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1. MINOS Road Show [...details]
Schedule for UK Road Shows, 15th May-16th May 2008. Activity organised in the frame of MINOS-EURONET project (www.minos-euro.net) by Tim Harper, Cientifica Ltd, partner in this project.
The roadshow will consist of a series of presentations given by eastern partners at key western institutions. The aim is to select the key eastern expertise that the institutes may find useful, and present this in an internal seminar. This activity is organised in the frame of the MINOS-EURONET project (www.minos-euro.net)
Wednesday 15th May
- Morning: Arrival and travel to Cambridge
- Afternoon: University of Cambridge Nanoscience Centre (http://www.nanoscience.cam.ac.uk/) The Cambridge centre was the first to open in the UK and its head, Prof Mark Welland was recently appointed chief scientist to the Ministry of Defence. The centre is also home to the new Nokia Nanolectronics research centre which launched the 'Morph" phone concept in February this year (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2008022501). Cambridge is constantly in the top three universities worldwide, and has global research collaborations.
Thursday 16th May
- Morning: University of Sheffield, home of the new Kroto Research Institute and Centre for Nanoscience and Technology (http://www.shef.ac.uk/northcampus/) hosted by Prof Richard Jones who is also chief nanoscience advisor to the EPRSC (the UK national academic funding body). Since its inception, the new Sheffield/Leeds research hub has become one of the UKs fastest growing nanoscience centres, with an emphasis on polymers and the life sciences. Richard Jones is also the author of one of the best written and most entertaining nanoscience books published so far, Soft Machines.
- Afternoon: University of Oxford Begbroke Science Park (http://www.begbroke.ox.ac.uk/research/nanotechnology.php), also home to two Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration (IRC) centres -Quantum Information Processing (QIP) and Bio-nanotechnology. We'll be hosted by Prof Pete Dobson, founder of Oxonica and a number of other nano related spin offs, who has been the director of Begbroke Nano since its inception.
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2. 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. |
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3. 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. |
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4. 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)
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5. 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
The Symposium consists of three events
- the RF-MST Workshop Cluster Meeting (30th June), a meeting organized by the European Commission, where the achievements of MEMS-related EU projects will be presented and discussed,
- the RF MEMS Workshop on Industrial Applications (1st July) and
- the MEMSWAVE Conference (2nd -3rd July).
The Symposium is aimed to cover, but is not limited to, the following RF MEMS topics:
- Design and simulation tools (Electromagnetic, Mechanical, Thermal)
- Fabrication, process and materials
- Packaging, assembling, 3D integration
- Components and circuits
- Antennas
- RF MEMS and IC integration
- Reliability and testing
- Applications and system design
- FBAR and BAW
- NEMS
Abstract deadline exrended to 27th of April.
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6. 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.
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7. NanoSolutions 2008 technologies - integration - products, Messe Frankfurt, Germany, 11- 13 November 2008 [...details]
Thematically the exhibition will take place under the slogan: technologies - integration - products
Nanotechnology and its effects are positioned at the very beginning of a complex value creation chain. Only with their integration into other material systems commercial products of our everyday life are being created. NanoSolutions 2008 presents the complete value creation chain, ranging from the latest developments and intermediate products over methods for integration to end products.
Again in 2008 several bundled events will take place on the occasion of NanoSolutions under the umbrella of "nanotech+material week frankfurt":
· NanoSolutions 2008 (11th - 13th November 2008)
· Nanotechnologieforum Hessen (13th November 2008)
· German Equity Forum with the "NanoEquity Forum" (10th - 12th November 2008)
· NanoSolutions Talks (11th - 13th November 2008)
Exhibitor packages for NanoSolutions 2008 you will find here already. |
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8. FSRM courses [...details]
- CMOS Image Sensors, 16-17 June 2008 [...details] |
- RF MEMS and NEMS, 4 September 2008 [...details] |
- Carbon Nanotubes: Unique Nanomaterials with a Broad Field of Applications, 15 September 2008 [...details] |
| - Nano-engineering, 22 September 2008 [...details] |
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1. "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.
Key topics will include advanced research in:
- Micro and Nano Sensors.
- Wearable and Implantable Systems.
- Technological trends in ICT solutions for patient self-management.
- Health and Life management and personalised interactions.
- Business vision and experiences, and implementation viability.
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| 2. 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. |
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3. The IASTED International Conference on
Nanotechnology and Applications- NANA 2008, Crete, Greece, September 29- October 1, 2008 [...details]
The topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:
- Nanobiotechnology
- Power and Energy
- Nanoelectronics
- Nanomaterials
Submissions due: May 1, 2008
Registration deadline: August 1, 2008
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4. ICT 2008: Inventing the Future Conference, Lyon, France, 25-27 November 2008 [...details]
The biennial ICT Event is the most important forum for discussing research and public policy in Information and Communication Technologies at European level.
With around 4,000 - 5,000 delegates expected at ICT 2008, the ICT Event is organised by the European Commission's Directorate General for the Information Society and Media.
