MCCI Annual Forum Takes Place This Thursday, 5th October

We are looking forward to our Annual Forum which is taking place this Thursday, 5th October at Tyndall National Institute Cork.

The focus for the day will be on the impacts MCCI are delivering from ground breaking research to developing future talent for industry.

Below is the Agenda for the Forum which will be a great opportunity to hear from experts in the field of microelectronics.

9.30 Registration Opens Networking, Poster Sessions & Coffee

10.30 Welcome and Opening remarks Donnacha O’Riordan, Director MCCI

10:45 MCCI Chairman’s Address Donal Sullivan, VP & GM Johnson Controls

11.00 “Beyond Moore & Industry Interaction with Academia” Dr. Marcel Pelgrom, Consultant & Lecturing at Twente, Delft and Stanford Universities, and for MEAD/EPFL

11:45 “EI perspective on the Technology Centre Program” Carol Gibbons, Director of ICT Programs & Sector Manager for Electronic Clients at Enterprise Ireland

12.00 “Licensing Impact” Anthony Morrissey, Technology Transfer Office at Tyndall National Institute

12:20 “Next Generation Bioelectronics Implants” Dr Rory Murphy, Functional Neurosurgeon and Founder, Intelligent Implant Systems

13.00 Lunch, Networking & Poster Session

14:00 “MCCI Core Funded Research Roadmap” Dr. Ivan O’Connell, Principal Investigator MCCI

14:20 “Collaborating with Industry in Analog Integrated Circuit Design” Dr. Bram Nauta, Chair Electrical Engineering Dept, University of Twente, President Elect IEEE Solid State Circuits Society

15:05 “Electronics in Ireland – A New Dawn” Leonard Hobbs, Trinity Research & Innovation, TCD and Chairman MIDAS Ireland

15:25 “A Few Good Sensors” Dr. Alan O’Riordan, Principal Investigator, ICT for Agri at Tyndall National Institute

16:00 Best Poster Prize and Closing Remarks Donnacha O’Riordan, Director MCCI

17:00 Evening Reception & Networking at The Franciscan Well