Trends in Microsystems

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Alexander Michaelis,
Director, Fraunhofer IKTS, Dresden, Germany

13.30 – 14.00





14.00 – 14.30







14.30 – 15.00

Challenges for Microsystems in Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Dr. Werner Huber
Integration Driver Assistance Systems and Active Safety, BMW Group, Munich, Germany

Angular Rate and Motion Sensing with Smart Inertial Measurement Units
Prof. Dr. Anton Heuberger
Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology ISIT, Itzehoe, Germany
Hubertus Christ
Chief Executive, SensorDynamics AG, Graz, Austria

Flight Control of Micro Aerial Vehicles
Dr. Richard Arning
Senior Manager Microsystems & Electronics, Corporate Research Center, EADS, Munich, Germany

Chairman: Prof. Dr. Dr. Herbert Reichl
Director, Fraunhofer IZM, Berlin, Germany

15.45 – 16.15




16.15 – 16.45





16.45 – 17.15

Position Sensing - Smart Solutions with 3D Hall-Elements
Josef Sauerer
Head of Department IC Design - Analog Systems, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Erlangen, Germany

Miniaturisation with MEMS-Relais in Electrical and Optical Switching
Dr. Dieter Volm
General Manager Relays & Components, Panasonic Electric Works Europe AG, Holzkirchen, Germany

Microsystems in Industrial Automation
Dr. Metin Giousouf
Department of Future Technologies, Microtechnology, Festo AG & Co. KG, Esslingen, Germany

Admission as of 18.00

Reception at the Deutsches Museum

Keynote speech:
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang M. Heckl
General DIrector of Deutsches Museum