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ITAC 17th National Executive Forum on Microelectronics
October 19-20, 2011 at Hilton Lac Leamy
This year the ITAC 17th National Executive Forum on Microelectronics - "Re-Energizing Microelectronics" with be held in conjunction with the 2011 CMC Microsystems Annual Symposium - "Energy Matters". This annual celebration continues to bring together Canada's academic, industry, and government leaders with top graduate students from science and engineering communities.
Energy – it is all around us. We consume it; we discuss the rising costs of it; we talk about shaking our dependency on oil-based sources. From the cost of filling a tank of gas to the cost of the summer's air conditioning bill, we are constantly reminded of how energy impacts our lives.
In business too, there are energy costs for heating and cooling, for lighting and for computing and in the last joint ITAC/GSA conference in Vancouver, BC, there was discussion that the next big performance challenge is not to design the new functionality to work correctly, but to do so within a smaller power budget!
However, where there are challenges, there are opportunities - and this year's event will look at some of the new business opportunities that this emerging market provides for the microelectronics community in general and the Canadian community in particular.
From low power design; to discovering the energy in atoms; to understanding the energy in the stars; to better understanding the energy on Parliament Hill - this year's program will provide you with exciting new information and business possibilities.
Celebrate and recognize excellence at the combined CMC/ITAC SMCouncil Award Banquet on Wednesday, October 19the and cast your vote for the next recipients as we join with CMC in recognizing Canada's industrial and research talents. Our joint, full day program will follow on Thursday, October 20th where researchers, educators and pioneers in the field of Microelectronics/Microsystems will share their insights.
Previous attendees of the Executive Forum have said:
"Great speakers, quality content"
"I found the presentations very interesting and informative"
"You definitely attract the leaders in the industry!"
So, mark your calendars today and join us for stimulating discussion and excellent networking at the 17th annual Executive Forum on Microelectronics at the Hilton Lac-Leamy hotel in Gatineau, Québec.
To register for the event and for updates to the program, see www.itac.ca/events/execforum2011
For more information: Contact Iain Scott at iscott@itac.ca or Micheline Lepage, Manager, Programs and Events, ITAC – Tel: (613) 238-4822 x 245 or mlepage@itac.ca.
Special thanks to the Organizing Committee:
- Sid Allman, Manager. Hardware Engineering, CISCO
- Adam Chowaniec, Director, Zarlink
- Vijay Dube, CEO, Elliptic Semiconductor
- Alex Edwards, Gennum
- Iain Scott, ITAC
- Ken Wagner, PMC-Sierra
Audience:
To achieve its objectives, the conference will attract an audience drawn from a broad cross-section of Canada's "ICT community". ITAC's marketing efforts will target:
- Executives from Canadian semiconductor and microelectronic companies
- Members of ITAC, ITAC partners, related associations and 4th pillar organizations
- Government stakeholders with an interest in related/ICT-related issues
- Print and electronic media & trade media
- Academics
- Leaders from sectors enabled by microsystems, such as healthcare, telecommunications, resources, aerospace, environment, automotive, advanced manufacturing, agriculture and biotechnology
- Students, general public, community leaders
Preliminary Joint Program
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
| TIME | EVENT | ROOM |
| 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Registration | Conference Foyer |
| 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | CAD Training, Vendor Sponsored | |
| 4:00 - 5:15 PM | CMC Microsystems Annual Meeting | Delfosse Room |
| 6:00 - 6:45 PM | Cocktail Reception | Theatre du Casino Foyer |
| 6:45 - 9:00 PM | Annual Awards Banquet | Theatre du Casino |
Thursday, October 20, 2011
| TIME | CMC 2011 Annual Symposium | ITAC 17th National Executive Forum |
| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:30 - 8:45 AM |
Joint Welcome & Opening Remarks Dr. Ian McWalter / Dr. Ken Wagner |
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| 8:45 - 9:30AM |
Opening Keynote Jeffrey Perkins,Yole Développement "CleanTech, Green Tech...MicroTech" |
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| 9:30 - 10:30 AM |
CMC Research Session Luc Fréchette,"Energy Scavenging for Sensor Networks" Ahmed Lakhssassi,"LAIC Based System Design: A Thermo-Mechanical and Power Issue" |
