September 2008
::> Nano2Life event: Nanodiagnostics, 5 September 2008, Glasgow, UK [...details]
A one-day course, delivered in collaboration with Strathclyde University, which will review new developments in nanotechnology as applied to IVDs, including lab-on-a-chip devices, DNA chips, nanoarrays, etc.
Early Bird rates apply until 5th August.
::> 4th International Conference Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M2008), Cardiff, UK, 9- 11 September 2008 [...details]
Scope: The main goal of this Conference is to provide a forum for experts from industry and academia to share the results of their in-depth investigations and engage in interdisciplinary discussions about the creation of manufacturing capabilities for:
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Product miniaturisation through innovative integration and development of knowledge-based technologies and production concepts (especially micro and nano) for the processing of non-silicon materials;
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Prediction of product and process performance to reduce/manage the risk during product development and production, and to reduce time to market for the next generation of microsystems-based products;
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Future product platforms to meet the requirements of the next generation of microsystems-based products, and of more stringent regulations and environmental legislation;
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Production scale-up to ensure effective and efficient transfer of product and technology ideas from laboratories to serial production.
::> e-Beam Based Tools for Device/Materials Characterization (FIB-TEM), 7-18 September 2008, Haifa, Israel [...details]
This two week training course is based on lectures on electron-matter interaction, which will provide the basis for applied use of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), focused ion beam (FIB), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy/wavelength dispersive spectroscopy (EDS/WDS) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS).
Morning lectures will be supplemented with hands-on training in the use of SEM, FIB, and TEM. This includes specimen preparation for TEM.
Experiments involving HRSEM and FIB include: channeling contrast, localized electron/ion induced deposition, enhanced etching, cross-section SEM specimen preparation, H-bar TEM specimen preparation, and Lift-Out TEM specimen preparation.
Experiments involving TEM include: conventional (diffraction contrast) TEM, STEM, HRTEM and EFTEM.
August 2008
::> IEEE LEOS- International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, Freiburg, Germany, 11-14 August 2008 [...details]
The 2008 International Conference on Optical MEMS & Nanophotonics will bring together the latest technical advancement in the fields of optical micr-electro-mechanical systems and integrated micro-optics. The conference will also include the growing fields of nanophotonic devices and integrated systems.
::> The WSEAS International Conference on BIOMEDICAL ELECTRONICS and BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS, Greece, 20- 22 August 2008 [...details]
Deadline for Paper Submission: May 31, 2008
::> EthicSchool Summerschool on Ethics of Nanotechnology, Twente, The Netherlands, 24 - 29 August 2008 [...details]
Ethicschool organises two summerschools on ethics of emerging technologies. Both will present a mixture of lectures by leading researchers with remarkable visions on ethics of nanotechnology or converging technologies; workshops where all participants should contribute to the debate on responsible technology development; and masterclasses where young researchers are welcome to table their strategy for investigating techno-ethics for discussion with keynote speakers and other participants.
Preliminary Programme, version April 2008. The deadline for applying for this funding is 1 June 2008.
::> IMEKO TC 2 Symposium on Photonics in Measurements 2008, Prague, Czech Republic, 25 - 26 August 2008 [...details]
Symposium Topics:
- Interferometry & Optical Testing Techniques
- Development of Optical Measurement Systems
- Optical Measurement in Micro - and Nanotechnologies
- Image Processing and Simulation
- Optoelectronic Sensor-Technologies and Light Sources
- Applications for optical 1D and 2D sensors
- Fiber Optical Sensors
- Structured Illumination Techniques
- Spectroscopy and Scattering Techniques
July
::> 4M Summer School- Micro Mechanical System Design & Manufacturing, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23 June - 4 July, 2008 [...details]
This course is situated in the context of emerging micro/nano technologies. Micromechanical components play an increasing role in micro systems. The use of metals, polymers and ceramics for miniature components requires product development methods as well as manufacturing technologies. Product dimension will range from micrometre to millimetre. The attendees will get insights on the complete product development from requirements and technology possibilities to manufacturing and testing, in an industrial perspective. Indeed it is now well known that micro/nanotechnology is not only a matter of downscaling applications and methods.
