Program Agenda

* Program is subject to change.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Silicon Sea Belt Summit Fukuoka 2010

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9:30-10:00
Opening Remarks
Wataru Aso, Governor, Fukuoka Prefecture
Michisada Kamata, Chairman, Fukuoka Advanced System LSI R&D Hub Promotion Committee,
Honorary Advisor, KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC
Message from Organizing Committee Chairman
Hajime Sasaki, Chairman, Kyushu Semiconductor Industries Technology Innovation Association,   Executive Advisor,   NEC Corporation
10:00-11:00
Invited Speech "Let's Build a Smarter Planet: The Optimized Energy Value Chain"
Dr. Christopher C. Couper, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technology Officer, IBM Corporation
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:45
Keynote Sessions Green Strategies in Eco and Power Saving Era
11:15-12:00
"Panasonic's global R&D strategy in Green Era"
Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Executive Officer, Panasonic Corporation

12:00-12:45
"Moser Baer's Strategy in Sustainable Energy Technologies"
Dr. Gopalan Rageswaran, Group CTO, Moser Baer India LTD., CEO, Moser Baer Technologies, Inc.
12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:45-15:45
Session 1
Breaking Innovative Semiconductor Technology for Green Era
This session will address electric power network, digital grid technology, opto device technology, and power semiconductor technology in Green era.

13:45-14:15
Challenges of Electric Power Network in Green Era
Yoshizumi Serizawa, Senior Research Scientist, Sector Leader, Communication Systems,
System Engineering Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

14:15-14:45
Prospects of Smart Grid in Green Era
Takeshi Yokota, Technology Executive, T&D Power Systems, Transmission Distribution & Industrial Systems Company, Toshiba Corporation

14:45-15:15
Emerging opto device and Everlight's strategy to meet diversified requirement and products in "Green" era
Richard Chiang, Director of New Business Development of Lighting, Everlight Electronics Co, Ltd.

15:15-15:45
Featuring Power Semiconductor in Green Era
- New Materials Development for SiC Power Device -
Dr. Tatsuo Fujimoto, Chief Researcher, Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, Nippon Steel Corporation
15:45-16:00 Break
16:00-18:00
Session 2
Dynamics of Semiconductor driving Green Era

This panel discussion session will address the bridge of innovative semiconductor technologies and future digital network application. The panel will also address the future dynamics of semiconductor in Green era.

Moderator:
Dr. Hiroto Yasuura, Trustee, Vice President, Kyushu University
Panelists:
  • "Trends in domestic demand expansion in China and in semiconductor industry in Beijing"
    Changlai Yin, CEO, CHINA WAY Co., Ltd.
  • "Cool Silicon - a Saxony initiative to create basics for green IT"
    Dr. Knut Gottfried, Deputy Leader of the department Back-end of Line and Group Leader, Processes, Materials and Technologies, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
  • "Photovoltaics roadmap & innovation in Europe and IMEC"
    Dr. Philip Pieters, Business Development Director, IMEC
  • "Current Initiatives and Strategy of Green Energy Development in Taiwan"
    Dr. Fang-Hei Tsau, Division Director of New Energy Technology Group, Energy and Environment Research Laboratories (EEL), Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan, R.O.C.
  • "High efficiency organic opto-electronic devices aiming for green electronics"
    Dr. Chihaya Adachi, Professor, Division of Photoactive Materials, Center for Future Chemistry, Kyushu University
18:00
Closing Remarks
18:15-20:00
Reception

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

9:30-12:30
The second day will have parallel workshops
Workshop 1: Update on the Research of Knowledge Cluster Initiative Report of the research of Silicon Sea Belt Fukuoka Project

Semiconductor Test Solution Study Group
Research and Development of Platform for Achieving High Yield in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Dr. Xiaoqing Wen, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Electronics, Graduate School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology

Workshop 2: Research Activities Update on Partnering Research Institutes

Session Chair:
Dr. Hajime Tomokage, Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Fukuoka University