Conference: Novel Microfabrication Options for BioMEMS Technologies & Commercialization Strategies

Novel Microfabrication Options for BioMEMS Technologies & Commercialization Strategies

July 15-16, 1999 ~ Hyatt, Fisherman's Wharf ~ San Francisco, CA

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Cost-Effective Microfabrication Options for BioMEMS
BioMEMS is targeted to have the fastest growth rate within the MEMS market, particularly for drug discovery and delivery, diagnostics, biotelemetry, and genomics. However, manufacturing of BioMEMS devices differs from IC manufacture because the market requires a diversity of materials, physical structures, input/output methods, products, and initially lower volumes per product. This creates an obvious need for modular, non-silicon approaches to building inexpensive disposable chemical and biological sensors and systems.

By merging various conventional manufacturing technologies with IC-type fabrication methodologies, a variety of manufacturing options more suited to this type of biomedical application have been developed. These methods, combined with the use of more cost-effective materials, like polymers and plastics, finally make the economical application of BioMEMS devices a viable reality.

This unique conference provides an in-depth focus on these technologies, with cutting-edge insight from the leading commercial and academic researchers in the field. Coupled with specific case studies, you will benefit from one of the only MEMS conferences to focus specifically on the commercialization of BioMEMS, along with manufacturing strategies essential for the success of MEMS devices in the biomedical field.

Just a Few of The Microfabrication Methods Discussed Include:

  • Lithography and etching
  • Injection molding and hot embossing
  • Electroforming/electroplating
  • Microwire and microsink EDM
  • 3D microdrilling/micromilling
  • Photopolymerization
  • Surface micromachining
  • High-aspect ratio methods (e.g. LIGA)
  • Micro stereo lithography
  • Silicon micromachining
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Single-use plastic chip manufacture for drug screening and genetic analysis
  • DEEMO (Dry Etching, Electroplating, Molding)


Special Session: Market Opportunities and Technological Direction

  • Marketing Prognosis for Microsystems
  • Roadmap & Business Development for BioMEMS
  • Future Direction in MEMS-Enabled Biological and Medical Systems Business

Find out what this groundbreaking technology can offer you and how best to leverage BioMEMS in your product pipeline. Reserve your place today!

CONFERENCE AGENDA
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1999

7:00   Registration, Poster Set-Up, Coffee and Danish

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL DIRECTION SESSION

8:00   Opening Remarks and Overview of Conference
Dr. Steve Walsh

8:10   Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Dr. Marc Madou

8:15   Market Prognosis for Microsystems in the Field of Hybrid Mounted Products
Dr. Reiner Wechsung

8:50   Roadmap for BioMEMS
Dr. Steve Walsh

9:25   Refreshment Break & Poster Viewing

9:45   Market Opportunities for BioMEMS
Dr. Scott Braxton

10:20   Future Directions in the MEMS-Enabled Biological and Medical Systems Business
John West

10:55 Panel Discussion - Future BioMEMS Market
Panel Chairperson, Dr. James H. Smith

11:30   Luncheon

FUTURE MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS IN BioMEMS SESSION


1:00   Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Dr. Antonio J. Ricco



1:05   Seamless Micro System Engineering for BioMEMS Applications
Dr. Job Elders

1:40   KEYNOTE ADDRESS
BioMEMS: Beyond Batch Fabrication
Dr. Marc Madou

2:15   Electroplating - An Extremely Powerful Enabling Technology in MEMS
Dr. Lubomyr T. Romankiw

2:50   Molded Microdevice Manufacture for Medical Applications via the LIGA Process
Dr. Kevin W. Kelly

3:25   Refreshment Break & Poster Viewing

3:45   An Overview of Micromechanical Machining Processes for BioMEMS
Dr. Robert O. Warrington

4:20   Macro- and Micro-Molding of Polymeric Materials
Dr. L. James Lee

4:55   Microneedle Biosensor Arrays
Dr. Colin J.H. Brenan

5:30   Thin-Walled Compliant Plastic Structures for Fluidic Systems
Robin R. Miles

6:05   Cocktail Reception/Cash Bar

7:00   Close of Day One

FRIDAY JULY 16, 1999

8:00   Poster Viewing & Coffee and Danish

FUTURE MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS IN BioMEMS SESSION -- Continued

8:30   Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Dr. Antonio J. Ricco

8:35   Low-Cost Production of Microcomponents by Surface Micromachining and Molding -- the AMANDA Process
Dr. Werner Schomburg

9:10   Micro Stereo Lithography and Its Biomedical Applications
Dr. Koji Ikuta

9:45   Refreshment Break & Poster Viewing

CURRENT MANUFACTURING AND APPLICATIONS SESSION

10:05   Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Dr. Reiner Wechsung

10:10   Using Soft Lithography for the Rapid Prototyping and Manufacture of Microfluidic Systems for Applications on the LabCDTM
Dr. David C. Duffy

10:45   Fluidic Microsystems for Small Volume Dispensing
Dr. Bart van der Schoot

11:20   Cost-Effective, Single-Use Microfluidic Devices
Dr. Antonio J. Ricco



12:00   Lunch on Your Own

1:30   microDiagnosticsTM: Fluidics for Real World DNA Diagnostic Applications
Dr. Kurt Petersen

2:05   Actuation Methods and Device Fabrication Technology Summary
Dr. Luc Bousse

2:40   Disposable Polymer Chips for BioMEMS Applications
Dr. Holger Becker

3:15   Refreshment Break & Poster Viewing

3:35   Using Microfabrication as a Route to High Functionality per Unit Cost for In-Vitro Diagnostic Devices
Dr. Imants R. Lauks

4:10   Cost-Effective Manufacturing and Development of BioMEMS
Andrew Swiecki

4:45   Panel Discussion -- Summation of Conference
Panel Chairperson, Dr. Marc Madou

5:15   End of Conference

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

ACLARA BioSciences, Inc

Caliper Technologies Corp

Cepheid

Gamera Bioscience Corporation

IBM Thomas J. Watson

Research Center

IntelliSense Corporation

i-STAT Corporation

Institute for Microstructure Technology, Germany

Jenoptik Mikrotechnik GmbH

Lawrence Livermore

National Laboratory

Louisiana State University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michigan Technological University

Microcosm Technologies

MicroParts, Germany

Nagoya University, Japan

Ohio State University

Sandia National Laboratory

Seyonic SA

Twente MicroProducts, NL

University of New Mexico

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Venue:
Hyatt at Fisherman's Wharf
555 North Point Street
San Francisco, CA 94133
Tel: (415) 563-1234
Fax: (415) 749-6122

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Gamera Bioscience Corporation

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Seyonic SA

Cepheid

IntelliSense Corporation




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