30 June 2006
Minutes GOMACTech Sterring Committee and Technical Program Committee Teleconference29June2006 – notes taken by Romeo delRosario
Summary of Actions:
- Ralph Nadell: Forward social events menu and POC to Chris Hicks, and thence to SC.
- John Franco:Poll DTRA program mgrs and apprise SC on university luminaries for potential invited speakers.
- Session Topics: (Suspense: 10July2006)
- Chris Lesniak will proceed in planning for C-SWAP session
- Session Info Forms needed from:
- John Franco
- “Rad Hard Nanotechnology”
- “Nanotechnology:Supporting Technologies”
- “Nuclear Detection at Longer Range”
- Joe Brewer: “Architectures for Nanotechnology”
- Dean Collins: “Trusted Foundry” (session chair suggested)
- Dan Radack: “High Performance Electronics”
- Mark Gouker: “MM-Wave Radar for Societal Applications?”
- Fritz Kub:
- “Through the Wall Radar”,
- “GPEN radar”
- “Passive components for ?”
- Mark Rosker/Steve Binari: “Wide BG and High Freq Devices”
- Joe Brewer: Submit Tutorial Proposal Form for “Nanotechnology and the Nanoproblem”
- Ralph Nadell: email SC the POC info for exhibitors
- All: Examine last year’s exhibitors that your are respectively familiar with and suggest they participate again.
GOMACTech-07 March 19-22 2007 Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Lake Buena VistaFL Steering Committee/Technical Program Committee Meeting
Thursday, 29 June 2006
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT (GMT -0400)
1. Call to order (DP)
Romeo delRosario (acting secretary)
Chuck Caposell
Mark Gouker
Ralph Nadell
Kathleen Griggs
Chris Lesniak
Chris Hicks
Fritz Kub
Gerry Borsuk
Loren Linholm
Joe Brewer
Dev Palmer
John Franco
Ingham Mack
Brian Cohen, IDA
Sonny Maynard
Sam Kayali
Ray Price
Charlie Myer, TAPO
Dan Radack
(20 total)
2. Introduction of new SC members (DP)
Chris Hicks
Todd Kastle,
Mark Rosker
Romeo delRosario
3. Financial status (GB)
GB: GOMACTech 2006 net surplus $7411.00
Current Balance: $192,473. (in good shape)
DP: net zero or surplus will remain the financial goal
4. Social events (Chris Hicks, Ralph Nadell)
RN: have made contact, awaitingPOC info; will likely have a choice of activities, he will then fwd to chris, who will put forward to SC.
a. Industry reception
DP: usuallyTuesday night,
RN: NG didn’t commit until January last year but they have done it for several years in a row
b. Conference banquet
DP: does this includes conference banquet?
RN?: wed evening social event, offered to everybody but not built into reg. Fee, but you can elect during the registration process, but it will be subsidized, this approach was very successful last year.
c. Industry sponsorship of breaks?
NG started it, BAE did a lunch sponsorship, we have an exhibit mgr who sells exhibits, making other avenues for sponsorship. Would like GOMACTech to consider this before pursing: options include hotel key cards, lanyards, in addition to food a& coffee breaks.
SK: was debated last year, several obj were raised
GB suggest continuing this tradition
? to RN: are the other conferences govmt sponsored?
RN: power conferences
RD: $?
DP: looks like we are endorsing certain companies
?: preference expressed for avoiding visible sponsorship
DP: suggest sticking to tradition
5. Technical program status (GB, DP)
a. Technical program draft schedule layout
GB: draft laid out, suggest it be similar to last year’s in layout
Plenary:
Keynotes: Dr. Etter, John Young (DDR&E)thursd luncheon), louis branscom (Harvard, natl response to GWOT)
GB: we still need at least one more + alternates.
?: first two are excellent choices
GB: will fwd a presentation to the panel, nov02 given in Chicago;
DP: clarification: 1 keynote, 2 Kilby lecturers (plenary)
GB: theme is role of tech in GWOT
John Franco: DTRA works starting in detector arena, making outreach to several universities; will take action in polling their program mgrs and will get back to SC (re: university luminaries for potential invited spkrs)
b. Ideas for prospective keynote speaker, Kilby lecturers
Chris Lesniak: submitted for a session looking at modules and highly compacted mmics, etc. all the things that go into an array that would address power, cost, weight, etc. several papers from Lockheed,et al.