ITAC Panel Session "The Sustainability Imperative - Is the Green Revolution a Net Gain for Canada's Microelectronics Industry?" |
| 10:30 - 11:00 AM | Networking Break(TEXPO/Vendor Exhibits) | |
| 11:00 AM - Noon |
CMC Application Session Mark Lawford,"Software Certification for the Smart Grid: Lessons from the Nuclear Domain" Karin Hinzer,"Energy Harvesting Using above 40% Efficient Solar Cells" |
ITAC Speaker Session Roy Kaushik, Purdue University, "Saving Energy is the New Peformance Goal!" |
| 12:00 - 12:45 PM | Lunch | |
| 12:45 - 1:45 PM | TEXPO/Vendor Exhibits / Networking |
ITAC Speaker Session (1:00p.m Start)
Ron Dembo, "Are Smart Meters Good for Us?" |
| 1:45 - 2:00 PM | TEXPOAwardPresentations | |
| 2:00 - 2:45 PM |
Afternoon Keynote Royal Hinther, Canadian Lightsource "Round and Round and It Comes Out Here..." |
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| 2:45 - 3:15 PM | Networking Break(TEXPO /Vendor Exhibits) | |
| 3:15 - 4:15 PM |
CMC Commercialization Session Clint Landrock and Bozena Kaminska,"Polymer Based Electronics: Economically Viable Renewable Energy Systems" Ian McWalter, "A Research Path to Commercialization" |
ITACPanel Session "Public Policy's impact on Re-energizing Microelectronics" |
| 4:15 - 5:00 PM |
Closing Keynote Russ Taylor,University of Calgary "The Square Kilometre Array: A Global Technology Challenge" |
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| 5:00 - 5:15 PM |
Closing Remarks Dr. Ian McWalter / Mr. Karna Gupta |
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| 5:15 PM |
Networking Reception |
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Schedule of Events
| Wednesday, October 19th, 2011 Théâtre du Casino (attached to Hilton Lac-Leamy), Gatineau |
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| 5:30 p.m. | Registration and Cocktails - (Foyer) |
| 6:30 p.m. | Dinner - (Beethoven Chopin Ballroom) |
| 7:30 p.m. | Welcoming Remarks |
| 8:00 p.m. | Presentation of Awards CMC Awards Outstanding Service Awards Presented by: Mark McGrath, Director, Product Development, Sigma Designs Technology Canada |
| Thursday, October 20th, 2011 Hilton Lac Leamy, Gatineau |
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| 7:30 a.m. | Registration and buffet breakfast (Beethoven/Chopin Ballroom) Sponsored by CMC and PMC Sierra |
| 8:30 a.m. | Opening Remarks - (Beethoven/Chopin Rooms) Dr. Ian McWalter, President and CEO, CMC Microsystems Dr. Ken Wagner, Strategic Microelectronics Council of ITAC Chair |
| 8:45 a.m. | Plenary Keynote - (Beethoven/Chopin Rooms) “CleanTech, GreenTech… MicroTech” Jeffrey Perkins, General Manager - Business Development, Yole Développement The business sector that has remained strong through all the turmoil of recent times is everything that is "clean" or "green" - especially when it involves saving energy. Of course, long term sustainability extends beyond new technology or just making a better widget – the entire value chain and every business process should be part of the equation. While some of the changes we might expect to happen have not occurred as fast as we believe they should it is clear that strides are being made. From energy management to power devices to LED lighting, the microtechnology sector stands at the center for a remarkable share of improvements. This presentation will explore these trends, how microtechnology contributes and who are some of the key players. |
| 9:30 a.m. | “The Sustainability Imperative - Is the Green Revolution a Net Gain for Canada's Microelectronics Industry” - (Delfosse Room) In today's microelectronic/microsystems manufacturing supply chain we are seeing an increasing impact from regulators, consumers and partners demanding ever more environmentally-friendly products and processes. But can Canadian companies find a competitive advantage in these new manufacturing processes and materials? Can a company's image impact it's sales – for better or for worse? Should additional environmental requirements be seen only as a compliance issue, or is there a net benefit if done right? Moderator: Jay Illingworth, Director, Harmonization, ACES, ESABC & SWEEP Panel Warren Abar, President, iSolara |
| 10:30 a.m. | Networking Break - (Foyer A) Sponsored by Synopsys |
| 11:00 a.m. | “Saving Energy is the New Peformance Goal!” - (Delfosse Room) Kaushik Roy, Roscoe H George Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University Due to scaling of technology and higher levels of integration, the laws of Physics demand higher and higher power consumption – or are there smart ways of minimizing energy consumption through smart circuits/architectures, low-leakage and robust memories and smart devices, even under severe parameter variations? |
