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The following program is currently under development and subject to modification. New speakers and presentation titles will be updated regularly. Check back frequently for updates!
Note that speakers’ names that are underlined link to the abstract and speaker’s bio. Others will follow shortly.
| Sunday 27 April 2025 | |
| 18:30 | Registration open Welcome drink in the hotel lobby Dinner afterwards on your own |
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| Monday 28 April 2025 | |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Welcome Roland Hirschi, Secretary General, Micronarc Prof. Volker Saile, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| 09:15 - 10:00 | Invited Keynote on the Future of Micro-manufacturing I Chair: Volker Saile, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Dr. Stefan Kimmerle, VP Engineering, Bosch Sensortec GmbH (Germany)  The air we breathe, the sound we hear |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee & Exhibition Visit |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Micro-manufacturing Applications I – Watchmaking Chair: Roland Hirschi, Micronarc Gaia Canepa, Sales Representative, Watchmaking & Luxury, FEMTOprint (Switzerland) Advanced 3D glass microfabrication: empowering creativity in traditional watchmaking art Rémi Jomard, Products and Innovation Director, PIAGET - Branch of Richemont International SA (Switzerland) Altiplano Ultimate Concept Tourbillon Nima Tolou, Founder & CEO, Flexous (The Netherlands) Monolithic Oscillator: Application of Flexible Mechanisms to the Watch Industry |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch in the hotel |
| 13:30 - 14:45 | Micro-manufacturing Applications II – Medtech Chair: Sandra Ansanay-Alex, BioAlps Short Introduction of BioAlps - Sandra Ansanay-Alex Dr. Gözde Kabay, Junior Research Group Leader, KIT (Germany) Real-Time Impedimetric Sensing of Enzymatically Catalyzed Hydrogelation Dr. Guillaume Petit-Pierre, CEO and Co-Founder, Artiria Medical SA (Switzerland) Revolutionizing Neurovascular Care with Cutting-Edge Microwires Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Alexander Nesterov-Mueller, Institute of Microstructure Technology, KIT (Germany) AI-Based Methods for Disease Detection Using High-Density Peptide Arrays Exhibitor elevator pitch (3 min) - Lyncée Tec Exhibitor elevator pitch (3 min) - Heidelberg Instruments |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | Coffee & Exhibition Visit |
| 15:15- 16:00 | Invited Keynote on the Future of Micro-manufacturing II Chair: Philippe Fischer, FSRM Prof. Dr. Anke-Susanne MĂĽller, Institute Director, Professor for Accelerator Physics, Institute for Beam Physics and Technology (IBPT), KIT (Germany) Ultracompact electron accelerators for internal radiotherapy (tentative title) |
| 16:00 | Adjourn for the day |
| 18:00 | Conference Dinner ~ Meet in hotel lobby at 18:00 |
| 18:15 | Departure of private train to Restaurant Golf de Villars |
| 18:30 | Networking Aperitif at Restaurant |
| 20:00 | Swiss Traditional Meal |
| 22:30 (approximately) | Departure of Train for Villars, arrival at hotel at approximately 23:00. |
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| Tuesday 29 April 2025 | |
| 08:45 - 10:15 | SENSORS Chair: Philippe Fischer, FSRM Marco Capovilla, Marketing and Product Manager, STMicroelectronics (Italy) How MEMS sensors are transforming wearables Daniele Brunazzo, Business Development Manager - MEMS & Sensors, CSEM (Switzerland) Innovative technologies for sensing applications Lukas BĂĽrgi, Director R&D Sensor Innovation, Sensirion (Switzerland) Innovative Microsensors for Medical and Environmental Applications Ulrike Passlack, R & D Engineer, IMS CHIPS (Germany) Advanced Flexible Electronics for Medical Applications |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee & Exhibition Visit |
| 10:45 - 12:15 | NEXT GENERATION ENERGY Chair: Pierre-André Grandchamp, FSRM Prof. Dr. Manfred Kohl, Smart Materials and Devices Laboratory - KIT (Germany) Elastocaloric Cooling and Energy Generation from Waste Heat at Miniature Scales Dr. Antonin Faes, Project and Focus Area Manager in Photovoltaics, CSEM (Switzerland); Team Leader about PV module development at EPFL PV-Lab (Switzerland) Sustainable energy activities at CSEM to support the energy transition from the nano to the tera scales Dr. Nicolas Osenciat, R&D Laboratory Director, BTRY AG (Switzerland) Flexible thin-film solid-state batteries: from research to product development |
| 12:15 - 14:00 | Lunch in the hotel |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Invited Keynote on the Future of Micro-manufacturing III Chair: Volker Saile, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Prof. Dr. Jens Anders, Institute Director, Institute of Smart Sensors, University of Stuttgart (Germany) Towards scalable quantum sensors for real-world applications |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Closing Session Draw for Tissot T-Touch Final Remarks |
| 15:00 | Conference adjourns Farewell reception in hotel lobby |
