Dr. Edith Hessel

CSO

Eligo Bioscience

Romano Hoofman

Program Director

imec

Romano Hoofman is Program Director at imec.IC-link since 2016. He is currently responsible for the innovation programs of the unit and for the coordination of the EUROPRACTICE Service.

He started his career in industry, where he worked as a Principal Scientist at Philips Research and later on NXP Semiconductors. He covered many different R&D topics, ranging from CMOS integration, advanced packaging, thin film batteries, photovoltaics and (bio)sensors.

Romano received his PhD from the Technical University of Delft in 2000, where he investigated charge transport in semi-conducting polymers. He has authored more than 30 publications and holds more than 10 patents in various research areas.

Jian Zhang

Engineering Manager and Senior Principle Engineer

SambaNova Systems

Stephen Palmer, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer

Celmatix