BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Caracas BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380118T231407 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3MO;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:-04 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20160501T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0530 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=5 TZNAME:-04 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260920T224103Z UID:2F860BF6-64AA-40B0-9537-67560370911C DTSTART;TZID=America/Caracas:20261004T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Caracas:20261004T170000 DESCRIPTION:The 2026 IEEE EDS Mini-Colloquium\, “Semiconductors in the Ca ribbean\,” will bring together researchers\, academics\, postgraduate st udents\, engineers\, and professionals from Trinidad and Tobago\, the wide r Caribbean\, and the international community for a focused technical prog ram on semiconductor and electron-device technologies.\n\nThe event will f eature distinguished lecturers presenting on advanced topics including CMO S reliability\, low-power semiconductor design\, oxide electronics\, diele ctrics in field-effect transistors\, and thin-film transistors for flexibl e electronics.\n\nThe Mini-Colloquium is intended to strengthen semiconduc tor education and research\, expose participants to current developments i n electron-device technologies\, and encourage collaboration across univer sities\, research institutions\, and industry. It also supports the broade r goal of building awareness\, technical capacity\, and future opportuniti es for semiconductor research and innovation in the Caribbean.\n\nCo-spons ored by: Artificial Intelligence Innovation Centre (AIIC)\, UWI\, St. Augu stine\n\nSpeaker(s): Arokia Nathan\, Fernando Guarin\, Victor Grimblatt\, Jamal Deen\, Durga Misra\n\nAgenda: \nTime Session Speaker\n1:00 - 1:10 PM Opening Remarks\n1:10 - 1:45 PM Reliability Topics for the Miniaturisatio n and Qualification of Advanced Silicon CMOS Technologies Fernando Guarin\ n1:45 - 2:20 PM Oxide Electronics Arokia Nathan\n2:20 - 2:55 PM Dielectric s in Field Effect Transistors from the Beginning to Advanced Systems Durga Misra\n2:55 - 3:25 PM Refreshment Break\n3:25 - 4:00 PM Low-Power Design for Sustainable Manufacturing in Agribusiness Victor Grimblatt\n4:00 - 4:3 5 PM Compact Modelling of Organic Thin Film Transistors for Flexible Elect ronics - Opportunities and Challenges Jamal Deen\n4:35 - 4:45 PM Closing R emarks\n\nRoom: SETCOM (3rd/top floor)\, Bldg: Engineering Block 11\, Univ ersity of the West Indies\, St. Augustine Campus\, Faculty of Engineering\ , St. Augustine\, Trinidad & Tobago\, Trinidad & Tobago\, Virtual: https:/ /events.vtools.ieee.org/m/575095 LOCATION:Room: SETCOM (3rd/top floor)\, Bldg: Engineering Block 11\, Univer sity of the West Indies\, St. Augustine Campus\, Faculty of Engineering\, St. Augustine\, Trinidad & Tobago\, Trinidad & Tobago\, Virtual: https://e vents.vtools.ieee.org/m/575095 ORGANIZER:anoopbasdeo19@gmail.com SEQUENCE:111 SUMMARY:MQ: Semiconductors in the Caribbean URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/575095 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The 2026 IEEE EDS Mini-Colloquium\, &ldquo \;Semiconductors in the Caribbean\,&rdquo\; will bring together researcher s\, academics\, postgraduate students\, engineers\, and professionals from Trinidad and Tobago\, the wider Caribbean\, and the international communi ty for a focused technical program on semiconductor and electron-device te chnologies.</p>\n<p>The event will feature distinguished lecturers present ing on advanced topics including CMOS reliability\, low-power semiconducto r design\, oxide electronics\, dielectrics in field-effect transistors\, a nd thin-film transistors for flexible electronics.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The Mini -Colloquium is intended to strengthen semiconductor education and research \, expose participants to current developments in electron-device technolo gies\, and encourage collaboration across universities\, research institut ions\, and industry. It also supports the broader goal of building awarene ss\, technical capacity\, and future opportunities for semiconductor resea rch and innovation in the Caribbean.&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br />< table style="border-collapse: collapse\; width: 100%\; border: 1px solid r gb(0\, 0\, 0)\; margin-left: 0px\; margin-right: auto\;" border="1"><colgr oup><col style="width: 50%\;"><col style="width: 24.940618%\;"><col style= "width: 24.940618%\;"></colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><strong>Time</strong></td>\n<td style="border-color: rg b(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><strong>Session</strong></td>\n<td style="border-color: rg b(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><strong>Speaker</strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="bor der-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">1:00 - 1:10 PM</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Opening Remarks</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">&nbsp\;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">1:10 - 1:45 PM</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Reli ability Topics for the Miniaturisation and Qualification of Advanced Silic on CMOS Technologies</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Fern ando Guarin</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"> 1:45 - 2:20 PM</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Oxide Elec tronics</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Arokia Nathan</td >\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">2:20 - 2:55 PM< /td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Dielectrics in Field Effe ct Transistors from the Beginning to Advanced Systems</td>\n<td style="bor der-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Durga Misra</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="bor der-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">2:55 - 3:25 PM</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Refreshment Break</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\ , 0\, 0)\;">&nbsp\;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\ , 0)\;">3:25 - 4:00 PM</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Lo w-Power Design for Sustainable Manufacturing in Agribusiness</td>\n<td sty le="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Victor Grimblatt</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<t d style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">4:00 - 4:35 PM</td>\n<td style="b order-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Compact Modelling of Organic Thin Film Tran sistors for Flexible Electronics - Opportunities and Challenges</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Jamal Deen</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td s tyle="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">4:35 - 4:45 PM</td>\n<td style="bord er-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Closing Remarks</td>\n<td style="border-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">&nbsp\;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR