PROGRAM

Monday

Welcome Reception

Tuesday

Country Reports

Banquet Dinner

Wednesday

Invited Talks

Thursday

Technical Tours

Monday - 2 June​

Location: Hemon Room - Level A (Salon Hemon)

Invitation Only

5:00 - 7:00 pm​

Welcome Reception

Hemon Room – Level A (Salon Hemon)

Tuesday - 3 June

Country Reports & Banquet Dinner

Location: Salon ABC - Level B

7:00 – 8:45 am

Breakfast

8:45 – 9:00 am

Welcome

Gordon Harling President and CEO CMC Microsystems

Gordon Harling
CMC Microsystems

Australia

9:00 – 9:20 am

Australia Country Report
Mariusz Martyniuk
The University of Western Australia

9:25 – 9:45 am

Other Presentation:
Piezo-Optoelectronic Sensing Effects in Si and SiC Heterojunctions
Dzung Dao
Griffith University

9:50 – 10:10 am

Other Presentation:
Building the Case for Strategic Semiconductor Investment in Australia
Nadia Court
Semiconductor Sector Service Bureau (S3B)

10:15 – 10:35 am

Other Presentation:
Novel Micro-actuators for Micro-optics applications
Aron Woldeghiorgis
UNSW Sydney

10:40 – 11:00 am

Tea/Networking break

Italy

11:00 – 11:20 am
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Italy Country Report
Luca Francioso
Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems CNR-IMM

Japan

11:25 – 11:45 am

Japan Country Report
Toshihiro Itoh
The University of Tokyo

Romania

11:50 – 12:10 pm

Romania Country Report
Carmen Moldovan
National Institute for R&D in Microtechnologies
(IMT-Bucharest)

12:15 – 12:35 pm

Other Presentation:
IMT’s activity in the frame of European Chips Act
Adrian Dinescu & Carmen Moldovan
National Institute for R&D in Microtechnologies
(IMT-Bucharest)

12:40 – 2:00 pm

Lunch

Iberian

2:00 – 2:20 pm

Iberian Peninsula Report
Luis Fonseca
Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona
National Centre of Microelectronics (IMB-CNM)

2:25 – 2:45 pm

Other Presentation:
Introducing gas/vapor microsensors into monitoring plant water stress and detecting the onset of wildfires
Stella Vallejos Vargas
Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona
National Centre of Microelectronics (IMB-CNM)

United Kingdom

2:50 – 3:10 pm

United Kingdom Country Report
Nicholas Harris
University of Southampton

3:15 – 3:35 pm

Other Presentation:
MEMS/NEMS-Photonics Integration and NOEMS
Yoshishige Tsuchiya
University of Southampton

3:40 – 4:00 pm

Tea/Networking break

Canada

4:00 – 4:20 pm

Canada Country Report
Gordon Harling
CMC Microsystems

4:25 – 4:45 pm

Not for Your Phone: Evolving Microsystem Paradigms in High-Performance Acceleration Sensing
Behraad Bahreyni
Simon Fraser University

4:50 – 5:10 pm

Imaging, Tracking and Reconfigurable Acoustics: MEMS Innovations at the University of Waterloo
Raafat Mansour
University of Waterloo

5:15 – 6:00pm

Close

Transition to Evening Banquet

6:00 – 6:30 pm

Cocktail

6:30 – 9:00 pm

Dinner​

Wednesday - 4 June

Invited Talks

Location: Salon ABC - Level B

7:00 – 8:50 am

Breakfast

8:50 am

Welcome

Gordon Harling President and CEO CMC Microsystems

Gordon Harling
CMC Microsystems

Marco Blouin
Science and Partnerships, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation of Quebec (MEI)

9:00 am

Featured Talk 1

MMS_speaker_TimWarland

Tim Warland
CMC Microsystems
Canada’s Semiconductor Ecosystem. Accelerated.

