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Tyndall National Institute
Cork
Ireland
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‘A focal point for a community of experts and users of energy harvesting & related technologies to share knowledge, best practices, roadmaps, experiences and create opportunities for collaboration’
Distinguished Keynote Speakers Announced!!!
- Yogesh Ramadass, Director of Power Management R&D at Kilby Labs from TI, will open the Workshop with his keynote talk on “Energy Harvesting: Past, Present and Future” in which he will explore the last ~15 years of the energy harvesting industry to understand how we got to this point in the ecosystem of the industry and how matching to applications will continue to propel this commercial adoption into the future.”
- Eric Yeatman, Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London, will close the keynote session with a talk on “Alternative Powering Methods for Miniature Wireless Sensors” in which he will provide an overview of energy scavenging capabilities, techniques, and solutions with a particular focus on enabling wireless devices and IoT applications.”
Key drivers for this workshop?
By 2025 we need to power a trillion sensors by 2025 [source McKinsey]
- Wireless sensors need battery changes – we need where possible to use regenerative power to avoid this
- Energy harvesting component designers often do not understand how to optimise system level performance
- The ambient energies available are often unknown
- Industrial IoT (internet of things) device developers need to reduce power consumption to extend battery life and potentially self-power
- The conversation has moved to “How can I take advantage of this technology?”
- We need to deliver an energy harvesting ecosystem roadmap to guide and accelerate development
- We need to bring a community of experts together to address these issues and opportunities
What shall I see & do at the workshop?
- Demonstrations from leading industry and academic developers
- Materials, devices, systems, visualization and simulation tools
- Examples of successful Energy Harvesting products already created
- Network with developers and (potential) users and integrators of energy harvesting materials, devices and systems
- Discuss their demos
- Understand where the technology is going
- Identify opportunities and bottlenecks
- Scope out collaboration opportunities
- Share best practices