MEMS & Sensors Industry Conference Asia Explores MEMS & Sensors in IoT

The IoT market is expanding rapidly, presenting huge market opportunities for MEMS and sensors. According to IHS Technology, the IoT market will grow from 15.4 billion devices in 2015 to 75.4 billion in 2025.¹

That growth has caught the attention of the global MEMS and sensors supply chain: "MEMS and sensors are critical to IoT devices," said Karen Lightman, executive director, MEMS & Sensors Industry Group. "From smartphones that monitor air quality and agricultural sensors that manage irrigation to smart city applications that monitor structural health, adapt street lights to weather and light conditions, and enable smart roads, MEMS and sensors allow IoT devices to measure, monitor, sense and interact with our always-changing environment."

Ms. Lightman added, "On September 13, attendees will gain actionable intelligence on the IoT devices of the near future -- those applications that will reach commercialization within the next two to five years. On September 14, they will learn about the IoT devices that will come to market in ten to 20 years. Those speakers will address our TSensors vision -- a transformational movement advocating the use of a trillion sensors to address major world problems -- as they consider longer-term opportunities in the IoT."

Conference Agenda
Featured presentations currently include:

• How Cutting-Edge Foundry Process Technologies Drive MEMS Innovation^[6] -- Tomas Bauer, senior vice president, sales and business development, Silex Microsystems
• Improving AIN and ScAIN Thin Film Deposition Technology for Next-Generation PiezoMEMS^[7] -- David Butler, vice president, product management and marketing, SPTS Technologies
• Sensors and IoT Devices in the Age of Voice^[8] -- Matt Crowley, CEO, Vesper
• The Importance of Environment: Air Quality Monitoring by Libelium^[9] -- Javier Gabás, key account manager channel sales for Asia, Libelium
• MEMS Laser Scanning: Platform for Next-Generation 3D Depth Sensors^[10] -- Jari Honkanen, director of technical marketing and applications development, MicroVision, Inc.
• A New Virtuous Cycle for the MEMS Industry^[11] -- Claire Troadec, MEMS & semiconductor manufacturing analyst, Yole Développement
• Implantable MEMS/Sensors and Medical MEMS Packaging Issues for Future Implants^[12] -- Dr. Wei-Shan Wang, senior scientist, Fraunhofer ENAS
• A Fresher Look at the IoT^[13] -- Neil Zhao, Asia MEMS/sensors marketing and applications manager, Analog Devices

Additional featured speakers include:

• Masayuki Abe, manager, Corporate Production Technology, Asahi Kasei Corporation
• Dr. Janusz Bryzek,