| 12:00 p.m. | LUNCH - (Beethoven/Chopin Rooms) TEXPO/VENDOR Exhibition - (Mozart Room and Foyer A) |
| 1:00 p.m. | “Are Smart Meters Good for Us?" - (Delfosse Room) Ron Dembo, Founder and CEO, Zerofootprint ITAC’s Smart Grid / Smart Metering Forum is monitoring the progress of this new technology which puts control in the hands of the consumer to monitor usage and optimize it. Ron Dembo has contributed significantly to the specifications and the adoption of Smart Meters and will share his thoughts on the progress made to date and the opportunities for the future. |
| 1:45 p.m. | TEXPO Award Presentations - (Beethoven/Chopin Rooms) |
| 2:00 p.m. | “Round and Round and it comes out here…” - (Beethoven/Chopin Rooms) Royal Hinther, Director Business Development, Canadian Light Source Energy, next to food, is the most significant challenge facing the human race over the next forty years. With Earth’s population expected to achieve 9 billion, and the emerging and expanding economies of India, Brazil and China, demand for energy will grow substantially. The Canadian Light Source, Canada’s only synchrotron, along with other synchrotrons, is being utilized to support the development of many new technologies, from nanotechnology to biotechnology, which promise to revolutionize energy production and consumption, providing energy alternatives, efficiency, and sustainability. These range from biofuels to nuclear fusion, enzyme engineering to advanced materials. These technologies hold the promise for clean, sustainable energy, while reducing the carbon footprint. Synchrotrons, atomic particle accelerators, are being used to understand and engineer matter to develop technologies which before were inconceivable and unachievable. So how will that impact you? |
| 2:45 p.m. | Networking Break - (Foyer A) Sponsored by Synopsys |
| 3:15 p.m. | “Public Policy’s impact on Re-energizing Microelectronics” - (Delfosse Room) Canada’s Digital Economy Strategy should position Public Policy to embrace and support the efforts of the Microelectronics community. But are the realities of SR&ED Tax credits/refunds really having the intended impact. Are the costs of doing high tech business in each province competitive? Does Public Education provide the Highly Qualified People that industry needs to grow its business? Are our industry’s needs understood? Are there things that could be done better? What is likely in the next 4-5 years of a Conservative majority and a new mandate for the new Ontario Government? Moderator: Lynda Leonard, VP, ITAC Panel Ritch Dusome, Director of Product Marketing, CISCO |
| 4:15 p.m. | “The Square Kilometer Array Project: A Global Technology Challenge - (Beethoven/Chopin Rooms) Russ Taylor, Chair of the Canadian SKA Consortium The SKA will be the largest and most sensitive radio telescope ever built and will seek to answer fundamental questions in physics and astrophysics. It will require new capabilities to cope with the computational requirements and high bandwidth networking techniques necessary to handle data rates that will far exceed anything seen to date. Industry partners are being sought for the $2B project in areas including: application of information technology in data transport; signal processing; and data centre technology. Is this an opportunity for Canadian companies to shine? |
| 5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks and adjournment - (Beethoven/Chopin Rooms) Ian McWalter, President & CEO, CMC Karna Gupta, President & CEO, ITAC |
| 5:10 p.m. | Networking Reception and Vendor Exhibition - (Foyer A) Sponsored by TSMC |
Photos from the event
Sponsorship Levels
As in previous years, a limited number of Executive Forum sponsorship opportunities are available on a first come, first served basis. If your organization wishes to raise its profile with the microelectronics industry, you may wish to consider one or more of the following sponsorship options.
1. Co-Host Sponsor - Cdn. $5,000 + QST + GST (Taken)
As the Co-host Sponsor, you benefit from maximum visibility during the Forum, as well as in all promotional and related material.
Benefits:
- Top line visibility in all conference marketing and communications collateral.
- A banner with your logo on display as a backdrop to the podium throughout the entire event.
- Inclusion of the co-host's organizational profile on all event materials, as well as web pages.
- Recognition on event signage and in all Forum materials.
- Opportunity to introduce keynote speakers or panelists in a plenary session. (Where it is appropriate, the Co-host Sponsor may be invited to nominate a plenary speaker, or participate as a panel member or speaker.)
- Complete contact information for all delegates, guests and speakers.
- Two complimentary registrations to the Forum.
