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Tanya Vladimirova

Leader of the VLSI Design
and Embedded Systems Research Group
Surrey Space Centre

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The UK has become a key player in space technology. In recognition of the significance of the space sector for the UK economy a UK Space Agency was established earlier this year. This talk will overview the R & D activities and the status of space technology within the UK space industry. Recent developments such as the establishment of the new European Space Agency (ESA) facility at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus will be discussed. Main projects and capabilities of the small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Limited will be outlined. Space research activities carried out at the Surrey Space Centre of University of Surrey will be described.

About the Speaker: Tanya Vladimirova, MEng, MSc, PhD, CEng, MIET, MIEEE is Reader at the Department of Electronic Engineering of the University of Surrey and a senior member of the Surrey Space Centre. Her technical interests and expertise are in the area of Microelectronics Design and Embedded Systems for Aerospace Applications. She has collaborated closely with the small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Limited since 1998. Her research has been sponsored by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, European Space Agency, a number of overseas institutions such as the US Air Force Research Labs, industrial companies, etc.. She has defined and supervised 19 PhD projects and has authored/co-authored 150 technical publications. She has acted as a co-chair of the annual international conference on Military and Aerospace Applications of Programmable Logic Devices (MAPLD), organised by NASA. She serves as associate editor for space systems for the IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems.

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Will Jackson

Director,
Engineered Arts Ltd

About the Speaker: Will Jackson, director of Engineered Arts Ltd, the makers of 'RoboThespian', the humanoid robot, demonstrates RoboThespian's capabilities and discusses the underlying electronic, mechanical and software structure down to the embedded level. The robot utilises a number of embedded processors from ARM devices running embedded Linux through to Parallax Propellers, and Microchip PIC's. RoboThespian's core software module IOServe is especially developed for robotic integration, and is soon to be made available open source. Find out the detail of its powerful features and their application for all forms of mechanical systems control.

The RoboThespian will also be displayed and demonstrated by the Engineered Arts development team for the duration of the Embedded LIVE event on the 20th and 21st October in the Roboteers area of the Exhibition Floor.
A RoboThespian has just been bought by NASA for use at the John F. Kennedy Space Center. Learn more about it online - www.robothespian.com

Steve Wainwright

Vice President of Sales and Marketing
General Manager Europe,
Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Region
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

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"Growing in the Semiconductor Industry: Business & Technology Drivers"
The semiconductor industry was hit hard last year by one of the most difficult crisis’s of its history. However, the strength demonstrated over the last several quarters and the rapid pace of the recovery suggests that we have started to make our way out of the recession. We believe we are entering a decade of dramatic change: market megatrends such as the need for energy efficiency, health & safety and connectivity are fuelling growth in areas such as consumer, networking, automotive, industrial and medical. But to benefit from these growth engines, semiconductor companies will have to reinvent themselves. The complex architectures, the system level expertise, the tools and ecosystems increasingly required by our customers are leading us towards a technology paradigm shift. Innovation will create differentiation, but speed will define leadership. Future success will rely on our ability to provide real solutions to real customers.

About the Speaker: Steve Wainwright is Vice President of Sales and Marketing & General Manager for Freescale EMEA.

Steve joined Freescale in June 2005 as the VP of Sales in EMEA based in Geneva, and was promoted to his new position in January 2008. With 25 years experience in the semiconductor business Steve has held various senior leadership positions in Sales, Marketing and Business Development.

Prior to his current role, Steve was VP of Sales for the IBM Microelectronics business in Europe. In this position he had responsibility for serving major players including Ericsson, Nokia, and Siemens. Steve also held Sales management roles with Harris Semiconductor and Celdis, where he was UK General Manager of the distribution business.

Steve holds a Bachelors degree in Business Management.

Clifford Dive

Business Development Director,
Sentec Ltd

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About the Speaker: Coming initially from a technical background in the early days of real-time microprocessor products, a large part of Clifford’s business life has been dedicated to embedded software development. He has most recently worked in consultancies and product companies in roles including business development, product management and technical management. Clifford worked for three years with mobile phone giant Qualcomm, initially leading the professional services team, and later promoting product innovation in the User Focused Innovation Team before joining Sentec this year as Business Development Manager.

Sentec is a product development consultancy, working particularly in electronic smart metering solutions for the gas, water and electricity industry. Products based on Sentec technology are in use all over the world, with nearly 8 million installed meters using their technology. There are still many new applications for metering technologies to address, including solid state gas sensing, current sensing and water flow measurement.