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December 2005

DfMM Training Course “Modelling & Analysis of MEMS Packages”, 12-14 Dec 2005, Paris, France
This latest PATENT-DfMM course will introduce to current packaging techniques and in the next track focus on experimental and simulation techniques. The presenters (Olaf Wittler, Fraunhofer IZM, Berlin; Alain Bosseboeuf, IEF, Paris; Ingrid De Wolf, IMEC, Leuven; Andrew Richardson, ULAN, Lancaster; Changhai Wang, HWU, Edinburgh) will cover the following:

• Introduction to MEMS Packaging Techniques and Technology:
  Examples of MEMS applications for different markets, Difference between Electronics and MEMS packaging strategies and requirements, Assembly/Interconnection and Encapsulation, Examples of MEMS packaging
• Analysis Techniques for MEMS Packages:
  Optical techniques for films/MEMS inspection and mechanical testing before packaging, Testing techniques for wafer bonding and wafer level packaging, Practical training: MEMS characterization by optical profilometry-vibrometry, Hermeticity, Mechanical strength, Failure analysis techniques, Reliability testing, Testing approaches for submicron and nanomechanical material behaviour – A brief overview, Deformation measurements at micro and nano scale by digital image correlation techniques (includes practical training), Residual stress measurements
• MEMS Package Simulation Techniques:
  Basic mechanics, Material behaviour and characterisation, Failure mechanisms and life time models (Failure Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics), Basic package MEMS interaction, Practical Training
  

Reduced rate for all participants from Eastern countries for this course: 200 instead of 900 Euros. More information.
Contact: George Bell, ISLI, UK, E-mail: [email protected] ; www.patent-dfmm.org

How industry and SMEs can adress the micro-nanotech challenge, 5-6 December, Grenoble Museum, France
French innovation centre Minatec organizes a two-days seminar intended to SMEs and industries, 5-6 December, Grenoble Museum, France. The aim of the seminar is to help companies to adress the challenge of micro and nanotechnologies in France. Three topics will be discussed: The French and Canadian experience (described thru Minatec and NanoQuébec models); How to take advantage of local incitements; The existing public aid and incitements.
Programme here (in French)

Healthy Aims Dissemination Day, 1st December 2005
The “Healthy Aims Dissemination Day” will be held on 1st December 2005, IMTEK, Freiburg, Germany. Healthy Aims is a European project to develop Intelligent Medical Implants and Ambulatory Measurement equipment. In this project key microsystem technologies and communication methods are being developed that bring intelligence directly to the human, in the form of medical implants and ambulatory measurement systems. This EU funded project was launched in December 2003 and led to a 26 partner consortium from across the EU. The skills and expertise within the consortium ranges from clinical teams who initiated the requirements, medical end user manufacturers, through to researchers in micro and nano technology, biomaterials, RF communications and power sources.
The programme

November 2005

n&n2005. Nanoscience&Nanotechnology 2005 (‘’n&n2005’’) will take place at Villa Mondragone in Frascati, Italy, 14-16 November. ‘’n&n2005’’ is intended as an opportunity for concrete planning of future devices, based on innovative nanomaterials, involving both industrial entities and public research institutes, as well as for presentation by sponsoring firms of their instrumentation and success stories, based on current use by significant customers. n&n 2005

Nanoscale technologies for biosciences. The ninth annual European conference on micro and nanoscale technologies for biosciences will take place in Montreux, Switzerland, from 15 to 17 November. The conference will feature presentations on current topics related to micro- and nanotechnologies in the biosciences. Major European Centres of Excellence and associated start-ups are invited to participate in order to present their activities. European Integrated projects and Networks of Excellence will also organize meetings during the conference. Programme here

Nano4Women International Conference; 18 November 2005, Paderborn, Germany. Details Nano4Women

Nanotechnology in Medicine and Bioengineering, November 22nd, 2005.
One year after the meeting at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) in Stockholm on the subject of Nanomedicine in Sweden and Germany, the 2nd German-Swedish Seminar will be held in Rostock (Germany) at the Radisson SAS Hotel, November 22nd, 2005. The Seminar is jointly organised by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research and the BioCon Valley GmbH/Greifswald on the German side and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and the Swedish-German Research Association (STYFF) on the Swedish side. General topics of the meeting include ‘’Progress and Expectations in Biomedical Nanoscience’’, and ‘’National programmes - Ambitions, Focus and Resources for Nanotechnology in the Biomedical Field’’.
Contact - The programme

