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Co-located MIT Enterprise Forum Meeting
Event at a glance
15-18 November 2010
 
Mon
15
MasterclassesCompany Tours
 
Tue
16
Speakers & TracksEXHIBITIONAWARDSGala Dinner
 
Wed
17
Speakers & TracksEXHIBITION
 
Thu
18
MasterclassesCompany Tours
CONFERENCE CONTACTS
Corinne Jennings
Event Manager
+44 (0)1223 813703
Cara Harrington
Event & Marketing Manager
+1 617 577 7890
Raghu Das
CEO
+44 1223 813703
TESTIMONIES
Networking and presentations were excellent.
Robin Padden, ITT Corp
Well organized and appropriately sized. Very pleasant and efficient staff.
Bill Nickerson, Impact Technologie
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Speakers & Tracks

This is the complete agenda for BOTH Energy Harvesting and Wireless Sensor Networks events. Conference delegates have access to all the presentations.

November 16
Registration opens 08:00
Conference starts: 08:30
Conference ends: 18:05
 
November 17
Registration opens: 08:30
Conference starts: 09:00
Conference ends: 17:25
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All timings are subject to change, please refer to noticeboards and chairman's announcements for updated information.
 

The Analyst View

IDTechEx
IDTechEx
Mr Raghu Das
CEO
United States
"Energy Harvesting & WSN 2010-2020"

Keynote Presentations

Boeing
Boeing
Dr Liam Pingree
Research Engineer
United States
"On-Board Energy Harvesting: Trials, Unique Operating Environments, and Materials Requirements for Flight-Vehicle Applications"
GE Energy Services
GE Energy Services
Mr Mike Malone
Product Manager
United States
"Improving user Adoption of Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks"
Emerson Process Management
Emerson Process Management
Mr Wallace Baker
Wireless Marketing Manager
United States
"Wireless in the Process Control Industry"
Rockwell Collins Inc
Rockwell Collins Inc
Mr David Cripe
Principal Electrical Engineer
United States
"Energy and Power Integration for Soldier Systems"
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mark Feldmeier
Research Affiliate
United States
"Embedded Sensor Networks for Smart Utilities, Sports Medicine, and Interactive Media"
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr Jinhui Song
Post Doctoral Fellow
United States
"Toward Self-Powered Implantable-Nanodevices"
Linear Technology Corporation
Linear Technology Corporation
Mr Sam Nork
Director of Boston Design Center
United States
"Practical Design Considerations for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Applications"
Infinite Power Solutions
Infinite Power Solutions
Mr Joe Keating
Senior Applications Engineer
United States
"Lowest Power Micro-Battery Management Integrated Circuit"

Healthcare

TagSense
TagSense
Dr Rich Fletcher
President
United States
"Technologies for Mobile Health"

Human/Vehicle Powered Harvesters

Powerleap Inc
Powerleap Inc
Ms Elizabeth Redmond
Founder & Product Development Director
United States
"POWERleap Self-Powered Smart Flooring Solutions"
Novotech Inc
Novotech Inc
Mr H Tracy Snelling III
Vice President of Business Development
United States
"Roadway Power Systems"
Levant Power Corporation
Levant Power Corporation
Mr David Diamond
VP, Business Development
United States
"Revolutionizing Regenerative(TM)"

Electrostatic Energy Harvesters

University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo
Prof Yuji Suzuki
Professor
Japan
"Vibration-Driven Energy Harvestor using High-Performance Polymer Electrets"

Bio Energy Harvesters

Teledyne Battery Products
Teledyne Battery Products
Mr Sage Radachowsky
R&D Engineer
United States
"Energy Harvesting on the Sea Floor"
Voltree Power
Voltree Power
Dr Andreas Mershin
Science Advisor
United States
"Bioenergy Harvesting: Electricity from Living Trees"
Biorasis Inc
Biorasis Inc
Dr Ioannis Tomazos
Chief Executive Officer
United States
"Continuous Glucose Monitoring Device"

Betavoltaics

Widetronix
Widetronix
Dr Christopher Thomas
Chief Technology Officer
United States
"Betavoltaics - Advances in Ultra Low Power Sensors Enabling Micro-Nuclear Batteries"

Thermoelectric Energy Harvesters

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mr Daniel Kraemer
United States
"Power from Temperature Difference:Thermoelectric Technology for Energy Harvesting"
Micropelt GmbH
Micropelt GmbH
Mr Burkhard Habbe
VP Business Development
Germany
"Thermoharvesting - The Better Energy Source for Today's Wireless Sensor Networks"
Marlow Industries Inc
Marlow Industries Inc
Mr Jim Bierschenk
Chief Engineer, Sr Mgr, Product R&D
United States
"Optimized, Low DeltaT Thermoelectric Energy Harvesters For Small Natural Convection Heat Sinks"

Photovoltaics

IDTechEx
IDTechEx
Dr Harry Zervos
Technology Analyst
United Kingdom
"Developments in Piezoelectric, Solar & Multisource Energy Harvesting"

Wireless Power

Leggett & Platt Inc
Leggett & Platt Inc
Mr LeRoy Johnson
Senior Director of Emerging Technologies
United States
"Wireless Power - Inductive Charging"
Powercast
Powercast
Mr Harry Ostaffe
VP, Marketing & Business Development
United States
"Radio Waves: Untethered Energy for Wireless Devices"

