BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230701T170130Z UID:A97D39CC-E292-4C92-A48F-27DC1800C92A DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230621T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230621T200000 DESCRIPTION:Join Kurt Petersen (Guest Speaker) and Roger Grace (Moderator) on a Fireside Chat at Sensors Converge in Santa Clara (CA) on Wednesday\, June 21\, from 7 to 8pm (PT).\n\nKurt Petersen (a.k.a. the Father of MEMS) is an American Inventor and Enterpreneour. Dr. Petersen received his BS d egree cum laude in EE from UC Berkeley in 1970. In 1975\, he received a Ph D in EE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Petersen estab lished a micromachining research group at IBM from 1975 to 1982\, during w hich he wrote the review paper “Silicon as a Mechanical Material\,” pu blished in the IEEE Proceedings (May 1982). This paper is still the most f requently referenced work in the field of micromachining and micro-electro -mechanical systems (MEMS). Since 1982\, Dr. Petersen has co-founded six s uccessful companies in MEMS technology\, Transensory Devices Inc. in 1982\ , NovaSensor in 1985 (acquired by GE)\, Cepheid in 1996 (was a public comp any on NASDAQ: CPHD\; acquired by Danaher in 2016)\, SiTime in 2004 (acqui red by MegaChips in 2014\, IPO in 2019)\, Profusa in 2008 (still private)\ , and Verreon in 2008 (acquired by Qualcomm in 2010). In 2011\, Dr. Peters en joined the Silicon Valley Band of Angels. The Band is an angel investme nt group which mentors and invests in early stage\, high-tech\, start-up c ompanies. Today\, he spends most of his time helping and mentoring such co mpanies. Dr. Petersen has published over 100 papers\, and has been granted over 35 patents in the field of MEMS. In 2001 he was awarded the prestigi ous IEEE Simon Ramo Medal for his contributions to MEMS. Dr. Petersen is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is a Life Fellow of the IEEE in recognition of his contributions to “the commercialization of M EMS technology”. In 2019\, he was awarded the IEEE's highest honor\, the IEEE Medal of Honor.\n\nRoger H. Grace is president of Roger Grace Associ ates\, a Bonita Springs\, Florida-based marketing consultancy he founded i n 1982 that provides market research\, strategic marketing communications and business development services to the MEMS\, sensors and capital equipm ent industry. He can be reached via email at rgrace@rgrace.com. His backgr ound includes over 40 years in high frequency analog circuit design engine ering\, application engineering\, project management\, product marketing a nd technology consulting. He was a founding member of MANCEF and currently is its VP of the Americas. Specializing in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and sensors for over 40 years\, he is considered a pioneer in this field. He has authored over 40 technical feature articles\, organized\, c haired\, and spoken at over 30 international technical sessions and is fre quently quoted as an industry expert in major international technical and business publications. He is a recipient of the Outstanding Engineering Al umni of the Year in 2004 by Northeastern University and was bestowed the i naugural Sensor Industry Impact Award by Sensors Magazine in 2016. Mr. Gra ce held the position of visiting lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley from 1990 to 2003. His educational background includes a B.S.E .E. and M.S.E.E. (as a Raytheon Company fellow) from Northeastern Universi ty\, and the MBA program at Haas Graduate School of Business at U.C. Berke ley.\n\nAgenda: \n6:30 – 7:00 PM Networking\n\n7:00 – 8:00 PM Fireside Chat\n\nSanta Clara Convention Center\, 5001 Great America Pkwy\, Santa C lara\, California\, United States\, 95054 LOCATION:Santa Clara Convention Center\, 5001 Great America Pkwy\, Santa Cl ara\, California\, United States\, 95054 ORGANIZER:jeronimo.segovia@ieee.org SEQUENCE:105 SUMMARY:Past\, Present\, and Future of MEMS Technologies URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/363918 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div class="eo ep eq er es">\n<div class="ab ca">\n<div class="ch bg dx dy dz ea">\n<p id="5d48" class="pw-post-body-pa ragraph ma mb ev mc b md me mf mg mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt m u mv mw mx eo bj" data-selectable-paragraph=""><span style="font-family: a rial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;">Join Kurt Petersen (Gue st Speaker) and Roger Grace (Moderator) on a Fireside Chat at Sensors Conv erge in Santa Clara (CA) on Wednesday\, June 21\, from 7 to 8pm (PT).