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The 8th Micromachine Summit
The 8th International Micromachine Summit was held for threedays, from April 30 to May2, 2002, in Maastricht, the Netherlands, justnear the border of the co-host nation, Belgium. The Summit, chairedby Professor Albert van den Berg from the University of Twente
MESA + Research Institute and Mr. Kris Baert from IMEC Belgium,
brought together high level experts from around the world to discuss
the present status and future outlook for micromachine technology.
The common topics at the Summit were the fundamentals, theapplications, the industrialization, and the education of micromachinetechnology. And this summit put particular emphasis' on technicaltransfer and industrial infrastructure, the rapidly advancing field ofbiotechnology and nanotechnology such as lab-on-a-chip.
The Summit presented major initiatives such as the CEA in
France, a huge site which is hosting research facilities of industry,
university, government and related institutions such as NEXUS andEURIMUS. The CEA is designed as the largest micro andnanotechnology "innovation center" in Europe based on the closeinterdisciplinary and industry-university-government cooperation in
research and the synergic effects brought by these collectiveresearch. Participants also heard about large-scale ultra-clean rooms
such as IMEC, set up by the government of Flanders in Belgium.
IMEC boasts 24-hour, seven-day operation, and performs

commercially-oriented joint research work based on the contract
with over 450 private companies and research institutions worldwide.
The Japanese presentation discussed the set-up of the Council for
Science and Technology Policy chaired by Prime Minister Koizumi. And
the Council has taken up nanotechnology as one of the priority items tobe industrialized effectively for new economy developments in Japan.
And the Japanese delegation discussed that it will be needed to study anew technology called "micro-nano fusion area technology" which
encompasses "top-down" development of micromachine technology thatmust be complemented by "bottom-up" development of nanotechnology.
The summit was attended by 74 delegates from 19 countries andregions, including three delegates and fourobservers fromJapan. The 9 thInternational
Micromachine
Summit will beheld at the endof April, 2003,
in Beijing, China.

The Eighth International Micromachine/Nanotech Symposium
Foundation of Industrial Technology in the 21st Century
1. Date : 14th Nov. 20022. Place : Science hall, Kagaku-Gijutsu-Kan, in Kitanomaru park, Tokyo
3. Entrance fee : 17,000 yen/person (Include Proceedings)
4. Acceptance of participants : (till) 31st Oct. 2002
5. Information window : Micromachine Center, International Exchange Dept.
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9:00 --Registration

As of August 7thSession 1 : Opening
9:30 -- 9:35
9:35 -- 9:40
9:40 -- 10:20

Chairman : Mr. T. HIRANO

Opening Remarks
Mr. Toshiro SHIMOYAMA, Chairman, Micromachine Center
Guest Speech
Director-General,Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI
Special Guest Speech: strategy towards Fusion of Nano and Micro systems
Prof. Isao SHIMOYAMA, Tokyo University

Session 2 : The Path to New Industries in the 21st Century
10:20 -- 10:45
10:45 -- 11:10
11:10 -- 11:35
11:35 -- 12:00
12:00 -- 13:00
13:00 -- 13:30

Chairman : Prof. H. FUJITAInternational Standardization of MEMS
Dr. Kuniki OHWADA, International Standardization Engineering Laboratory
Standardization of Tensile Testing Method for Thin Film Material--Round Robin Test of Thin Film Specimen-Toshiyuki TSUCHIYA, Toyota Central R&D LABS INC
MEMS in China, Especially in Shanghai Area
Prof. Yilong HAO, Peking University (to be confirmed)
MMC's Initiative towards Foundry Service Network
Foundry Service Industry Committee❋❋❋❋❋❋❋❋ Lunch ❋❋❋❋❋❋❋❋The Sensibility of Scaling Recognition
Prof. Kazuo KAWASAKI, Nagoya City University Medical School

Session 3 : Innovative R & D
13:30 -- 14:00
14:00 -- 14:30
14:30 -- 15:00
15:00 -- 15:30
15:30 -- 16:00

Chairman : Prof. K. IKUTA

Health care Chip
Micro-fluidics for pre-process of Dioxin Measurement
Advanced MEMS Research in US
Nano Photonics❋❋❋❋❋❋❋❋ Break ❋❋❋❋❋❋❋❋

Prof. Yasuhiro HORIIKE, Tokyo University
Dr. Ryo MIYAKE, Hitachi Ltd.
(to be decided)
Prof. Kobos KUIPERS, MESA

Session 4 : National Strategy for Micro/Nano Fusion domain
16:00 -- 16:30
16:30 -- 17:00
17:00 -- 17:30
17:30 -- 18:00

Chairman : Prof. I. SHIIMOYAMA

Strategy to enhance the application of micro @ nano-technology in France
Cooperation Practice between Academy and Industry
Bio Nano technology in 21st century, CELLOMIXNational Strategy on NEMS/MEMS in France

Dr. Dirk BEERNAERT, European Commission
Prof. Susumu SUGIYAMA, Ritsumeikan University
Prof. Teruo OKANO, Tokyo Women’s Medical University
Dr. Constant AXELRAD, CRE

Session 5 : Closing
18:00 -- 18:10

Closing speech

Mr. Takayuki HIRANO, Executive Director, Micromachine Center6