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COMS
2005
Shaping the future of the MNT marketplace
21-25 Aug 2005
Baden-Baden, Germany
COMS 2005 Proceedings
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Commercialization of Micro and Nano Systems (COMS 2005) held 21-25 August in Baden-Baden, Germany. Order your copy today!
COMS 2005 Newsletter
The International Conference on the Commercialization
of Micro and Nano Systems (COMS) is the leading annual international conference
on micro-nanotechnology commercialization and education. The Conference
series fosters the commercialization of micro and nanotechnologies and
addresses commercialization issues unique to these emerging and disruptive
technologies.
COMS
2005 brought together key people from across the world and from every
sector of industry, including leading practitioners in the field, equipment
suppliers, end users, customers, Government representatives, education
and financial experts.
Program Highlights
Keynote and Invited Speakers
(updated: June 10, 2005)
- Prof. Yoshinobu Baba, Nagoya University (Japan)
- Dr. Holger Becker, microfluidic ChipShop GmbH (Germany)
- Dirk Beernaert, European Commission (Belgium)
- Ricard Caro, TangibleFuture, Inc (USA)
- James Von Ehr, Zyvex Corporation (USA)
- Jean-Christophe Eloy, Yole Development (France)
- Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates (USA)
- Prof. Horst Hahn, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Germany)
- Prof. Rainer Hintsche, Fraunhofer Institut für
Siliziumtechnologie (Germany)
- David Hughes, DG Dept of Trade and Industry (UK)
- Daniel Hyman, Xcom Wireless (USA)
- Markus Lutz, SiTime (USA)
- Dr. Robert Mehalso, Microtec Associates (USA)
- Dr. Jan-Peter Stadler, Bosch (Germany)
- Dr. Wolfgang Stoeffler, Federal Ministry for Education
and Research (Germany)
- Prof. Steve Walsh, MANCEF (USA)
- Dr. Reiner Wechsung, Boehringer Ingelheim microParts
(Germany)
- Bettina Weiss, SEMI (USA)
Based upon the submitted abstracts the conference will
feature the following keysessions.
Sessions related to the commercialization of micro-nano-technologies
(MNT) (updated: June 10, 2005)
- Paths to commercialization
- Business and entrepreneurship
- Market analysis and marketing
- Government and regional support for MNT
- Technology transfer and networks
- Business incubators and spin-outs
- Challenges of MNT manufacturing: tools, processes
and product development
- Challenges of MNT manufacturing: design, integration,
assembly, and packaging
- Challenges of MNT manufacturing: management, product
development, and testing
- Niche and high volume applications
- MNT applications: food and environment
- MST applications: life science
- MST applications: medical diagnostics and chemicals
- Standardization: talks followed by a round table
- The role of foundries & competence centers
in MNT commercialization, competence centers in MNT- contribution to
regional cluster development
- MNT products and applications
- Measurement, test, reliability, reproducibility
in MNT
- MNT markets: automotive, aerospace and communication
- Commercialization and social issues
- Equipment and supply chains
- HARMST commercialization. talks and round table
of LIGA International Group
- Education and training in MNT
- New devices
- New methods
COMS 2005 Lead Sponsors
See
the List of COMS 2005 Media Sponsors and Conference Partners
COMS 2005 was jointly organized by Forschungszentrum
Karlsruhe and MANCEF.
COMS conferences are sponsored and organized by the
Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation (MANCEF)
with the help of partners. They were first created in 1994 at BANFF in
Canada as Gordon style workshops and have since developed into full-scale
conferences alternating between the USA and Europe.
Conferences normally
extend to 4 days and are structured to accommodate the wide-ranging needs
of delegates. They comprise keynote talks, break-out sessions, networking
and workshops, with an extensive supporting exhibition covering all aspects
of the technologies related to commercialization, thus providing an ideal
environment for the exchange of ideas and new business development. Their
increasing popularity and business networking potential in terms of delegate
numbers can be seen in the table below. COMS is an annual meeting
point for all engaged in the business of microsystems and nanotechnology
exploitation.
Scope of Conference Topics
COMS2005 addressed recent advances in micro/nanotechnology
and their impact on commercial markets. Topics included:
- Industry and Business overviews
- Business models
- Building a customer/end user base
- Niche and high volume applications
- The Role of Roadmaps
- Packaging issues
- Challenges of micro-nanosystems, integration and prototyping
- Reliability and standards
- Design, production tools and test
- Emerging applications in communications, life sciences, consumer
products, environment, automotive, space, medical diagnostics,
instrumentation and security
- Commercialization of Silicon and HARMST technologies
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- Next generation of small technologies
- Commercialization of nanotechnology
- Social implications of nanotechnology
- Equipment and supply chains
- Challenges in the management and manufacture of small technologies
- Building successful Micro-Nano- Technology regional clusters
- The role of Venture Capitalists / Business Angels in commercialization
- The role of foundries, specialist centres in commercialization
- The role of governments, development agencies and universities
in commercialization
- Education and workforce development
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Download the COMS
2005 Tabletop flyer (.pdf)
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