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| Jan Wauters, PhD Jan Wauters is the Director of Industry Relations and Corporate Marketing at IMEC, Europe's leading nanoelectronics research center in Belgium. He is responsible for IMEC's communication with industry to promote IMEC's research partnership programs, technologies and services. In addition, he is responsible for market research to support and define business development strategies for IMEC's technologies. Jan graduated in 1993 as PhD in Nuclear Physics at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He was appointed research associate at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and authored/co-authored more than 100 papers in scientific journals and proceedings. He started his career at IMEC in 1996 as scientific editor. Prior to his current position, he was coordinator of IMEC's strategic training initiative and strategic advisor. In 2006, he founded the Flanders NanoBusiness Alliance, a collaborative on nanotechnologies for research, business and outreach communities in the Flanders region, grouping all strategic research centers and nanocompanies in the area. Since 2005, he is senior advisor of the Roger Van Overstraeten Society, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to bring technology literacy to every citizen in the world, with activities ranging from broad public to youngsters through school projects. Candidacy Statement Since its inception in 1984, IMEC has always had as its mission to perform top-level research and development that could serve the industry as a whole, and on a broader scale, that would benefit society for the future. This is exactly what has been driving me all these years at IMEC. At IMEC, first at the Srategic Development Unit, and now in Business Development, we have established a better insight in the role of new technologies for economy and daily life, and have set up a professional team to take care of this. IMEC's Business Development team today consists of all aspects to protect know how (intellectual property rights management), communicate with industry and commercialize technologies and research programs with industry. This has resulted in the world's largest consortium in research, grouping all types of players in the industry's value chain for semiconductors. Increasingly, IMEC is carrying out research in micro- and nanotechnology areas for the realization of future smart devices that can be implemented in virtually every application thinkable. These technologies can be found in many disciplines, including nanoelectronics, MEMS, biotech and organic chemistry. As industry value chains and business models differ significantly from the traditional semiconductor industry, I was asked to set up a team of Market Intelligence at IMEC to understand these markets and their players better and look for new opportunities using new technologies. When I heard of MANCEF a couple of years ago, I was pleasantly surprised to see that MANCEF's vision and objectives are so parallel to IMEC. In particular, the communication of technologies and their impact are of great interest to me, and, extremely important for all of us. That is why I started the Flanders NanoBusiness Alliance beginning of 2006, a government-supported initiative to be a collective voice for our region's assets in nanotechnologies. In particular, FNBA aims to group research, business and outreach communities to create better communication and new opportunities for future projects. I am convinced that MANCEF and FNBA can be of mutual benefit in the future. On a broader scale, I have been actively involved in our foundation, the Roger Van Overstraeten Society, as a senior advisor. The Society has as its mission to bring technological litteracy to every citizen in the world. Their projects with school children, with broad public perceptions and our IMECEXPO visitor center are issues that are - in my opinion - in line with MANCEF's mission. I am convinced that only a global view on the evolutions of new technologies and their benefits, both wellfare (economy, industry) and well being (health, societal benefits) will be the way to go to cope with this rapidly evolving reality.
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