Final program mAm 2021

Sunday 3 October 2021
18:00Registration open
Welcome drink in the hotel lobby


Dinner afterwards on your own
 
Monday 4 October 2021
09:00 - 09:30Welcome

Edward Byrne, Micronarc / FSRM

Prof. Volker Saile, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology



09:30 - 10:15Invited Keynote on the Future of Micro-manufacturing I

Chair: Volker Saile, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roland Zengerle, Hahn-Schickard & IMTEK (Germany)

Molecular Diagnostics at the Point-of-Need
enabled by Centrifugal Microfluidics


» Abstract and CV (pdf)

10:15 - 10:45Coffee & Exhibition Visit
10:45 - 12:00Micro-manufacturing Applications I – Watchmaking

Chair: Roland Hirschi, Micronarc

Sylvain Dolla, CEO and Nicolas Clerc, Vice President Product Development, Tissot SA (Switzerland)
Tissot T-Touch Connect Solar: powered by nature – crafted for you

Mr. Pierre-François Louvigné, Sales and Marketing Director, Silmach (France)
Introducing the so-called “hybrid MEMS” micromotors for connected watches

Ms. Giulia Bottarini, Business Developer, FEMTOprint (Switzerland)
New horizons in micro mechanical devices manufacturing


Exhibitor elevator pitch (3 min) - Lyncée Tec
Exhibitor elevator pitch (3 min) - HYBRID

12:00 - 13:30Lunch in the hotel
13:30 - 15:00Micro-manufacturing Applications II – Medtech

Chair: Pierre-André Grandchamp, FSRM

Dr. Samantha Paoletti, Research and Business Development Manager, CSEM, (Switzerland)
Microtechnologies behind organ-on-chips and organoids

Dr. Bernd Vogel, Endosmart (Germany)
Nitinol – A Material with unusual Properties

Max Boysset, CEO ICOSAMED (Switzerland)
Wearable ultrasound devices for cancer monitoring

Dr. Andreas Hogg, CEO, COAT-X and Dr. Arkadiusz Kuczaj, Manager Aerosol Research PMI Science (Switzerland)
Biocompatible hydrophobic coating on high-performance filters for reusable community masks


Exhibitor elevator pitch (3 min) - Amplitude Laser

15:00 - 15:30Coffee & Exhibition Visit
15:30 - 17:15SENSORS

Chair: Philippe Fischer, FSRM

Andrea Onetti, Analog, MEMS and Sensors Group Vice President, MEMS Sensors Division General Manager, STMicroelectronics (Switzerland/Italy)
Changing everyday life with intelligent micromachined sensors

Dr. Nicole Ruiter, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)
Breast imaging with Ultrasound Computer Tomography

Dr. Stefan Kimmerle, Director Engineering, Bosch Sensortec GmbH (Germany)
Hidden high-tech in consumer sensors

Dr. Dominik Rabus, RABUS.TECH (Germany)
MEMS Spectrometers, Cloud Computing and High Volume Production: A perfect match?


Exhibitor elevator pitch (3 min) - Radar Swiss

17:15Adjourn for the day




19:15Conference Dinner ~ Meet in hotel lobby at 19:15

19:30Departure of private train to Restaurant du Col de Bretaye


PLEASE NOTE: COVID PASS is also required for the restaurant. The aperitif will likely be outside, weather permitting. The meal will be inside, but please dress warmly as it chills quite quickly at dusk at 1800m!
20:00 Aperitif at Restaurant
20:30Swiss Traditional Meal
Networking
Micronarc draw for Prizes (including Tissot T-Touch watch)
23:00 (approximately)Departure of Train for Villars, arrival at hotel at approximately 23:30.
 
Tuesday 5 October 2021
09:00 - 09:45Invited Keynote on the Future of Micro-manufacturing II

Chair: Prof. Volker Saile, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Prof. RĂĽdiger Dillmann, KIT/FZI Karlsruhe (Germany)

Building Brains for Robots: Neuromorphic SNN-based Controls for Robot Visuomotor Tasks

» Abstract and CV (pdf)



09:45 - 10:30Coffee & Exhibition Visit
10:30 - 12:15Novel Manufacturing

Chair: Roland Hirschi, Micronarc

Prof Dr-Ing Andrea Iris Schäfer, Director - Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology (IAMT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)
Nanomembranes for water treatment

Frederic Loizeau, Business & Technology Development Manager, CSEM
Augmented CMOS: how to add new functionalities to a mature technology?

Prof. Dr. JĂĽrgen Brandner, Scientific director of Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility KNMFi, KIT (Germany)
The Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility: Open Access User Facility for Machining, Characterization and Research Data Management in Nano and Micro Scale

Dr. Björn Gojdka, Group Leader, Agglomerated Microsystems, Fraunhofer-ISIT (Germany)
Novel PowderMEMS microfabrication technology for integrated 3D functional microstructures


Organiser elevator pitch (3 min) - FSRM

12:15 - 14:00Lunch in the hotel
14:00 - 14:45Invited Keynote on the Future of Micro-manufacturing III

Chair: Philippe Fischer, FSRM

Prof. Yves Bellouard, GALATEA LAB, EPFL (Switzerland)
Non-ablative femtosecond laser processing: expanding the realm of 3D manufacturing by tailoring material properties.


14:45 - 15:00Final Remarks
15:00Conference adjourns
Farewell reception in hotel lobby