• Dr. Michael Polcari, President & CEO, International SEMATECH
• 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 Graeber, Executive Vice President, M+W Zander
• Eric Ferret, Project Executive, EYP Architecture & Engineering
• 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
• Mary Ann Crotty, President, Macro Enterprises
• Forrest Gist, Senior Security Consultant, CH2M Hill Electronics & Advanced Technology Group
• Nick Santhanam, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company, Palo Alto Office
• Dr. Michael Schen, Acting Director, Information Technology & Electronics Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology – Technology Innovation Program (TIP)
• Dr. Paul Amirtharaj, Chief of RF & Electronics – ARL-SEDD
• Ron Rock, Brown, McMahon & Weinraub, LLC
• George Philip, Interim President, University at Albany–SUNY

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

Outcomes from the conference included:

1. Identification of cross-sector technology roadmaps that are enabled by advanced computing and emerging nanofabrication technologies, and supported by suppliers through vertically integrated teams of companies.
    
2. Promotion of 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. Explored the critical “missing link” for success in reducing the risk, cost, and time to market of nanotechnology-enabled devices.
    
3. Development of 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

Michelle Scott, CMP
CIRCA 08 Event Planner
P:  518.273.3407

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