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Role of NEXUS in promoting micro and nanotechnologies in Europe Rob Turner [email protected]. A Reminder of NEXUS Aims. NEXUS. To promote the uptake of microsystems technology, and nanotechnology in support of European industry To provide opportunities for professional networking - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Role of NEXUS in promoting micro and nanotechnologies in Europe
A Reminder of NEXUS Aims
• To promote the uptake of microsystems technology, and nanotechnology in support of European industry
• To provide opportunities for professional networking
• To generate and disseminate up-to-date marketing, technical, and emerging technology information
• To establish and consolidate the MNT structure for the ERA
NEXUS
NEXUS - Evolution of Members
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6.3% 73.0% 15.9%
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LEs
SMEs
UNIVERSITIES
RESEARCH CENTERS
% organisational types of NEXUS membership
Academia 52%
Industry 48%
Steering Committee(meeting 4 or 5/ year)
Association
“signing members”
NEXUSOperations manager
SecretariatPersonnel hired
by the Association
All NEXUS MembersNo membership fee
Today
The NEXUS Association Organisation
SABScientific
Advisory Board
Council (General Assembly
meeting 1 or 2/ year)
Association
About 40-50 proactive
Members French Association Loi 1901
NEXUS Association.
The current Steering Committee
Ayman El FatatryBAE Systems (UK)Vice Chairman Task ForceCoordination
Sean NeylonColibrys (CH)MarkCom promotion& Sponsorship
Constant AxelradCEA- LETI (F)Advisor to the SCUSC Nano
Gaëtan MenozziMEMSCAP (F)ChairmanInternationalRelations
Per GloersenSensoNor (N)Treasurer
Diana HodginsETB (UK)Coordinating USC/MWGs
The NEXUS Office
Rob TurnerKBIC (UK)Operation managerElected January 2001“Helping to make it happen”
Laurence ChassouantCEA- LETI (F)Secretary - European project
assistantHired July 2001
Current work (1)
User supplier club/methodology working group meetings
• Users and suppliers meet regularly to discuss technologies and applications, share market information, and visit producer sites.
• The current and upcoming USC/MWG’s are shown below with typical number participants at meetings:
– Pharmaceutical (25)– Medical devices (40)– Instrumentation and process control (15)– Peripherals and multimedia (12)– Space and geophysics (30)– Telecommunications (15)– Domestic appliances(20)– Design, Modelling & Simulation (20)– Packaging (20)– Nanoscience (10)– Polish USC (as a start to greater involvement of NAS counties)
Task Forces
Priority topics within NEXUS are dealt with by the following Task Forces.
• Market Analysis– Aimed at establishing and predicting market size
for existing and new applications. Last report published in April ’02 entitled “NEXUS MST Market Analysis 2000-2005”
• Roadmap– Aimed at predicting technological and application
trends. New Roadmap will be published in July ’03
• Scientific Advisory Board– Aimed at predicting trends in the period 2010-2020, including
the enabling effects of nanoscience.
Current work (2)
MARKET ANALYSIS
ROADMAP
• Website (www.nexus – mems.com)– Who’s who – Reportage– European programmes– National and regional networks– Bookshop -marketing and technical books – Conference and workshop information– Job vacancies
• Ezine (email magazine available to all)• MST News • NEXUS Forum and other workshops
Current work (3)
Overall Progress
• 23 USC meetings held with 420 participants
• New Packaging and Nano USC’s started
• NEXUS led micro-nano EC project started
• 8 EOI’s were prepared and 4 IPs submitted
• Market Analysis published and distributed (160)
• Roadmap in progress – July 2003 publication
• European & International collaborations agreed
• First NAS meetings organised
• NEXUS accepted as a neutral umbrella organisation
Funding sources due to change
USC/MWG meetings
Task ForcesRM, MA, Benchmarking
Web/Ezine/MST News
USC/MWG meetings
Task ForcesRM, MA, Benchmarking
Web/Ezine/MST News
IP/NOE dissemination/coordination meetings
SME actions
NAS actions
From1/1/04
Future funding by:• Membership fee• Sponsorship• IP actions
Four years funding fromthe EC(if proposalpasses)
Currently EC fundedfrom NEXUS 2000and nanoINDEX
A NEXUSPLUS proposal has been submitted and evaluated
This aims to:
• Provide a meeting place for IPs and NOEs both in Growth and IST.
– Hold 6 monthly meetings (alternately in the East and the West)– Provide world class speakers (to benchmark activities)
• Provide support for SMEs to attend USC and IP/NOE meetings• Provide support for NAS participants to organise, and attend USC and IP/NOE meetings• Continue with an updated website, the Ezine and MST News
6 Monthly IP/NOE Meetings
Growth IPs& NOEs
IST IPs& NOEs
EURIMUS
USCMWG
SMEs NAS
Future Partners
SC Meeting 3 /4 July
• Examine practicality of self-funding• Plan how to maximise the effect of the
funding to support those activities we need
BUT
• This depends on the proposal passing. If it does then I am reasonably confident that we can continue and rapidly increase both SME and NAS involvement