GB: recommend he proceeed. Action: CL will proceed in planning for C-SWAP session
GB: had some correspondence with NG on passive component electronics
Fritz Kub: in the past its been generally switching, discussion of passive components has been broached; may have further opportunity.
GB: any more proposals at this time?
John Franco: 2 areas rad hard nanotechnology and supporting technologies
JF: just send it to you ? Action: JF to send Session Info Forms for “Rad Hard Nanotechnology” and “Nanotechnology:Supporting Technologies”
Joe Brewer: sugg. another nanotech session, variant of previous nano wrok; focus would be on architectures for the technologies;
GB: ok pls submit topic: Action: JB to send Session Info Forms for “Architectures for Nanotechnology”
JF: another suggestion:nuclear detection at longer range; ramping up a significant program; would bring in DHS on this too. Action?: JF submit Session Info Form for “Nuclear Detection at LongerRange”
GB: Sonny? Reprise on Trusted Foundry?
SM: Action: Dean Collins will pursue session on Trusted Foundry, probably as session chair
DP: RPrice maybe take a wack
DP: emphasize these are not approval forms
RdelR: Prognostics & Diagnostics
Chris Hicks: high eff linearity amps been talking with paul Mackie,
Joe Brewer: microelectronics security assurance; polices needed … <pecht & tamper>
DP: sounds like the
Dan Radack: might be able to help with any DARPA related items
DP: relayed Trustedness topic.
Dan Radack: high performance electronics, SiGe, LDMOS, etc.; session on advanced packaging technologies/heterogeneous integration; e.g. wafer level mems work; wafer level packaging, robustness without hermeticity
Mark Gouker: ref to microwave symp; radar for societal applications? past mm-wave imaging approaches have been limited active imaging or radar approach instead; still early in discussion.
DP: will connect to speaker
Fritz Kub: throught the wall radar, GPEN radar
DP: suggest FK MG work together
Brian Cohen: IED defeat?
DP: memo already out on limiting data discussion
Brian Cohen: ongoing work at IDA , they may
Mark Rosker: wide BG and high freq devices
DP: can you work with Binari on that?
MR: concur. Action: Mark Rosker/Steve Binari: submit Session Info form for wide BG and high freq devices
DP: ACTION: any other topics pls send to GB
c. Tutorial topics
Joe Brewer: discussion with Purdue have facility for helping researchers in nano ; “Nanotechnology and the Nanoproblem” and actually during the session link your laptops.
DP: can you fill out a form and submit?
JB: concur. Action: JB: Submit Tutorial Proposal Form for “Nanotechnology and the Nanoproblem”
d. Poster session?
DB: haven’t had a poster session for a while. It will not be a repository for substd papers but will serve as an overflow session. Won’t know until we receive the m on #
GB: will proceed then
e. Thursday lunch speaker
John Young as discussed
6. Exhibitors status and way forward (RN)
RN: nothing to report other than
DP: Action(RN): pls send out via email POC info for exhibitors
Action (All): look at last yr’s exhibitors and suggest they participate again.
7. Loss exposure insurance policy (RN)
DP: purpose?
RN: basically protection against Acts of God, etc. except for terrorism (too expensive), couple thousand dollars.
DP: protects hotel fees etc.
8. SC/TPC meeting schedule (DP)
DP: schedules
proposal for tech program should be fleshed out by then; close the loop with invited spkrs; based on tech program, will augment 2ndCall for papers
GB: Action (All): pls send proposed session in the next 2 weeks.
DP: Session champion needs to help along with abstracts; any problems with dates, pls send.
9. New business (DP)
GB: have been discussing 2008 site. Suggesting Las Vegas. (successful in the past)
All: no objections noted.
10. Adjourn
GOMACTech 2007 Executive Committee Contact Information
General Chair: Dr. Dev Palmer, , 919-549-4246
Technical Program Chair: Dr. Gerry Borsuk, , 202-767-3525
Local Arrangements Chair: Dr. Chris Hicks, , 301-342-9094
Conference Management: Ralph Nadell, , 212-460-8090 x203