General Plenary Talk, June 2, 2010

"Compound Semiconductor Markets: Current Status and Future Prospects Through 2013"

Mr. A. AnwarMr. A. Anwar, Strategy Analytics, UK

GaAs-based devices will continue to enable next generation wireless technologies, while InP will be at the forefront of future telecom network rollouts that will enable demand for high bandwidth applications, coupled with traffic demands from emerging 3G and 4G networks. While the market for GaN RF and power devices will still be at an early, GaN-based devices will be pivotal to the development of solid-state lighting markets. The collective market for compound semiconductor devices and related materials will grow to exceed $20 billion by 2013.

 

"Booming in the Information Technology Era from Asia" (tentative)

Prof. C. Y. Chang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

To be announced

"Izumoring; A Strategy for Total Production of Rare Sugars"

Prof. K. IzumoriProf. K. Izumori, Kagawa University, Japan

Rare sugars are monosaccharides that occur in small amounts as natural products. Izumoring is a strategy to produce all rare sugars from inexpensive D-glucose. Practically, this system has been shown to be able to produce all the rare sugars from the few monosaccharides abundant in nature. Potential applications of rare sugars and the development project in Kagawa will be introduced in the talk.