::> The 9th International Symposium on RF MEMS and RF Microsystems- MEMSWAVE, Heraklion, Greece, 30 June- 3 July, 2008 [...details]
The Symposium is organized by the Microelectronics Research Group (MRG) of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH) in collaboration with MITOS S.A and is technically sponsored by the European Microwave Association (EuMA) and the AMICOM FORUM which is the continuation of the AMICOM network of Excellence
::> Nano2Life Summer School: The advanced Nano2life Summer school on Methods in Micro- Nanotechnology and Nanobiotechnology, Athens, Greece, 30 June- 10 July, 2008 [...details]
Application deadline for N2L members 7 May 2008 and for non N2L members, 14 May 2008.
::> 5th AMICOM Summer School 2008 [...details]
The 5th AMICOM Summer School 2008 will take place in week 28 (July) in Toulouse, France.
June 2008
::> NEXUS Consultation meeting on Structural Health Monitoring to provide the EC with input on FP7 future calls, 9 June 2008, Eindhoven, The Netherlands [...details]
Structural Health Monitoring will be widely used in the future to ensure safety and optimise maintenance. This second in a row workshop is bringing together key users from the aerospace, building, marine and other application areas with sensor systems researchers and industrialists to exchange views and identify barriers and opportunities for implementation. After the very successful first meeting, NEXUS is now organising on behalf of the European Commission the second consultation meeting on Structural Health Monitoring (SHM).
::> Workshop on Surface/adsorbed oxygen on metal oxides; role in gas sensing and catalysis, Tubingen, Germany 9-10 June 2008 [...details]
The workshop will bring together researchers from both academia and industry interested in the basic understanding of catalysis and gas sensing, and the further developments of practical catalysts and sensors. It is hosted by GOSPEL, a research network funded by the European Commission to develop new techniques and technologies in artificial olfaction.
Full programme details to follow. The event will also feature a poster session. Participants who wish to display a poster should email Nicolae Barsan, Nicolae.Barsan@ipc.uni-tuebingen.de, with their name, affiliation, and the poster title by 15 May 2008.
This will be a multidisciplinary event, and will be of interest to those in areas such as: sensor research on metal oxides, catalysis, surface science, nanotechnology.
Registration is open until 15 May 2008. One-page abstracts may be submitted until 15 May 2008.
::> STIMESI MEMS Training Course Programme MEMS Design and INTEGRAMplus Prototyping Services, Tyndall National Institute, Cork (Ireland), 9 - 12 June 2008 [...details]
This 4-day course will be given by a combination of academic experts, industrial designers and software developers. It provides an overview of MEMS processing technologies and how to approach the design of MEMS devices. Underpinning concepts of micro-mechanics (with worked examples of accelerometer and gyroscope) and microfluidics, electronic transduction techniques, and the principles of Finite Element Analysis will be reviewed. This will be followed by tutorials on the INTEGRAM/plus /silicon MEMS processes, design rules and introduce various design tools for analytical design, layout and simulation (circuit-level and finite element). This course will also introduce concepts and drivers for multi-domain integration and INTEGRAM/plus/ polymer and microfluidic services.
An INTEGRAM/plus/ hands-on microfluidics training day is planned to be held on Friday 13 June immediately following the STIMESI course and at the same venue. This will include more detail on microfluidic design, modelling and the use of the INTEGRAM/plus/ polymer microfluidics kit and associated prototyping service.
::> GOSPEL short course on Design of Experiments, Barcelona, Spain, 10-11 June 2008 [...details]
This two-day GOSPEL event will emphasise hands-on experimentation rather than mathematical analysis and modelling, and be tailored to the audience’s interests with examples and case studies.
