Smart Systems Integration 2016 – Conference registration now open

Conference participants can expect the following highlights five keynotes by skilled experts from the European Commission, Infineon Technologies, Robert Bosch, Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM as well as Friedrich Schiller University Jena. 50 lectures by top speakers from science and industry and two special sessions by EpoSS on "Strategies and opportunities for smart systems research in Horizon2020" and "Smart Systems Integration in the JTI ECSEL".

More highlights include a panel discussion on "Printing of Smart Systems” and more than 30 poster presentations.

Highclass speakers from renowned companies and research institutions present innovations, applications and trends to the following topics with high actuality:

• System integration and packaging
• Test and reliability
• Smart medtech systems
• Hardware for the IoT
• Printed / stretchable and flexible electronics

The conference is accompanied by an exhibition where e.g. R&D institutes, manufactures of components and systems in the sectors microsystems and nanotechnology, microelectronics, sensor technology and wireless communication present their products and solutions. Exhibitors meet a highly specialised, international audience of experts, users and scientists.

Participants of the anniversary event may also look forward to further highlights: The Wall of Fame of the previous Best Paper and Best Poster Award winners and the Job-Board. This enables visitors and participants to learn about current job offers of the exhibiting and cooperating companies and research institutions and to contact the potential employers directly on-site.

An attractive social programme will complete the event. The pre-conference field trip on 8 March 2016 is going to Fraunhofer Research Institution for Microsystems and Solid State Technologies EMFT in Munich. The guided tour will present a close-up view into the five main topics of research of the institute: Sensor materials, Sensors and actuators, Microdosage systems, Flexible systems and Design and test.

The traditional conference dinner on 9^th March 2016 is taking place in the restaurant 181 on top of the Olympic Tower in the Olympiapark in Munich. After a guided tour through the rock museum, that is located within the Olympic Tower, the dinner offers the opportunity for intensive discussions and networking. During the dinner the Best Paper and Best Poster Award of SSI 2015 will be presented.