2. Gold Sponsors - Cdn. $3,000 + QST + GST
As a Gold Sponsor, you receive prominent visibility in all marketing and communications material.
Benefits:
- Your logo on all event material, as well as the conference web site.
- Recognition on event signage and all Forum materials.
- Opportunity to introduce a keynote speaker or panel of speakers in a plenary session. (Where it is appropriate, Gold Sponsors may be invited to nominate a plenary speaker or to participate as a panel member or speaker.)
- Complete contact information for all delegates, guests and speakers.
- One complimentary registration to the Forum.
3. Activity Sponsors - Cdn. $ + QST + GST
Outstanding Service Awards – Oct. 19 $1,500 (2 opportunities) (Taken)
Buffet Breakfast – Oct. 20 $2,000 (Taken)
Luncheon – Oct. 20 $3,000 (Taken)
Networking Breaks – Oct. 20 $1,000 (2 opportunities) (Taken)
Reception – end day Oct. 20 $2,500
Benefits:
- Visibility in all marketing and communications material.
- Inclusion of your logo on all event material as well as the Forum web site.
- Recognition as a sponsor for the specified activity.
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Additional Information
For general information on the 17th Executive Forum on Microelectronics, please contact:
Micheline Lepage, Manager, Programs and Events
E-mail: mlepage@itac.ca
Telephone: 613-791-1261
Fax: 613-238-7967
For sponsorship information on the 17th Executive Forum on Microelectronics, please contact:
Janet Tite, Executive Assistant to the President and CEO
E-mail: jtite@itac.ca
Telephone: 613-238-4822, ext. 233
Fax: 613-238-7967
Speakers
Warren Abar
iSolara Solar Power
Warren Abar is an Professional Engineer and has a degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Robotics and Control Systems from the University of Victoria. Warren has worked on solar since 1994 and created his own company iSolara Solar Power in Ottawa in 2003. iSolara has 20 employees and Engineers, Procures and Constructs solar electric projects for farmers, home owners, businesses and large institutions and is one of top integrators in Eastern Ontario. Prior to owning his own business he was a Senior S/W Architect at Nortel where he designed Network Management Systems for controlling up to 160 wavelengths on a single glass fiber. Warren has a number of innovation awards and has applied for patents associated with optimizing solar energy harvests.
David Danovitch
Senior Technical Staff Member
IBM Semiconductor Solutions
David Danovitch is a Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM Semiconductor Solutions working at their Microelectronics Packaging Facility in Bromont, Canada. He has been with IBM for 29 years, working in various aspects of semiconductor device packaging. The Bromont facility packages IBM semiconductors for IBM Servers as well as external applications such as Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo game consoles and numerous Custom Logic applications around the globe. David's current responsibilities involve semiconductor packaging process development strategies, concentrating on process and material needs for the packaging of future semiconductor generations. He has a bachelors and masters degree in Metallurgical Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, holds 38 patents and has authored numerous technical publications.
Ritch Dusome
Director of Product Marketing
Cisco Systems
Ritch Dusome is currently Director of Product Marketing for Cisco Systems. He has held this position for over 4 years but has worked for Cisco for over 12 years in Ottawa in both Engineering and Product Marketing. He is responsible for the ASR 1000, 7200, 7300 router products on a global basis within Cisco Systems which translates to a greater than $1Billion bookings annually.
Ritch is also the Ottawa R&D Site Leader for Cisco Systems. He was primarily responsible for the recent announcement on August 17th between Cisco and the Ontario Government for essentially doubling the size of R&D in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) over the next 5 years.
Ritch holds a BSc from the University of Ottawa. He is also a 10 year CCIE alumni.
Ritch has held positions of Network Analyst at Bell Canada and TD Bank. At Bell Canada he was involved in the Bell Sympatico ADSL rollout, CA*net conversion and cross Canada router backbone on fiber.
At TD Bank he ran both the Network and Data Centre Operations team and was responsible for their global WAN rollout.
Ritch has lived in the Ottawa area since joining Cisco Systems. He has 4 children and is active in coaching and playing hockey. He is also an avid Ottawa Senators hockey fan since moving to the area.
Royal Hinther
Director of Business Development
Canadian Light Source Inc.
Mr. Royal Hinther is currently the Director of Business Development at the Canadian Light Source Inc. (CLSI), at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Mr. Hinther has had over 25 years of experience in business development, including building business relationships to support industrial utilization of research and development, developing science and innovation policy, as well as completing technology transfer and commercialization activities. He has held various positions in government and industry involving strategic and tactical policy and program development around science, technology commercialization and business development. Most recently, his role at CLS includes assisting industry to work at CLS as well as developing initiatives with industry researchers to develop a more integrated approach for the translation of ideas into products.
