Page last updated: April 10, 2026 – FINAL PROGRAM
We are pleased to announce the following program for mAm 2026. Please note that the program and timing is subject to modification.
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| Sunday 19 April 2026 | |
| 18:30 | Registration open Welcome drink in the hotel lobby Dinner afterwards on your own |
| Monday 20 April 2026 | |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Welcome Roland Hirschi, Secretary General, Micronarc Prof. Volker Saile, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Edward Byrne, Deputy Director, FSRM |
| 09:15 - 10:00 | Keynote Speaker Chair: Sebastian Gautsch, FSRM Jean-Claude Martin, Deputy of CEO at The Swatch Group R&D Ltd, div. Asulab (Switzerland)  Our Sun and Watchmaking: A Story of Energy |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee & Exhibition Visit |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Micro-manufacturing Applications I – Watchmaking Chair: Roland Hirschi, Micronarc Fabien Grand (Head of Watch Case Engineering) & Pierre Villaret (Senior Mechanical Movement Engineer) - Rolex SA (Switzerland) Land-Dweller – Elegance through innovation Thomas Majoulet, Head of Metrology, Petitpierre SA (Switzerland) Metrology, a strategic lever for modern industryFrançois Barrot, Senior R&D Engineer, CSEM (Switzerland) Space Heritage Flexure Design for Silicon Watch mechanisms – and Beyond |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch in the hotel |
| 13:30 - 14:45 | Micro-manufacturing Applications II – Medtech Chair: Magali Bischof, BioAlps Short Introduction of BioAlps Magali Bischof – Secretary General, BioAlps Maximilien Guérin, CEO, Advanced Microfluidics (Switzerland) Industrial Microfluidics: Take a walk on the valve sideMaxime Oger, Senior Sales Manager Western Europe @ ASYRIL; BOARD MEMBER @ Swiss Cobotics Competence Center (S3C), (Switzerland) Flexibility for High Mix Low Volume production in Medical / Pharma IndustryNils-Agne Feth, Senior Director Technology & Process Development, Admedes (Germany) Advanced Micro-Manufacturing of Nitinol Medical Components |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | Coffee & Exhibition Visit |
| 15:15- 16:00 | Keynote Speaker Chair: Volker Saile, KIT Marco Capovilla, Marketing and Product Manager, STMicroelectronics (Italy) More than physical sensing |
| 16:00 | Adjourn for the day |
| 18:15 | Conference Dinner ~ Meet in hotel lobby at 18:15 |
| 18:30 | Departure of private train to Restaurant Golf de Villars |
| 18:45 | Networking Aperitif at Restaurant |
| 20:00 | Swiss Traditional Meal |
| 22:30 (approximately) | Departure of Train for Villars, arrival at hotel at approximately 23:00. |
| Tuesday 21 April 2026 | |
| 08:45 - 10:15 | SENSORS Chair: Christine Neuy, microTEC Südwest Cluster Short Introduction of microTEC Südwest Christine Neuy – Managing Director, microTEC Südwest Jean Fanous, Director Engineering Sensor Testing, Bosch Sensortec GmbH (Germany) Robust and Reliable MEMS Sensors – How to test sensors to survive real life.Dominique Valantin, CEO, Hybrid SA (Switzerland) Small electronics – How to tackle miniaturizationFlorian Döring, CEO, XRnanotech AG (Switzerland / Germany) Electrons and X-rays Make Mechanics: Microstructures for Precision Industry and Watchmaking |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee & Exhibition Visit |
| 10:45 - 12:15 | NEXT GENERATION ENERGY Chair: Eric Plan, Cleantech Alps Short Introduction of Cleantech Alps Eric Plan – Secretary General, Cleantech Alps Alexandre Staub, Founder & CEO, Evolium Technologies (Switzerland) From Waste to Watt: AI Driven Automated and Smart Upcycling of Lithium BatteriesGaurav Assat, Technology Transfer Manager, CSEM - Battery Innovation Hub - BIH (Switzerland) From materials to BMS, how to speed-up industrializationAlexander Colsmann, Head or Organic Photovoltaics Group, Material Research Center for Energy Systems, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (Germany) Solar Energy Harvesting with Plastic Foils |
| 12:15 - 14:00 | Lunch in the hotel |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Keynote Speaker Chair: Volker Saile, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Aldo Calvello, Director Technology Outreach, Faulhaber SA (Switzerland) FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE THOUSANDTH! |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Closing Session Draw for Tissot T-Touch Final Remarks  |
| 15:00 | Conference adjourns Farewell reception in hotel lobby |