Sensors Expo & Conference 2019

The role of MEMS enabled sensors in today’s connected world is growing increasingly more important. According to IHS, consumer and mobile applications continue to be the leading MEMS segments with other areas emerging as the next major drivers of MEMS market growth, such as IoT in industrial, automotive, and medical.

This full-day Pre-Conference Symposium explores advanced MEMS component functionality (ultrasound and gas sensing), manufacturing methods, MEMS integration opportunities and market applications from strategic missiles to structural health. Get inspired by the keynote speaker’s vision of a sensors enabled future and end the day engaging a talent filled panel discussing the changing strategies MEMS engineers are using to create the future. Come to learn and join the conversation!

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Track Chair: Valerie Marty, Connected Micro LLC

Agenda:
9:00AM-9:15AM  |  Welcome & Introduction  - Valerie Marty, Connected Micro LLC

9:15AM-10:00AM  |  Advances in Gas Sensors for Personal Wellness - Dr. Sreeni Rao, TDK

10:00AM-10:30AM  |  Low-Power MEMS Piezoelectric Ultrasound Transducers - Corina Nistorica, PhD, FUJIFILM Dimatix

10:30AM-10:50AM  |  Break

10:50AM-11:40AM  |  Sensors & IoT:  A Peek into the Future - Markus Larsson, PARC

11:40AM-12:10PM  |  Microsystem Development for Highly Constrained Environments - Marco Aimi, GE Global Research

12:10PM-1:10PM  |  Lunch

1:10PM-1:20PM  |  Afternoon Introduction - Valerie Marty, Connected Micro LLC

1:20PM-1:50PM  |  Critical Design Trade-offs in the Selection of Inertial Measurement Units for Guidance & Control System Applications - Lou Taddeo, Thales

1:50PM-2:20PM  |  Sensing Harsh Environment Pressure & Temperature Monolithic Integrated MEMS Die for Smart Calibration - Jeremy Huang, DunAn Sensing LLC

2:20PM-2:50PM  |  MicraSilQ™ Wafer Level Packaging Platform: Understanding Variation in High Performance MEMS Gyroscopes - Dean Spicer, Micralyne

2:50PM-3:10PM  |  Break

3:10PM-3:45PM  |  Cloud Engineering Simulation: A Game Changer for MEMS Engineers - Ian Campbell, OnScale

3:45PM-4:45PM  |  The Future of MEMS & Sensor Engineering Panel
Moderator: Valerie Marty
Panelists: Marco Aimi, Ian Campbell, Brandon Rumberg Ph.D., Dean Spicer

4:45PM-5:00PM  |  Closing Remarks - Valerie Marty, Connected Micro LLC

Sensors are among the most frequently cited additions to connectivity in the Internet of Things (IoT) and certainly are one of the key enablers for wearable products of all sorts. However, wirelessly connected sensors pose a major problem when considering batteries as the sole source of power - battery life. Converting the available energy from a variety of sources to electricity, or energy harvesting, provides an alternative to frequently changing batteries in wireless sensing applications.

This Pre-Conference Symposium includes information about successful applications of energy harvesting, what it takes for a successful application, what the knockout factors are to avoid pursuing a difficult application, and advancements that have made previous problem applications a possibility. Speakers provide in-depth analysis of the challenges and solutions of using a variety of energy harvesting techniques for powering sensors in wireless and other ultralow power applications. In addition to exploring the energy harvesting technologies and other power sources, speakers address other system aspects including high efficiency, low-power microcontrollers, and wireless connectivity. By explaining the design-in requirements for existing energy harvesting products in real-world applications, attendees leave with new tools to consider in the design of their next-generation sensor systems for the IoT, wearables or any application that requires low power.

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Track Chair: Randy Frank, Randy Frank & Associates

Agenda:
9:00AM-9:10AM  |  Welcome & Introduction - Randy Frank, Randy Frank & Associates

9:10AM-10:00AM  |  Energy Harvesters & Their Power Conditioning Circuits - Baoxing Chen & Jane Cornett - Analog Devices Inc.

10:00AM-10:50AM  |  Case Studies of Vibration Energy Harvesting in Action - Karim El-Rayes, University of Waterloo

10:50AM-11:10AM  |  Break

11:10AM-12:00PM  |  Solving Energy Harvesting & Low Power Sensing Problems with Supercaps - Pierre Mars, CAP-XX

12:00PM-1:20PM  |  Lunch

1:20PM-2:10PM  |  RF Energy Harvesting & Wireless Power: Applications & Deployments in Sensors & Consumer Electronics - Eric Biel, Powercast Corporation

2:10PM-3:00PM  |  The Path Towards Battery-Free & Forever Battery life for the Internet-of-Things - Masoud Zargari, Atmosic Technologies

3:00PM-3:20PM  |  Break

3:20PM-4:10PM  |  Solving the Energy Storage Problem for Miniature Sensing Applications - Jeff Sather, Cymbet Corporation

4:10PM-5:00PM  |  The Value of Energy Harvesting for IoT & Existing Ecosystems - Brian Zahnstecher, PowerRox

This symposium explores the latest advances in platform development and showcases some of the most compelling IoT designs. Discover the market trends that are driving innovation and the key commercial opportunities that are being created.

