Schedule at a Glance
The ISTFA 2026 Schedule at a Glance provides attendees with a high-level overview of dates and times so you can easily plan travel, identify must-attend sessions, and make the most of your ISTFA experience.
| (Preliminary schedule as of September 2026) | ||
| Saturday, October 3, 2026 | ||
| 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | 2.5D, 3D, 3.5D advanced packaging techniques: design, process, manufactory, yield, reliability, and failure analysis* (Registration Required) | Hyatt Regency San Antonio, Live Oak |
| 1:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Beam-Based Defect Localization* (Registration Required) | Hyatt Regency San Antonio, Directors Room |
| Sunday, October 4, 2026 | ||
| 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. | Author’s Coffee/Briefing | Room 207A |
| 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Registration Open | Hall 4 West |
| 8:00 a.m. – 5:50 p.m. | Tutorial Programming | Rooms 205, 206A, 206B, 207 |
| 10:00 – 10:20 a.m. | Morning Refreshment Break | 205/206 – Foyer |
| 12:20 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch | Bridge Hall |
| 3:30 – 3:50 p.m. | Afternoon Refreshment Break | 205/206 – Foyer |
| Monday, October 5, 2026 | ||
| 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. | Author’s Coffee / Session Briefing | Room 207A |
| 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Registration Open | Hall 4 West |
| 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast | Bridge Hall |
| 8:30 – 9:40 a.m. | Opening Session & EDFAS General Meeting | Bridge Hall |
| 9:40 – 10:30 a.m. | IPFA and ESREF Best Paper Presentations | Bridge Hall |
| 10:30 – 10:50 a.m. | Morning Refreshment Break | Bridge Hall |
| 10:50 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Technical Programming | Bridge Hall, Rooms 205 & 206 |
| 12:10 – 1:10 p.m. | Lunch | Bridge Hall |
| 12:10 – 1:10 p.m. | Women in Electronics Failure Analysis (WEFA) Session | Bridge Hall |
| 1:10 – 2:10 p.m. | International Roadmap for Failure Analysis (IRFA) Keynote: Dr. Zhiyong Ma, Intel | Bridge Hall |
| 2:10 – 3:45 p.m. | International Roadmap for Failure Analysis (IRFA) Session | Bridge Hall |
| 3:45 – 4:00 p.m. | Afternoon Refreshment Break | Bridge Hall |
| 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Integrated PFA, OFI & System in Package User Group Discussions | Bridge Hall, Rooms 205 & 206AB |
| 5:00 – 5:15 p.m. | User Group Discussion Break | Bridge Hall, Rooms 205 & 206AB |
| 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. | Tools of the Trade Tour (Ticketed Event*) | Exhibit Hall 4B |
| Tuesday, October 6, 2026 | ||
| 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. | Author’s Coffee / Session Briefing | Room 207A |
| 7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Registration Open | Hall 4 West |
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | ISTFA Keynote: Jeff Rearick, AMD | Exhibit Hall 4B – Industry Exchange |
| 9:30 – 10:10 a.m. | Morning Refreshment Break | Exhibit Hall 4B |
| 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open | Exhibit Hall 4B |
| 10:10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Technical Programming | Bridge Hall, Rooms 205 & 206 |
| 11:50 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. | Lunch on the Show Floor | Exhibit Hall 4B |
| 12:50 – 1:50 p.m. | Sample Prep User Group Discussion | Bridge Hall |
| 1:50 – 2:50 p.m. | FIB User Group Discussion | Bridge Hall |
| 2:50 – 3:20 p.m. | Afternoon Refreshment Break | Exhibit Hall 4B |
| 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | AI User Group Discussion | Bridge Hall |
| 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. | Welcome Reception with the Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall 4B |
| Wednesday, October 7, 2026 | ||
| 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. | Author’s Coffee / Session Briefing | Room 207A |
| 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Registration Open | Hall 4 West |
| 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Technical Programming | Rooms 205 & 206 |
| 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Exhibit Hall Open | Exhibit Hall 4B |
| 9:40 – 10:00 a.m. | Morning Refreshment Break | Exhibit Hall 4B |
| 10:20 – 11:20 a.m. | Nanoprobing/SPM User Group Discussion | Bridge Hall |
| 11:50 a.m. – 1:20 p.m. | Specifiers, Justifiers, & Buyers – A Peer Exchange on How to Fund FA Labs | Exhibit Hall 4B – Industry Exchange |
| 11:20 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. | Lunch on the Show Floor | Exhibit Hall 4B |
| 12:10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Student Young Professionals – Panel Discussion | Bridge Hall |
| 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Design for Analysis: Confronting the Challenges of Backside Power, Heterogeneous Integration, and Co-Packaged Optics in the AI Era | Exhibit Hall 4B – Industry Exchange |
| 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Poster Session & Student Poster Contest | Exhibit Hall 4B |
| 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. | Student Young Professionals Discussion | Bridge Hall |
| 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. | Social Networking Event (Ticketed Event – SOLD OUT) | Casa Rio |
| Thursday, October 8, 2026 | ||
| 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. | Author’s Coffee / Session Briefing | Room 207A |
| 7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Registration Open | Hall 4 West |
| 8:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. | Technical Programming | Rooms 205 & 206 |
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Morning Refreshment Break | 205/206 – Foyer |
| 12:00 p.m. | Conference Concludes | |
| *ticketed event/separate registration required |