The course content includes:
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Screening designs
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Fractional factorial designs
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Response surface methodology (central composite, face centred and Doehlert design)
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D-Optimal designs
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Multicriteria decision-making
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Designs for qualitative variables at more than two levels
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Mixture designs
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Mixture designs with constraints
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Composite designs (mixtures and process variables)
::> IMS 2008 International Microwave Symposium, Atlanta, GA, USA, 15 - 20 June 2008 [...details]
The International Microwave Symposium is the headline conference of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S). This will be the largest technical Conference to be held in Atlanta in the next two years and will feature a large trade show as well as a wide variety of technical papers and workshops. The IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium 2008 (IMS2008) will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday, June 15 through Friday, June 20, 2008, as the premiere event of Microwave Week 2008.
Microwave Week 2008: The IMS 2008 technical sessions will run from Tuesday through Thursday of Microwave Week. Workshops will be held on Sunday, Monday, and Friday. In addition to IMS2008, a microwave exhibition, a historical exhibit, the RFIC Symposium (www.rfic2008.org), and the ARFTG Conference (www.arftg.org) will also be held in Atlanta during Microwave Week 2008.
::> 1st International Conference from Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems- 1st IC4N 2008, Halkidiki, Greece, 16- 18 June 2008, [...details]
A major objective of the conference is to address and discuss current state-of-the-art, identify barriers to progress, and future challenging and rewarding research directions. It is our goal to provide a stimulating environment for interaction and foster collaboration among participants. Progress in this field can have a tramendous impact on science and technology and critical global issues such as human health, energy and our environment.
::> The 9th Advanced Summer Course in Cell-Materials Interactions, Porto, Portugal, 16- 20 June 2008 [...details]
The course was designed for those who have an interest in the application of biomaterials, especially in cell-material interactions. This year it will focus on bioinspired matrices for tissue regeneration.
::> 4th Conference on Ph.D Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME), Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 22- 25 June 2008 [...details]
The aim of PRIME 2008 is to provide an opportunity for Ph.D. students to present their research activity and contact other people in the research community. Although all the papers at PRIME 2008 will be presented by Ph.D. students, experienced people from academia and industry are warmly invited to attend, in order to create a stimulating environment for favoring exchange of knowledge and mentoring of young researchers.
May 2008
::> MINOS Road Show, 15-30 May 2008 [...details]
The full programme of the Roadshow:
First part: UK Road Show (15-16 May 2008)
Second part: Continental Europe Road Show (26-30 May 2008)
::> 7th WSEAS International Conference on MICROELECTRONICS, NANOELECTRONICS, OPTOELECTRONICS, Turkey, 27- 29 May 2008 [...details]
Deadline for Paper Submission: February 15, 2008
::> EWME 2008 -7th European Workshop on Microelectronics Education, Budapest University of Technology, Hungary, 28- 30 May 2008. [...details]
The purpose of the workshop is to provide a forum to exchange ideas and to discuss developments and challenges in education and research on Microelectronics, Microsystems and related areas.
::> "minaSYS interCOOP 2008", Bratislava, Slovakia, 26 May 2008 [...details]
Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of EE & IT and BIC Bratislava in co-operation with the FFG Vienna in the frame of the “Enterprise Europe Network” initiative and the “MINOS-EURONET” and “REACT” projects organise: minaSYS interCOOP 2008, an International co-operation event in the field of micro-, nano-, opto-electronics & technology, embedded systems, smart systems and RFID.
In conjunction with “minaSYS interCOOP 2008” there will be a plenary session & trans-national brokerage event dedicated to the fields of micro-, nano-, opto-electronics & technology, embedded systems, smart systems and RFID, organised by Slovak University of Technology and BIC Bratislava, supported by the MINOS-EURONET and Enterprise Europe Network projects. Participants will be provided with an opportunity to meet their potential partners for the research and technology development and/or technology transfer projects and to set up new partnerships for future co-operation.
Contact: Bedrich Weber, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia, E-mail: bedrich.weber@elf.stuba.sk
::> GOSPEL Summer School, Analipsi (Crete), Greece, 25 - 31 May 2008 [...details]
Building on the success of previous GOSPEL schools, this event provides an opportunity to understand new developments in artificial olfaction and their potential impact on the next generation of medical, environmental, and security technologies.
