MEMS Executive Forum
Monday October 13th

7:30 - 9:00am
Registration and Breakfast

9:00am
Welcome/Overview: Marlene Bourne, Senior Analyst, In-Stat/MDR

Keynote Address: Dr. Kaigham (Ken) J. Gabriel, Co-Founder, Chairman and CTO, Akustica, Inc.

Capturing the Market - Automotive
Delphi Corporation - Donald L. Runkle, Vice Chairman and CTO

Panel: The Entrepreneurial Point of View
Moderated By: Pamela J. Roth, Principal Consultant, Spiral Communications Corporation

Hear from some of the most successful entrepreneurs to date in the MEMS industry as they address the challenges of how to create and run a start-up, the issues involved in doing so, the lessons learned along the way, and what the future holds.

Panelists:

  • BN Ventures - Dr. Janusz Bryzek, President
  • Cepheid - Kurt Petersen, PhD, President and CEO
  • Measurement Specialties, Inc. - Joseph R. Mallon Jr., Chairman of the Board
  • Polychromix - Richard Payne, PhD, VP Engineering
  • Silicon Microstructures, Inc. - James Knutti, President and CEO
  • ZiaSense - Art Zias, President

12:15pm
Lunch - Special Award Presentation

1:30pm
Capturing the Market - Computing
STMicroelectronics - Benedetto Vigna, MEMS Business Unit Manager

Capturing the Market - Consumer
Texas Instruments Incorporated - John Van Scoter, Vice President and General Manager, DLP Products

Capturing the Market - Industrial
GE Thermometrics - Kermit Hoffman, President

Panel: Addressing the Barriers to Entry
Moderated By: Steve Crosby, President and Publisher, Small Times Media

Finding the right application. Fabrication. Time-to-market. Meeting the customer's needs. This panel will explore the value proposition of MEMS and the challenges of commercialization.

Panelists:

Agilent Technologies, Inc. - Bryan Ingram, Vice President and General Manager, Wireless Semiconductor Division, Personal Systems Business Unit

  • Analog Devices, Inc. - William Giudice, Vice President and General Manager, Micromachined Products Division
  • Infineon Technologies North America - Robert LeFort, President
    MEMSIC, Inc. - Yang Zhao, President
  • Motorola, Inc. - Brett Richmond, Vice President and General Manager, Sensor Products Division,
  • Transportation & Standard Products Group, Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS)
  • Robert Bosch GmbH - Dr. Jiri Marek, Vice President of Engineering, Restraint Systems and Sensors

4:45pm
Adjourn

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