Keynote Speakers

Stéphane Martel, Teledyne DALSA

Teledyne Evolution : From Sensing to Decision Support

Abstract forthcoming

Stephane Martel received the B. Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from Sherbrooke University in 1997 and the M.A.Sc degree in Physical Engineering from Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique in 1999. Mr. Martel joined Teledyne DALSA Semiconductor (TDS) foundry in 1998 as a Process Integration engineer and led multiple R&D projects for TDS. In 2003, Mr. Martel was promoted to the position of Manager of the Process Integration group supervising the foundry process development work. In 2012, Mr. Martel was appointed as Director of the Project Management Office (PMO), in charge of New Technology and New Product Introduction (NTI & NPI processes) for the MEMS foundry. In 2023 the Product Engineering and Test & Inspection groups were added to his scope, as well as the responsibility to manage the internal to Teledyne business. In 2026, he was appointed as the Vice-President of R&D and Strategic Partnerships for Teledyne MEMS. In this position, he manages a large portfolio of external development projects as well as long-term R&D projects for Teledyne MEMS involving collaboration with universities and research institutes.

Mohamad Nasser-Eddine, Canada Foundation for Innovation

Title forthcoming

Abstract forthcoming

Mohamad Nasser-Eddine joined the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) in September 2023 from the University of Ottawa, where he had been Associate Vice President, Research Support and Infrastructure since April 2022. In this position, he was responsible for promoting and supporting opportunities for the development and maintenance of world-class research installations and he played a key strategic role in maximizing the research impact of large infrastructure projects on the uOttawa campus.

Nasser-Eddine previously served the CFI as Director of Programs and as Acting Vice President of Programs and Planning. Prior to this, he was Director, Office of Strategic Development Initiatives at the University of Ottawa, a position he held for four years. As Director at uOttawa, he was responsible for the university’s CFI portfolio, the Ministry of Research and Innovation’s Ontario Research Fund and institutional core facilities.

He completed a Master’s and PhD in chemistry at the Université de Haute-Alsace in France, and an Executive MBA with a concentration in technology management at l’Université du Québec à Montréal. Before joining the University of Ottawa, Nasser-Eddine spent three years as a research scientist focused on drug delivery at Labopharm in Montréal.