::> Nano2Life Research School: Nanostructures and Materials for Biomedical Application - From Idea to Market, Saarbruecken, Germany, 25 - 30 May 2008 [...details]
Several companies, academic speakers with spin-off experience and institutes with different funding system/ business models will not only present state-of-the art science but as well create an entrepreneurial spirit. Challenging topics about production, application and characterisation of nanomaterials, visits and debates at large multidisciplinary centres are on the program.
::> "pHealth 2008"- The 5th edition of the International Workshop on Wearable, Micro and Nano Technologies for the Personalised Health, Valencia, Spain, 21-23 May 2008. [...details]
Relevant for members of the EPoSS Working Group MedTech.The pHealth Workshop is a Forum of discussion, networking and experience exchange about the state of the art and future challenges on Nano and Micro Technologies, wearable and implantable sensors and ICT into personal health management systems.
::> MINAM Technology Transfer Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland, 21 May 2008 [...details]
This one day workshop of the European Platform for Micro and Nanomanufacturing will address technology transfer activities within European Commission Framework Programme 6 NMP and IST Projects in their final stages of implementation. The meeting is designed to showcase good practice in technology transfer and the commercialisation of scientific research in the field of micro and nano manufaturing . It will also provide a forum for related projects to communicate technology developments brought about during their project to potential industrial users.
::> Conference for Clinical Nanomedicine, Basel, Switzerland, 19 - 21 May 2008 [...details]
This conference will show the promise of nanomedical tools, techniques, and materials in the context of prevalent and unsolved medical problems, e.g. diagnosis and therapy of cancer, cardiovascular disease, inflammation, infection, degenerative and neurological disease, as well as nanomedicine applications for molecular imaging, bedside biomarker testing and monitoring technologies, also addressing questions of toxicity, ethics, societal and environmental impact.
::> Micro System Workshop- MSW 2008, Gothenburg, Scandinavia, 6- 7 May 2008 [...details]
The conference has been held six times since it started in Uppsala, 1994. One of the workshop’s key features is the informal atmosphere where room is provided for discussion and networking. MSW 2008 is organized in Gothenburg by Imego and MinST in cooperation with MC2, Chalmers.
As before, the conference will focus on the applications and possibilities of microtechnology. The field will be divided into four areas:
- MEMS
- Bio-MEMS
- Innovation
- Nanotechnology
April 2008
::> 14th International Conference "Information Technologies 2008"- IT 2008, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania, April 24-25, 2008 [...details]
Relevant Topics
- Ontology, Conceptual Modelling and Databases
- Business Process Modelling, Analysis and Design
- Requirements Engineering and Business Rules
- Information and Software Systems Engineering
- Information Technology Applications
- Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Engineering
- Formal Analysis and Design Methods
- IT in Teaching and Learning
- Hardware and Computer Networks
Paper submission deadline extended to January 31, 2008.
::> IEEE Workshop on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems, Bratislava, Slovakia, 16-18 April, 2008 [...details]
The IEEE Workshop on DDECS provides a forum for exchanging ideas, discussing research results and presenting practical applications in the areas of design, test and diagnosis of microelectronic circuits and systems.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to: • ASIC/FPGA Design, • System-on-a-Chip (SoC), • Bio-inspired Hardware, • Analog, Mixed-Signal, RF Design and Test, • Design Verification/Validation, • ATE Hardware and Software, • Formal Methods in System Design, • Built-in Self-Test (BIST), • Hardware/Software Co-Design, • Design for Testability and Diagnosis, • IP-based Design, • Defect/Fault Tolerance and Reliability, • Logic Synthesis, • Embedded Test, • Physical Design, • Memory and Processor Test, • Reconfigurable Computing, • MEMS Testing.
Submissions: Prospective authors are cordially invited to submit original papers using the electronic submission on the Workshop web page. Papers should be written in English of 6 pages maximum in the PDF format for regular and industrial sessions and 4 pages maximum for student session. Accepted papers will be included in the IEEE Workshop Proceedings.
Important dates:
- Submission deadline: January 13, 2008
- Notification of acceptance: February 28, 2008
::> International Conference on Nanoengineering, Edinburgh, UK, 8-9 April 2008 [...details]
Organised by The University of Edinburgh.