As the wave of IoT innovation continues, the complexity and challenges of communication and data aggregation expand. Some of the key issues are explored along with an overview of how cybersecurity, AI, smart solutions such as wearable, medical, farming, and factory/Industry 4.0, to name a few, will impact future development. Discover how developers can leverage this advanced knowledge to propel their own innovation. Guest speakers ranging from start-ups to leaders in the industry discuss how they are overcoming complex challenges to deliver compelling commercial solutions.

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Track Chair: Dominic Pajak, Arduino & John Koon, Tech Idea Research

Agenda:
9:00AM-9:30AM  |  Welcome & Introduction - Dominic Pajak, Arduino

9:30AM-10:15AM  |  Keynote: A 2029 IoT Security Retrospective: How Security Must Evolve as IoT Gets Smarter - Eustace Asanghanwa, Microsoft

10:15AM-10:30AM  |  Break

10:30AM-11:00AM  |  Enabling IIoT: Making Sense of It - Jen Gilburg, TE Connectivity

11:00AM-11:30AM  |  Sensor + Edge Compute + Cellular = Recipe for IoT Retrofit Success - Scott Nelson, Digi International

11:30AM-12:00PM  |  Secure Authentication for the LoRa® Technology Ecosystem - Paolo Trere, Microchip Technology

12:00PM-1:00PM  |  Lunch

1:00PM-1:30PM  |  Create, Discover, Deploy, Manage & Accelerate AI on the Intelligent Edge - Ted Way & Paula Ledgerwood, Microsoft

1:30PM-2:00PM  |  Deploying Azure IoT Edge & Machine Learning with Microsoft Azure & Moxa IIoT Edge Gateways - Robert Jackson, Moxa

2:00PM-2:30PM  |  From “Smart” to “Intelligent”: How Machine Learning is Taking IoT Sensor Data to the Next Level - Cormac Driver, Temboo

2:30PM-3:00PM  |  Sensor Security: Why It's Everyone's Problem - Rhonda Dirvin, Arm, Inc.

3:00PM-3:20PM  |  Break

3:20PM-3:50PM  |  How to Prototype, Manufacture & Sell a Wearable Medical Device in 2019 - John Ralston, Protxx Inc.

3:50PM-4:20PM  |  Boosting Intelligence at the Edge for Power- and Data-Efficient Industrial Sensing - Tom Doyle, Aspinity

4:20PM-4:50PM  |  Deploying Object Recognition and Anomaly Detection in the Edge - Markus Levy, NXP Semiconductors

4:50PM-5:00PM  |  Closing Remarks - John Koon, Tech Idea Research

This Pre-Conference Symposium addresses the design and manufacturing of sensors and sensor-based systems enabled using paper, plastic and fabric platforms. Speakers, who represent the international “who’s who” in this topical area, present several interesting printed, flexible, stretchable, and functional fabric sensor technologies and their applications currently under development and in production in the commercial sector as well those under development in the leading research universities and research labs around the world.

They also address several other electronic functionalities e.g. batteries, memory/logic and the challenges of their packaging and integration with other functional element of solutions to various applications including Internet of Things and wearables. They address various manufacturing issues including the selection of materials and inks, batch mode and continuous printing processes and assembly/integration approaches to create these heterogeneous and hybrid solutions. Finally, they present barriers to the successful commercialization of these sensors and recommended strategies for market success.

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Track Chair: Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates

Agenda:
9:00AM-9:25AM  |   Welcome & Introduction to Printed/Flexible & Stretchable Sensors & Sensor-Based Systems - Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates

9:25AM-10:05AM  |   Keynote - Printed Electronics: Equipment, Processing & Applications Development - Meyya Meyyappan, NASA Ames Research Center

10:05AM-10:30AM  |   Review & Overview of the OE-A Roadmap on Printed Organic Electronics - Stan Farnsworth, Novacentrix / OE-A

10:30AM-10:45AM  |   Break

10:45AM-11:10AM  |   Thin Film Electronics for Next Generation IoT Sensors Applications - Prashant Agrawal, IMEC

