nanoPower Forum 2009 Schedule

The following is a tentative conference schedule, and is subject to change.

Monday, May 18th
8:00 – 10:00 A.M. Registration & Continental Breakfast
10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.

Plenary Session

1.1 – Harvesting Mechanical Energy by Nanogenerators, Zhong Lin Wang, Director, Center for Nanostructure Characterization, Georgia Institute of Technology

1.2 – Nanoelectronics: The European Vision and Strategy, Giovanni Balli, Director, AutoGlobal Business Network

1.3 – Living Life Under 1μ – Extreme Deeply Embedded Computing, Mark Buccini, Director, Worldwide Strategic Marketing, Texas Instruments

1.4 – Wireless Body Area Network – Today and Tomorrow’s Potentials, Didier Sagan, Product Line Marketing Manager, Medical Products Group, Zarlink Semiconductor

12:00 – 1:30 P.M. Lunch Break (on your own)
1:30 – 3:30 P.M.

Session 2: Energy Harvesting

2.1 – Highly Efficient Energy Harvesting for Extremely Low Vibration Environments, Richard Waters, Chief Technology Officer, Lumidyne

2.2 – Thermo Harvesting – More and Enduring Power for Wireless Systems, Fritz Volkert, Chief Executive Officer, Micropelt

2.3 – Efficient Power Generation from a Piezoelectric Vibrational Energy Harvester, Robert Andosca, President and CEO, MicroGen Systems

2.4 – Practical Energy Harvesting, Jerry Ruddle, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Cerametrics

3:30 – 3:45 P.M. Networking Break
3:45 – 5:15 P.M.

Roundtable Discussion:
“Energy Harvesting – Enabler or Inhibitor?”

5:15 – 7:00 P.M. Welcome Reception (Exhibit Hall Open)
Tuesday, May 19th
8:00 – 9:00 A.M. Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 A.M.

Session 3: Thin-Film Batteries

3.1 – Ultra-High Energy Density Lithium/Air and Lithium/Water Batteries, Steven Visco, Chief Technical Officer and VP, PolyPlus Battery Company

3.2 – Design, Microfabrication and Characterization of Micro-Scale Thin-Film Batteries, Sami Oukassi, R&D Engineer, CEA Grenoble

3.3 – Pervasive Power: Integrating Energy Storage for Point of Load Delivery, Steve Grady, VP of Marketing, Cymbet

10:30 - 10:45 A.M. Networking Break
10:45 A.M. - 12:45 P.M.

Session 4: Systems and Applications

4.1 – Wireless Power Transfer for Hearing Aids, Implanted Medical Devices and Consumer Electronics, Kevin O'Handley, VP Business Development, Ferro Solutions

4.2 – Harvesting RF Energy and Powering a Wireless Sensor Node Using a Supercapacitor, Pierre Mars/Charlie Greene, VP Applications Engineering/Head of Technology Platforms, CAP-XX/Powercast

4.3 – Energy Harvesting for Practical Deployment in Building Energy Management Applications, Mike Hayes, Programme Manager, Wireless Sensors for Building Energy Management, Tyndall National Institute

4.4 – Energy Harvesting Powered Wireless Sensor Node and Asset Tracking Solutions in Random Vibration Environments, Anurag Kasyap, Mechanical Analyst, Alexander Edrington, Product Development Manager, Timothy Michalski, Vice President and General Manager, AdaptivEnergy LLC

12:45 - 3:30 P.M. Hosted Lunch ( Exhibits Open )
3:30 - 5:00 P.M.

Session 5: Power Management

5.1 – Efficient Power Management for Low Power Energy Harvesting, Regan Zane, Associate Professor, University of Colorado

5.2 – Design, Implementation and Applications of Ultra-Low Voltage Boost Converter, Kevin, Parmenter/John Pigott, Applications Engineering Manager/Analog IC Guru and Designer, Freescale Semiconductor

5.3 – The Advantages of Microcontrollers in Low-Power Applications, Keith Curtis, Technical Staff Engineer, Microchip

Wednesday, May 20th
8:00 – 9:00 A.M. Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 10:30 A.M.

Session 6: Thin Film Batteries II

6.1 – Thin-Film Micro-Energy Cells Combined with Energy Harvesting Complete the Ideal Low-Power Wireless Sensor Node, Joe Keating, Applications Engineering Manager, Infinite Power Solutions

6.2 – Fabrication of Flexible Ultracapacitor/Galvanic Cell Hybrids Using Advanced Nanoparticle Coating Technology, Brent Boerger, Manager and Senior Engineer, Applied Research Associates

6.3 – TDB

10:30 – 10:45 A.M. Networking Break
10:45 A.M. – 12:45 P.M.

Session 7: Advanced Components

7.1 – Energy Harvesting Embedded Systems Using the MSP430 MCU, Adrian Valenzuela, Product Marketing Engineer, Texas Instruments

7.2 – Multiple Resonances Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Device, Shaofan Qi, School of Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester

7.3 – Energy Harvesting Electronics for TEG, PV and EM Micro-power Generator, Bob Chao, CEO, Advanced Linear Devices

12:45 P.M. Conference Adjourns