Dr. Hans van den Vlekkert is new member of the board of IVAM Microtechnology Network

Dr. Hans van den Vlekkert is new member of the board of the IVAM Microtechnology Network. The president and chief executive officer of the Dutch company LioniX BV was elected by the General Meeting of IVAM e.V. on April 3 in Essen, Germany. Van den Vlekkert has been active in microsystems technology for nearly 20 years; his research and development work in companies like CSEM, Sentron and TMP resulted in several products. He replaces Marcel Dierselhuis, managing director of pentri* b.v., who retreats from the board after more than ten years of honorary support.

The five members of the board are, apart from the new member van den Vlekkert, Dr. Frank Bartels from Bartels Mikrotechnik GmbH as president, Dr. Thomas Kritzler as executive president, Dr. Lutz Aschke from LIMO Lissotschenko Mikrooptik GmbH and Dr. Olaf Kiesewetter from UST – Umweltsensortechnik GmbH.

The IVAM General Meeting took place at a height of 38 meters in the Erich-Brost pavilion on the roof of the former coal washing plant of the colliery Zeche Zollverein in Essen, Germany. After the meeting and a following guided tour through the world heritage Zollverein shaft XII, the science journalist Niels Boeing presented a bird’s eye view of trends in nanotechnology. Dr. Sibylle Meyer of SIBIS Institut für Sozialforschung und Projektberatung GmbH talked about intelligent systems for future everyday life in consideration of an ageing society.

After the presentations, the circa 150 guests from the European micro and nanotechnology scene and from the network pro Ruhrgebiet compared notes about new projects. For the tenth time since 1998, the evening event was organized in cooperation between IVAM Microtechnology Network and pro Ruhrgebiet e.V. It was supported by the Essen Economic Development Agency.