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APTEinfo
15.05.2001
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projects and events
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1. Congress: The 7th World Micromachine
Summit (Microsystems
/MEMS/MST) took place in Freiburg, Germany April 30 - May 2
with delegates from 15 world regions. Each delegation was
composed of four members. The Swiss delegation was headed by
APTE member Professor Nico de Rooij from the University of
Neuchâtel and included two further APTE members, Philippe
Fischer from the Swiss Foundation for Research in
Microtechnology and Gary Martini from the APTE Association
as well as Sean Neylon, CEO of Colibrys S.A. A further APTE
member, Dr. Kees Eijkel of the University of Twente in the
Netherlands, was part of the Benelux delegation.
More under http://www.apte.net/micro/sw_summit.htm
2. The Swiss microsystems industry has
decided to link up
with research departments in order to increase its visibility
and establish a development strategy for the period 2004-2007.
The university of Neuchâtel will be the motor of this project
and head the steering committee. Main partners are the Federal
Polytechnics and APTE members CSEM; and MICROSWISS Network.
Information: Prof. Nico de Rooij, Institut de microtechnique,
Université de Neuchâtel, Rue Jaquet-Droz 1, CH-2007 Neuchâtel,
phone. +41 32 720 53 03, email: Nico.DeRooij@unine.ch
http://www.unine.ch/presse/communiques/microsystemes.htm
3. APTE partner events: Dr. Harold
Chipman of the APTE
Association was in Paris on May 9-11 to discuss and prepare
with our partner, the Chambre de Commerce Suisse France,
the next international APTERO which will be held in Paris
in September 2001. APTE members who are interested can
already contact us under c@apte.net
4. Forum: On June 25-26 2001, the Forum
for Swiss Economic
Affairs Abroad will take place at the World Trade Centre,
Zurich, in the presence of Federal Councillor Pascal
Couchepin. Topic: "Globalisation, Export and Business abroad".
Over 30 experts in Economics, Science and Diplomacy will
present and discuss relevant issues in talks, panels and
workshops.
The new guidelines for our APTE member Swiss Export and Trade
(OSEC) will also be presented.
More under http://www.osec.ch/de/forum
5. Microtechnology Seminar: The next
INFOMAT Seminar will
take place on Friday May 18 at the Aula des Jeunes-Rives
of the University of Neuchâtel.
Topic: "Le collage : moyen d'assemblage actuel et d'avenir"
Further information under http://www.centredoc.ch
or contact
Alain Vaucher, CENTREDOC, Rue Jaquet-Droz, CH-1207 Neuchâtel,
phone +41 32 720 54 65, fax +41 32 720 57 51
email: infomat@centredoc.ch mailto:infomat@centredoc.ch
6. Congress: IBC's EuroBiochips 2001 -
The microarray &
microfluidics technology congress will take place on June
5-8 at the Hilton Munich Park, Munich, Germany.
For details, see http://www.eurobiochips.com/?source=135
For further information please contact Babita Bahal,
IBC Global Conferences, Mortimer House,
37-41 Mortimer Street, London, W1T 3JH, UK.
phone +44 20 7453 5404, fax +44 20 7453 5422, email:
babita.bahal@informa.com mailto:babita.baha@informa.com
7. Seminars: APTE member CREATE, an
activity of Switzer-
land's first chair of Entrepreneurship at the EPFL in
Lausanne regularly organises seminars for Entrepreneurs.
The next two will take place as follows: "Using Financial
Tools for More Effective Control" on May 31 and "Marketing
Strategies for Maximizing Profits"on June 7.
More information under http://www.entrepreneurship.ch
or contact Irène Boyer, phone +41 21 693 58 83
irene.boyer@epfl.ch mailto:irene.boyer@epfl.ch
8. Information Day: The Institute ALaRI
of the University
of Lugano is organizing a workshop on May 28, 5-7.30pm,
at the ETHZ in Zurich, Auditorium Maximum.
Topic: "Microelectronics: state of the art, trends,
futures". Leading specialists will present the state of
the art and future trends with a discussion of the
impact of microelectronics on industry, finance and
society.More information under http://www.alari.ch
or
contact Program Manager Umberto Bondi bondi@alari.ch
mailto:bondi@alari.ch
ALaRI-Università della Svizzera Italiana,
Via Lambertenghi 10 CH-6900 Lugano (Svizzera)
phone +41 91 912 47 06, fax +41 91 91 26 74
9. Seminar: APTE member SAP, Swiss
Automatic Pool has
organised a seminar on June 20, 2001 at 5pm on the topic
"The bilateral agreements in every day life - conformity
issues". More under http://www.sap-verband.ch
10. Networking: First Tuesday Neuchâtel
will take place on
Tuesday May 22, 5-7pm at the Aula des Jeunes-Rives,
Espace Louis-Agassiz 1, Neuchâtel. Access plan:
http://www.unine.ch/aula-jeunes-rives/situation3.html
Topic: "Internet: une aubaine pour les PME high tech".
Org.: APTE member Mrs. Caroline Gueissaz, Economic
Promotion Neuchâtel
First Tuesday Lausanne will take place on
May 29, 5-7pm
at the EPFL, Hall CO1, Lausanne.
Topic: "La créativité, facteur clé de l'innovation"
First Tuesday Geneva will take place on
June 5, 5-7pm
at the Auditorium UBS, rue des Noirettes 35, Geneva.
Topic: "From New business model to new conscience model"
Free entrance but registration for each
event is required.
Details and registration under http://www.rezonance.ch
11. It's never too early!: An 19 year old
American, John Carter,
just obtained his PHD in Physics at the University of Arkansas.
By age 9, he mastered algebra - where will he be at age 29?
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