JNNRA'05, Lyon, France, 24-25 Novembre 2005
The ‘’Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies in Rhône-Alpes’’ days (JNNRA'05) will take place in Lyon, France, 24-25 Novembre 2005. Conferences, speaking and posters presentations are scheduled. Five topics will be discussed: Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics, Nanomagnetism and spintronic, Nanobiology, Nanochemistry, Nanocharacterization.
Programme here (in French)

Nano engineering: technology and applications, Sofia, Bulgaria, 25-26 November 2005;
A workshop entitled “Micro and nano engineering: technology and applications” will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 25 to 26 November 2005. Organised by the EU funded FP6 4M Network of excellence and celebrated in conjunction with the seventh National workshop on nanoscience and nanotechnology, the workshop will focus on the following topics: Sensors and actuators ; Assembly and packaging ; Macro and nano manipulations ; Metrology and optics ; Micro-fluidics.
Further information here

NanoCareerforum and NanoFair, 28–29 November, Dresden, Germany
NanoCareerforum will take place 28–29 November in Dresden, Germany. The Forum addresses graduate level students with a strong interest in nanotechnology and will tell them about industrial needs and job opportunities. Bilateral discussions with company representatives and visits to local labs will also be offered. The forum is organized as satellite event of NanoFair, the symposium to be held 29-20 November in Dresden. The scope of the symposium is nanotechnology in automotive engineering, electronics, life sciences, materials, optics and surfaces.
NanoCareerforum - NanoFair

NANOSolutions 2005; 8-10. November 2005
Exhibition and Conference: www.nanosolutions-cologne.de
Köln/Cologne; Germany

Erlangen Workshop on Microforming
November 14-15 2005
Conference Office:
Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Geißdörfer,
Chair of Manufacturing Technology
Egerlandstr. 11, D-91058 Erlangen
Tel./Fax; 0 91 31 / 85 2 79 54/0 91 31 / 93 01 42; eMail: [email protected];
WWW: http://www.lft.uni-erlangen.de/SEITEN/MUT

October 2005

International Congress of Nanotechnology 2005; October 31-November 4, 2005; San Francisco
Special focus: The ROAD MAP for NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY will be presented at the General Assembly of the ICNT 2005 on November 1, 2005

BIOTECHNICA 2005; October 18-20, 2005; Hannover, Germany

September 2005

EuroNanoForum 2005: Nanotechnology and the health of the EU Citizen in 2020"
6-9 September 2005, EICC, Edinburgh, Scotland.

SEMINANO2005, First International Workshop on Semiconductor Nanocrystals, September 10-12, 2005 Budapest, Hungary Deadline for abstract submission: March 21, 2005

IMAPS Nordic Annual Conference
September 11 - 14, 2005, Quality Hotel, Tonsberg, Norway

ESSDERC-ESSCIRC 2005
September 12 - 16, 2005, Alpexpo, Grenoble, France

Optical System Design 2005
September 12 - 16, 2005, University Jena, Germany

Nanofair 2005
September 13 - 15, 2005 , St.Gallen, Switzerland

MIDEM 2005, 41 th International Conference on Microelectronics, Devices and Materials with the Workshop on Green Electronics
September 14 - September 16, 2005
Ribno at Bled, SLOVENIA

Nanotechnology for Investors; September 15th 2005
On September 15th 2005 in St. Gallen ( Switzerland), NanoDimension is co-organizing "Nanotechnology for Investors". The aim of this seminar is to provide in one-day non specialized institutional and private investors with an overview of investment opportunities available on the market today and to define investment guidelines in the field of Nanotechnology.
The Seminar - NanoDimension
(source - European Nanotechnology News)

