Agenda

Tuesday, January 29

8:30 AM

Early bus departs from MTL

11:00 AM

Late bus departs from MTL

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Social Activity (Skiing/Snow Shoeing)

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Welcome Reception

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Dinner

Opening Remarks by
Tania Khanna and John Hennessy, Technical Program Co-chairs
Professor Anantha Chandrakasan, Director of MTL

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Professor Joel Voldman, MARC’08 Steering Committee Chair

Evening Talk: “ Microscale Technologies for Diagnosing Disease: A Clinical Perspective”
William R. Rodriguez, M.D., Partners AIDS Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

8:30 PM - midnight

Social Gathering

Wednesday, January 30

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:00 AM – 9:10 AM

Professor Joel Voldman, MARC’08 Steering Committee Chair

Keynote Talk: “Combating oil dependence and global warming through leadership and action”
Sass Somekh, Chairman of Technical Advisory Board and former President, Novellus

9:15 AM – 9:55 AM

Session 1: MEMS/BioMEMS
Chair: Rumi Chunara
Co-Chair: Joseph Kovac

9:55 AM – 10:45 AM

Posters for Sessions 1

10:45 AM – 11:35 AM

Session 2: Circuits and Systems
Chair: Vivienne Sze
Co-Chair: Chun-Ming Hsu

Session 3: Photonics
Chair: Juejun Hu
Co-Chair: Jon Mapel

11:35 AM – 12:30 PM

Posters for Sessions 2&3

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM – 2:10 PM

Session 4: Electronic Devices & Emerging Technology
Chair: Hayden Taylor
Co-Chair: Will Chung

Session 5: Electronic  Molecular & Nanotechnology
Chair: Alfonso Reina Cecco
Co-Chair: Vanessa Wood

2:10 PM – 3:00 PM

Posters for Sessions 4&5

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM

Presentation of Awards

3:30 PM

Buses depart for MTL