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Sunday 31 Aug 2008

900 - 1300 Pre-Conference Workshop
Equipment Seminar - Hosted by EVG
Register on-line at www.mancef-coms2008.org
1000 - 1800 Conference Registration  
1000 - 1800 Exhibitor Setup  
1800 - 2200 Welcome to Puerto Vallarta Cocktail Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall
 

Monday 01 Sep 2008

0800 - 1700 Registration  
0800 - 0830 Welcome to COMS2008 and Puerto Vallarta Clive Davenport - MANCEF
Dr. Francisco Medina - Coecytjal
0830 - 0930 Monday Plenary Franz Kampers
Marlene Bourne
0930 - 1000 Coffee Break  
1000 - 1200 MondayA
Global Overview of Small Technology
Connecting the Micro and Nano World
Clive Davenport
GlobeMST - a European perspective on the global future of microsystems
Susan Anson
MEMS Market and Industry in 2008
Jeremie Bouchaud
Micro- and Nanotech Innovation and Education in Scandinavia
Mogens Poulsen
"“BEANS Project”
Heterogeneous Technology Convergence Process Development Project "
Junji Adachi
1000 - 1200 MondayB
Business Methods and IP Strategies
Recurring deficiences in process development support
Dirk Ortlof
Commercialization-Friendly Innovation/R&D Model (CFIM) for Superior Exploitation of Nanotechnologies
(and other Emergent/Disruptuve Technologies)
Robert Bennett
Barriers to Commercialization and their Effect on Funding in Micro and Nano Technologies
Sul Kassicieh
Successful Cross Industry Innovation Strategies for MEMS
Herwig Kirchberger
Initiating a Supplier Alliance for Nanoimprint Lithography (NIL) and Nanoembossing
Arne Schleunitz
1000 - 1200 MondayC
Equipment and Processes
Chair: Thorsten Matthias
Through Silicon Via etching at high rate for commerciallly viable interconnects
Leslie Lead
Breaking through the process development barriers
Dirk Ortlof
Advancements in Electrolytic Plating for Micro and Nano Structures
Leslie Derrig
Nanospray – a new deposition method for isolating layers for 3D TSV application
Johanna Bartlett
MEMS Plus! Foundry Services – A Hybrid Model
Chris Milne
1200 - 1330 Lunch  
1330 - 1530 MondayD
Governments leveraging MNT as an economic development tool
Chair: Jane Nial and Guillermo Fernandez de la Garza
Application centres an instrument for Microsystems rapid development and production
Gabi Fernholz
Technology Platforms - A useful infrastructure to strengthen European Leading Position in Micro- and Nanomanufacturing
Christian Wögerer
"""Toward Micro-Nano Industry Development:
Strategic Technology Roadmap in MEMS"""
Junji Adachi
How to boost innovation in the commercialization phase of R&D projects based on disruptive technologies. Case study: Lab-on-a-Chip
I. Zugasti
Nanotechnology Ongoing Projects and Prospective Actions in Argentina
Alberto Lamagna
1330 - 1530 MondayE
Industry, Government, and Academic Collaboration Models
Chair: Henne van Heeren
Industry-University Collaboration Model to Encourage the Commercialisation of Micro/Nano Systems
H.P. Le
Collaboration Model between a Mexican Enterprise, A Mexican Research Center, and The Mexican government: Nanosoliciones, CIQA, and the Innovation Fund
Raúl Tafolla-Rodríquez
MNT European Alliance: the collaborative European program for a MNT distributed platform
André Rouzaud
Moving nanotechnology research to business
Dag Winkler
Intellectual Assets Management
Bill Brox
1330 - 1530 MondayG
A model for Industry, Government and Acadmic Collaboration: MNT in the Flanders Region
 
1530 - 1600 Coffe Break  
1600 - 1730 MondayK
Industry, Government, and Academic Collaboration Models II
Chair: Henne van Heeren
“fine MEMS Project” : Technology Development of the Next Generation Micro-Nano Systems
Junji Adachi
Nano4Vitality at Kennispark Twente- Putting Science to Work
Nico Arfman
High Tech Factory: a shared initiative towards high volume production in nanotech
Miriam Luizink
Innovation Strategy and IP Management at DTU Nanotech
Rolf Berg
MINAM - Roadmapping for MicroNano Production in Europe
Marcus Dickerhof, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
1600 - 1730 MondayH
Education, Public Awareness, and Workforce Development
A structured Systematic Review of the Emerging and Disruptive Technology Literature
Peter Dorrington
The Integrative Engineering Program of Arizona State University at the Polytechnic Campus
Robert Grondin
Micro and Nanotechnology: Strategy for Teaching in Postgraduate Degree
Rubí Salazar-Amador
Nanofun K-20 Education
Harold Stalford
Entrepreneurial Society – Key for Technological World Supremacy
Alberto Correa
1600 - 1730 MondayI
Nano and Food Applications
Chair: Roger Carline, Niel Hargreaves
Micro and Nanotechnologies - Posibilities for Food Innovation
Kathy Groves
Preventing Diet Induced Disease Using Nanotechnology
Anthony Robson
Emerging Technologies for Application of Micro- and Nanotechnology in Food and Drink Products
Pretima Tritoria
Emerging Technologies for Reducing Salt Content
Stephen Minter
Examples of MNT solutions for the Agriculture and Food. Chances of Commercialization
Carles Cane
MEMS on Agriculture Applications
Juan Hernandez
Nano-structured ultra-hydrophobic surfaces for fresh fruit packaging
Olaf Mertsch
1600 - 1730 MondayJ
Sensors and Sensor Systems
Non-contact Laser Doppler Vibration Testing for Modal Evaluation of Micromachined Optical Inertial Sensors
Mario Pineda
MEMS on High Voltages Applications
Leticia Talancón Urzúa
Silicon Pressure Sensors - A story of success in the automotive world and beyond
Markus Lang
MEMS Thermal Actuators for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications
Jorge Varona
 
