ECSEL Symposium 2017

 The ECSEL Symposium 2017 was a success! Presentations and video/photo information are available below.

Exhibition Award

The InForMed project, led by Ronald Dekkers of Philips, received recognition as the best project presented at the event.

Present ultrasound systems use traditional piezoceramics. However, micro-fabricated alternatives are reaching maturity. These Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers (CMUTs) are cheaper to fabricate, and allow for the miniaturization required to make ultrasound imaging catheters smaller, and still enabling high-quality images. Pan-European  iniatives, such as ECSEL's INCITE and InForMed projects, form an essential contribution to these advances.

Event Summary:

This article gives a one-page overview of the most important discussions.

   Summary article

Presentations

Day 1- Review of the ECSEL JU Programme:

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Contents:

Session 1 - Smart Health

• Theo Meert, Head of R&D Global Government Grant Office, Johnson & Johnson

• Casper Garos, Head of Public-Private Partnerships, Philips

• Jo de Boeck, Chief Technology Officer, IMEC

• Ray O’Brien, Smart Patch Innovation Project Manager, Fleming Medical 

Session 2 - Semiconductor technology for Internet of Things (IOT) 

• Markus Matthes, Executive Vice President Development & Engineering, ASML

• Roberto Zafalon, Director EU Technologies Programmes, ST Italy

• Wolfgang Finger, Senior Manager Advanced Circuit Design, GlobalFoundries Dresden

• Dominique Thomas, Director Advanced R&D and R&D Partnership, ST France

Session 3 – Smart Production

• Herman Derache, Sirris Managing Director, Member of the EFFRA

• Mats Johansson, Arrowhead Project Manager

• Alexander Grosser, SEMI4.0 Project Leader, Bosch

• George J. Dimitrakopoulos, Productive4.0 Representative, Harokopio University of Athens

Session 4 – Smart Mobility: towards more sustainable cities

• Erik Jonnaert, Secretary General, ACEA 

• Stefan Rohringer, Vice President, Infineon Technologies Austria

• Michael Paulweber, Director Research & Technology, AVL

Day 2 - ECSEL JU: new opportunities and wider synergies

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Session 1 - A look at the future

• Andrea Cuomo, Chair of the ECSEL JU Governing Board 

Session 2 – Optimizing synergies and seizing opportunities at European, National and Regional level

• Harald Gruber, Head of Digital Economy Division, and Björn-Sören Gigler, Senior Advisor Innovation Finance Advisory, European Investment Bank

• Panagiotis Kikiras,‎ Head of Unit Innovative Research, European Defence Agency         

•  Katja Reppel, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission

•  Fred van Roosmalen, Director, Holland High Tech

•  Peter Connock, Director of PENTA at AENEAS

Closing - ECSEL JU, perspectives for the Future.

• Khalil Rouhana, Deputy General Director, DG CNECT, European Commission.

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