Role of NEXUS in promoting micro and nanotechnologies in Europe

Rob Turnerrturner@kbic.co.uk

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

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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