March 6, 2012 — AEPI–The Grenoble-Isere France Economic Development Agency and CEA-Leti will co-host a site visit to CEA-Leti and other facilities on the MINATEC campus, Grenoble, following MEMS Executive Congress Europe on March 23. AEPI and CEA-Leti are sponsors of the Congress, which takes place on March 20 in Zurich, Switzerland.
The Grenoble site visits on the MINATEC campus will include: the CEA-Leti showroom, the 200mm-wafer micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) line, the Clinatec/Nanobio facilities researching implanted micro-nanotechnologies, and an optional evening social event. The MINATEC innovation campus is home to 2,400 researchers, 1,200 students, and 600 technology transfer experts on a state-of-the-art 20-hectare campus offering 10,000 square meters of clean room space.
Grenoble-Isère is a major center for information and communication technologies, biotechnologies and new energy technologies. For more information about the CEA-Leti/Minatec site visit, please visit www.memsindustrygroup.org/grenoble.
On the tour:
CLINATEC is a clinical-preclinical research facility devoted to the validation of new implanted micro-nanotechnologies at the human brain interface, associating biological and imaging facilities to provide the best environment for the first preclinical and human proof of concept. Located at MINATEC, it was formed by CEA-Leti, Grenoble University Hospital and Joseph Fourier University.
Leti is an institute of CEA, a French research-and-technology organization with activities in energy, IT, healthcare, defence and security. Leti specializes in nanotechnologies and their applications, from wireless devices and systems, to biology, healthcare and photonics. NEMS and MEMS are at the core of its activities. CEA-Leti operates 8000m² of state-of-the-art clean room space on 200mm and 300mm wafer platforms. It employs 1,400 scientists and engineers and hosts more than 190 Ph.D. students and 200 assignees from partner companies.
MINATEC is a micro- and nanotechnology innovation campus uniting higher education, fundamental and applied research, industrial innovation, technological R&D infrastructures and investors. Visit: http://www.minatec.com/en
MEMS Executive Congress Europe brings together business leaders from automotive, industrial/energy, biomedical/quality of life, and consumer goods sectors to discuss designing and manufacturing MEMS technology and the use of MEMS in commercial applications. MEMS Executive Congress Europe is co-located with Smart Systems Integration. Visit www.memscongress.com for complete details.
The Grenoble-Isère Economic Development Agency/Agence d’Etudes et de Promotion de l’Isère, is entirely responsible for promoting Grenoble-Isère and capitalizing on its assets to attract new business. Website: http://www.grenoble-isere.com/eng/