Thursday, October 13, 2016 | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Northeastern University – Silicon Valley Campus | San Jose, CA

Please join the IEEE San Francisco Bay Area Sensors and MEMS Chapter and Northeastern University at this exceptional value all-day workshop on the topic of Printed/Flexible/Fabric (P/F/F) Sensors and Systems. The technical program is comprised of 14 speakers representing organizations currently engaged in the production of these devices in additional to speakers representing leading international university and research development organizations discussing future developments. Their presentations will focus on current and future technologies and applications of these devices and systems. An interactive panel discussion will follow.

The 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. workshop has been designed to provide attendees with ample time for networking during the several breaks, luncheon and cocktail reception. A limited number of table-top exhibits have been made available at a nominal price for interested organizations. | Please visit northeastern.edu/siliconvalley/events  or click here  for full event description.

WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION 
General Chair: Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates | Technical Chair: Ramesh Ramadoss, IEEE | Exhibits Chair: Brent Lunceford, IEEE 
Organizing Committee: P.K. Agarwal; Rick Davis, Northeastern University | Host: P. K. Agarwal, Northeastern University – Silicon Valley

WHO SHOULD ATTEND 

• Design and system engineers responsible for the development of products enabled by these technologies 

• Key decision makers from industries planning to participate-in and benefit-from emerging global economic tides, such as the Internet of Things, mHealth, and wearable technologies  

• Researchers from academia and industry involved in related R&D  

• Government representatives involved in structuring funding of advanced technology programs and jobs creation initiatives.  

• VCs, angel investors, industrial organizations and analysts from the financial community tracking sensors, IoT and Wearables for future investment opportunities   

HOW DO YOU BENEFIT 

• Unique networking opportunity to meet and discuss collaborations with key industrial, academic and government decision makers  

• Provides an advanced “peek” into the future of P/F/F sensors  

• Idea generator to create new business opportunities  

• Understanding of market situational analysis and dynamics, barriers to commercialization and success strategies 

HOW TO REGISTER 

To register, go to ieee-northeastern-sensorsandsystems.eventbrite.com or click here. Pricing includes complimentary continental breakfast, break refreshments, lunch and cocktail reception. Seating is limited to provide full value to each attendee so register now. 

• General Admission: $65 
• IEEE Member or Northeastern Alumni: $45 
• Full-time Student (with Academic Email): $25

Program Agenda

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast & Networking

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Session I: Sensors

• P. K. Agarwal (Dean & CEO, Northeastern University – Silicon Valley)
  Welcome and Introduction to Silicon Valley Campus
• Ramesh Ramadoss (Vice-Chair, IEEE Santa Clara Valley) & Brent Lunceford (Founding Chair, IEEE Austin MEMS  Chapter)
  Welcome and Introduction to IEEE Sensors Chapter
• James C. Bean (Provost & SVP of Academic Affairs, Northeastern University)
  Introduction to Northeastern Research Initiatives
• Roger Grace (President, RG Asssociates)
  Introduction to Printed/Flexible/Fabric Sensors & Systems
• Keynote : John Volakis (Chope Chair Professor of Engineering, Ohio State University)
  Conductive Textiles for Wearable Electronics
• Alex “Bruce” Johnson (Device Systems Engineer, Brewer Science, Inc.)
  Applications of Printed Resistive Flex Sensors
• Jae Son (Founder & CEO, Pressure Profile Systems)
  Flexible and Conformable Capacitive Tactile Sensors from R&D to Commercialization
• Art Muir (Business Development Manager, Parker Hannifin)
  Dielectric Electroactive Polymer Sensors
• Joseph Stetter (President & CTO, SPEC-Sensors)
  Printed Electrochemical Sensors for Air Quality and e-Health Applications
• KG Ganapathi (Co-Founder & CEO, INVIS  Technologies Corp.)
  Flexible devices for large market applications

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch & Networking 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Session II: Systems

•  Keynote:   Ahmed   Busnaina   (William  Lincoln  Smith  Professor,  Northeastern University)
  Nano and Microscale Printing of Sensors and Electronics Using Directed Assemblyof 
  Nanomaterials
• Arye Lipman (Strategic Alliances Manager, IMEC, Belgium)
  A printable flexible sensor for simultaneous detection of multiple ions in fluids
• Cihan Yilmaz (Associate Research Scientist, NSEC, Northeastern University)
  Printed Sensor Platforms for Chemical sensing, Pathogen Detection and Wearable Physiological 
  Monitoring
• Coralie Gallis (Business Development Manager, CEA-LETI)
  Smart Wearables: Examples of Sensor and Energy Harvesting Integration in Flexible Devices
• Wei Gao (Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley)
  Wearable Sweat Biosensors
• Ram Prasad Gandhiraman (Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center)
  Plasma Jet Based Fabrication of Printed Electronics & Sensors
• Christine Kallmayer (Group Manager, Fraunhofer IZM, Germany)
  Textile Integrated Sensors Systems
• Roger H. Grace (President, RG Associates)
  Summary and Conclusions | Strategies for the Successful Commercialization of Printed/Flexible/Fabric Sensors

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Interactive Panel Discussion

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Cocktail Reception & Networking

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