DAY 1

Keynote Speaker - Theatre 1
Welcome & Introduction: Duncan Wood

10:30AM - 11:15AM

Micro Assemblies - Accurately Positioning Specks of Dust
Donna Bibber, CEO, Micro Engineering Solutions LLC, USA

Holding a BSc in Plastics Engineering from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Bibber has written and lectured hundreds of technical papers on micro and ultra precision manufacturing, managed over 1,000 medical and pharmaceutical projects and was voted onto the list of 100 Notable People in Medical Devices.

Theatre 1 - Micro Molding Technology 
Session Chair:

11:30AM - 12:00PM

5 Things Everyone Needs to Know About Micro-Molding
Brent Hahn, Sales Leader, Accumold, USA

12:00PM - 12:30PM

Acceleration & High Velocity - A Remedy for Thin Wall Molding
Kohei Shinohara, Operations Manager, Sodick Plustech Inc.,USA

12:30PM - 1:00PM

Micro Metal Injection Molding – Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities
Donald F. Heaney, President, Director. of Development, Advanced Powder Products Inc., USA

Theatre 1 - Micro Metrology Technology
Session Chair:

14:00PM - 14:30PM

Optical Metrology in Micro Manufacturing : Form and Roughness
Stefan Scherer, CEO Alicona, Austria

14:30PM - 15:00PM

An Introduction to Industrial Computer Tomography
Jesse Garant, President, Jesse Garant & Associates, USA

15:00PM - 15:30PM

3D Cross-Sectional Scanning Technology
Keith Brown, Sales Manager, CGI Inspection, USA

Theatre 2 - Micro Machining Technology Session 
Session Chair: Frank Pfefferkorn, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA

11:30AM -12:00PM

Precision Electrolyte Machining
Don Risko, Vice President, PEM Technologies, USA

12:00PM - 12:30PM

Micro-EDM, with a Twist
Jerry Mraz, General Manager, Smaltec International, USA

12:30PM - 1:00PM

Development of a next generation Micro-ECM sinking machine for the Automotive, Aerospace, & medical device sectors
Dr. David Tormey, FP7 uECM Project, Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland

Theatre 2 - MEMS/NANO  Technology Session
Session Chair: 

14:00PM - 14:30PM

The Evolution of Roadmapping for Microtechnology and their Different Uses
Steven T. Walsh, Alfred Black Professor of Entrepreneurship & Co-Director of the Technology Management Center, Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico, USA

14:30PM - 14:50PM

Key manufacturing considerations for MEMS etch, deposition and coating processes
Tony Mckie, General Manager, memsstar®, UK

14:50PM - 15:10PM

From Silicon to a Packaged Device – Educating Students to be Successful as Micro Nano Technologists
Matthias W Pleil, Principal Investigator / Research Associate Professor Southwest Center for Microsystems Education, USA

DAY 2

Theatre 1 - MEMS Commercialization: From Lab to Fab to the Market

Session Chair: Roger H. Grace, Roger Grace Associates, USA

Organised by

10:30AM - 10:40AM

Welcome & Introduction
Roger H. Grace, President, Roger Grace Associates, USA

10:40AM - 11:15AM

KEYNOTE - Manufacturing of Microsystems : Emerging Opportunities in Biomedical, Environmental and Wireless Applications
Yogesh B. Gianchandari, Professor, EECS Department, Director, Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSensing and Systems, University of Michigan, USA

Dr. Gianchandani has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan. He has published about 250 papers in journals and conferences, and has about 30 US patents issued or pending. He was a Chief Co-Editor of Comprehensive Microsystems: Fundamentals, Technology, and Applications, published in 2008. From 2007 to 2009 he also served at the National Science Foundation, as the program director for Micro and Nano Systems within the Electrical, Communication, and Cyber Systems Division (ECCS).Dr. Gianchandani is a Fellow of IEEE.

Barriers to the Commercialization of MEMS: The 2011 MEMS Industry Report Card
Roger H. Grace, President, Roger Grace Associates, USA

Roger H. Grace is president of Roger Grace Associates, a consulting firm specializing in high technology. Mr. Grace has specialized in sensors for over 30 years with a focus on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology. He has authored over 60 technical papers; organized, chaired, and spoken at numerous international technical sessions. He was a co-founder of the Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation MANCEF) and served as its president from 2001-2003. He serves on the advisory board of Northeastern University's School of Engineering Industrial Advisory Board, National Council, and Nanomanufacturing Research Institute. He was selected as a recipient of the Outstanding Engineering Alumni of the Year in 2003 by Northeastern University. He is on the Board of Directors of the Florida Manufacturing Extension Partnership. He has been recently appointed as a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the University of Michigan Wireless Integrated Microsystems Center (WIMS).

Assembly/Packaging and Test Strategies for High Volume MEMS Electronic Compasses and Accelerometers
Yongyao Cai, Sr. Director of Technology & Wei Zhang, General Manager of Memsic Wuxi Inc.USA

Sandia National Laboratories SUMMiT V MEMS Process: Mature Technology with an Exciting Future
Tammy Pluym, MEMS Integration Engineer, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, USA

Panel Session - Barriers to the Successful Commercialization of MEMS from Various Infrastructure Perspectives - Moderated by Roger H. Grace

Panel Participants:

12.15 - From a Marketing Perspective
Roger H. Grace, President, Roger Grace Associates, USA

12:20 - From a Software Design & Analysis Perspective
Dr. Mary Ann Maher, CEO, SoftMEMS, USA

12:25 - From a Silicon Wafer Foundry Perspective
Rich Brossart, Sr. Director, Marketing, SVTC Technologies, USA

12:30 - From a Tool/Equipment Perspective
Robert Mohondro, Technical Marketing Manager, Plasma-Therm LLC, USA

12.35 - Q&A

Theatre 2 - Micro Machining Technology - In association with:
Session Chair:

Effect of Coating Properties and Cutting Edge Geometry on Micro End Milling
Frank E. Pfefferkorn, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, & Patrick J. Heaney, Ph.D., Founder, NCD Technologies LLC

A View of the Supplier Landscape to achieve your Micro Milling goals
Gary Zurek, President/CEO, Kern Precision Inc, USA

Metal, Ceramic & Diamond Micromachining using water jet-guided laser technology
Alex Schreiner, Sales Manager, Synova Inc, USA