PROGRAM
April 25, Wednesday
17.30-19.30

Registration at Telecom Future Centre

19.45-21.00

Welcome Cocktail at Hotel Bonvecchiati

April 26, Thursday
8.00-9.00

Registration at Telecom Future Centre

9.00-9.15

Opening Ceremony
Paolo Dario, General Chair
Mario Zen, General Co-Chair

9.15-10.45

Session 1
Country and Region Review

9.15-9.30
9.30-9.45
9.45-10.00
10.00-10.15
10.15-10.30
10.30-10.45

Australia: Jason Chaffey
Benelux: Albert Van Den Berg
Canada: Daniel Gale
China: Zhaoying Zhou
European Commission: Augusto De AlbuquerqueFrance: Chantal Khan-Malek

10.45-11.15

Coffee Break

11.15-11.30
11.30-11.45
11.45-12.00
12.00-12.15
12.15-12.30
12.30-12.45

Germany: Roland Zengerle
India: Shiban K Koul
Japan: Isao Shimoyama
Korea: Young Ho-Cho
Mediterranean: Paolo Dario
Nordic: Per Ohlkers

12.45-13.00

Singapore: Albert Lu

13.00-14.00

Lunch

14.00-14.15
14.15-14.30
14.30-14.45
14.45-15.00

Switzerland: Nico De Rooij
Taiwan: Pei-Zheng Chang
United Kingdom: Geoffrey Beardmore
USA: Michael Gaitan

15.00-17.45

Session 2Tools for Growth: Strategies, Cooperation,
Infrastructures and Education

15.00-15.15

Andreas Lymberis, European Commission:
Micro-nano systems: opportunities under EU frameworkprogram 7 for R&D
Sean Neylon, European Commission:
MicroBioNano Research activities within the EU: visionfrom Nexus and outlook to the FP7
Gaetan Menozzi, MEMSCAP, Crolles, France:
EURIPIDES: the EUREKA initiative for Smart Systems
Integration
Carles Cané, Centre Nacional de Microelectrònica,
Barcelona, Spain:
European Technological Platforms: Example of how
they are addressed at Spanish level

15.15-15.30
15.30-15.45
15.45-16.00

16.00-16.15
16.15-16.45

Summit picture
Coffee Break

16.45-17.00

H.W.M. Salemink, Delft University of Technology,Delft, The Netherlands:
NanoNed, the Dutch Nanotechnology Program
Veli-Matti Airaksinen, Helsinki University ofTechnology, Finland:
MICRONOVA: the Centre for Micro andNanotechnologies
Dan Dascalu, IMT, Bucharest, Romania:
NanoScale and NanoBio Labs developed by nationalnetworks: to be used at a regional scale
Karan Kaler, University of Calgary, Canada:
MEMS, Microfluidics and Microsystems Initiatives
and Innovations in Western Canada
Jong-Uk Bu, KAIST, Korea:
Nano Clusters in Korea

17.00-17.15

17.15-17.30
17.30-17.45
17.45-18.00
18.15-19.15
20.30-23.00

Sunset Tour across St. Mark’s Basin
Banquet at Palazzo Nani Bernardo

April 27, Friday
8.30-12.45

Session 3
From Research to Commercialization: Market,Industrialization and Standardization

8.30-8.45

Keiichi Aoyagi, Micromachine Center, Japan:
MEMS Industry Forum: Market, Standardization andIndustry Development
Koichi Karaki, Olympus, Tokyo, Japan:
Recent Progress of MEMS and Nano Techonology atOlympus
Ian Bates, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia:
Commercialising Microtechnologies: A Funding
Perspective
Stefan Finkbeiner, Bosh, Germany:
MEMS at Robert Bosch - From Automotive to Consumer
Norbert Fabricius, Karlsruhe Institute ofTechnology, Germany:
ISO and IEC Standardization Activities in the Field ofNanotechnology
Christine Neuy, IVAM Microtechnology Network,Dortmund, Germany:
The Special Needs of Small and Medium Enterprises inMEMS
Ron Lawes, Imperial College, London, UK:
Are High Aspect Ratio Techniques too Expensive for
Cost Competitive Foundry Manufacture?
Yeau-Ren Jeng, National Chung Cheng University,Taiwan::
Nanotechnology National Program and Its Impacts on
Nano-enabled Industries