Jay Illingworth
With more than 20 years of experience in developing effective public-private partnerships, Jay Illingworth's background crosses a wide range of technology-based initiatives for both government and industry.
He played a key role in developing the federal government's e-business strategy, including an assignment as the secretariat team leader at Industry Canada for the Canadian E-Business Opportunities Roundtable. Through an Interchange Canada program, he also served as government programs manager for IBM Canada in Ottawa.
Jay served as Vice President of Electronics Product Stewardship Canada (EPSC) up to 2008, where he worked closely with Canada's leading manufacturers of information technology and consumer electronics on a variety of environmental issues. He has also served as an interim Executive Director for each of the industry-led electronics stewardship programs in Saskatchewan, British Columbia and most recently, Nova Scotia.
In January of 2009 Jay was named the Director of Harmonization for Canada's industry-led and regulated environmental stewardship programs for electronics.
Jeff Laks
SR&ED Consultant
Jeff Laks has over 20 years experience as a high tech executive holding senior management positions in R&D at Newbridge Networks, Linmor Technologies, Mitel Corporation and Norlite Technologies. For the past 9 years, Jeff has been an SR&ED consultant based in Ottawa where he has assisted over 300 Canadian and UK companies successfully obtain R&D tax credits. Although specializing in software claims, Jeff has prepared claims for many diverse industries including manufacturing, electronics, telecommunications, food, agriculture, biomedical, pharmaceutical, textiles, automotive, aeronautics, retail and financial.
Jeff has been involved in various industry and government committees relating to R&D tax credits and served as an expert panel member on Revenue Canada's IC97-1 "Administrative Guidelines for Software Development". Jeff holds a Bachelor's degree in Honours Electrical Engineering, a Master's degree in Computer Science and is a member of Professional Engineers Ontario.
Chantale Mantha
Toshiba of Canada
Ms. Mantha manages Toshiba of Canada’s compliance for all environmental regulations and various programs across Canada and maintains recycling programs for end-of-life electronics. She is also responsible to ensure ongoing employee education and awareness of Toshiba’s Environmental and Corporate Social Responsible initiatives in Canada.
Since joining Toshiba of Canada in 2004, Ms. Mantha’s most recent success comes at the hand of waste reduction for Toshiba’s Corporate Head Office. With the implementation of recycling programs, Ms. Mantha has been able to substantially reduce waste to landfill.
Ms. Mantha serves on the Board of Directors for Electronic Product Stewardship of Canada (ESPC), Atlantic Canada Electronic Stewardship (ACES) and most recently Saskatchewan Waste Electronic Equipment Program (SWEEP).
Jeffrey Perkins
General Manager, Business Development
Yole Développement
Jeff has more than 20 years of experience working in emerging technologies. Jeff joined Yole in 2007 to launch the US affiliate and lead Yole’s business development activities in North America. Formerly the President of the US affiliate of a Swiss based precision systems manufacturer, his experience in emerging technology covers energy, aerospace, medical and consumer markets. Jeff has a BS in Building Energy Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder and an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
Kaushik Roy
Kaushik Roy received B.Tech. degree in electronics and electrical communications engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, and Ph.D. degree from the electrical and computer engineering department of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990. He was with the Semiconductor Process and Design Center of Texas Instruments, Dallas, where he worked on FPGA architecture development and low-power circuit design. He joined the electrical and computer engineering faculty at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, in 1993, where he is currently a Professor and holds the Roscoe H. George Chair of Electrical & Computer Engineering. His research interests include Spintronics, VLSI design/CAD for nano-scale Silicon and non-Silicon technologies, low-power electronics for portable computing and wireless communications, VLSI testing and verification, and reconfigurable computing. Dr. Roy has published more than 500 papers in refereed journals and conferences, holds 15 patents, graduated 51 PhD students, and is co-author of two books on Low Power CMOS VLSI Design (John Wiley & McGraw Hill).
