| Time |
Event |
Topic |
Speakers/Notes |
| Sunday 27 August |
| 9:00 - 1:00 |
Pre-Conference Workshop (optional) |
The Future of the Medical Device Community Chair:
Malcolm Wilkinson, Technology for Industry Ltd., United Kingdom |
Register on-line at www.mancef-coms2006.org.
Extra registration fee applies. Includes light refreshments at 10:45 |
| 4:00 - 7:00 |
Conference Registration |
|
|
| 6:30 - 8:30 |
Welcome Reception |
|
Resort Casual (shorts, short sleeve shirt and sunglasses
recommended)
- Kees Eijkel - MANCEF President
- Carol Steele - MANCEF VP for the Americas
|
| Monday 28 August |
| 7:00 - 3:30 |
Conference Registration |
|
|
| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Conference Opening |
Welcome to COMS2006 and Florida |
- Carol Steele / Kees Eijkel - MANCEF
- Rick Baker - Mayor of St. Petersburg
|
| 8:30 - 10:30 |
MondayA - Plenary Session Individual Presentations |
Global Overview of Small Technologies Chairs: Terry
Porter/Dave Tolfree |
- Terry Porter: Raytheon Company, United States - Defense Applications
for Micro and Nano Technology
- Dennis Polla Keynote DARPA/Microsystems Technology Office, United
States
- James McGonigal Keynote: Raytheon Systems Limited, United Kingdom
- Global Overview of Small Technologies: A Scotland/UK Perspective
- Eric Mounier: Yole Developpement, France - 1996-2006: Feedback
from 10 Years of MEMS Market Analysis
- Robert Haak: ATIP, Asia Pacific: Pan-Asian Micro & Nano
Markets & Rankings
|
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Break |
Coffee Break in the Exhibition Hall |
|
| 11:00 - 12:30 |
MondayB - Plenary Session 5 - 10 minute presentation
by each panelist followed by panel discussion/Q&A |
Global Overview of Small Technologies (cont.) Chair:
James Wylde |
- Dan Gale Keynote: CMC Microsystems - Canada
- W. Leigh Hill: Edmonton Economic Development Corporation , Canada
- Vitalizing the "Triple Helix": Advancing MNT Enterprise
in Alberta
- Bruce Alton: Micralyne Inc. - Canada
- Clive Davenport: Small Technologies Cluster - Australia
- Gerjan van de Walle: Phillips Research, The Netherlands - From
Value Chains to Value Networks; from Micro-systems to Eco-systems:
An Industrial Perspective on Micro-systems Innovation and Business
Creation
- Guillermo Fernandez de la Garza: Fundacion Mexico-Estados Unidos
para la Ciencia, Mexico
|
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
Networking Luncheon |
|
1:30 -
3:00 - Choice of Two Concurrent Sessions |
|
| 1:30 - 3:00 |
MondayC |
Models for Creating New Business Chair: Carol Steele |
- Peter Marcotullio Keynote: SRI International, United States
- Director Business Development, Information, Telecommunications
and Automation Division
- Bruce A. Kirchhoff Keynote: New Jersey Institute of Technology,
United States - Newly Formed Businesses' Contribution to the Commercialization
of Micro and Nano Technologies
- Bill Brox: The Imego Institute, Sweden - Models for Influencing
Regional and Global Development via Technology Transfer to New
Business Startups
- Reiner Wechsung: microParts GmbH, Germany - History of a Successful
Business Development with Microsystems
|
| 1:30 - 3:00 |
MondayD Panel Session |
Attracting Funding to Startups Chair: Richard Caro
Co-Chair: Derrick Boston |
- Richard Caro: TangibleFuture Inc., United States - Using the
Cashflow Fingerprint of a Business, and the Innovation Continuum,
to Decide How Best to Finance a Business
- Derrick Boston: Guth | Christopher LLP, United States - Starting
and Funding a New Business: Key Considerations
- Doug Elerath: HT MicroAnalytical Inc., United States - Bootstrapping
a Micro-Fab Enabled Company
- Jim Smith - In-Q-Tel
- Darrell Brookstein: Nanotechnology.com, Author: Nanotech Fortunes
|
| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Break |
Networking in Exhibit Hall |
|
3:30 -
5:00 - Choice of Three Concurrent Sessions |
| 3:30 - 5:00 |
MondayE |
Government Labs and Regional Economic Development Chair:
Steve Walsh |
- Neal Shinn: DOE Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia
National Laboratories, United States - Role of Government Labs
North America
- Volker Saile: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, IMT, Germany - Role
of Government Labs Europe
- Janusz Lusztyk: National Research Council of Canada , Canada
- Linke Jian: Singapore Synchrotron Light Source, Singapore -Micro/Nanomanufacturing
at Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS)
|
| 3:30 - 5:00 |
MondayF |
Public Strategies to Foster Innovation Chair: Bob
Warrington |
- Gabi Fernholz: VDI / VDE - IT, Germany - Industrialization at
VDI / VDE
- Andre Rouzaud: Léti/Département Intégration Hétérogène Silicium
CEA-Grenoble, France - MNT Europe Project: The Collaborative European
Program for a MNT Distributed Platform
- Dave Tolfree: Technopreneur Ltd., United Kingdom - Progress
in Commercialising MNT in the UK
|
| 3:30 - 5:00 |
MondayG 15 - 20 minute presentation by each panelist
followed by Q&A |
Lesson Learned Case Studies: Examples from Industry
Chair: Kees Eijkel |
- Magnus Rimskog: Silex Microsystems, United States - Setting
New Standards in MEMS, Silex Model
- Bob Sulouff: Analog Devices Inc., United States - Making it
up in Volume – Lessons Learned from Start-up to 300 Million
Accelerometers
- Christian Schaeffer
- Kees Steenbergen, III-V Photonics
|
| 6:15 -11:00 |
"A Taste of the Tropics" |
Unaxis/Oerlikon "Taste of the Tropics Event" |
Transportation to Event leaves Vinoy at 6:15 pm sharp.
Dinner, Entertainment and CleanRoom Viewing Provided |
| Tuesday 29 August - Dress
Code Today is Casual (see social activities below) |
| 7:45 - 12:30 |
Conference Registration |
|
|
8:30 - 10:30
- Choice of Three Concurrent Sessions |
| 8:30 - 10:30 |
TuesdayA |
Food/Agriculture Session Chairs: Kees Eijkel/Dave
Tolfree |
- Frithjob v. Germar: Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH,
Fluidics & Simulation, Germany - Gluten Extraction and Detection
in a Modular Chip-Platform for the Food Industry
- Jan Emmerzaal: MicroNed, Holland - Micro/Nanotechnology: Roadmap
for Food and Nutrition
- Barry Alexia: Raytheon, Space and Airborne Systems, United States
- Raytheon Food and Forestry
- Manoo Eibpoosh: The Imego Institute, Sweden - Product and Quality
Surveillance in Forestry and Pulp Industry by MST Sensor Technology
- Deb Lickness: John Deere, United States - John Deere Agricultural
Applications and Trends: A Sensor-Focused Overview of John Deere
Agricultural Applications, Services, and High Level Trend Expectations
|
| 8:30 - 10:30 |
TuesdayB Individual Presentations
Followed by Panel |
Bio Medical Devices Chair: Malcolm Wilkinson |
- Colin Brenan: BioTrove Inc., United States - NanoParticles Impact
on Drug Delivery
- Ziling Jiang: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom - Principles
and Potential of the Integrated Microfluidic Cell
- Yichen Lin: National University of Tainan, Taiwan - Commercialization
and Marketing Strategy of Microfluidic Biochip Systems in the
Fast Diseases Diagnosis Market
- Mickael Montembault: GlaxoSmithKline R&D, United Kingdom
- Microfluidic Platforms for Drug Discovery
- Kenta Suzuki: Sophia University, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Japan - Developments of Micro-Pump and Motor Using Dielectrophoresis
of Liquid
- Jost Goettert: LSU - Center for Advanced Microstructures and
Devices, United States - Microfluidic Applications of LIGA Microstructures
- Carola Leuschner: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, United