Wireless Sensor Networks

Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric
Dr Gilles Chabanis
Homes Sensors Project Leader
France
"Self-Powered Wireless Multisensors for Buildings"
National Instruments
National Instruments
Mr Nick Butler
Product Marketing Engineer Wireless Sensor Netwo
United States
"The Top Five Factors to Consider when Implementing a Wireless Sensor Network"
Linear Technology/Dust Networks
Linear Technology/Dust Networks
Dr Kris Pister
CTO and Director
United States
"Wireless RTLS Mesh Networks: No Wires Required"
DecaWave
DecaWave
Mr Luc Darmon
VP of Strategy and Business Development
Ireland
"DecaWave ScenSor Chip makes Low-Power and Precise Location at Low-Cost a Reality"

Energy Harvesting Case Studies

Perpetuum
Perpetuum
Mr Roy Freeland
CEO
United Kingdom
"Energy Harvesting - Practical Installation Achievements"
MicroStrain
MicroStrain
Mr Steve Arms
President
United States
"Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor System for Rotorcraft - Flight Tests"
Ambient Systems
Ambient Systems
Dr Paul Havinga
Co-founder and CTO
Netherlands
"Towards the real Internet of Things - challenges and opportunities"
Columbia University
Columbia University
Ms Maria Gorlatova
PhD Candidate
United States
"Energy Harvesting Active Networked Tags (EnHANTs) for Ubiquitous Object Networking"

Energy Storage

Northeastern University
Northeastern University
Mr Swastik Kar
Assistant Professor
United States
"Graphene-Based Electrodes for Capacitive Energy Storage Devices"

Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters

Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology
Dr Yong Shi
United States
"Mechanical Energy Scavenging Using Piezoelectric Nanofibers"
Princeton University
Princeton University
Prof Michael C McAlpine
Department of MAE
United States
"Piezoelectric Ribbons Printed onto Rubber for Flexible Energy Conversion"
ITT Acoustic Systems
ITT Acoustic Systems
Mr Robin Padden
Senior Staff Engineer
United States
"Piezo Energy Harvesting to WSN at ITT"

Ultra Low Power Electronics

Microchip Technology Inc
Microchip Technology Inc
Mr Jason Tollefson
Product Marketing Manager
United States
"Take Low Power Design to the eXtreme"
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
Mr Peter Spies
Senior Research Manager
Germany
"Micro Power Management - Maximizing Power Output of Energy Harvesting Systems"

Multisource Energy Harvesting

EnOcean GmbH
EnOcean GmbH
Mr Armin Anders
Co-Founder & Vice President of Product Marketing
Germany
"Building Energy Harvesting - Wireless Sensor Networks Powered by Light, Motion - and now Temperature Differentials"

New Battery Developments

Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Dr Robb Clarke
Auto-ID Research & Testing Center
United States
"Nanostructured Materials for Energy Harvesting and Storage"
Cymbet Corporation
Cymbet Corporation
Mr Steve Grady
VP Marketing
United States
"Driving New Product Innovation using Solid State Batteries and Energy Processing"
CEA
CEA
Florence Fusalba
Program Manager
France
"Rechargeable Thin Film Lithium-ion Batteries For Wireless Smart Designs"

Aerospace and Aviation

NASA
NASA
Dr Jean-Pierre Fleurial
Group Supervisor
United States
"High-Temperature Thermoelectrics: From Space to Terrestrial Waste Heat Recovery Applications"
United Technologies Research Center
United Technologies Research Center
Mr Nicholas Soldner
Senior Research Engineer
United States
"Selected Energy Harvesting Technology Gaps for Aerospace Applications and the Built Environment"

Infrastructure, Industrial and Assets

Savi, a Lockheed Martin Company
Savi, a Lockheed Martin Company
Mr Albert Nardelli
Vice President
United States
"How Everything Will be Tracked Wirelessly"

RFID and Sensors Combined

Omnitrol Networks
Omnitrol Networks
Mr Raj Saksena
President & CEO
United States
"Reduce Costs and Increase Revenue with Real-Time Business Intelligent Application Network"
Proxima RF
Proxima RF
Ms Terry Rachwalski
VP Business Development
Canada
"Powering Temperature Sensors with High Frequency RFID: passive and datalogging"

Real Time Locating Solutions (RTLS)

IDENTEC SOLUTIONS
IDENTEC SOLUTIONS
Mr John Shoemaker
Executive Vice President
United States
""Active" Energy: Proven, Delivered RFID/RTLS & Sensor Applications for the Energy Industry"
Omnisense Limited
Omnisense Limited
Mr Andy Thurman
Director
United Kingdom
"Seamless Geolocation in a Wireless Sensor Network"

Analysis Tools

BIMAQ
BIMAQ
Mr Thomas Behrmann
Consultant
Germany
"Toolbox for Energy Analysis and Simulation of Self-Powered Sensor Nodes in Sensorial Materials"

WSN Deployment

Raytheon BBN Technologies
Raytheon BBN Technologies
Josh Bers
Senior Engineer
United States
"CitySense: Deploying and Maintaining An Urban-Scale Wireless Sensor Network Testbed"

Wireless Sensor Networks

Millennial Net
Millennial Net
Dr Sokwoo Rhee
Chief Technical Officer
United States
"Dynamic Meshing - Next Gen WSN for the Dynamic World"