Fab it in Queensland: Making semiconductors and quantum devices
Description
Silicon Catalyst Australia invites you to our July 2026 ecosystem and networking event.
This engaging meetup will explore where and how to fab semiconductor, quantum, photonics, and MEMS devices right here in Queensland.
Hear from local AI hardware startup Cortisonic about making chips in Queensland and their mission to put low power inference chips at the edge. Then find out more directly from the people who operate our local fabs and facilities.
Program includes:
Fireside chat with Cortisonic – Edge AI startup making their own chips in Qld
The latest quantum biotechnology startups
Learning how and where to make devices in Queensland
Followed by networking and refreshments.
Hear from local experts with real-world experience:
Dr Glen Harris & Dr Chris Baker, the founders of Cortisonic, a Queensland startup making ultra-low power AI chips locally.
Errol Hunt, Manager of Research Translation at QUBIC who is helping entrepreneurs get the latest quantum biotechnologies out of the labs.
Mr Ethan Aung, Facility Manager and semiconductor fab expert at ANFF Queensland.
Dr Daniel Peace, Manager of the National Advanced Photonics Facility (NAPF).
Dr Elliot Cheng. Nanolithography engineer at Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis (CMM).
Dr Dan Haasmann, Semiconductor device engineer at Queensland Microtechnology Facility (QMF).
Lineup
Glen Harris
Chief Executive Officer of Cortisonic. With a background in nanomechanics, quantum sensing, and deep-tech R&D, Glen has spent his career finding ways to translate complex physics into useful technology.
Chris Baker
Chief Scientific Officer of Cortisonic and one of the original minds behind Cortisonic's approach to mechanical intelligence. Chris leads the scientific work that turns complex physics into practical, scalable hardware.
Errol Hunt
As QUBIC’s Partnerships and Translation Manager, Errol works with QUBIC researchers to identify possible partners and pathways to progress their innovations beyond the Centre, and develop external partnerships that can advance the Centre’s discoveries.
Ethan Aung
Facility Manager of ANFF-Queensland, with over 29 years of international experience, including 16 years in the semiconductor industry, working in CMOS Wafer Fab at GlobalFoundries in Singapore and Silanna Semiconductor in Sydney. His experience spans technologies from 0.25 µm to 65 nm nodes, supporting global customers including NVIDIA and Qualcomm from MPW tape-out and technology development through process integration, yield improvement and high-volume manufacturing.
Daniel Peace
Lead Integrated Photonics Process Engineer at the National Advanced Photonics Facility, Queensland, where he heads process development of photonic integrated circuits across multiple material platforms. Daniel has experience with thin-film lithium niobate photonic circuits for quantum information processing, and has developed fabrication and characterisation capabilities for high-dimensional quantum information processing, on-chip quantum light sources and photonic inverse design. Daniel has a keen interest in the lithography and nanofabrication methods that enable integrated photonics, contributing to workshops, nanofabrication schools, and technical conference committees in the field.
Elliot Cheng
Nanolithography Facility Manager at the Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis at The University of Queensland, overseeing electron beam lithography, nanofabrication process development, and developed automated metrology workflows supporting both academic and industry users. He is a co-founder of the Direct Write Lithography Workshop, an international initiative to strengthen workforce development and knowledge sharing in nanofabrication. Elliot has extensive semiconductor industry experience, including work with Intel Corporation on 22 nm node transistor development using extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL), as well as collaborations with Intel, Dow Chemical, and SEMATECH from 193 nm immersion lithography to EUV lithography.
Dan Haasmann
Microelectronic engineer, researcher, inventor and lecturer at Griffith University. Dan has a background in semiconductor physics combined with over 18 years hands-on research & development and fabrication of semiconductor devices at the Queensland Microtechnology Facility. Specialising in the development of silicon carbide power semiconductor devices, Dan has led several commercial consultancy research projects including technology transfers to industry partners for the commercialisation of Griffith University’s low-cost SiC Schottky Diode technology. He is currently developing a novel, high voltage SiC transistor.
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