Key Technologies for Europe 19-20 September 2005
For the past six months the European Commission (DG Research, the ‘’Science and technology foresight unit’’) has been supporting an Expert Group who is looking at the issues of Key Technologies for Europe (horizon 2015/2020). The ‘’Key Technologie’’ Expert Group has approached the future of several key technologies which are all crucial for Europe’s future, including nanotechnology, biotechnology, materials technologies, etc. Results will be presented and debated during ‘’Key Technologies for Europe’’, an International Foresight Conference to be be held 19-20 September 2005, in Brussels, (Belgium).
The Conference - Download the Report (pdf) - (source - European Nanotechnology News)

MNE 2005 in Austria; 19-22 September 2005
The Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE), the international conference on micro and nanofabrication using lithography and related techniques, will take place at the Hofburg conference centre in Vienna (Austria) 19-22 September 2005. 56 invited presentations are scheduled (6 plenary, 1 plenary dinner, 25 invited oral, 24 invited poster), 135 oral and 182 posters, i.e. 373 presentations. Prior to MNE 2005, the Third European EUVL Workshop will be held on Monday, 19 Sept 2005 (9am - 5pm) also at the Hofburg conference centre.
MNE 2005 - EUVL Workshop

4M 2006, International Conference on: Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M)
September 20-22 2006, Grenoble, France
Conference Chair: Prof. Wolfgang Menz, Germany
Conference Co-Chair: Dr. Stefan Dimov, Cardiff University, UK
Organized by: 4M Network of Excellence. More information about the 4M Network of Excellence (sponsored by EC) and the 4M Conference is available at: www.4m-net.org

NanoBio-Europe; September 22 - 24, 2005; Munster
A merger of the NanoBioTec - Congress and Exhibition (Münster 2000-2003) and the NanoBiotechnologies X-France (Grenoble 2000-2003). NanoBio Europe present a new kind of annual international conference on Nanobiotechnology in Europe, the “NanoBio-Europe”.
The major focus of the NanoBio-Europe Congress is set on medical applications of nanobio technology. Key Aspects / Focus: I Molecular Targets; II Analytical and Diagnostic Techniques; III Therapeutic Approaches; V Environmental Aspect

World Nano-Economic Congress-Singapore; 27-28 September 2005
New Speakers Announced
Only a few weeks remain before the World Nano-Economic Congress— Singapore (www.world-nano.com) opens its doors on September 27th.  
If you need to know how nanotechnologies are likely to impact various industry sectors from electronics to pharmaceuticals and you need to speak to and meet the leading companies and thought leaders from these industries, you need to be at the WNEC Singapore!

(source - Cientifica)

Bioforum 2005; September 28-29, 2005, Milan, Italy

Nanoforum 2005; September 28-29, 2005, Milan, Italy

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June 2005

Nanotechnology in BioDiagnostics and Analytics (NBDA) Conference The Museum of Grenoble, Grenoble, France 29th and 30th June 2005

FIRST INTERNATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE on COMMUNICATION and COOPERATION 2005 (INC1); Wednesday June 1 - Friday June 3, 2005 in San Francisco, California, USA.    www.inc1.net  for registration, Abstracts, Speakers' BIOS

May 2005

Nanotech 2005: The Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Anaheim Conference Center, May 8-12 2005 http://www.nanotech2005.com
ABSTRACT DEADLINE, THIS FRIDAY, Nov. 19th (423 abstracts already submitted)

April 2005

East/West Partnering Workshop within the MINAEAST.NET Initiative - TU Berlin/FhG-IZM, Berlin, Germany, 22 Apr 2005 still open for presenters!

Seminar: “Nanotehnology: opportunities for Eastern Europe” April 12th, 2005; Cuza Hall, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and Bucharest - CCIRB ( Bucharest, Str. Octavian Goga, nr.2)
Organisers: Ministry of Education and Research (MEdC); Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and Bucharest (CCIRB); With the support of the European project ROMNET-ERA (coordinator IMT-Bucharest)
Programme; Photo Gallery

January 2005

Info and awareness event on priority 3 of FP6, in Bucharest, Romania, 17 th of January, 2005

Highlights:
- Ezio Andreta, Director, Directorate Industrial Technologies, DG Research: ''Toward in FP 7''. Presentation (272kB)
- Renzo Tomellini, Head of Unit ‘Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies’: ''Priority 3- NMP in FP6''. Presentation (3.3MB)

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