Selected papers from the conference will be published in a special edition of the IMechE Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems.
Topics: Nanoscale Assembly, Instrumentation, Nanocomposites, Nanodevices, Nanoscale Patterning, Nanoscale Manipulation,
Modelling, Nanofabrication
::> SMART SYSTEMS INTEGRATION 2008, European Conference & Exhibition on integration issues of miniaturized systems - MEMS, MOEMS, ICs and electronic components, Barcelona, Spain, 9-10 April 2008 [...details]
SMART SYSTEMS INTEGRATION is the international communication platform for research institutes and manufacturer to exchange know-how on smart systems integration and to create the basis for successful research co operations with focus on Europe.
SMART SYSTEMS INTEGRATION is the replacing event of the MICRO SYSTEM Technologies Conference organized since 1990 by Mesago in co-operation with the Fraunhofer IZM.
The event is part of the activities of EPoSS, the European Technology Platform on Smart Systems Integration
March 2008
::> MAM2008- Workshop devoted to Materials Research, Materials Properties and Interactions, Dresden, Germany, 2-5 March 2008 [...details]
The objective of the workshop is to provide a forum for open discussions between science and industrial application. It is dedicated to materials scientists, process and integration engineers.
Topics include both fundamental and applied research, as well as issues related to introduction into manufacturing. With the progressive scaling down of device dimensions and the simultaneous demands for more functionality, the challenges have become tremendous. New and extensive materials research is needed to further follow IC scaling as well as to develop new devices on the nanoscale. Therefore this workshop will focus on material issues in traditional metallization and interconnect schemes, advanced interconnect options and new approaches for nanoelectronics.
Full-length papers will be published in a special issue of Microelectronic Engineering.
February 2008
::> GOSPEL BioTechno Workshop 2008, Skokloster Wardshus, Sweden, 25-26 February 2008 [...details]
The GOSPEL BioTechno workshop 2008 will be a meeting-place for the global olfaction research community. This two-day workshop will bring participants up to date with the latest understanding of biological olfaction – both receptor systems and data processing – and the implications this understanding has for new sensor technologies.
The registration is open.
January 2008
::> International Brokerage Event- "EU12 partnering EU15- FP7 Collaboration in Nanotechnologies and Materials", 28-29 January 2008, Prague, Poland.[...details]
[draft agenda; invitation; guidelines for presentation; accommodation]
::> Official Launch of MINAM, Brussels, Belgium, 23- 24 January 2008 [...details]
SMEs and large companies interested in the activities of the platform are invited to participate.
This event will be followed on January 24, 2008 by the MINAM brokerage event. It is aimed at European companies, research institutes and universities wishing to:
- Understand how the field of micro and nano manufacturing is addressed in the EU 7th Framework Programme
- Meet up with organisations interested in participating in FP7
- Identify opportunities for research collaboration and proposal submission.
MINOS consortium will have a substantial participation to this event. Apart from the info disseminated by the individual partners the following info will be available on spot.
::> 4M event: The 2nd Manufacturing in FP7 Conference, Cardiff, UK, 16-17 January 2008 [...details]
The Manufacturing in FP7 Conference aims to provide indepth information about the manufacturing topics addressed in both Theme 3 (Information and Communication Technologies - ICT) and Theme 4 (Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP) of the European Union's 7th Framework Programme, FP7 which will run for seven years and will be fully operational as of 1 January 2007. FP7 is designed to build on the achievements of its predecessor, FP6 towards the creation of the European Research Area, and carry it further towards the development of the knowledge economy and society in Europe.
The conference is organised by I*PROMS and 4M FP6 Networks of Excllence and sponsored by the European Commission and the Manufacturing Engineering Centre (MEC), Cardiff University, UK - Co-ordinator of both I*PROMS and 4M NoEs. The Conference is also supported by the European Manufuture Platform, the Working Group on Micro- and NanoManufacturing (MINAM), the MicroSapient Project and the MEC-based MicroBridge Project which is funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) UK and the Welsh Assembly Government(WAG).
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