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Dr. Santokh Badesha, Xerox Fellow and
Manager of Open Innovation in Xerox Corporation's Innovation
Group - the most prolific inventor in the company's history
with 158 U.S. patents -delivered the keynote address at the
second annual Convergence of International Research and
Commercialization in Albany, or CIRCA '08, held May 19-21 at
the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs, NY and at
CNSE's Albany NanoTech Complex in Albany, NY.
Other featured speakers included Harvey Frye, President,
Tokyo Electron America and Conference Chair; Dr. Michael R.
Polcari, President & CEO, International SEMATECH; Dr. James
O'Neill, Senior Manager, Silicon Technology, IBM; Larry
Sumney, President, Semiconductor Research Corporation; Dr.
Alain E. Kaloyeros, Vice President and Chief Administrative
Officer, CNSE; Ralf Graber, Executive Vice President, M+W
Zander; and, Tom Birdsey, President & CEO, EYP Architecture
& Engineering.
"Open Innovation of Nanotechnology in the Adjacent Markets
of Transportation, Energy and Security" was the theme of
CIRCA '08, designed to present unique strategies for
development of nanofabrication technology platforms and to
identify related teaming opportunities around
industry-compliant manufacturing solutions. CIRCA '08 is the
only conference addressing the challenge of nanotechnology
convergence with concrete strategies and practical solutions
enabled by CNSE and its partner companies, including leading
device, equipment and material suppliers providing
manufacturable solutions that are supported by a
nanotechnology-driven supply chain.
Justin Wright, Executive Director of AeA's New York Council,
said, "CIRCA '08 provided a tremendous opportunity for our
member companies representing all segments of the high-tech
industry. AeA recognizes that manufacturability and
commercialization of nanotechnology are among the greatest
challenges facing widespread implementation and commercial
viability. AeA's strategic relationship with CNSE is
providing unique capabilities and solutions to address these
challenges, as CIRCA '08 demonstrated."
Dr. Alain E. Kaloyeros, Vice President and Chief
Administrative Officer of CNSE, said, "The presence and
participation at CIRCA '08 of the world's leading executives
at the forefront of a new paradigm of Open Innovation is
testament to the exceptional partnership between the UAlbany
NanoCollege and AeA, the preeminent global high-tech trade
organization. We look forward to the development of unique
strategies for cross-sector, university-driven technology
platforms, and the creation of new business teaming
opportunities among public and private sector leaders in
nanoscale research, development and manufacturing."
Other speakers participating at CIRCA '08 included Dr. John
M. Pellegrino, Director, Sensors and Electron Devices
Directorate, Army Research Laboratory; Paul Brubaker,
Administrator, Research and Innovative Technology
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation; J.R.
Reagan, Vice President, Global Risk Compliance & Security,
BearingPoint; Dr. Ken Young, Consortium Manager, ARL
Collaborative Technology Alliance, Telcordia Technologies;
Jon Weston, Deputy Director of Capital Programs, Port
Authority of New York & New Jersey; Mary Ann Crotty,
President, Macro Enterprises; and, Michael O'Halloran,
Director of Technology, CH2MHill Electronics & Advanced
Technology Group.
About AeA
AeA, the nation's largest technology trade
association representing all segments of the high-tech
industry, is dedicated solely to helping our members' top
line and bottom line. We do this in partnership with our
small, medium, and large member companies by lobbying
governments at the state, federal, and international levels,
providing access to capital and business opportunities, and
offering select business services and networking programs.
For more information, please visit www.aeanet.org.
About UAlbany CNSE
The UAlbany CNSE is the first college in the world dedicated
to research, development, education, and deployment in the
emerging disciplines of nanoscience, nanoengineering,
nanobioscience, and nanoeconomics. In May 2007, it was
ranked as the world's number one college for nanotechnology
and microtechnology in the Annual College Ranking by Small
Times magazine. CNSE's Albany NanoTech complex is the most
advanced research enterprise of its kind at any university
in the world: a $4.2 billion, 450,000-square-foot complex
that attracts corporate partners from around the world and
offers students a one-of-a-kind academic experience. The
UAlbany NanoCollege houses the only fully-integrated, 300mm
wafer, computer chip pilot prototyping and demonstration
line within 65,000 square feet of Class 1 capable cleanrooms.
More than 2,000 scientists, researchers, engineers,
students, and faculty work on site at CNSE's Albany NanoTech
complex, from companies including IBM, AMD, SEMATECH,
Toshiba, ASML, Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, Vistec
Lithography and Freescale. An expansion currently underway
will increase the size of CNSE's Albany NanoTech complex to
over 800,000 square feet, including over 80,000 square feet
of Class 1 capable cleanroom space, to house over 2,500
scientists, researchers, engineers, students, and faculty by
mid-2009. |
