This annual event brings together nearly 300 of Canada’s academic, industry, and government leaders with top graduate students from science and engineering communities to discuss market and technology trends and the research, application and commercialization of micro- and nano-systems. Learn more about this annual event, speakers and panelists - view the full program.
- Special thanks to co-hosts
- Congratulations to TEXPO award winners - more on awards and Symposium 2014 winners...
- Save the date - Symposium 2015: September 28-29, 2015
Program & Presentations
Presentations are available complimentary with a CMC Account.
- (Keynote presentation not available)
- Innovation by Design in Transportation - Nick Giannias, Senior Technical Fellow CAE (Presentation not available)
- 3D Integrations and Developments at STMicroelectronics - Jean Michailos, Senior Program Manager, STMicroelectronics (Presentation not available)
- Collaboration Perspectives - MEMS:
- Luc Ouellet, Teledyne DALSA - Functional Materials for MEMS Fabrication at C2MI’s Microsystems Integration Lab
- Ian Blasch, ALCES Technology - Transition through Collaboration
- Louis Ross, Motion Engine - Overview of the Market for MEMS Inertial Sensors (Presentation not available)
- Joseph McManus, Akrion - Wet Process Solution for MEMS Manufacturing
- Panel: Designing for Advanced Manufacturing
Moderator: Peter Frise, Auto21 (Presentation not available)
Panelists:- Claude Jean, Teledyne DALSA
- Collin Twanow, Micralyne
- Martin Guy, TeraXion
- Earl Hughson, MIS Electronics
- Ken Brizel, ACAMP (Alberta Centre for Advanced MNT Products)
- Collaboration Perspectives - Advanced Packaging and Embedded Systems:
- Dominique Drouin, 3IT
- Valérie Oberson, IBM - IBM Advanced Packaging Roadmap (Presentation not available)
- Severine Cheramy, CEA-Léti - CMOS Interposer for High Performance Chip-to-chip Connection
- Stéphane Monfray, STMicroelectronics - Challenges of Micro-scale Integration of Innovative Thermal Energy Harvesters on Silicon (Presentation not available)
- Keynote: Is there a place for technology hardware in the digital economy of the future?
Shawn Blakney, Senior Director, Celestica - Panel: Pathways to Commercialization
Moderator: Ken Schultz, Ontario Centres of Excellence
Panelists: Xerxes Wania, Sidense; Ken Gordon, Quantum Silicon; Louis Ross, Motion Engine; Hamid Arabzadeh, Ranovus (No panelist presentations) - Canadian Ecosystem Supporting Rapid Commercialization:
- Vincent Fortin, C2MI (MiQro Innovation Collaborative Center) - From Collaborative Research to Commercialization
- François Verdy-Goyette, CIMEQ (Centre d’innovation en microélectronique du Québec) - How SMEs can Benefit in R&D and Innovation Projects from CIMEQ and Trans-tech
- Marc-Antoine Archambault, Tak Design Industriel – When should we call the Industrial designer in the innovation to commercialization process?
- Jacques Coderre, TechMark Global L.L.C. - Strategic Business Development for Technology-Intensive Products
- Dominique Nolet, Robic, L.L.P. – Intellectual Properties Pitfalls…and their Remedies
- Denis Godin, NSERC - Enabling Innovation through NSERC Research Partnerships
- Pierre Vallée, NRC - Concierge Service: Your guide to Innovation
- Packaging World's Most Advanced Semiconductors: Designing Around Fifty Years of Hard Learned Lessons
Julien Sylvestre, Professor, Université de Sherbrooke - Today’s Electronic Failure Analysis for Tomorrow’s Market Success
Stéphane Laforte, IBM - Advanced Failure Analysis: A Manufacturing Case Study - Innovation by Design in Telecommunications
Gordon Mein, Senior Director, Strategic Development Partnerships, Ciena
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