Tentative (Partial) List of Speakers

Plenary Speakers
Prof. F. Capasso Harvard University Quantum Cascade Lasers: quantum design, high performance technology for mid- and far-infrared photonics and commercialization
Prof. S. R. Forrest University of Michigan Electronics on plastic: A solution to the energy challenge, or just a pipe dream?
Prof. Nitin Samarth Pennsylvania State University Controlling spins in semiconductor devices: variations on a theme
Prof. Asif Khan University of South Carolina AlGaN based UV LEDs, solar blind detectors
Dr. Simon Deleonibus CEA, LETI, Grenoble France Physical and Technological challenges of Nanoelectronics Devices for the End of the Roadmap and Beyond
Prof. Chenming Hu University of California, Berkeley New CMOS Devices,Modeling and Technology
Prof. A.S. Vengurlekar TIFR, India Probing ultrafast processes in semiconductors and devices with ultrashort optical pulses
Dr. S. Guha United Solar Ovonic Corporation,USA Manufacturing of thin film silicon solar panels
Dr. Y. Ukai Sony Corporation Japan TFT LCD Manufacturing Technologies and Their Applications
Dr. Omkaram Nalamasu Applied Materials Nano manufacturing for Electronics and Energy: Challanges and Opportunities
Prof. C. Kumar N. Patel Pranalytica, Inc., California, USA Quantum cascade laser based techniques for the detection of explosives, chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals

Organic Semiconductors
Prof. A. Dodaballapur University of Texas at Austin Dynamic Characteristics and Applications of Organic and Polymer Transistors
Prof. J. de Mello Imperial College, UK The role and use of PEDOT:PSS in organic LEDs and photodiodes.
Prof. K.S. Narayan JNCASR, Bangalore Scanning Probe Photocurrent Microscopy of Polymer Based Devices
Prof. D. D. Sarma IACS Calcutta A New Class of Highly Conducting Polyaniline and related systems
Prof. C. Adachi Kyushu University, Japan Frontier of organic light emitting devices.
Prof. S.S.K.Iyer IIT, Kanpur Bulk Heterjunction Organic Solar Cells with blends of Poly (3-Hexylthiophene) and (6,6)-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester

Opto Electronics
Prof. G. Dohler Institute of Optics, Information and Photonics,University Erlangen-Nuremberg Germany Efficient CW terahertz generation with n-i-pn-i-p photomixers
Prof. E.Kohn University of Ulm InAlN- A New Barrier Material for GaN-Based HEMTs
Dr. Sandip Ghosh TIFR, Mumbai Opto-electronic devices based on wurtzite group-III nitride films of non-polar orientations
Dr. S. Arulkumaran NTU, Singapore Influence of Surface Passivation on the Power Performance of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs on Si substrate
Dr. Tapas Ganguly RRCAT Indore High Resolution X-ray Diffraction studies of the microstructure in MOVPE grown InN epilayers
Prof. Magnus Borgstrom Phillips Research Labs, Eindhoven Towards vertical III-V nanowire devices
Prof. Sunanda Dhar Calcutta University Investigation of some group III-V dilute nitride materials grown by liquid phase epitaxy
Prof. Michael Gao Australian national University III-V compound semiconductor Nanowires for optoelectronic applications
Dr. Bipul Pal Nuclear spin effects in InP quantum dots
Dr. R. Muralidharan GAETEC Hyderabad MMIC technology at Gallium Arsenide Technology Enabling Centre
Dr. Arindam Ghosh IISC Bangalore An alternative approach to tunable spin-FET with nonmagnetic high-mobility heterostructures

