Program
Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal QC |
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7:45-8:45 | Registration | Networking Breakfast | |
8:45 - 9:00 | Opening remarks | |
9:00 - 10:00 | Session 1 Innovating at nanofabrication labs | Loïck-Alexandre Gautier, PRIMA QUÉBEC Discovering Quebec’s R&D Infrastructure : Cutting-edge equipment and expertise at your service Oliver Brand, Georgia Institute of Technology National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure: an NSF-funded Nanotechnology Lab Network in the US Hooman Hosseinkhannazer, Norcada From ideation to commercialization in open fabs Session Chair Martin Giguère, GCM, École Polytechnique |
10:00 - 10:30 | Group discussion | |
10:30 - 11:00 | Facilities Tour | Networking Break | |
11:00 - 12:00 | Session 2 Positioning for commercialization and scale-up | Speaker presentations: Chris Ouslis, NRC-IRAP Commercializing connections between digital and reality Christine Alain, INO (National Optics Institute) INO: A Bridge to Cross the Valley of Death Lukas Chrostowski, University of British Columbia A Canadian Silicon Photonics Foundry Session Chair: Lesley Landsberger, NRC-IRAP |
12:00 - 12:30 | Group discussion | |
12:30 - 1:30 | Networking Lunch Lunch and Learn breakout session about Silicon Photonics Service |
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1:30 - 2:30 | Session 3 R&D Challenges: stories from the trenches | Panelist Pitches: Gordon Harling, InnoTime Technologies Inc. Silicon Interposer Future Enhancements> Dino Deligiannis, Intlvac Thin Film Industrial R&D Gets a Bad Rap in Canada Hassan Nojoumi, Shimifrez Inc. Industry trends and needs of Precision Photo Etching and Photo Electro-forming Behraad Bahreyni, Simon Fraser University Employing the Canadian Infrastructure for Microsystems for Advanced Research and Path to Commercialization Oliver Brand, Georgia Institute of Technology, Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology Session Chair: Wai Tung Ng, TNFC, University of Toronto |
2:30 - 3:15 | Panel | |
3:15 - 3:45 | Networking Break | |
3:45 - 4:15 | Group discussion | |
4:15 - 4:30 | Closing remarks | |
4:30 - 6:00 | Travel to Bromont by coach bus | |
6:00 - 6:30 | Check in hotel Le St. Martin Bromont | |
6:30 - 8:00 | Dinner Reception Presentation of the PRIMA QUÉBEC Recognition Award |
C2MI, Bromont QC |
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7:15 | Coach bus from hotel St. Martin to C2MI | |
7:30 - 8:00 | Registration | Networking Breakfast | |
8:30 - 8:45 | Opening remarks | |
8:45 - 9:30 | Session 4 Bridging discovery to production | Speaker presentations Alan Renaudin, C2MI Accelerating commercialization of next-generation electronic products Ken Brizel, ACAMP Opportunities for taking prototypes to production Session Chair: Dominique Drouin, Université de Sherbrooke |
9:30 - 10:00 | Group discussion |
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10:00 - 10:30 | Facilities Tour | Networking Break | |
10:30 - 11:15 | Session 5 Strategies for achieving high-value outcomes | Speaker presentations Daniel Sinai, IBM Canada Development of Demand Based Innovation Ecosystems in Canada Dan Gale, CMC Microsystems MNT readiness: explore, integrate, escalate Session Chair: Luc Fréchette, Université de Sherbrooke |
11:15 - 11:45 | Group discussion | |
11:45 - 12:00 | Closing remarks | |
12:00 - 1:00 | Networking Lunch | |
1:00 - 3:00 | Travel to Montréal by coach bus |
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3:00 | Arrive in Montréal |