Bollettino della Comunità Scientifica in Australasia
Ambasciata d’Italia
CANBERRA
Agosto 2008
Italian-Australian NanoE3 Conference: Nanotechnology for Electronics, opto-Electronics
and Electro-mechanical systems
Lorry Faraone
The NanoE3 event is a bi-lateral Italian-Australian Conference on Nanotechnology that is focused on Electronics,
opto-Electronics and Electro-mechanical systems (NanoE3) which will take place in Western Australia on
September, 22 – 24 2008.
The workshop is generously funded by the Italian Embassy in Canberra, International Science Branch Department
of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Australian Academy of Science and will be hosted by Centre for
Semiconductor Optoelectronics & Microsystems (WACSOM), School of Electrical, Electronic & Computer
Engineering at University of Western Australia.
The principal reasons for choosing these topics, which are directly related to semiconductor microelectronic and
optoelectronic materials and devices, are that these technologies have revolutionised and underpinned advanced
technology, ICT and industrial innovation in the world over the past 50 years. There is no doubt that such
technologies will continue to drive advanced economies around the globe for the foreseeable future, and that a
nanotechnology revolution is currently underway as related to these topics. In addition, these are areas in which
both Italy and Australia have strong research activities, and the conference will provide a unique opportunity to
establish research links between Italian and Australian participating researchers and organisations.
Some of the specific topics will include:
Semiconductor materials, including materials such as silicon and compound semiconductors
Semiconductor devices, including electronic, optoelectronic, photonic and micro-electromechanical
systems (MEMS) devices
Semiconductor nanotechnology, including nano-scale materials and devices
Semiconductor nanostructures, including quantum wells, quantum dots, superlattices, porous
semiconductors, nanotubes/wires, etc
Theory, modelling, characterisation and reliability of semiconductor nanostructures and nanodevices
More than 10 accademics and researchers will take part from Italy and over 30 from Australia. Among these the
following people will be attending:
From Italy:
Prof R Cingolani (U Lecce)
Dr Roberto Bez (STMicroelectronics, Agrate)
Dr Vittorio Privitera, (CNR-IMM, Catania)
Prof Enrico Sangiorgi (U Bologna)
Prof Paolo Lugli (U Rome, Tor Vergata & TU Munich)
Prof Giorgio Sberviglieri (U Brescia)
Prof Marco Fanciulli (MDM INFM)
Prof Fabio Beltram (NEST, Pisa)
Dr Nicola Sasanelli (Sc Attache, Italian Embassy)
Prof G Meneghesso (U Padova)
Prof E Molinari (U Modena & R Emilia)
Prof C Cantalini (U l'Aquila)
From Australia:
Prof Chennupati Jagadish (ANU)
Prof John Dell (UWA)
Prof Michelle Simmons (UNSW)
Prof David Jamieson (U Melbourne)
Prof Andrew Dzurak (UNSW)
Prof Wojtek Wlodarski (RMIT)
Prof Nunzio Motta (QUT)
Prof Jim Williams (ANU)
Dr Rosie Hicks (ANFF)
Prof Andrew Blakers (ANU)
Prof S Prawer (U Melbourne)
The conference is likely to run for 3 days and will include predominantly invited speakers from Italy and Australia
that are world-leaders in their area of research. In addition, there will be some opportunity for contributed
presentations from other researchers and PhD students, which are likely to be primarily from Australia.
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Bollettino della Comunità Scientifica in Australasia
Ambasciata d’Italia
CANBERRA
Agosto 2008
Lorenzo (Laurie) Faraone
Professor, FAA, FTSE
Head, Microelectronics Research Group
Director, WA Centre for Semiconductor Optoelectronics & Microsystems (WACSOM)
School of Electrical, Electronic & Computer Engineering
The University of Western Australia, M018
35 Stirling Highway,
Crawley, WA 6009
Australia
Research Group website:
http://mrg.ee.uwa.edu.au/
Original manuscript in English
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