States - LHRH-SPIONs and Their Analogs as Contrast Agents for
MRI of Tumors
- Peter Björkholm: The Imego Institute, Sweden - From MST to Bio-MST:
Driving Business/Applications
- Luis Garcia-Rubio - University of South Florida and Claro Scientific,
United States
|
| 8:30 - 10:30 |
TuesdayC |
Packaging and Standards / Qualification Chair: Heiko
Fettig |
- Jan Eite Bullema: TNO Industry, The Netherlands - Packaging
and Assembly of MEMS
- Raafat R. Mansour: University of Waterloo, Canada - RF MEMS
Integrated Switch Matrices For Space Applications
- Thomas Fowler: Teravicta Technologies, Inc., United States -
Methods for Qualification of a Commercial RF MEMS Switch
- Twan Smetsers: MA3 Solutions BV, The Netherlands - The Standardization
Dilemma
- Joe Brown: Si Time
- Busbee Hardy: MEMSCAP, United States - Standard Processes As
Baseline For Semi-Custom Approach
|
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Break |
Coffee Break in the Exhibition Hall |
|
| 11:00 - 12:40 - Choice of
Three Concurrent Sessions |
| 11:00 - 12:40 |
TuesdayD |
Industry Associations Chairs: Scott Bryant/Fiona
Kemp |
- Introduction by Scott Bryant: MANCEF, United States
- Fiona Kemp: SUSS MicroTec, Germany - MEMS Unity
- Clifford Fung: MEMS Industry Group - Results of the 2006 MEMS
Industry Group Report: Focus on the Scientific and Technical Challenges
to MEMS Commercialization
- Uwe Kleinkes: IVAM Research, Germany - First Comprehensive
Start-up Study of German Micro and Nano Start-ups from 2000 to
2005: Success Factors and Barriers
- Junjii Adachi: Micromachine Center, Japan - Towards Advancement
of MEMS Industry in Japan
|
| 11:00 - 12:40 |
TuesdayE |
Tools of the Trade: Equipment and Infrastructure Chair:
Peter Podesser |
- Mary-Ann Mahar: SoftMEMS
- David M. Haynes: Surface Technology Systems, United Kingdom
- Further Advances in Deep Reactive Etching (DRIE) for MEMS and
Advanced IC Packaging
- Hirokazu Kurotaki: EV Group, Japan - Equipments and Technologies
for Packaging of Nano/Micro-Structured Polymer Applications
- David Lishan, Unaxis Wafer Processing, United States - Enabling
Technology for Through-Wafer Device Fabrication
- Dan Ouellette: SUSS MicroTec
|
| 11:00 - 12:40 |
TuesdayF |
HARMST/LIGA and Novel Processes Chairs: David Tolfree |
- Jost Goettert: LSU - Center for Advanced Microstructures and
Devices, United States - Precision LIGA Microstructures for MEMS
Applications
- Takanori Katoh: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan - The
Sumitomo LIGA Foundry Using a Compact SR Ring
- Janet Hopkins: Surface Technology Systems plc, United Kingdom
- High Rate Precision Etching of Silicon for Commercial Micro
and Nano Scale Devices
- Daniel Schondelmaier: BESSY GmbH, Germany - Microfabrication
of Diffractive Optical Elements
- Pascal Meyer: Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany - Launching Into
a Golden Age: Gears for Micromotors Made by LIG(A) Process
- John Rasmussen, Axsun Technologies, Inc., United States - Breakthroughs
in Cost Reduction, Device Assembly, and Packaging Enable Widespread
Adoption of HARMST / LIGA Technologies
|
| 12:45 |
Pick up box lunches and off for afternoon
activities |
| 1:00 |
Optional Afternoon Activities |
- Golf Tournament
- Busch Gardens
- Sport Fishing
- Beach/Shell Key
|
Sign up at www.mancef-coms2006.org
Extra registration fee applies. Dress very casually (rubber-soled
shoes & cotton clothing) as it will be very warm. Remember a
hat, sunglasses and sunscreen |
| Wednesday 30 August |
| 7:45 - 4:30 |
Registration |
|
|
| 8:30 - 10:30 - Choice of Three Concurrent
Sessions |
|
| 8:30 - 10:30 |
WednesdayA Individual Presentations Followed by
Panel |
Aerospace/Homeland Security Chair: Barry Alexia.
Co-Chair: Job Elders |
- Terry Porter Keynote: Raytheon Company, United States
- John L. Ebel: Air Force Research Laboratory, United States
- Daniel J. Hyman: XCOM Wireless Inc., United States
- Neal Shinn: DOE Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia
National Laboratories
- Matt C. Smith: Raytheon, United States
|
| 8:30 - 10:30 |
WednesdayB Individual Presentations |
Regional Economic Development and Clusters Chair:
Bruce Kirchhoff |
- Maria Chachamidou: Aristotle University of Thessalonki,
Department of Physics, Lab for Thin Films - Nanosystems &
Nanometrology, Greece - Accelerating Nanotechnology Academic Spin-Off
Creation Through Public Funding Initiatives
- Hans-Rudolf Folle: MST.factory dortmund GmbH, Germany –
a Gateway to Business Success in Micro-Nano-Technology
- Kevin Yallup: Technology For Industry Ltd., United Kingdom -
How to Build Successful Regional Clusters for the Commercialisation
of Micro- and Nano Technology
- Christopher Pickering: University of Lancaster, United Kingdom
- INTEGRAMplus: A New Europractice Service Project Providing Development
Platforms for Integrated Micro-Nano Technologies and Products
- Kees Eijkel: MESA+ Research Institute, The Netherlands
|
| 8:30 - 10:30 |
WednesdayC |
Real World Technology Transfer Chair: Erik Sander |
- Erik Sander: University of Florida, College of Engineering,
United States - Real World Technology Transfer
- Pieter Telleman: Technical University of Denmark, MIC Department
of Micro and Nanotechnology - NanoØresund: The Nordic Nanohub
- Chuck Call - MESO Systems
- Stefan Bengtsson: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
- Models for Commercialization of Micro-/Nanotechnology Research
at MC2-Chalmers
- Seamus Curran: New Mexico State University, United States
|
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Break |
Coffee Break in the Exhibition Hall |
|
11:00 -
12:00 - Choice of Three Concurrent Sessions |
|
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
WednesdayD Individual Presentations |
Infrastructure and Public/Open Innovation Chair:
Jane Niall |
- Heiko Kopf: dortmund-project, Germany - New Achievements in
the Development of the Micro and Nanotechnology Cluster in Dortmund
- John Lambie: Florida House Institute for Sustainable Development,
United States - Vision Based Planning for NanoTech Businesses
in Sustainably Developed Communities
- Bart Veenstra, Cavendish Kinetics B.V., The Netherlands - An
Approach to Exchange and Generate Knowledge of MEMS Process Development
|
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
WednesdayE |
Real World Examples Chair: Job Elders |
- Jan Emmerzaal: MicroNED, Holland - Public/Private Research Consortium
on MST
- Leslie Derrig: Digital Matrix - Plating Technologies: Advancements
in Process & Production
- Susan M. Anson: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmgH, Germany -
Most Relevant Micro and Nano Technologies: Complementarity
of MNT Derived from an Analysis of Nano-Oriented Competence Centres
in 17 Different Countries.
|
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
WednesdayF |
MNT as an Enabling Technology for Product Development
Chair: Joe Brown |
- Peter Ernst Keynote: Bosch, Germany
- George Yokoi, Olympus, Janan - Dreams Come True with Micro-Nano
Technology!
- Nick Tasker: Microbridge Technologies
- Johannes Herrnsdorf: Measurement Specialities Inc., Germany
- System Integration Using Internal and External Alliances for
the Dissemination of MEMS
|
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
Networking Luncheon |
|
| 1:00 - 3:00 - Choice of Three
Concurrent Sessions |
| 1:00 - 3:00 |
WednesdayG |
Consumer Goods/Electronics Chair: Jeremie Bouchaud |
- Jérémie Bouchaud: WTC Wicht Technologie Consulting, Germany
- MEMS Based Displays: Will They Keep Their Promise?
- Robert Mehalso Keynote: Microtec Associates, United States -
Has the Next MEMS Killer Application Arrived?
