| MIICS 2010 Seminar Programme | |||||||
| Wednesday 17th March | start | end | duration | ||||
| Registration | 08:15 | 09:00 | 00:45 | ||||
| Opening of the seminar | Soile Kuitunen, Development Manager, Mikkeli City | 09:00 | 09:05 | 00:05 | |||
| Heikki Saastamoinen, Rector, Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences | 09:05 | 09:10 | 00:05 | ||||
| Juha Kauppinen, Miktech, Nanotechnology Cluster Programme | 09:10 | 09:15 | 00:05 | ||||
| Prof. David Cameron, University of Lappeenranta | 09:15 | 09:20 | 00:05 | ||||
| Opening lecture | |||||||
| Alan Plaisted, Technical Director, Soleras Ltd, USA | History of the vacuum coating industry | 09:20 | 09:50 | 00:30 | |||
| Coffee | 09:50 | 10:10 | 00:20 | ||||
| Future and large scale processes-plasma processes | |||||||
| Prof. Ulf Helmersson, Linköping University, Sweden | High power impulse magnetron sputtering – the sputtering technique for tomorrow? | 10:10 | 10:35 | 00:25 | |||
| Prof. Ludvik Martinu, Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Canada | Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition - From laboratory to large scale production | 10:35 | 11:00 | 00:25 | |||
| Dr. Glen West, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK | High power pulse magnetron sputtering | 11:00 | 11:25 | 00:25 | |||
| Prof. J. G. Han, SunkKyungKwan University, South Korea | High rate crystalline Si film deposition by control of high frequency plasma | 11:25 | 11:50 | 00:25 | |||
| Lunch | 11:50 | 12:50 | 01:00 | ||||
| Solar energy and environmental applications | |||||||
| Dr. Tuula Savola, TEKES, Finland | GROOVE: Growth from Renewables | 12:50 | 13:15 | 00:25 | |||
| Prof. Pedro Alpuim, University of Minho, Portugal | State of the art of amorphous Si thin film solar cells | 13:15 | 13:40 | 00:25 | |||
| Prof. Martin Andritschky, University of Minho, Portugal | Coatings for solar thermal collectors. | 13:40 | 14:05 | 00:25 | |||
| Coffee | 14:05 | 14:25 | 00:20 | ||||
| Vesa Sorasahi, Savo-Solar Oy | Solar thermal collector production | 14:25 | 14:40 | 00:15 | |||
| Prof. Luis Rebouta, University of Minho, Portugal | Innovative TCO coatings | 14:40 | 15:05 | 00:25 | |||
| Enhancing polymers using coatings | |||||||
| Aki Matilainen, Savcor Oy, Finland | Hard transparent coatings on polymers by PECVD | 15:05 | 15:30 | 00:25 | |||
| Dr. Jolanta Klemberg-Sapieha, Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Canada | Understanding the role of surfaces and interface for enhanced performance of coatings on plastics | 15:30 | 15:55 | 00:25 | |||
| Process development and analysis | |||||||
| Dr. Bengt-Johan Skrifvars, Top Analytica Ltd. Finland | Problem-solving and control using material analysis | 15:55 | 16:20 | 00:25 | |||
| POST SEMINAR | Seminar Dinner at Tertti Manor. Finnish food and beverage specialties will be served in an old farming house environment. | 19:00 | 24:00+ | ||||
| Thursday 18th March | start | end | duration | ||||
| Nanomaterials and nanostructured coatings and their applications | |||||||
| Dr. Renate Förch, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany | Plasma polymerisation for biomaterial applications | 09:00 | 09:25 | 00:25 | |||
| Dr Eva Moser, University of Applied Sciences of Geneva, Switzerland | The Impact of Nano Structure on Titania and DLC Layers | 09:25 | 09:50 | 00:25 | |||
| Coffee | 09:50 | 10:20 | 00:30 | ||||
| Prof.Esko Kauppinen, Aalto University, Finland | Carbon nanotube networks | 10:20 | 10:45 | 00:25 | |||
| Ric Shimshock, MLD Technologies, California, USA | Characterization of Low Loss Optical Materials and Optical coatings | 10:45 | 11:10 | 00:25 | |||
| Prof. Jari Koskinen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland | Functional thin coatings | 11:10 | 11:35 | 00:25 | |||
| Prof. Erich Bergmann, University of Applied Science of Western Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland | Decorative coatings : history, application requirements, nanocomposite innovations | 11:35 | 12:00 | 00:25 | |||
| Lunch | 12:00 | 13:00 | 01:00 | ||||
| Future and large scale processes - atomic layer deposition | |||||||
| Prof. Markku Leskelä, Helsinki University, Finland | Industrial applications of ALD | 13:00 | 13:25 | 00:25 | |||
| Prof. David Cameron, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland | Towards a roll-to roll ALD process | 13:25 | 13:50 | 00:25 | |||
| Jarmo Maula, Beneq Oy, Finland | Latest developments in large scale ALD coating | 13:50 | 14:15 | 00:25 | |||
| Coffee | 14:15 | 14:45 | 00:30 | ||||
| Global needs – solutions from nanotechnology | |||||||
| Prof. Colin Whitehouse, Science and technology Facilities Council, UK | Current research in STFC | 14:45 | 15:10 | 00:25 | |||
| Dr. Esko Peltonen, Nanotechnology Cluster Programme, Finland | Responsible nanotechnology for sustainable development | 15:10 | 15:25 | 00:15 | |||
| Wear and Friction | |||||||
| Dr. Roel Tietema, Hauzer Techno Coating BV, Venlo, The Netherlands | Large Scale Production of coatings for wear protection in decorative and aerospace application | 15:25 | 15:50 | 00:25 | |||
| Dr. Helena Ronkainen, VTT, Espoo Finland | Wear modelling of coated surfaces | 15:50 | 16:15 | 00:25 | |||
| POST SEMINAR | Reception by the Mayor of Mikkeli in the City Hall | 19:00 | 20:00 | ||||
| Visit to Pub Pruuvi. Locally Brewed Beer and Local Jazz. Sponsored by Beneq Oy. | 20:00 | 22:00 | |||||
| Friday 19th March | start | end | duration | ||||
| POST SEMINAR | After an early hotel breakfast we will start a bus tour to Anttolanhovi, where we shall arrive at 10.00. | 09:30 | 18:00 | ||||
| The programme consists of informal indoor and outdoor activities. Voluntary activities range from crosscountry skiing to winter fishing on the lake, discussions by an open fire and beverages will be arranged. | |||||||
| After a lunch in the Kota (hut) restaurant there is the possibility to divide into discussion groups, go to a Finnish Smoke Sauna and try ice swimming, take a guided tour of the prize-winning Anttolanhovi design villas. | |||||||
| The day will be rounded off by final seminar dinner in the Kota restaurant. | |||||||
| Please note that there is a bus leaving from Anttolanhovi - Mikkeli to Helsinki on the 19th of March after the post seminar activities at 18.00. | |||||||