[labnetwork] Call for Participation - UGIM '16

[Ian Harvey]

Call for Participation - UGIM '16
Hosted by the University of Utah Nanofab in Salt Lake City, UT:
June 12-14, 2016 (optional workshops on 15th, 16th)
 
http://ugim.nanofab.utah.edu
 
Dear Colleagues,

This note marks the one year start of countdown to UGIM, 2016 in Salt Lake City.

The first part of this note briefly describes the draft conference plan.  Please let us know at our website if you think you may be attending.  Registration will come later.  This just helps us with pre-planning.
 
The second part of the note covers Help Wanted!  Also see the Call for Participation tab at our website!

looking forward to seeing all of you in Utah! 

Thanks, 

Ian Harvey, Amy Vanroosendaal 
	and the Utah crew

http://ugim.nanofab.utah.edu

Quick Conference Overview:

Thanks to terrific organizing by the Harvard crew collecting feedback from UGIM'14 attendees, we kept the basic format and experiment with some tweaks
• Registrants will be able to download the presentations as voluntarily provided by the speakers
• There is a great opportunity for active participation and interaction in this conference, versus passive attendance, via panel discussions, topical and role-based working lunches, and institutional poster sessions
• Working sessions will be documented with summaries distributed to UGIM participants 
Quick Site Overview:
• SLC is a major Delta Airlines hub
• EZ 30 min access from Salt Lake International Airport by car
• Light rail: door-to-door from airport to guest house, conference venue and Utah Nanofab
   (also downtown area and shopping, including Trader Joe's)
Sunday June 12th (not Father's day): 
• Bootie Camp concurrent with NNCI coordination meeting
• Evening reception at Utah Nanofab (UGIM Steering Committee meets separately)

• Station-based tours of Utah Nanofab: gowned, nether spaces, integrated surface analysis and nano-scale imaging (experts at each of 16 locations to provide specific information, Q&A)
Integrated symposium and exhibition in a single location for two days 
Vendor Exhibition
Integrated with break food tables.  Four half-hour breaks plus two working lunches (same room)
UGIM'18 announced prior to first break so vendor/host coordination can begin early
 
Monday June 13th:
• Keynotes from the Semiconductor Industry, NNIN/NNCI Reboot
• Cutting edge fabrication techniques (invited)
-Working lunch, hot topics by table
• After lunch de-briefing session by facilitators from each table
• Panel Session: Safety / Panelists to briefly talk about specific issues (24/7, buddy system, HF protocols, user discipline, PI involvement, other?), followed by open questions
-Evening: sponsored tour/dinner: buses, dinner, tour of Intel-Micron Flash Technologies (IMFT) 12" wafer fab, 45 minutes away
 
Tuesday June 14th:
• Tool Selection: submitted papers on topics ranging through budgeting, evaluating, comparing, acquiring, accepting tools, managing import and customs issues.
		• Outreach and educational role of User Facilities: Submitted papers describing role in teaching scaling engineering, participation in or availability of MEMS competitions, survey of peer best practices and bibliography of shared media for micro/nano outreach, education and safety training
- Working lunch: Roles by table
• Fab efficiency and continuous improvement: submitted papers describing best practices.  Looking for at least one paper describing issues unique to international facilities.  Looking for at least one paper describing the nature of integrated facilities (integrating "bio" function inside cleanrooms, and/or integrating analytical microscopy with cleanroom administration). 
• Panel Session: Financial management - the forbidden "S" word (subsidy), monitoring, success metrics, appeasing stakeholders, ROI, more-so than billing models and cost management, covered in previous symposia.
	Closing Banquet in the mountains, 30-45 minutes away
 
Wednesday and TBD Thursday June 15th, 16th: Optional workshops on specific topics TBD.  (Added fee)
 
• Additional guided tours of Utah Nanofab Cleanroom
• Two hours per workshop for sufficient detail, including demonstrations
• Expert presenters (propose topics)
• May extend to two days if interest dictates
 

Help Wanted:  

Program Committee members - Set questions that establish the scope of the presentation sessions.  Select session chairs, accept papers, and serve as session chair
 
Panel Coordination Committee members - Participate in preparing and administering a formal survey on the topic, and present results in the panel pre-discussion.  Formulate questions for speakers to answer, and manage brief introductions to each panelist and their question(s).  Facilitate discussion among the panel and questions to the panel from the audience.  Collect notes from the discussion for distribution to attendees.  Possible panelist.  Possible Panel Moderator.
 
Sponsorship committee members - Set sponsorship levels and recruit exhibitors and post-UGIM workshop instructors, per the sponsor/exhibitor page
 
Working lunch (topical - M, role - Tu) committee members - Prioritize topics, organize tables and topics with facilitators, manage topical debriefing discussion in session following Monday lunch, correlate and distribute summary results to all attendees, coordinate any follow-up, serve as topical facilitators
 
Working lunch (topical - M, role - Tu) discussion facilitators - Research lab network related topics in advance and prepare a bibliographic summary of key points related to that topic.  Frame relevant questions on the topic for review by the committee and for copying by UGIM staff prior to the lunch.  Summarize key discussion points and any action items verbally during debriefing session, and then include any feed-back from debrief in written summary for distribution to attendees.
 
Institutional Cleanroom Poster Session Committee Members - Prepare a PowerPoint or other template containing basic information to be solicited from all attending institutions (e.g., basic metrics, basic facts, how the institution manages basic issues like tool pricing, 24/7, safety buddy, etc.).  Invite the institution to provide this info plus 3-4 other slides of their own choosing to be printed by UGIM staff in advance of the exhibition.  Posters will be displayed along with the vendor exhibition both days.
 
Organizing Committee Members - Assist with logistics and organization
 
Weds/Thurs post-UGIM Workshop Instructor or co-Panelist - For vendors or topical experts to provide orientation-style information and detailed expert information on one of the topics listed on the website workshop survey page.  The intent is to be informational without being a commercial sales pitch.  The shared knowledge should be generalized, and not specific to a product or product line.  (See sponsorship tab on this website)



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