Technical Symposium Presented by IDEMA: "Beyond 1 Tb/in²"--Enabling Technologies

December 6, 2007

Hyatt Regency Hotel, 5101 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA

Registration begins at 8:00am

Chairman: Dr. Michael Russak, Executive Director, IDEMA

9:00am-9:45am: Session 1: Magnetic Recording Roadmap/Tutorial

Dr. Mark Kryder, former CTO of Seagate, currently at Carnegie Mellon University, will kick off the symposium with a presentation covering the current view of the HDD industry magnetic recording roadmap and an overview of the challenges that need to be overcome to reach the 1Tb/in² and beyond areal density level.

10:15am-11:45am: Session 2: Foundation for 1 Tb/in² Recording

This session will deal with the near term technology landscape that provides the foundation for 1Tb/in² recording with the focus on media and head technology. Additionally, extensions to state of the art planar perpendicular recording will be presented.

Dr. Ramamurthy Acharya, Director of Advanced Media Development, Western Digital An Overview of Advanced Perpendicular Recording Media

Dr. Sining Mao, VP, Device Design & Technology, Western Digital Perspectives and Challenges for 1Tbit/in² Magnetic Recording

Dr. Kaizhong Gao, R& D Advanced Recording Technology, Seagate Technology Extensions of Perpendicular Recording

1:00pm-5:00pm: Session 3: Advanced Recording Technology--How Do We Get There?

This session will focus on the three leading candidates for >1Tb/in² recording, Heat Assisted Recording (HAMR), Discrete Track Recording (DTR) and Bit Pattern Recording (BPR) as well as the even more advanced recording concept of Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording. Additionally, there will be a presentation on radial stage e-beam writers and Nano imprint lithograph systems for research and manufacturing.

Dr. Ganping Ju, Manager of the Advanced Magnetic Media Group, Seagate Research "Status and Prospect on Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR)"

David Wachenschwanz, Vice President of New Product Design and Integration, Media Operations Division, Western Digital Getting into the Groove: An Overview of Discrete Track Recording Technology

Dr. Carl Che, Director of Advanced Recording Technology, Samsung Information Systems America (SISA) DTM: From HDD Perspective

Dr. Tom Albrecht, San Jose Research Center, Hitachi GST The Technology of Patterned Media

Dr. Babak Heidari, CTO, Obducat Mastering Stamps for Disc Media Beyond a Terabit Per Square Inch

Ken Mason, Business Development Manager, Obducat A Manufacturing System for Disc Media Printing via Nanoimprint Lithography at Densities Beyond a Terabit Per Square Inch

Dr. Jian-Gang Zhu, Director, Data Storage Systems Center and full Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon Future Technology--Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording

Registration includes continental breakfast, breaks and lunch