The Young Professionals Event at NEWCAS’25 aims to provide a platform for emerging researchers to showcase their work, gain valuable feedback, and engage in discussions with leading experts in the field of circuits and systems. This event is an excellent opportunity to present novel research, exchange ideas, and expand professional networks within the academic and industrial communities. The event will be twofold and will be open to all the audience of NEWCAS’25. A panel session on Sustainability and Eco-Design in Electronics will be followed by a poster time where YPCAS will present their work (three prizes will be awarded at the end of the session). CAS Society offers a cocktail, open to all, to accompany the event.
2025 has seen major upheavals in people’s apprehension of sustainable development, at all socio-economic levels. For sure, eco-scepticism is not the order of the day in educated circles, whether academic or industrial, but the application of sustainability-related constraints to the industrial process is still a constant endeavour that discourages many people. The dilemma is acute. In a tense political context, how can we continue our efforts in electronics and microelectronics? How do we begin a virtuous process? In spite of everything, global warming is taking its toll, on biodiversity in general, but also on our infrastructures. The global price is high, and it has to be paid by everyone. From a more pragmatic point of view, laziness in action is undermining the attractiveness of microelectronics to young people and this remains a problem in times of economic boom and recruitment. The aim of this panel is therefore to open up the discussion on sustainability issues, to present industrial initiatives in electronics that are moving in the direction of eco-design and sustainable development, and to highlight the actors of change.
Invited speakers
Jean-Pierre Raskin, PhD, Professor at Louvain School of Engineering, Belgium
Jean-Pierre Raskin, PhD, graduated in Industrial Engineering (ISIA), Civil Engineering (UCLouvain) and Doctorate in Applied Sciences (UCLouvain) in 1993, 1994 and 1997, respectively. He did a post-doc at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, from January 1998 to December 1999. In January 2000, he joined UCLouvain as a lecturer, and was appointed professor and full professor in 2007 and 2010 respectively. He was visiting professor at Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, from September 2009 to September 2010. His area of expertise concerns applied semiconductor physics in RF, micro and nanoelectronics. He is the head of a research group at UCLouvain that includes more than 40 researchers. He also holds a Carnot Excellence Chair in Eco-innovation at the CEA in Grenoble, France. He authored or co-authored more than 400 articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He has received several international awards for his pioneering work in nanoelectronics, including the 2015 BLONDEL Medal, the 2019 AMPERE Medal and the 2021 Georges Vanderlinden Prize. He was elected as a full member of the Royal Academy of Belgium in 2023.
Jean-Brieux Féron, PhD, Founder & CEO of Citronics, Belgium
Jean-Brieux Féron, PhD, is an electrical engineer from UCLouvain with a passion for nature. He is the founder & CEO of Citronics, a 5-person company transforming, in the framework of circular electronics, old smartphones into embedded computers, at scale. (https://citronics.eu/)
Thomas Delatour, PhD, Engineer at the Service de Sobriété Numérique of ADEME, France
Thomas De Latour, PhD, graduated a Master degree in Engineering of the Information Systems and a PhD degree in operational research applied to the eco-design of electric vehicles. He joined ADEME agency, digital sobriety department, in 2023. He currently manages the deployment of the digital component of the environmental database « Empreinte ». He is also involved in sectoral studies on various aspects of digital technology, such as video games and cybersecurity.
Laura Vauche, PhD, Engineer at CEA-LETI
Laura Vauche, PhD, is implementing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), eco-design and eco-innovation at the Silicon Components Division (DCOS) at CEA-LETI since 2021. She obtained a Master’s degree in Chemistry in 2011 from Chimie ParisTech PSL and was awarded a PhD in Engineering Science: Micro and Nano-Electronics in 2015 from Aix-Marseille University. Her previous work includes process development, process integration, characterization and optimization of materials, semiconductors and devices for energy applications such as solar cells (thin films, silicon and multi-junction) and GaN power electronics.
Olivier Bouchet, MSc-MBA, Project Manager at Orange
Olivier Bouchet, MSc, MBA, graduated from the University of Rennes in 1987 with a bachelor degree in Physical Sciences and from Polytech Angers in 1989 with a MSc degree in Telecommunications Engineering. In 1992, he also obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Rennes. He began his career at France Télécom, working on radiocommunication products for the mass market. He then joined Orange Labs in 1998. His current research interests include optical wireless communications (OWC), light fidelity (LiFi), free space optics (FSO) and wireless fiber communications (WiFi). He authored or co-authored 5 books, about 80 articles or oral communications and holds 38 patents. He was leader of the European OMEGA working group on optical wireless communication, then leader of the French ECONHOME project and of the European Celtic Plus ACEMIND project. He also lead the European Community’s H2020 WORTECS project. He is currently Technical Manager of the European project SUSTAIN 6G.