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Preliminary program at a glance

DAY 1: SEPTEMBER 30th, 2010

Opening & Main Stream

10:00 Welcome by the EURIPIDES Chairman
Jean-Luc Maté – CONTINENTAL, France

10:15 Key Note Address: EUREKA & Clusters Trends
Luc Rousseau – DGCIS’ Director-General, Ministry of FINANCES & INDUSTRY, France

10:45 Key Note: Smart Systems for European Competitiveness
Laurent Malier – CEO of LETI Grenoble, France

11:15 The Israeli EUREKA Chairmanship views of EUREKA, the Clusters and EURIPIDES
Dr. Eli Opper – Chairman of the EUREKA Hi-Level Group & Chief Scientist, Israel

11:45 Finland a EUREKA Country, its Vision of EUREKA and EURIPIDES
Dr. Kari Tilli – Director, Telecommunications and Electronics Industries Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, Tekes, Finland

12.15 Lunch

1. INTEGRATED SMART SYSTEMS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD

14:00 Smart Systems
Carmelo Papa – Executive Vice President Industrial and Multisegment Sector General Manager, STMicroelectronics, Italy

14:30 Smart Electronics Needs for Water Production, Quality and Distribution
Xavier Chazelle – Deputy Director of Veolia Environment R&D & Chairman of ACQEAU, New EUREKA Cluster for Water, France

15:00 Smart Grids, a Strategic Structure for the Electrical Vehicle
NN – Schneider Electric, France

15:30 Poster Session: 30 posters from the "EURIPIDES’ on-going projects" will be presented
The posters presenters will be available for presentation, questions and discussion

16:00 Coffee break in the poster session area

2. FUTURE PRINTED AND FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS FOR SSI

16:30 Key Note on Ultra Miniaturized, Flexible and Integrated Electronics
Prof. Rao R. Tummala – Director, 3D Systems Packaging Research Center (PRC), Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

17:15 Printed electronics: Systems in Foil
Dr. Herman Schoo – Program Manager of the Holst Centre Strategic Program & Sr. Research Fellow of TNO, the Netherlands

17:45 Flexible & Stretchable Circuits
Prof. Dr. Ir. Jan Vanfleteren – CMST-IMEC, Belgium

20:30 Gala Dinner at "Le Train Bleu"

DAY 2: OCTOBER 1st, 2010

Welcome at 9:00

09:00 The EUREKA "Inter Cluster Initiative"
Enrico Villa – Sr. Advisor to the CEO and COO of STMicroelectronics & Chairman of CATRENE, EUREKA Cluster, Italy

3. SSI & MICROSYSTEMS IN POWER GENERATION

09:30 System Integration for Power Modules – Situation and Needs
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE Hybrid & Electrical Vehicle

10:00 Renewable Energy: What Are the Needs in Terms of Smart Systems Integration?
Dr. Eng. Gabriel Marquette – EU & Industry Relations Director, SCHLUMBERGER & Chairman of EUROGIA, EUREKA Cluster, France

10:30 Wind Mills Manufacturing, a Booming Market: Key SSI Modules and Associated Technologies
NN – GAMESA, Spain

11:00 Coffee break

11:30 Cookbook: How to Build a Successful EURIPIDES Project
Dr. Klaus Pressel – Infineon & EURIPIDES‘ TEC, Germany

11:50 Expressions of Interest: New Project Proposals – 8 to 12 plus some "non-prepared ones"

13:15 Closing Remarks by the EURIPIDES’ Chairman
Jean-Luc Maté – Continental, France

13:30 Lunch together

In the afternoon participants are very welcome to use rooms available for informal project meeting to discuss future projects.