Program of the meeting
Integration of sensors and electronics in microfluidics
- challenges and opportunities -
First day: THURSDAY March 7, 2024 (from 13:00 to 18:00 CET)
12:30 – 13:00 | Registration and welcoming coffee
13:00 – 13:10 | Riet Labie, imec - Welcome by the host
13:10 – 13:30 | Darwin Reyes (MFA/NIST), introduction to the microfluidics association (MFA)
13.30 | Session I: Microfluidic applications (Chair: Darwin Reyes, NIST)
13:30 – 13:50 | Tim Stakenborg, imec, Silicon fluidics for life science applications
13:50 – 14:10 | David Mikaelian, miDiagnostics, A nanoFluidic processor for ultra-fast PCR
14:10 – 14:30 | Paul Jacobs, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Micro pillar array columns (µPAC) for separation of complex biological samples
14:30 – 14:50 | Round Table Discussion
14:50 – 15:10 | Coffee and Networking
15:10 | Session II: Fabrication Challenges and Solutions (Chair: Nan Zhang, University college Dublin)
15:10 – 15:30 | Renato Mutton, FEMTOprint, Synergic capabilities blending into microfluidics: opportunities offered by glass 3D micromanufacturing technology
15:30 – 15:50 | Tobias Bauert, IMT, Glass microfluidics and silicon-glass hybrids: challenges and opportunities from a manufacturer standpoint
15:50 – 16:10 | Christine Dufour, XFab, CMOS Biosensors for lab-on-chip applications,
16:10 – 16:30 | Aurelie Humbert, imec, Heterogeneous integration of micro- and nanofluidic devices
16:30 – 17:00 | Round Table Discussion
17:00 – 18:00 Coffee and Networking +Tour of imec (registration needed)
18:00 | End of the 1st day workshop
19:30 | Conference dinner
2nd day: FRIDAY March 8, 2024 (from 9:00 to 15:30 CET)
08:30 – 09:00 | Coffee and welcome
09:00 | Session III: Integration of sensors (Chair: Tanguy Van Regemorter (Manetco))
09:10 –09:20 | Joris Kaal, CEA-Leti, Heterogeneous integration for robust prototyping of silicon sensors and microfluidic cartridges
09:20 – 09:40 | Arvind Balijepalli, NIST, Modular Approaches to Integrating Electronic Sensors with Fluidics
09:40 – 10:00 | Marko Blom, Towards standardization of hybrid integration of sensors and actuators in microfluidic devices
10:00 - 10:30 | Round table discussion
10:30 – 10:50 | Coffee and Networking
10:50| Session IV: Integration of sensors (continued) (Chair: Vania Silverio (INESC))
10:50 – 11:10 | Marwan Chehade, Sensirion, Applications for liquid flow sensors
11:10 – 11:30 | Marcus Voitel, IZM, Sensor Integration and Microfluidics for Biosensors
11:30 – 11:50 | Mark Fretz, CSEM, Photonic chip integration strategies for micro-fluidic cartridges
11:50 – 12:10 | Massimo Mastrangeli, TU Delft, Smart well plates for organ-on-chip applications
12:10 – 12:40 | Round Table Discussion
12:40 | Lunch and networking
13:30 | Session V: Standards, metrology and roadmapping (Chair: Darwin Reyes, NIST)
13:30 – 13:50 | Henne van Heeren, MFA/enablingMNT, Microfluidic and Organ-on-Chip roadmapping
13:50 – 14:10 | Vania Silverio, INESC MN , On-chip sensing and actuation strategies for microfluidic devices and how these could serve metrological purposes
14:10 – 14:30 | Elsa Batista, IPQ, The role of Metrology and Standardization in microfluidic technology development
14:30 – 15:00 | Round Table Discussion
15:00 – 15:30 | Henne van Heeren/Darwin Reyes - Summary of Workshop and Action points
15:30 | End of workshop