April 1, 2003

Board of Directors

President
Roger Grace
Roger Grace Associates rgrace@mancef.org

VP Americas
Carol Steele
University of South Florida csteele@mancef.org

VP Europe
David Tolfree
Technopreneur Ltd dtolfree@mancef.org

VP Asia/Pacific
Jane Niall
IIRD - Victoria
jniall@mancef.org

Founding Past President
Bob Warrington
Michigan Technological University rwarrington@mancef.org

Founding Past President
Steve Walsh
University of New Mexico swalsh@mancef.org

Treasurer
Bill Higdon
bhigdon@mancef.org

Secretary
James Wylde
Bookham Technology jwylde@mancef.org

Executive Director
Scott Bryant
Intl. Tech. & Trade Ventures sbryant@mancef.org

The last six months have been an exciting experience for me as the new President of MANCEF. I thank you all for the opportunity and pleasure of being the MANCEF President. A well deserved "Thank you" to Steve Walsh, a founding past president, for all of his tireless, continuing work and generous contributions to MANCEF's growth.

I would like to briefly highlight important activities MANCEF has undertaken since COMS 2002. We have started a project-driven approach to address the major activities necessary for MANCEF's expansion and continued success. COMS 2003 David Tolfree, Job Elders, Kees Eijkel, and Henne van Heeren are spearheading the COMS 2003 program due to be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands between Sept. 8th -11th. If you are interested in serving on a COMS committee, please contact David Tolfree at d.w.l.tolfree@dl.ac.uk. For additional information, please visit the COMS 2003 website at www.mancef-coms2003.org or www.mancef.org/coms2003.htm. The deadline for abstract submission is May 1. COMS 2004 Carol Steele, VP North America, is heading a committee to promote, evaluate, and recommend the location of COMS 2004. To date, four locations are under consideration. Additional proposals are being solicited. If you can suggest additional North American candidate venues, please see www.mancef.org/coms2004.htm for contact information and details. COMS2004 Candidate proposals are due by June 2 and a decision is planned by July 22. INTERNATIONAL MICROSYSTEMS ROADMAP Steve Walsh, Job Elders, and many contributors representing five continents, worked tirelessly to create the 15 chapter, 600+ page International Microsystems roadmap. The marketing committee is initiating a major promotional effort and a customer satisfaction study to fine tune the next issue of the roadmap which is due to appear in mid-2004. Please see http://www.mancef.org/roadmap.htm. STRATEGIC PLANNING The Board held a strategic planning workshop in Naples, Florida on January 23-25, 2003. We decided to create a Strategic Plan to guide MANCEF over the next five years. We'd like your support to staff the strategic planning committees. Contact our Executive Director or Bob Warrington for more information. EXECUTIVE OFFICE Scott Bryant is the new Executive Director. Scott has assisted with the COMS conference series since 2000 in Santa Fe. He will be responsible for executing MANCEF's core mission and will work with the Executive Office team on day-to-day operations.  MARKETING INITIATIVES Our primary marketing goal is to brand MANCEF as a global educational resource for the micro and nanotechnology communities. We plan to:

• Create strategic affiliations with important organizations
• Participate in and sponsor technical conferences worldwide
• Highlight sponsored events and activities on our website, www.mancef.org.

MANCEF has been pursuing many varied activities through the dedication, generosity and hard work from its volunteers, especially the Executive Board. I encourage you to become more involved in the activities of the organization. Thank you again for your vote of confidence in selecting me as the President of this prestigious organization. 

R. Grace

INTERNATIONAL MEMS/MST/TOP DOWN NANO ROADMAP

The fast growing "Small Tech" industry is an industry holding both promises and pitfalls for those firms supplying, manufacturing, funding, and using products made using the Small Tech technology base. This industry is in an early stage of rapid technological development, offering both opportunities for great profits and threats of failure for new and existing firms. Typical of a chaotic industry, there are dozens of new entrants every year. There are also numerous competing front-end and back-end technologies for every one of the many MEMS based products commercially available. Our roadmap separates front-end technologies into silicon-based IC like MEMS and non-IC like MEMS production. Manufacturers, however, almost always focus on a limited subset of the front-end manufacturing technologies available. The industry's growth is unmistakable; and where there is growth driven by new, early-stage technologies, there is opportunity.

Who is this Document for?

Microsystems based technology is the second micro-manufacturing revolution and is poised to be every bit as universal as its cousin technology, semiconductors. The purpose of the International Microsystems Roadmap (IMR) is to assist in the understanding of an industry based on this revolutionary technology known alternatively as: Microsystems Technology (MST), MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems), Micro-Machining, or even Top-Down MicroNanotech. This document is designed for those seeking to understand the industry and where future growth and profit opportunities lie, as well as for those intending to develop their own commercialization roadmaps for their products in specific industry segments. To that end, the roadmap provides general trends in 15 specific areas essential to the commercialization process of MST/MEMS/Micromachining-based products. This roadmap in particular aims to:

• "Speed-up" the process of commercialization of products based on Microsystems technologies through the pre-competitive sharing of information between the firms and contributors involved in this road mapping process.
• Assist decision makers and their staff members to understand the industry, its technology, markets, and potential for future growth.
• Guide both technologists, investors, marketing professionals, and entrepreneurs in conceptualizing the reality of the technology and its potential applications, thereby providing value to the entire stakeholder community, operating in relation to this technology.

How to Order

Internet: http://www.mancef.org/roadmap.htm

Phone: +1-619-232-9499