Speakers and Presentations (Preliminary) Plenary Speakers: Donald Eigler, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, USA Molecule Cascades: Nanometer-Scale Molecular Architectures that Compute Bruno Murari, STMicroelectronics, Milan, ITALY Lateral Thinking: The Challenge of Microsystems Toshio Yanagida, Osaka University, Osaka, JAPAN Single Molecule Nano-Bioscience Stephen D. Senturia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Perspective on MEMS Past and Future: The Tortuous Pathway from Bright Ideas to Real Products Invited Speakers: Daniel Branton, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Nanopore Technology for DNA Sequencing Jong-Uk Bu, LG Electronics Institute of Technology, Seoul, KOREA Microoptical Systems for Optical Data Storage Jeffery DeNatale, Rockwell Scientific Company, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA RF MEMS Reliability Yoon-Sik Lee, Seoul National University, KOREA Surface Modification Technology for bioMEMS Shinji Matsui, Himeji Institute of Technology, Himeji, JAPAN Technology for Nano-Structure Fabrication and Creation of New Industry Andrew de Mello, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, ENGLAND Chemical Synthesis on Wafers Maria C. Moreno-Bondi, Univsersidad Complutense, Madrid, SPAIN Imprinted Polymers and Biosensors Richard A. Normann, University of Utah, USA Microfabricated Electrode Arrays for Restoring Lost Sensory and Motor Functions Masanori Okuyama, Osaka University, Osaka, JAPAN Arrayed Ultrasonic Sensor Chip; Ferroelectric Thin Film for Sensors Gabriel M. Rebeiz, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA RF MEMS/Switches Philippe Renaud, Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND Polymer Micromachining M. Serge Valette, Teem Photonics, FRANCE Integrated Optics: Overview of Glass and Silicon