The Event brings together researchers and innovators, policy and business decision-makers working in the field of digital technologies. The ICT Event, with its respective Conference & Exhibition:
- Presents Europe's future priorities for research funding in the ICT area.
- Examines crucial issues of public policy for stimulating innovation through ICT development and uptake.
- Creates opportunities to establish research and business partnerships and simply keep up to date in what is happening in various ICT research fields.
EPoSS will actively participate in this event. Please contact the office for more detailed information at contact@smart-systems-integration.org
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Other future events (source NEXUSplus website, event list sponsored by 4M2C PATRIC SALOMON GmbH)
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ISSE 2008 International Spring Seminar on Electronics Technology Reliability and Life-time, Budapest, Hungary, 7- 11 May 2008
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The International Spring Seminar on Electronics Technology is the premier European forum for the exchange of information between senior and young scientists from academic communities and electronic industries from around the world on topics related to their experimental and theoretical work in the very wide-spread field of electronics and microelectronics technology and packaging. Based on a unique combination of oral and poster presentations as well as individual meetings, professors and students, senior and junior researchers can come together to discuss scientific and educational topics and organize international cooperation in a convenient atmosphere during three conference days. It is our pleasure to encourage you to participate in ISSE 2008, organized in Budapest, the beautiful capital of Hungary.
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METRIC 2008, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 7- 8 May 2008 [...details]
METRIC 2008 will focus on the topic of MEMS Packaging. Packaging is a critical component in the MEMS fabrication process and often times is a major factor in the cost of a device. At METRIC 2008, members-only working groups will discuss what the industry has learned from traditional IC packaging processes and how the MEMS industry applies this know-how to its own unique challenges. We'll also discuss how packaging has been affected by the advent of CMOS and multichip integration; how packaging differs by industry specific applications (consumer electronics, defense applications, telecommunications and medical devices); what is on the horizon for MEMS packaging; and how the industry will harness technology advances to further enhance the commercialization of MEMS.
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NEXUSplus Experts Workshop on Design-for-purpose,
Loughborough, UK, 19 May 2008 [...details]
On behalf of the EC(IST) the design-for-purpose Experts Workshop is scheduled for Monday the 19th of May 2008. The workshop will engage experts with a vision for how R&D should evolve within FP7 in to debate the topics of metrology and characterisation for micro and nano technologies in the context of "design-for-purpose". This workshop is part of a series of workshops initiated by NEXUS on behalf of the EC -IST to help develop the priorities for research within the ongoing FP7 programme. The workshop will be held at the well known Systems Engineering Innovation Centre in Loughborough (UK) and will be cosponsored by the Centre of Excellence in Metrology for Micro & Nano Technologies - CEMMNT, PatentDfMM, the KTN and the SEIC. The output of this workshop will be a priority list of research areas and a roadmap to help deliver the required capabilities for Europe's MNT research, development and commercialisation activities. The workshops are for invited experts only. For additional information: Henne van Heeren, henne@enablingmnt.com, 0031 654 954 621.
For other future events, see NEXUSplus website.
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| Abstract deadlines for conferences |
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1. 5th International Conference on “Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies” – NN08, 14-16 July 2008, and the 2nd International Summer School on “Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies” (SS-NN08), 12-18 July 2008, Thessaloniki, Greece [...details]
- the Deadline for Abstract Submission of NN08 is extended until April 28. Abstracts will be addressed to: slous@physics.auth.gr (on the submission process, please visit the website at http://nn08.physics.auth.gr).
- NN08 will give the opportunity to 4 graduate students to be awarded for the best presentation (oral or poster). Details about the application for the Young Researcher Award are presented below in this email.
- Last minute poster: Due to the continuing abstract submission, and in order to include the latest developments in the field, the option for last minute poster is offered.The deadline for the last minute poster submission is June 30. Please have in mind that the submitted abstracts will be included in the abstract book. Note however, that these last minute abstracts will be presented at the Conference as posters only.
- SS-NN08: The deadline for the applications for SS-NN08 will be June 30. Please, have in mind that the early bird registration is until June 15.
- The NN08 will follow the 1st International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics (IS-FOE) (http://nn.physics.auth.gr/isfoe), which will be held on 10-11 July 2008, in a beautiful area close to Thessaloniki, in the Pallini Hotel (http://www.g-hotels.gr), Halkidiki, Greece.
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2. The 13th Commercialization of Micro and Nano Systems Conference (COMS), Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 31 August - 4 September 2008 [...details]
Organized by MANCEF, COECYTJAL, FUMEC and CMM Microsystemas, COMS 2008 is an ideal location to network with leading representatives from the entire micro-nano community. It fosters the commercialization of micro and nano technologies and addresses commercialization issues unique to these emerging and disruptive technologies and it will bring together key personnel from all over the world and from every sector of the supply chain, including government representatives, top researchers in the field, educators, relevant publication sources, equipment suppliers, end users, and financial experts. The small tech community gathers at COMS conferences to learn from others, share their own knowledge, discuss and debate points of view – all of which contribute to the advancement of this emerging field. COMS is the oldest and most widely attended international conference on the commercialization of these enabling technologies.
Deadline for submissions: 30 April 2008.
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