Dr. Jörg Pezoldt: Electron beam lithography: Physical and technical fundamentals, metrological aspects of proximity correction and applications
Dr. J. Pezoldt received his diploma and Dr. rer. nat. at the Department of Insulators and Semiconductors, at Leningrad Elektrotechnical Institute W.I.Uljanow (Lenin) (today Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University „LETI“) in 1986 and 1989, respectively. In 1989, he joined the Solid State Electronics Institute at TU Ilmenau now it is the Institute of Micro- and Nanoelectronics. He is also a member of the Institute of Material Science and Engineering and the Institute of Micro- and Nanotechnologies MacroNano®. He was co-founderof the Center for Micro- and Nanotechnologies at the TU Ilmenau.From 2000 to 2002 and 2010 to 2011 he acted as the temporary head of the Nanotechnology group. Between 2001 and 2005 he was member of the council of the centre for Micro- and Nanotechnologies. Since 2015 he is member of the management board of the Institute of Micro- and Nanotechnologies MacroNano®. He is senior lecturer and group leader of the wide band gap semiconductor, two dimensional materials group and electron beam lithography group. He conducts research in the fields of reactive materials, nanoparticle research and SiC, III-Nitrides, graphene and two dimensional materials based electronic and MEMS devices. In his investigations special emphasis is drawn on device processing techniques like electron lithography, epitaxial growth,ion implantation, dry etching and rapid thermal processing. He is author and co-author of more than 400 journal publications and proceedings, holds four patents and was project leader in numerous EU, DFG, BMBF and Thuringian projects.
Dr.Valeriya Cherkasova: Bridging the Gap: Traceable Small Force Metrology Across Nine Orders of Magnitude
Dr.Valeriya Cherkasova is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Process Measurement and Sensor Technology, Technische Universität Ilmenau (Germany). She successfully defended her PhD in Mechanical Engineering (TU Ilmenau) in December 2023.Her academic path includes a Double Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering (TU Ilmenau, completed 09.2019) and Computer Science and Technology (Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University, completed 06.2019)Her research focuses on traceable measurement of small forces, masses, and stiffnesses of MEMS/cantilever structures, where ultimate precision can be achieved through the use of the Kibble balance principle. Dr.Cherkasova’s work combines electrostatic and electromagnetic force compensation methods for nanoforce metrology and serves as a foundation for interdisciplinary and international projects.The foundation for her interdisciplinary focus was laid early in her career when she received the Russian national innovation prize “UMNIK” for her work on precise positioning control systems in Medicine and Health-Enhancing Technologies(06.2018).
Mr. Tarek kenoufi: Ecosystem and innovation Horizons 2030
Tarek Kenoufi is an official at the Algerian National Agency for the Promotion and Development of Technology Parks (ANPT). He serves at the incubator site in the wilaya of Bordj Bou Arréridj, where he is described as “president of the incubator site” under ANPT. In his capacity, he participates in training and capacity-building events for entrepreneurs and professional counsellors, supporting incubation, entrepreneurship and technology-parks operations at regional level.
Souheil El Alimi: Green Hydrogen: Opportunities and Challenges for the MENA Region
Souheil El Alimi is a Associate Professor of Renewable Energy at the Energy Engineering Department of the National Engineering School of Monastir (ENIM), Tunisia, where he teaches courses in Photovoltaic solar energy systems, CSP, Management of hybrid system and smart grid, Combined Cooling Heating and Power. He holds a Ph.D. in Energy Engineering and has over 25 years of academic and professional experience in the field of sustainable energy.
His research activities focus on the modeling, simulation, and optimization of renewable energy systems, including photovoltaic and wind systems, hybrid renewable energy configurations, Green Hydrogen, and smart energy management for sustainable cities. He also supervises several master’s and doctoral theses in these areas.
Dr. El Alimi coordinates the international master’s program “Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in the MENA Region (REMENA)”, jointly offered with the University of Kassel (Germany) and Cairo University (Egypt). He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Tunisian National Agency for Energy Conservation (ANME) and has contributed as an expert and consultant for international institutions such as the World Bank Group, UNDP, and PTB (Germany). He has authored over 30 scientific publications and actively participates in European-funded cooperation programs (Erasmus+,), promoting innovation and capacity building in renewable energy education and research across the MENA region.
M. Amine Abdessamed KOLIAI: Quantification du Methane par drone | Méthode (Masse-Balance)
site level | Mesurage et Incertitude
Amine Abdessamed Koliai is an engineer and researcher specializing in metrology and quality engineering. He studied at the « Institut d’Optique et de Mécanique de Précision » at Sétif 1 University – Ferhat Abbas and later completed a specialized master in Metrology at the “ École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Douai” in France.
Professionally, he has worked in several industrial and research positions in Algeria and France, including roles at IRIS-SAT, Laboratoire ALPA, and Bosch Rexroth in Lyon, focusing on measurement systems, calibration, and quality assurance.His research interests include measurement uncertainty, environmental metrology, and methane quantification using drones.
Sylvain Lecler: Photonic jet and super-resolution at mesoscale
Sylvain Lecler is Professor at INSA Strasbourg, leader of the Instrumentation and Photonic Processes team of the ICube Laboratory in Strasbourg, and deputy director of the Institut Photonique. He got his PhD degree in 2005 at the Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg. After a postdoctoral position at the University of Liège in Belgium, he became Associate Professor at the University of Strasbourg and then Professor at INSA Strasbourg in 2019. His work concerns physical optics at mesoscale with main contribution concerning photonic jet theory and applications, and laser processes.