10th Micromachine Summit
3rd-5th May, 2004

Abstract from the Chairman, Gaëtan Menozzi

Year 2004 was a very special year for the Micromachine Summit. In addition to the fact that 2years had passed since the last Summit, a larger number of participants and the attendance oftwo new delegations gave the presentations a very dense contents as well as an enriched andbroader view on the evolution of the MEMS field worldwide.
Indeed, 18 delegation and 109 people attended the Summit representing:• The countries and regions involved in former MMS: Germany, Australia, Benelux,Canada, China, Korea, France, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United
Kingdom, the USA, Mediterranean countries (Italy, Spain, Greece) and Nordic Countries(Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark)• Two new invited delegations: India and Israel• A European delegation led by European Commission representatives and including
representatives from NAS (Newly Associated States as Poland, Romania…)

The programme of this 10th Micromachine Summit was faithful to tradition. A significant part of
the first day was dedicated to Country reviews, where each delegation had the opportunity topresent their 2-year evolutions in the education field as well as in infrastructures for R&D. As aconclusion of this first session it was outlined that it would have been interesting to compare
the R&D budgets on each country or region.
Then followed detailed presentations of remarkable programmes launched since 2002 during thesession called Government policy, National programmes and Infrastructures. More particularly,
Dirk Beernaert, Head of Unit 5 at IST – DG INFSO presented the 6th Framework Programme inResearch and Development.
This first day ended with a brief session on Education. The Nordic countries and Australia
provided the assembly with an interesting benchmark study of different educational models.
The 4th of May morning was dedicated to Industrial developments in MNT. Not only did thissession offered successful companies the opportunity to present new products based on Microand Nano technologies, but it also allowed them to explain their business models and marketingstrategies.
It provided the assembly with the keys to compare the models of 3 radically different MNT
manufacturers such as a captive foundry subsidiary of a large systems manufacturer, a private
MEMS company and a public one.
The afternoon session called Future Outlook focused on ambitious research projects mostly leadby major institutes in the field of Nano for MEMS, biomedical, biotechnologies and biometrics.
The last day was dedicated to a technical tour proposing the visits of SOITEC, TRONICS
Microsystems and CEA Léti. In parallel, a meeting devoted to the launch of a World Wide MEMS
Club was held, initiating the creation of a network between all MNT associations from thedifferent countries.
This 10th Micromachine Summit was very interesting and dense. Beyond the usual globaloverview that this very special meeting provides to its participants, it showed a very strong
interest in nanotechnologies: indeed, all the programmes presented in the country review werededicated to nano, totally or partially. In terms of research areas, participants could sense a
predominant interest in MEMS for defence and in biotechnologies mainly.

Pictures from the sessionsGaëtan Menozzi, chairman of NEXUS
Emmanuel Bigler, CNRS / FEMTO-ST

Social events
The social events were organized in the area of Grenoble at Chateau de Sassenage and in themountain dominating Grenoble. It was a great opportunity for the participants to know better
each other and to create relations.

In front of Château de Sassenage

Coffee Break

Welcome speech at Château de Sassenage

Siganture of Memorandum of Understanding

Bernard Barbier, Director of LétiGaëtan Menozzi, chairman of NEXUS
Geneviève Fioraso, Ville de Grenoble

Siak Piang Lim, National University of SingaporeGaëtan Menozzi, chairman of NEXUS
Dan Gale, CMC

Château de Sassenage

Arrival in La BastilleProf. ZhaoYing Zhou admiring the viewNight view of Grenoble from La Bastille