Full programme

Key-note presentations will be given by internationally recognised experts from both academia and industry. The topics range from fundamental principles to simulation/modelling of processes, plasma sources, and various applications. The programme is:

TUESDAY - 26TH OF MAY

Time

Title

Presenter

Affiliation

12:30

Registration with coffee/tea




CHAIR: Susana Cardoso de Freitas



13:30

Opening

Susana Cardoso de Freitas

13:45

Cryogenic etching: principles and applications

Thomas Tillocher

15:15

Coffee break




CHAIR: Tiago Filipe da Ponte Silva



15:45

Plasma etching for photonic and quantum computing applications

Andrei Uvarov

16:30

Advanced plasma etching for photonic integrated circuit (PIC): III–V semiconductor etching, PhC etching, ALE, and Si DRIE technologies

Tomoyuki Nonaka

17:15

Reception and cocktail party



WEDNESDAY - 27TH OF MAY

Time

Title

Presenter

Affiliation

08:30

Start-up with coffee/tea




CHAIR: Thomas Tillocher



09:00

Decoding low-temperature plasmas: Models, limits, and opportunities

Tiago Silva

10:00

The LisbOn KInetics Global Model: a tool for plasma chemistry studies

Luís Alves

10:30

Coffee break




CHAIR: José Fernandes



11:00

Process gas analytics for sustainable semiconductor manufacturing: Transforming process insight into operational excellence and environmental accountability

Tobias Hinke

11:45

Oxford Instruments plasma etching: from controlled ALE to low damage InP etch - advanced research and development to high volume manufacturing

Owain Thomas

12:30

Lunch buffet




CHAIR: Luís Lemos Alves



13:45

Understanding and advancing plasma etch processes

Paul Plate

14:30

Beyond resist removal: Plasma ashing challenges in semiconductor manufacturing

Kyrill Koekenberg

15:15

Coffee break




CHAIR: Henk-Willem Vetkamp



15:45

Flash presentations by sponsors

  1. Andreas Stamm: Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology - United Kingdom
  2. Erica Warth: scia Systems GmbH - Germany
  3. Jassem Safioui: FC-INNOV/Femto Engineering - France
  4. Shogo Uehara: Samco Inc. - Japan
  5. Tobias Hinke: GAS Insights GmbH - Germany
  6. Paul Plate: Sentech Instruments GmbH - Germany
  7. Kyrill Koekenberg: Trymax Semiconductor Equipment BV - The Netherlands
  8. Renaud Requena: Plasma-Therm, LLC - France
  9. David Anderson: memsstar ltd. - United Kingdom

17:00

Network, poster, exhibition session with walking dinner



THURSDAY - 28TH OF MAY

Time

Title

Presenter

Affiliation

08:30

Start-up with coffee/tea




CHAIR: Lucia Romano



09:00

Process development and new approaches for sustainable DRIE

Georg Umlauf

10:30

Coffee break




CHAIR: Kaiying Wang



11:00

Femtosecond laser an alternative method for dielectric materials etching

Jassem Safioui

11:45

Ion beam processing: From theory to practice

Manuela Lötsch & Erica Warth

12:30

Lunch buffet




CHAIR: Georg Umlauf



13:30

Catalyst Etching for high aspect ratio nano- and micro-structuring: from wet to gas phase

Lucia Romano

14:45

Gas MacEtch Processing Technology – Hardware and process development for Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching of high aspect ratio silicon structures in the vapour phase

David Anderson

15:45

Coffee break




CHAIR: Djaffar Belharet



16:15

Etching strategies for integration of nanostructures in non-conventional substrates

José Fernandes

17:30

Closing of day 3



18:00

Bus trip to Belém in Lisbon & School dinner at Casa de Desenho


FRIDAY - 29TH OF MAY

Time

Title

Presenter

 Affiliation

08:30

Start-up with coffee/tea




CHAIR: Andrei Avram



09:00

Atomic layer etching: Trends and applications

Erwin Kessels

10:30

Coffee break




CHAIR: Erwin Kessels



11:00

Black Silicon Micro/Nanofabrication: From Surface Engineering to Applications

Kaiying Wang

12:00

Closing of the event



12:30

Lunch (served in lunch boxes)



14:00

Optional: tour around the INESC-MN facility (registration for this can be done upon arrival at the registration desk)