Author: Chengjie Xi & Catherine Que
Record-Breaking Attendance
The CASPA 2025 Spring Symposium achieved remarkable participation, with 543 registrations via Eventbrite. Over 260 attendees joined in person, while more than 100 members participated remotely from the Austin and Portland chapters, underscoring CASPA’s strong community engagement. Thanks to President Zhibin Xiao and Advisor Danny’s support and other leaders’ contributions including Xiaoyan Qu, Ian Wang, Zhuoliang Song, and other CASPA members. Their three months of meticulous planning earned unanimous praise from attendees.
Distinguished Speaker Lineup
The event featured eight industry leaders from AI and semiconductor sectors who delivered compelling presentations:
Keith Witek, COO of Tenstorrent, discussed the extensive potential of open-sourcehardware solutions provided by Tenstorrent in today’s semiconductor industry.
Vijay Nagarajan, VP at Broadcom, highlighted the enormous AI hardware opportunities for Broadcom and emphasized the company’s key strengths in this rapidly evolving market.
Chloe Ma, VP at ARM, explained how physical AI is opening a new era for ARM technology, positioning the company at the forefront of this transformative trend.
Norman Chang, Ansys Fellow, addressed both the challenges and opportunities presented by cutting-edge 3D integrated circuit technologies.
Pete Bernard, CEO at Edge AI Foundation, summarized the importance of semiconductors to the modern-day AI from investment perspective.
Together, these industry leaders shared valuable insights on AI’s integration with the physical world, offering attendees a comprehensive view of current innovations and future directions.
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Expert Panel Discussion
Tony Yang, Director of Unitree North America, Pete Bernard from Edge AI Foundation, Evan Tao, CEO of Tetheria, and Kun Wang, Co-founder and CTO of Maxinsights and Qcraft,
participated in an insightful panel moderated by Qian Chen from Valley 100. The distinguished panel explored the current landscape and future trajectory of physical AI, offering attendees valuable perspectives on this rapidly evolving field.
Interactive Robot Exhibitions
Attendees were captivated by groundbreaking technology demonstrations, including:
Unitree’s G1 Humanoid Robot, previously featured at the Spring Festival Gala
Petoi STEM Educational Robots, featuring the programmable Bittle robot dog and Nybble robot cat
A thrilling Robot Chess Challenge, which particularly engaged younger participants