  Conference Registration  
  Daily Announcements  
  Tuesday Plenary A New Class of Nanomaterials Brings Power to the People
Robert Mehalso
Ten years along, is nanotech finally profitable?
Tim Harper
  Coffee Break  
  TuesdayA
Investment in MNT
Chair: Paul Maxwell
Financing, a major stumbling block to material innovation
Leopoldo Rodriguez
Lorenzo Rodriguez
Guillermo Fernandez de la Garza
Larry Peterson
  TuesdayB
Bio, Health, and Life Sciences: Sensors, TAS, and Microfluidics
5 talks @ 20 mins
Small is Beautiful - and low cost if the challenge: Pushing Electroanalytical LOCs to the Market
Werner Hoffman
microBUILDER: A One-stop-shop for Microfluidic Applications
Geir Horn
A Bio Micro Convergence Technology: A Laboratory on a Foil to Reduce Real State Cost
J.M. Ruano-López
A comparison of Elasticities of Human Body Arteries and MEMS Microstructures
Marco Franco-Avala
  TuesdayC
Emerging Applications and Packaging
5 talks @ 20 mins
Optical Fiber and Microsystems Packaging Investigation
Jose Mireles
On-Chip 3-D MEMS Micro-Robot and Its Potential Applications
Kevin Bagnall
Low Cost Portable ECG Diagnosis Aid Based on a Low Power Microcontroller.
Adrián Juárez-Carrasco
Reliable and Strong Metal Bonding at Very Low Temperature
H. Kurotaki
  Golf Tourament  
  Afternoon activities on your own  

Wednesday

0800 - 1700 Registration  
0745 - 0800
Daily Announcements  
0800 - 0930
Wednesday Plenary Gil Herrera
Nanocomposites: Thin film devices from Photovoltaics to Nanoelectronics
Seamus Curran
0930 - 1000
Coffee Break  
1000 - 1200
WednesdayA
MNT and Alternative Energy
Chair: David Tolfree
Micro fuel cells: from portable applications to MEMS devices
Juan Pablo Esquivel
"Nanotechnology and Alternative Energy "
David Tolfree
1000 - 1200
WednesdayB
Automotive and Aerospace
Automotive MEMS: How regulatory issues will shape the market
Richard Dixon
1200 - 1330
Lunch  
1330 - 1530
WednesdayD
Consumer Electronics
Chair: Jérémie Bouchaud
Inertial MEMS in Consumer Electronics: from technology push to content driven
Jeremie Bouchaud
Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University
Gregory Raupp

1330 - 1530

WednesdayF
Large Enterprises and Small Business Cooperation Models
 
1530 - 1600
Coffee Break  
1600 - 1730
WednesdayG
RF MEMS
Chair: Jérémie Bouchaud
"RF MEMS Devices Realized in Standard CMOS Processes "
Rafaat Mansour
1600 - 1730
WednesdayE
HARMST
Chair: David Tolfree
Microfluidic Platform for Education & Research
Proyag Datta
High speed directional etching of non conventional materials
Chantal Khan Malek
Development of High Aspect Ratio Polymer-Based Microfabrication in Canada
Sven Achenbach
What can Direct LIGA do for a Commercial User?
Ron Lawes
The X-Ray Mask, a Cornerstone in Commercializing LIGA
Bernd Loechel
LIG(A) Process: from research and development to commercialisation
Pascal Meyer
X-ray based microfabrication – commercialization challenges
Todd Christenson
1800 - 2200
Conference Dinner  

Thursday

0800 - 1200
Registration  
0800 - 0930
ThursdayA
MNT Roadmapping
Chair: Henne van Heeren
 
0800 - 0930
ThursdayB
Smart Sensors, Materials, and Manufacturing
Chair: Scott Bryant
UCL SOI Sensors Advantages for Consumer and Health Monitoring Applications
Luis Moreno-Hagelsieb
Three dimensional microstructure formation using bi-mask technique
Peiyu Zhang
Microarray-Based Hybridization Technology for Biosensors
Andreas Hanke
Micro Energy Harvesters
Khalil Nafaji
0930 - 1000
Coffee Break  
1000 - 1200
ThursdayC
Nanotechnology in Mexico
Chair: Jesús González
 
1000 - 1200
ThursdayD
NAFTA Impact on MNT
 

1000 - 1200

ThursdayE
Microtechnology in Mexico
Chair: Guillermina Avendaño
Microsystems Program in Mexico
Ruiz-Esparanza Flores Eduardo
Perspective of uncooled infrared sensors based in MEMS technology in Mexico
Roberto Ambrosio
Finite Element Method and Genetic Algorithm for Analysis MEMS
Víctor Hugo Ortiz Flores
Applied Science and Technology Research Center for Microsystems Packaging in Mexico
Jose Mireles
Nanomateriales Program at the Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales
Sandra Elizabeth Rodil
Transport Properties of Quantum Dots Defined in Multiple 2DEG Systems
F. Perez-Martinez
1200
Conference Closes