a role model for the region. 2. Show one or two first-hand good and bad experiences or case studies how a startup or research institute flourished or went bust through govemmental or priva te sponsorship ( easier loans, subsidies, or state-sponsored projects, etc.) or lack of them. 3. Describe your position on what your prefened model is and why (e.g., Taiwan and maybe Korea like state-supp01ted specialization in fabs, software, or services or an EU-like confederation of regional and intemational guided research/industly partnerships).