From: Christian Simm < >
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 15:21:02 -0700
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Dear Swiss-List members,

The next Scientists' Dinner Meeting, with UC Berkeley Professor E.
Haller talking about "The Silicon Age", is in less than two weeks (on
Friday Sept. 17).

The program with the registration form is attach as an MS Word file (and
printed at the bottom of this message for Unix users ... of course there
the form does not look so nice !).

If you plan to join this networking event, please return the
registration form to the Swiss Consulate in San Francisco.

Hope to see you there !...
Sincerely yours,
Christian Simm

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Christian Simm, PhD
Swiss Science & Technology Office for Western USA and Western Canada

Consulate General of Switzerland
456 Montgomery Street, Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA 94104 (USA)
phone : (415) 788-2272, extension 107 (direct) or 0 (operator)
fax : (415) 788-1402
e-mail : simm_at_sciencelink.org
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SWISS SCIENTISTS' DINNER MEETING
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Friday, September 17, 1999
The Basque Cultural Center
599 Railroad Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080

PROGRAM
6.30 pm Cocktail (courtesy of Mr. Alfred Baehler, Consul General of
Switzerland)
7.30 pm Dinner, followed by the presentation :

THE SEMICONDUCTOR AGE
by Prof. Eugene E. Haller, University of California at Berkeley
Materials have given their name to the major evolutionary periods of
mankind : the stone age, the bronze age, the iron age. Applying a number
of criteria, we can call the present era the semiconductor age or the
silicon age. Why are semiconductor sensors, amplifiers, central
processors, memories, etc. so crucial to our computers, communication
devices, scientific instruments and even leisure activities ? It is the
versatile properties of the semiconductors as well as the construction
of ever more intricate and sophisticated ”integrated circuits” on
”silicon chips” which will keep the semiconductor revolution going for
the foreseeable future.
In this talk, the major stations of the semiconductor history from the
humble beginnings in the last century towards the most sophisticated
integrated circuits of today will be reviewed. It will be shown that new
semiconductor materials are being discovered and that the science and
technology of this unique group of materials continue to offer surprises
and novel applications.

SPEAKER
Eugene E. Haller is Professor of Materials Science at UC Berkeley and
holds a joint appointment at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
where he heads the Electronics Materials Program. He received his PhD
from the University of Basel in Switzerland, authored and co-authored
over 600 publications, won several prestigious prizes and is a member of
the Editorial Advisory Boards of three scientific journals.

DIRECTIONS
From San Francisco : take 101 South, exit at Grand Avenue/Downtown, turn
left onto Airport Blvd., right onto Grand, left onto Magnolia, and left
onto Railroad.
From San Jose : take 101 North, exit at S Airport Blvd., turn left onto
S Airport Blvd., pass below 101, stay on S Airport Blvd., left onto
Grand, left onto Magnolia, and left onto Railroad.
Ample parking available.

DINNER MENU

Choice of :
Roast New York Strip, Scalloped Potatoes and Vegetables
Breast of Chicken Chasseur, Vegetables and Rice
Vegetarian Pasta

Alls meals include :
Salad, Bread and Butter
Ice Cream

Beverages :
Mineral Water, Soda, Coffee

Wines
Joseph Phelps Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley (1997)
Rodney Strong Merlot, Sonoma County (1996)

Participation : $ 32.- per Person / (Students : $ 25.-)
(incl. dinner and all organizational costs; wine courtesy of the
Consulate General of Switzerland)

Please make your reservations by completing the registration slip below
and send it back,
before September 10, 1999 together with a check to :

Consulate General of Switzerland
456 Montgomery Street, Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA 94104-1233
phone (415) 788-2272

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SCIENTISTS’ MEETING SEPTEMBER 17, 1999 - BASQUE CULTURAL CENTER, SOUTH
SAN FRANCISCO

Please print and return before Sept. 10, 1999
with check payable to the Consulate General of Switzerland

Last Name :

First Name :

Company / School / University :

$ enclosed :

Choice of Roast or Chicken or Pasta :

Address :

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