Invited Talks Session 1

Manufacturing and Microfabrication Capabilities in Canada

suraj

Session Chair
Suraj Sharma
CMC Microsystems

9:30 am
Collin Twanow – Director of Technology, Teledyne MEMS

Collin Twanow
Teledyne MEMS
Globally Competitive MEMS Foundry Manufacturing in Canada

9:50 am
Bruce Scatchard 

Bruce Scatchard 
Preciseley Microtechnology
Canada’s Optical MEMS Advantage: Infrastructure, Innovation, and Scaling for Global Markets

10:10 am
Karel Côté M.Sc., Senior Microfabrication Technical Expert

Karel Côté 
C2MI
C2MI Microfabrication capabilities: Lab to Fab for next generation of MEMS, Photonics and more…

10:30 – 11:00 am

Tea/Networking break

Invited Talks Session 2

Canadian Excellence in MEMS/IoT Research and Innovation

suraj

Session Chair
Suraj Sharma
CMC Microsystems

11:00 am
Ammar B. Kouki

Ammar B. Kouki
LaCIME  |  ÉTS
Ceramics and MEMS: A Potent Combination for Microsystems

11:20 am
Sahil Gupta – VP Product (Soundskrit)

Sahil Gupta
Soundskrit
From Nature to Silicon: MEMS Bio-inspired Microphones Improve Audio Capture in Consumer Electronics

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Lunch Break​

1:00 pm

Panel Discussion 1

Global Collaboration and Future Trends in Smart Systems

Nadia Court Director Semiconductor Sector Service Bureau (S3B)

Moderator
Nadia Court
Director, Semiconductor Sector Service Bureau (S3B)

Bruce Scatchard 

Bruce Scatchard 
Preciseley Microtechnologies

Collin Twanow – Director of Technology, Teledyne MEMS

Collin Twanow
Teledyne MEMS

Sahil Gupta – VP Product (Soundskrit)

Sahil Gupta
Soundskrit

Invited Talks Session 3

Innovative Canadian Companies: From Concept to Commercialization

amr

Session Chair
Amr Samir
CMC Microsystems

1:40 pm
Richard Beaudry

Richard Beaudry
Digitho
Direct Lithography Writing Using Dynamic Reprogrammable Photomask

2:00 pm
Edmond Cretu, PhD

Edmond Cretu
Sonus Microsystems
From CMUT to polyCMUT Arrays – A Green Tale

2:20 pm
MMS_speaker_DannyGangapersaud

Danny Gangapersaud
Stathera
Stathera MEMS Timing: From R&D Breakthrough to Commercial Reality

2:40 pm

Featured Talk 2

MMS_speaker_AlanRenaudin

Alan Renaudin
Technum Québec
Technum Innovation Zone: An Ecosystemic Approach for Growth and Collaboration in Semiconductors

3:00 pm

Panel Discussion 2

Innovation in MEMS and IoT: Challenges and Opportunities

Stella Vallejos Vargas Tenure Scientist Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona National Centre of Microelectronics (IMB-CNM)

Moderator
Stella Vallejos Vargas
IMB-CNM

3:40 pm

Close

3:50 pm

Optional LTCC@ÉTS laboratory tour

Offered by: Ammar B. Kouki  |  LTCC@ÉTS
Address: 1100, Notre-Dame Street West

Participants can explore the city on Wednesday evening.
No events are scheduled.

Thursday - 5 June

Technical Tours

Interested in the tour? Registration to MMS 2025 is required to attend the technical tours 

8:00 am​

Depart hotel for Sherbrooke tours

Boxed Breakfast

will be available to take on the bus by request

10:00 – 10:45 am

3IT visit

11:00 – 11:45 am

Institut Quantique visit

12:00 – 1:00 pm​

Lunch at EQ1

1:00 – 2:00 pm

DistriQ visit

2:00 – 3:00 pm​

Bus to Bromont​

3:00 – 4:00 pm

C2MI Visit

4:15 pm​

Depart C2MI in Bromont for Hotel in Montreal​

Explore the city at your leisure.

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