8.45-9.00
9.00-9.15
9.15-9.30
9.30-9.45

9.45-10.00

10.00-10.15
10.15-10.30

10.30-11.00

Coffee Break

11.00-11.15

Star Ruey-Shing Huang, National Tsing Hua
University, Hsinchu, Taiwan:
First Decade Taiwan MEMS: From Academic to Industry
Development
Gaetan Menozzi, MEMSCAP, Crolles, France:
MEMSCAP: set for growthHenning Wicht, WTC, Germany:
MEMS industry analysis 2007 - 2010: Changes in the
Supply Chain
Pascal Ancey, ST Microelectronics, Crolles,
France:RF-MEMS & Micro-Nano integrated platforms:
development within European projects

11.15-11.30
11.30-11.45
11.45-12.00

12.00-12.15
12.15-12.30
12.30-12.45

Roberto De Nuccio, ST Microelectronics, Milan,Italy:
MEMS for consumer market
Bruce Alton, Micralyne Inc, Alberta, Canada:
The Global MEMS Supply Chain: A Foundry's
Perspective
Androula Nassiopoulou, IMEL/NCSR Demokritos,
Greece:Micro&Nano: The Greek micro-nano technology andMEMs Network

12.45-14.00

Lunch and Meeting of Chief Delegates

14.00-18.45

Session 4
New Concepts and Technologies

14.00-14.15

John Moreland, NIST, USA:
Chip Scale Atomic Clocks
Wengang Wu, Beijing University, China:
Three dimensional nano-assembly by focused ionbeam-stress-introducing technique
Jiao Jiwei, Chinese Academy of Science, Shangai,
China:
Fabrication and Characterization of Nano
ElectroMechanical Structures at SIMIT
Reiner Wechsung, MicroParts GmbH, Dortmund,
Germany:
Potentials of Micro-Nano-technologies for BiomedicalApplications
Thomas Gessner, FhG-IZM, Berlin, Germany:
Smart Systems Integration - Introduction of newactivities of the Fraunhofer Alliance Microelectronics
Vincent Lin, Touch Micro-system Technology,
Taiwan:The Evolution of Miniature Opto-mechanics Device

14.15-14.30
14.30-14.45

14.45-15.00

15.00-15.15
15.15-15.30

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16.00-16.15

Ki-Hun Jeong, KAIST, Seoul, Korea:
3D Polymer Micromachining for Omni-directional Sensor
ArraysMarco Lazzarino, CNR-INFM, Trieste, Italy:
The twin cantilever approach to the single molecule
detection

16.15-16.30

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16.45-17.00

17.00-17.15
17.15-17.30
17.30-17.45
17.45-18.00
18.00-18.15
18.15-18.30

Hyung Dong Kang, Samsung Electro-Mechanics,
Korea:
Direction of the Development of Next Electronic
Components
Masao Arakawa, Matsushita Electric Works,
Japan:
Wafer Level Packaging Technology at Matsushita
Electric Works
Koichi Imanaka, OMRON Corporation, Japan:
Recent Activity on Micro/Nano Technology at OMRONCorporation
Ilkka Tittonen, TKK, Finland:
Rapid Prototyping Process for SOI Based MEMS Devices
Markku Tilli, Research Okmetic Oyj, Finland:
MEMS Optimized Silicon Material
Terry Lee, SST Wireless Inc., Delta, Canada:
Integrated Wireless Smart Sensors& Micro-nano
Generators
Bingchu Cai, Shangai Jiao Tong University, China:
Some CNT-related fundamental technologies and its
application- breath sensorsChenyang Xue, North University of China, China:
The application of MEMS Devices in dangerous chemicaltransportation

18.30-18.45

Conclusions and presentation of MMS ‘08

18.45-20.00

Farewell Party at Telecom Future CentreApril 28, Saturday
Technical Tours
9.30-12.30

NanoFab, Marghera

8.30-18.00

ITC, Trento