Silicon
Dr. Bart Dierickx IMEC Belgium Propagating variability from technology to system level
Prof. Enrico Sangiorgi University of Bologna, Italy Monte Carlo modeling of nanometer scale MOSFETs
Prof. Dr.Amitava Das Gupta IIT Madras Modeling of multigate transistors
Dr. Harald Gossner Infineon Technologies, Germany Novel Devices in ESD Protection
Dr. Vijay Narayanan IBM, USA High-k/Metal Gates- From Research to Reality
Prof. Kenji Shiraishi University of Tsukuba, Japan Interface Properties of Hf-Based High-k Gate Dielectrics -O Vacancies and Interface Reaction
Dr. Josef Watts IBM, USA Modeling Circuit Variability
Prof. Jagadesh Kumar IIT, Delhi SurfacePotential Based Compact Modeling of Nanoscale MOSFETs
Prof. C.K.Maiti IIT Kharagpur Strained-Si Heterostructure Field-Effect Devices
Dr. Vinod Tewary NIST Boulder,USA Multiscale modeling of point defects in strained silicon
Prof. P.K. Basu SPICE and Reservoir Models for Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers for High Speed Optical Signal Processing
Prof. K.N. Bhat IISC Bangalore Wet nitrous Oxide process and interface state density model for nitrided nanometer scale tunnel oxides
Dr. Bipin Rajendran IBM Yorktown Heights, NY Phase Change Memory - Opportunities and Challenges
Dr.Rajeewa R. Arya Moserbaer Photovoltaic (India) Challenges in Large Area, Large Volume Amorphous-Silicon based Solar Module Manufacturing

Power Devices
Prof. G. Amaratunga University of Cambridge, UK Diamond Schottky diodes for Power Conversion
Prof. P.A. Mawby University of Warwick, UK Overview on Silicon Carbide
Prof. Hiromchi Ohashi AIST, Japan Design platform approach for future power converter
Dr. Ikunori Takata Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan Cosmic ray induced failure in power devices
Prof. V. Benda Czech Technical University, Prague Importance of Life time of carriers in power devices
Prof. A. Nakagawa Toshiba Japan Achieving Material Limit Characteristics in Silicon Power Devices
Dr. Ichiro Omura Toshiba, Japan Gallium Nitride Power HEMT for High Switching Frequency Power Electronic
Prof. Wai Tang Ng University of Toronto, Canada Low voltage power devices
Prof. Leo Lorenz Infineon Technologies, Munich and Shanghai Key Power Semiconductor Development Trends
Dr. Gourab Majumdar Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan Recent technologies and trends of power devices
Prof. Krishna Shenai University of Toledo, USA Grand Challenges in Power Semiconductors

Sensors and MEMS
Prof. S. Buttgenbach Technical University of Braunschweig Micro Systems for Chemical and Biological Sensing
Prof. Ashwin A. Seshia University of Cambridge Resonance in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems
Prof. Herbert Shea Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne MEMS-based ion propulsion for small spacecraft
Prof. Yves Perriard EPFL Lausanne Self-sensing methods to drive micro-machine, especially for non-salient PM motors
Prof. S. Kal IIT Kharagpur Performance Enhancement of Silicon MEMS PZR Accelerometer with Electroplated Gold on Proof-mass
Prof. Marco Tartagni University of Bologna, Italy New devices for single molecule detection in biology
Prof. S.K.Koul IIT Delhi Design and Development of Passive and Active RF Components using MEMS Technology
Prof. H. Saha Jadavpur University Mems based nano crystalline zinc oxide methane gas sensors

Emerging Technologies
Prof. J. Chevallier CNRS, Paris Present status of the n-type doping of diamond
Prof. J. Guo University of Michigan, USA Nanoimprint Technology and Its Applications
Dr. Walter Fix Poly IC Polymer based 13 MHz RFID transponders
Prof. V.D.Vankar IIT Delhi Carbon nanotubes for field emission applications
Prof. Deepak Gupta IIT Kanpur Development of a full colour passive matrix display
Prof. S. Mhaisalkar NTU Singapore Detection of Biomolecules and Gases by Carbon Nanotubes Network Transistors
Nag Patibandla RPI, USA Concepts in Next Generation Photovoltaic Devices - Materials Engineering Perspective
Prof. Partha Dutta RPI, USA High Efficiency Solar Photovoltaic and Thermo-photovoltaic Device Technologies