11:10AM-11:35AM  |   Soft Electronics for Noninvasive Healthcare from the Skin to Below the Skin - Sheng Xu, University of California San Diego

11:35AM-12:00PM  |  Wearable Sweat Sensor Patch - Hnin Yin Nyein, Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC)

12:00PM-12:55PM  |   Lunch

12:55PM-1:05PM  |   Introduction to Afternoon Sessions - Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates

1:05PM-1:45PM  |   Keynote - Soldier Sensors Born & Worn: Honing the Tactical Edge - Jeffrey Pacuska, US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command-Soldier Center

1:45PM-2:10PM  |   Novel Stretchable Electronic Materials for Enabling Sensor Designs & Device Integration - Andy Behr, Panasonic

2:10PM-2:35PM  |  Form & Function for the IoT - Janos Veres, PARC

 2:35PM-3:00PM  |  Advanced Fabric: Creating Sensors Systems Using Thermal-Drawn Fiber Technology - Eric Argentieri, Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA)

3:00PM-3:15PM  |  Break

3:15PM-3:40PM  |  From the Big Data in the Mattress Mat Platform to the eHealth Cloud Services - Luis Gómez & Miguel Ribó, SensingTex

3:40PM-4:05PM  |  A Paper-Based Disposable Strain Sensor by Direct Laser Printing - Yu Long, Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC)

4:05PM-4:30PM  |  Open Q&A Session

Sensors are the key factors for assisting any IoT application and are one of the major hardware components needed to form IoT systems. Gartner reports that “The sensor market will evolve continuously through 2023. New sensors will enable a wider range of situations and events to be detected, current sensors will fall in price to become more affordable or will be packaged in new ways to support new applications, and new algorithms will emerge to deduce more information from current sensor technologies”. According to research from Business Insider, more than 24 billion internet-connected devices will be installed around the world by 2020.

Industry 4.0 is growing at a rapid pace; the economy is on the threshold of the fourth industrial revolution.
Manufacturing industry must address new challenges to data set produced by several sensors in real time. This Pre-Conference Symposium examines how the sensor designer, manufacturers, and vendors can gear up to meet fast and efficient changeover of production processes. Fraunhofer USA will discuss a few use cases an industry consortium is developing open source middleware that allows manufacturers to network and integrate existing sensors, machines, and production processes so that Industry 4.0 applications can be easily implemented and allow for quick, efficient reconfiguration of manufacturing. This Pre-Conference Symposium introduces BaSys 4.0, a German research project focusing on how manufacturing system would be architected in order to reap the benefits of I4.0 as well as an open source software platform that addresses many of the technical challenges related it I4.0 and which can be used to build your I4.0 manufacturing system upon. Industry consortium members include ABB Ltd, Robert Bosch GmbH, Kuka Roboter GmbH, PSI Automotive & Industry GmbH, among others.

This Pre-Conference Symposium provides teaches attendees IoT fundamentals, building blocks, and discover how the sensors can be programmed to interface with IoT hardware cloud platforms and operating systems such as BaSys 4.0 designed by Fraunhofer. It provides the marketing and design aspects needed in integrating smart sensors into IoT framework(s). The agenda is structured to be useful for BD, marketing, designers, architect, hardware engineers and software developers and covers lab sessions to provide demo of a few IoT applications such as home automation, environmental, Agriculture, health care and Industrial 4.0 domains.

As an added benefit, this Pre-Conference Symposium will be certified by Sonoma State University, and each registered attendee will receive certification for attendance.

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Track Chair: Shivakumar Mathapathi, Sonoma State University

Agenda:
9:00AM-10:15AM | Session 1

• Introduction to Sensor Technologies, IoT Platforms & Market Trends
• Scope of Sensors Across Various IoT Industries

10:15AM-10:30AM | Morning Coffee Break
10:30AM-12:00PM | Session 2

• Overview of Industrial IoT 4.0
• Open Source Operating Systems for Industrial IoT
• The BaSys 4.0 Platform from Fraunhofer

12:00PM-1:00PM | Lunch
1:00PM-2:15PM | Session 3

• IoT Protocols & Standards
• Overview of IoT Cloud Platforms & Hardware Solutions
• Programming Languages for IoT Systems

2:15PM-2:30PM | Afternoon Break
2:30PM-3:45PM | Session 4

• Building Block of IoT Systems

3:45PM-5:00PM | Session 5 - Lab /Demo Sessions

• Constructing IoT Projects: Sensors, Microcontroller Unit, Wireless Networking & Cloud Components
• Programming Sensors
• Cloud Connectivity & Coding
• Use Cases from Fraunhofer - BaSys 4.0
• Use Cases – Home Automation, Smart Cites & Environmental Monitoring Systems
• Q&A Wrap Up