</spa n></p>\n<p class="pw-post-body-paragraph ma mb ev mc b md me mf mg mh mi m j mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx eo bj" data-selectable-paragra ph=""><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size : 12pt\;">Kurt Petersen (a.k.a. the Father of MEMS) is an American Invento r and Enterpreneour. Dr. Petersen received his BS degree cum laude in EE f rom UC Berkeley in 1970. In 1975\, he received a PhD in EE from the Massac husetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Petersen established a micromachining research group at IBM from 1975 to 1982\, during which he wrote the revie w paper &ldquo\;Silicon as a Mechanical Material\,&rdquo\; published in th e IEEE Proceedings (May 1982). This paper is still the most frequently ref erenced work in the field of micromachining and micro-electro-mechanical s ystems (MEMS). Since 1982\, Dr. Petersen has co-founded six successful com panies in MEMS technology\, Transensory Devices Inc. in 1982\, NovaSensor in 1985 (acquired by GE)\, Cepheid in 1996 (was a public company on NASDAQ : CPHD\; acquired by Danaher in 2016)\, SiTime in 2004 (acquired by MegaCh ips in 2014\, IPO in 2019)\, Profusa in 2008 (still private)\, and Verreon in 2008 (acquired by Qualcomm in 2010). In 2011\, Dr. Petersen joined the Silicon Valley Band of Angels. The Band is an angel investment group whic h mentors and invests in early stage\, high-tech\, start-up companies. Tod ay\, he spends most of his time helping and mentoring such companies. Dr. Petersen has published over 100 papers\, and has been granted over 35 pate nts in the field of MEMS. In 2001 he was awarded the prestigious IEEE Simo n Ramo Medal for his contributions to MEMS. Dr. Petersen is a member of th e National Academy of Engineering and is a Life Fellow of the IEEE in reco gnition of his contributions to &ldquo\;the commercialization of MEMS tech nology&rdquo\;. In 2019\, he was awarded the IEEE's highest honor\, the IE EE Medal of Honor.<sup id="cite_ref-IEEE_2-3" class="reference"></sup></sp an></p>\n<p id="2853" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ma mb ev mc b md me mf mg mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx eo bj" data-selecta ble-paragraph=""><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\ ; font-size: 12pt\;"><sup id="cite_ref-IEEE_2-1" class="reference"></sup>< /span></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\, h elvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;"><span class="il">Roger</span>&n bsp\;H.&nbsp\;<span class="il">Grace</span><strong>&nbsp\;</strong>is pres ident of&nbsp\;<span class="il">Roger</span>&nbsp\;<span class="il">Grace< /span>&nbsp\;Associates\, a Bonita Springs\, Florida-based marketing consu ltancy he founded in 1982 that provides market research\, strategic market ing communications and business development services to the&nbsp\;MEMS\, s ensors and capital equipment industry. He can be reached via email at&nbsp \;<a href="mailto:rgrace@rgrace.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rgrace @rgrace.com</a>. His background includes over 40 years in high frequency a nalog circuit design engineering\, application engineering\, project manag ement\, product marketing and technology consulting. He was a founding mem ber of MANCEF and currently is its VP of the Americas. Specializing in&nbs p\;microelectromechanical&nbsp\;<wbr />systems&nbsp\;(MEMS) and sensors fo r over 40 years\, he is considered a pioneer in this field. He has authore d over 40 technical feature articles\, organized\, chaired\, and spoken at over 30 international technical sessions and is frequently quoted as an i ndustry expert in major international technical and business publications. He is a recipient of the Outstanding Engineering Alumni of the Year in 20 04 by Northeastern University and was bestowed the inaugural Sensor Indust ry Impact Award by Sensors Magazine in 2016. Mr.&nbsp\;<span class="il">Gr ace</span>&nbsp\;held the position of visiting lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley from 1990 to 2003. His educational background in cludes a B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. (as a Raytheon Company fellow) from Northea stern University\, and the MBA program at Haas Graduate School of Business at U.C. Berkeley.</span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p data-key="32"><s pan data-key="33"><strong data-slate-leaf="true">6:30 &ndash\; 7:00 PM Net working</strong></span></p>\n<p data-key="34"><span data-key="35"><strong data-slate-leaf="true">7:00 &ndash\; 8:00 PM Fireside Chat</strong></span> </p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR