Women's Empowerment in Tech Key SEMICON 2025 Theme

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One of the key themes at this year’s SEMICON is women’s empowerment. TaiwanPlus spoke with Olivia Liao, Vice President of United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), one of Taiwan’s leading foundries, to explore how women navigate challenges in the semiconductor industry.

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00:00You've been working in semiconductors for nearly two decades.

00:04Before your current role at UMC, you were the first female chair of Taiwan's operation of Rome,

00:11a leading Japanese chip company.

00:14Could you share some of the challenges you have faced as a woman in this industry,

00:19and how you overcame them?

00:30This situation of pressure and pressure is from birth.

00:35That's why I have three children.

00:38This period of time is more than other people.

00:40For example, when I was busy for a month, I had two to three months.

00:45When I was a member of the former president, he asked me,

00:50you're so often going to be angry,

00:52can you be angry?

00:54When I heard this question, I felt very strange.

00:57I asked him,

00:59hey, you're so often going to get married,

01:01your wife won't be angry, right?

01:02So that's why the people outside have a special期待 for the women.

01:09I'm very happy that my sister is with me to support this family,

01:15and that we need to have a平衡.

01:20While Taiwan's tech industry has been making efforts to promote workplace diversity,

01:26surveys show that a gender gap remains,

01:28with men accounting for 95% of senior executives.

01:32In your opinion, in a field traditionally dominated by men,

01:36what unique perspectives or strengths does female leadership bring to this industry?

01:42I think that maybe this guy is more clear.

01:47Because most of us are men,

01:49most of us are men.

01:50Most of us are more important to the technology,

01:54but we women are most familiar.

01:57We are in the field,

01:59we always need to understand some kind of techniques.

02:06But for women,

02:07when we met in the field,

02:09what I see in the field is,

02:11when men do men,

02:13we are more careful,

02:15we are more careful,

02:16and we are more careful.

02:17And the people who are more careful,

02:18they are more careful,

02:19and they end up.

02:21But for women,

02:22we are more careful,

02:23we are more careful to ask ourselves,

02:25and they are more careful.

02:26They are more careful,

02:27and they are more careful.

02:28They are more careful,

02:29and they are more careful.

02:30And in this case,

02:32it is more difficult to answer.

02:35Can you share any advice you have

02:38for people with similar backgrounds

02:40who are interested in working in semiconductors or tech?

02:44What abilities or qualities would you say

02:47are essential to thrive and lead in this field?

02:52Actually,

02:53the technology industry is not so interesting to everyone.

02:56So,

02:57if you want to invest in this industry,

02:59first, you have to have a curiosity.

03:01That is,

03:02you have to know how to build the energy,

03:06and how to build the energy,

03:07and how to build the energy,

03:08and how to build the energy,

03:09and how to build the energy.

03:10These things may have to be basic knowledge,

03:13so you have to have a curiosity.

03:15The second thing is that you want to have a passion.

03:16You want to be interested in your energy.

03:17So,

03:18you have to have a passion for the energy.

03:20You are like the passion,

03:22and you will be interested in the energy.

03:23And you will be able to work very happy.

03:26You will be interested in more.

03:29And you will have to understand more.

03:30And then you will have more more learning and feedback.

03:32Then you will have more learning and development.

03:33I was a young girl.

03:34I was a young girl.

03:36I was really wanting to do a good friend with my friend.

03:41I was a young girl,

03:42as a teacher.

03:43After I discovered,

03:44I felt like I was very tired.

03:45How do you work to empower other women through your role at UMC?

04:15How do you work to empower other women through your role at UMC?

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