Company Tours
Monday 26 & Thursday 29 September
Cambridge is often referred to as Silicon Fen due to a large cluster of hi-tech businesses in the region. This makes it
ideally placed for the company tours that will run from 12:45pm-2:15pm during the lunch breaks between Masterclasses.
They are always very popular so please register your interest early to guarantee your place.
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Please note that only one tour per day can be booked. You will be back in time for the afternoon Masterclass sessions. Tour hosts retain the right to decline someone from attending; this is beyond the control of IDTechEx and in this case we will inform you as quickly as possible. To book your place please contact Alison Lewis on a.lewis@idtechex.com |
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Monday 26 September |
Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE) |
CAPE is a collaboration between academics and commercial enterprises, researching into advanced photonics and electronics. The centre has many activities with the following technology focuses:
The centre is backed by companies such as Dow Corning and ALPS. The new impressive facility includes several clean rooms and delegates visiting this site will also see demonstrations.
The visit to examine CAPE's research at the University of Cambridge will be hosted by Dr Andrew Flewitt. It will cover work relevant to piezoelectrics, photovoltaics, energy management and batteries as well as other aspects.
www-cape.eng.cam.ac.uk
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Thursday 29 September |
Auto-ID Labs |
The Auto-ID Labs are the leading global network of academic research laboratories in the field of networked RFID. The labs comprise seven of the world's most renowned research universities located on four different continents. These institutions were chosen by the Auto-ID Center to architect the Internet of Things together with EPCglobal.