Dr. Roy received the National Science Foundation Career Development Award in 1995, IBM faculty partnership award, ATT/Lucent Foundation award, 2005 SRC Technical Excellence Award, SRC Inventors Award, Purdue College of Engineering Research Excellence Award, Humboldt Research Award in 2010, 2010 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Technical Achievement Award, Distinguished Alumnus Award from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, and best paper awards at 1997 International Test Conference, IEEE 2000 International Symposium on Quality of IC Design, 2003 IEEE Latin American Test Workshop, 2003 IEEE Nano, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Computer Design, 2006 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Low Power Electronics & Design, and 2005 IEEE Circuits and system society Outstanding Young Author Award (Chris Kim), 2006 IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems best paper award. Dr. Roy is Purdue University Faculty Scholar. He was a Research Visionary Board Member of Motorola Labs (2002) and held the M.K. Gandhi Distinguished Visiting faculty at Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay). He has been in the editorial board of IEEE Design and Test, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, and IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems. He was Guest Editor for Special Issue on Low-Power VLSI in the IEEE Design and Test (1994) and IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems (June 2000), IEE Proceedings -- Computers and Digital Techniques (July 2002). Dr. Roy is a fellow of IEEE.
Russ Taylor
Professor
University of Calgary
Russ Taylor received a B.Sc in Astronomy, from the University of Western Ontario in 1976, and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Physics (Radio Astronomy) from the University of British Columbia in 1982.
He is currently a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Calgary and Director of the three-university Institute for Space Imaging Science. He is the Canadian National Project Scientist for the Square Kilometre Array, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian SKA Consortium, Vice-Chair of the International SKA Science and Engineering Committee and a member of the International Board of the Preparatory Phase Program for the SKA.
On the research side, Taylor has published over 200 professional scientific articles, and has edited four books. During his time as a professor at the University of Calgary he has mentored over 40 young scientists in radio astrophysics and the techniques of radio imaging of the sky. One was awarded the Henri Chrétien International Research Award from the American Astronomical Society in 1993 for work carried out under his supervision, and one graduate student was award the Canadian Astronomical Society's Plaskett Medal for the best Canadian Ph.D. thesis in astronomy.
Taylor was the Canadian Co-principal Investigator on the VSOP space mission, an international partnership to launch a radio telescope for Very Long Baseline Interferometry imaging between Earth and space. As part of the mission he directed one of three international centres for processing of the VSOP mission data.
Tibor Turi, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Manager, Ontario Regional Office
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Tibor is the Manager of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Ontario Regional Office located at the Sheridan Research Park in Mississauga, Ontario. His principle focus, along with the NSERC-Ontario staff, is to facilitate and support academic-industrial research partnerships in Ontario particularly with small to medium sized enterprises. Prior to joining NSERC, Tibor held various leadership roles in research and development, technical design, product engineering, and product market development in the materials and manufacturing industries. During 14 years of private sector experience, he travelled throughout North America and internationally to perform a variety of technical and strategic functions related to innovation, technology advancement and business development, and was an advocate of industry-university collaboration. Tibor holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Materials Engineering from McMaster University, and a Ph.D. in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering focusing on nanocrystalline materials from Queen’s University. He has been a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario since 1992 and has received an Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Presentations
"The Sustainability Imperative - Is the Green Revolution a Net Gain for Canada's Microelectronics Industry" - (Delfosse Room)
In today's microelectronic/microsystems manufacturing supply chain we are seeing an increasing impact from regulators, consumers and partners demanding ever more environmentally-friendly products and processes. But can Canadian companies find a competitive advantage in these new manufacturing processes and materials? Can a company's image impact it's sales – for better or for worse? Should additional environmental requirements be seen only as a compliance issue, or is there a net benefit if done right?
The Sustainability Imperative - Is the Green Revolution a Net Gain for Canada's Microelectronics Industry? - Warren Abar, President, iSolara
Perspectives on Environmental Management - Dave Danovitch, STSM, Bromont Packaging Assembly, IBM Bromont
Toshiba of Canada Limited - Chantale Mantha, Environmental & Corporate Social Responsibility Specialist, Toshiba Canada
"Public Policy's impact on Re-energizing Microelectronics" - (Delfosse Room)
Canada's Digital Economy Strategy should position Public Policy to embrace and support the efforts of the Microelectronics community. But are the realities of SR&ED Tax credits/refunds really having the intended impact. Are the costs of doing high tech business in each province competitive? Does Public Education provide the Highly Qualified People that industry needs to grow its business? Are our industry's needs understood? Are there things that could be done better? What is likely in the next 4-5 years of a Conservative majority and a new mandate for the new Ontario Government?
Public Policy and the Microelectronics Industry - Lynda Leonard, VP, ITAC
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