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Silicon Valley Innovation CenterASML

ASML · Executive Brochure 2026

Silicon Valley
Executive Program

One day inside Microsoft, Amazon and Google — exploring AI, customer experience and the culture of innovation.

1-Day ProgramMonday, November 9, 2026Mountain View & Palo Alto

Program Overview

Where precision engineering meets the AI frontier

This open program brings ASML leaders to the headquarters of three of Silicon Valley's most influential technology companies for candid, executive-level conversations.

In a single focused day, the delegation will explore how AI is transforming customer engagement, how a culture of innovation is built and scaled, and where generative AI is heading next.

Key themes

  • AI-Powered Customer Experience

    Intelligent, personalized engagement across digital channels.

  • Innovation Culture & Leadership

    Mechanisms and principles that keep large organizations inventing.

  • The Future of AI

    From generative AI to advanced reasoning and agentic systems.

3

Company visits

3+

Experts & leaders

1

Day in Silicon Valley

3

Strategic themes

The Program

One curated day across the innovation economy

Day 01 · Nov 9

Monday, November 9

8:30–10:00 AM

01

Company Visit · Presentation & Q&AMicrosoft

AI-Powered Customer Experience & Digital Engagement

How AI is reshaping the way enterprises engage customers — from intelligent service and personalization to digital channels that scale, and what it takes to deliver measurable impact.

Shaloo Garg — Managing Director, Microsoft

📍 Microsoft HQ, 1065 La Avenida St, Mountain View, CA 94043
10:00–10:30 AMTransfer to Amazon

10:30–11:30 AM

02

Company Visit · Presentation & Q&AAmazon

Amazon Culture of Innovation & Leadership Principles — How to Optimize Your Business

An inside look at the mechanisms behind Amazon's innovation engine — Leadership Principles, customer obsession and working backwards — and how agentic, AI-first go-to-market approaches help organizations optimize their business.

Amazon Epic Leadership Team · Raj Menon — Customer Success Leader, Agentic & AI-First GTM

📍 Amazon HQ, 2100 University Ave, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
11:30–11:45 AMTransfer to lunch

11:45 AM–12:20 PM

Lunch

Lunch

12:20–12:30 PMTransfer to Google

12:30–1:30 PM

03

Company Visit · Presentation & Q&AGoogle

The Future of AI: From Generative AI to Advanced Systems

A view from the frontier of AI — the latest advances in generative and multimodal models, reasoning and agentic systems, and how these capabilities are moving from research into real-world products.

Joana Carrasqueira — Product & Special Projects Lead, Google

📍 Google HQ, 1055 Joaquin Dr, Mountain View, CA

Hosts

Where we're going

Microsoft

Customer Experience

Amazon

Innovation Culture

Google

Frontier AI

Speakers

Voices of the day

Shaloo Garg

Microsoft

Shaloo Garg

Managing Director

Raj Menon

Amazon

Raj Menon

Customer Success Leader · Agentic & AI-First GTM

Joana Carrasqueira

Google

Joana Carrasqueira

Product & Special Projects Lead

Travel Essentials

Travel guidelines & contacts

Weather · November 9

Expect 17–20°C (63–68°F) in Mountain View and Palo Alto. Mornings are cool — bring a light layer.

Time difference

Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8). 9 hours behind the Netherlands (CET, UTC+1).

IDs & dress code

Have your government ID ready for all company visits · Business casual throughout.

Program Contact

In case of need, reach out

Ommeira Fakhri

SVIC · On-site program lead

Ommeira Fakhri

Program contact, Silicon Valley Innovation Center

"What we notice becomes what we build."