- Bruce Finke: Kionix - MEMS Accelerometers for Consumer Applications
- Wan-Thai Hsu: Discera - Silicon Resonators Oscillators in Electronic
Systems
|
| 1:00 - 3:00 |
WednesdayH |
Technical Challenges to Commercialization of MNT Chairs:
Weidong Wang and Pieter Telleman |
- Weidong Wang: University of South Florida, Center for Ocean
Technology, United States
- Guido F. Verbeck IV, University of North Texas, United States
- MEMS Assembled Analytical Devices: A Fresh Advance to Miniaturization
and Assembly of Spectrometers and Electron and Ion Optics
- Gary J. Brand, Brewer Science, Inc., United States - A Method
for Edge Protection of Wafers During Wet Etching by Application
of TALON™ Wrap Process
- Challa S.S.R.Kumar, LSU - Center for Advanced Microstructures
and Devices, United States - Polymeric Microfluidic
Devices for Applications in Nanotechnology
- Bob Sulouff: Analog Devices Inc., United States - Technical
Challenges to Commercialization of MEMS Products with Examples
from Inertial MEMS
- Wolfgang Barth: Nascatec GmbH, Germany
|
| 1:00 - 3:00 |
WednesdayI |
Roadmapping and Emerging Applications Chair: Steve
Walsh |
- J. Malcolm Wilkinson: Technology for Industry Ltd., United Kingdom
- Comparison of Roadmapping Techniques for Converging Technologies
- Henne van Heeren: enablingMNT, The Netherlands - Will Maintenance
and Process Control Become the Next High Volume Application for
MST/MEMS?
- Patric Salomon: enablingMNT / 4M2C, Germany - Micro and Nano
Roadmapping
- Eric Mounier: Yole Developpement, France - 2006-2016: New Emerging
MEMS Applications
- Anna Tudos: MESA+, University of Twente, The Netherlands - On
The Way To The MANCEF Workforce Development Roadmap: Where Are
We Now?
|
| 3:00 - 5:00 |
Student Poster Session |
|
|
| 4:00 - 4:30 |
MANCEF Membership Meeting |
Chair: Kees Eijkel |
All COMS attendees invited to welcome you to the International
Micro-Nano community. |
| 4:30 - 5:00 |
MANCEF VP/GAC Meetings |
|
|
| 6:00 - 10:00 |
Awards Dinner |
Awards dinner will be held on the Yacht Starship. Please
be at the Vinoy seawall (2 - 3 minute walk from Vinoy) for boarding
at 6:00 pm sharp. |
The dress code for dinner is business casual. Worn
or torn jeans, shorts, flip-flops, sneakers or casual hats are prohibited.
Please dress appropriately for both indoors and outdoors and remember
your sunglasses. |
| Thursday 31 August |
| 7:30 - 10:30 |
Registration |
|
|
| 8:00 - 10:00 |
ThursdayA - Plenary Session Individual Presentations
Followed by 60 Minute Panel / Q&A |
Education: Where are the Successful Programs? What
Works? Chairs: Robert Giasolli/Vincent Giasolli |
- Kathryn Hanselmann: Sandia National Laboratories, United States
- Sandia's MEMS Universitiy Alliance Program
- David Hata: The Southwest Center for Microsystems Education,
United States - Plasma Processing: An Enabling Technology for
MEMS
- Fabian Lopez: The Southwest Center for Microsystems Education,
United States - New Mexico RoboRAVE: Model for Teaching
MEMS via Robotics Competitions
- Larry Bell: Museum of Science
- Shekhar Bhansali: University of South Florida, United States
- Carol Ramsey: Raytheon Company, United States - MathMovesU
|
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Break |
|
|
| 10:30-12:30 |
ThursdayB - Plenary Session |
Workforce Development - Industrial Needs Chair:
Scott Bryant |
- Matthias W. Pleil: Southwest Center for Microsystems Education,
United States - Knowledge and Skills Needed by MEMS Technologists
as Ascertained by Industry Survey and Job Profiling
- Mike Lesiecki: MATEC
- Clive Davenport: Small Technologies Cluster Limited, Australia
- Innovation Exchange Network
- Juan Figueroa
- Iris Lehmann, IVAM Microtechnology Network, Germany - How a
Summer School Can Serve as a Recruiting Tool for Small and Medium
Sized Microtechnology Companies
- Deb Newberry: Dakota County Technical College, United States
|
| 12:30 |
Boxed Lunch |
|
|
| Post Conference Workshop |
|
|
| 1:00 - 5:00 |
Special Interest Group |
HARMST/Liga Chair: Dave Tolfree |
There is no extra charge for this session and pre registration
is not required. Please register on site at the conference. |
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