Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA

Members only!

(this will be co-located with MIG's M2M Forum) iNEMI has been roadmapping the manufacturing needs of the MEMS industry for a number of years. This workshop will focus on refining the identified challenges and gaps that will benefit from a collaborative approach. These gaps may be related to technology maturity/deployment as well as development processes such as testing methodologies and reliability verification. In particular, the two new initiatives being proposed by iNEMI, in the areas of MEMS Test Methods and Capabilities and MEMS Reliability Methodologies will be reviewed.

iNEMI is hosting a webinar to review the PEG (product emulator group) chapters of the 2013 iNEMI Roadmap. We hope to get the North American/European perspective on these product sectors and to identify any key issues or product requirements that may have been overlooked. This feedback will be included in the PEG chapters as they are being developed. The PEG chapters will then be presented to the 21 TWGs (technology working groups) for their use as “needs” drivers of their respective technologies over the ten-year horizon covered by the roadmap.

Sensors - A Foundation for Accelerated MEMS Market Growth to $1 Trillion has been finalized.

A special session, MEMS for All of Us, has been added, which will be held during the post-symposium reception and will showcase selected products driven by sensors and sensor software; click here for details. During the reception, attendees will have an opportunity to see hands on demonstrations of the products. The technology behind the products will be presented in the last session of the symposium. The session free of charge; To attend you must register for Exhibits Only.

Companies who have agreed to participate to-date include:

CSR HillCrest Labs Movea Sensor Platforms, Inc. Syride VectorNav Xsens

Can the MEMS market grow to $100 billion and 1 trillion MEMS devices per year by 2025? We believe this can happen. Already, the MEMS market has been one of the few shining stars among its peers in the overall semiconductor market sector, and the economy on the whole. Currently, the total market for MEMS devices is around $9.5-10 billion per year and it is expected to grow at 12 to 15% for the next few years.

Recent MEMS Investor Journal research has shown that the MEMS market will reach an inflection point in the 2016-2017 time frame that will dramatically change the economics of MEMS production to further reduce costs and significantly increase the utilization of MEMS devices throughout major industrial segments.

So what are the emerging “killer apps” enabled by MEMS devices? And what are the next set of MEMS technologies that will enable new applications? These are the key questions that will drive the discussion at this seminal event — MEMS Business Forum 2012. This event will feature leading MEMS business and technology visionaries to stimulate the discussion. The future is bright for MEMS — attend this event to identify future MEMS technology and application trends, exchange ideas, form new companies and network with your industry peers!

The day preceding the MEMS Business Forum, MEPTEC’s 10th Annual MEMS Symposium will also address the possibility of explosive MEMS market growth through MEMS based sensing systems and accelerating R&D cycles. Together, the two events will share this theme of accelerated MEMS market growth by featuring leading experts in MEMS business, academia and technology who will discuss emerging MEMS applications enabled by the next generation of MEMS technologies.

Register by May 15 for free admission.