• Dr. Michael Polcari, President & CEO, International SEMATECH
• Dr. Larry Sumney, President, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC-NRI)
• Dr. James 0'Neill, Senior Manager - Silicon Technology, IBM
• Dr. Alain E. Kaloyeros, Vice President & Chief Adm. Officer, CNSE
• Terry A. Francis, Chief Technologist of Electronics, Matheson Tri-Gas
• Dr. Mark Little, (Invited) Senior Vice President, GE Global Research Center
• Dr. Ronald Pirich, Technical Fellow, Northrop Grumman Corporation
• Paul Brubaker, Administrator, Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) U.S. Department of Transportation
• Dr. John M. Pellegrino, Director, Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate (SEDD), Army Research Laboratory
• Michael Fancher, Assistant Vice President for Economic Outreach & Business Development, CNSE
• Jon Harris, Business Group Director (Panama Canal Project), CH2MHill
• Ralf Graber, Executive Vice President, M+W Zander
• Eric Ferret, Project Executive, EYP Architecture & Engineering
• Michael O'Halloran, Director of Technology, CH2MHill Electronics & Advanced Technology Group
• Dr. Robert "Buzz" Paaswell, Director, University Transportation Research Center
• Dr. Ken Young, Consortium Manager, ARL Collaborative Technology Alliance, Telcordia Technologies
• Michael Balboni, Deputy Secretary, NYS Office of Homeland Security
• J.R. Reagan, Vice President, Global Risk Compliance & Security, BearingPoint
• Brett Piekarski, Specialty Electronics & Sensors - ARL -SEDD
• Jon Weston, Deputy Director of Capital Programs, Port Authority of NY & NJ
• Andrew Bata, Chief Officer Strategic Improvements & Best Practices, MTA
• Mary Ann Crotty, President, Macro Enterprises

Purpose of CIRCA 08

The purpose of CIRCA 08 is to enable the convergence of logic, memory, sensors, power and wireless technologies by leveraging the state-of-the-art nano-fabrication know-how of leading device, equipment and material suppliers driving the nanoelectronics (semiconductor) industry.

CIRCA 08 will present strategies for shared development of cross-sector, university-enabled technology platforms and identify related teaming opportunities around industry-compliant manufacturing solutions common to the semiconductor, aerospace, energy and healthcare industries. These strategies will reduce the cost, time and risk to commercialize nanotechnology enabled products.

Targeted outcomes from the conference include:

1. To identify cross-sector technology roadmaps that are enabled by advanced computing, emerging nanofabrication technologies and supported by suppliers through vertically integrated teams of companies.
    
2. To promote the “Albany Integration Model” as the new paradigm for industry, university and government partnerships that provides industry with Quick-Turn-Around-Time (QTAT) 200mm & 300mm wafer pilot-prototyping capability.  Discover the critical “missing link” for success in reducing the risk, cost and time to market of nanotechnology-enabled devices.
    
3. To develop tailored outreach strategies and commercialization pathways to be funded by industry, academia and government, along with leading convergence market players in the advanced computing systems, energy, wireless, aerospace/defense, and healthcare sectors.

Recap from Last Year's CIRCA '07

The inaugural two-day CIRCA 07 conference co-hosted by AeA and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering was a tremendous success with nearly 175 attendees and 30 speakers. 

Highlights of the event included keynote presentations by Dr. Bernard Meyerson of IBM and Richard Singer of the U.S. Dept. of Defense.

Read the full recap at www.aeanet.org/circa07.

Dr. Bernard Meyerson, Chief Technology Officer,
IBM Technology Group

Richard Singer, Associate Director Electronic Materials, Office of the Undersecretary, U.S. Dept. of Defense

Contact Information

Justin Wright
Executive Director
AeA New York Council
255 Fuller Rd
Albany Nanotechnology Complex
Albany, NY 12203
P: 518.437.8820
F: 518.437.8821

Media Contact
Members of the media are invited to attend CIRCA '08.  Please contact Steve Janack for press registration information and to receive your credentials.

Steve Janack
Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Communications
College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
University at Albany
255 Fuller Road
Albany, NY 12203
P:  518.956.7322
F:  518.437.8603