Program at a glance
TUTORIALS / Sunday June 21, 2026
Block 1 – 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (noon)
T2: Electroanalytical microdevices: history, recent developments, and applications
by Raphael Trouillon, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Location: Université du Québec à Chicoutimi – UQAC, Pavillon Principal, room P-4270
(555 Bd. de l’Université E., Chicoutimi, G7H 2B1 – 5 to 10 minutes walk from the hotel Montagnais)
T3: Building the Next Generation of Chips with Generative AI
by Sherief Reda, School of Engineering and Computer Science Dept, Brown University, USA
Location: Université du Québec à Chicoutimi – UQAC, Pavillon Principal, room P-4280
(555 Bd. de l’Université E., Chicoutimi, G7H 2B1 – 5 to 10 minutes walk from the hotel Montagnais)
T4: Introduction to Quantum Computing: From Qubits to Quantum Algorithms – PART I
by Joshua T. Cantin, Algolab quantique, Canada
Location: Université du Québec à Chicoutimi – UQAC, Pavillon Principal, room P-4020
(555 Bd. de l’Université E., Chicoutimi, G7H 2B1 – 5 to 10 minutes walk from the hotel Montagnais)
Block 2 – 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm
T1: High-Speed PCB Design for Mixed-Signal Systems (MHz to GHz)
by Karim Bouzid, PhD candidate, Université Laval, Québec City, Canada
Location: Université du Québec à Chicoutimi – UQAC, Pavillon Principal, room P-4280
(555 Bd. de l’Université E., Chicoutimi, G7H 2B1 – 5 to 10 minutes walk from the hotel Montagnais)
T4: Introduction to Quantum Computing: From Qubits to Quantum Algorithms – PART II
by Joshua T. Cantin, Algolab quantique, Canada
Location: Université du Québec à Chicoutimi – UQAC, Pavillon Principal, room P-4130
(555 Bd. de l’Université E., Chicoutimi, G7H 2B1 – 5 to 10 minutes walk from the hotel Montagnais)
Sunday June 21, 2026
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Conference registration & Welcoming Reception/Cocktail
Room: Hotel Main Lobby
Monday June 22, 2026
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Conference registration
Room: Hotel Main Lobby
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Opening Ceremony & Welcoming Remarks
Room: Montagnais 1
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Keynote I – Cryptography in a Quantum World: From science Fiction to a Turing Award
by Claude Crépeau, École de technologie supérieure, Canada
Session chair: Mohamad Swan – Westlake University, China
Room: Montagnais 1
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Morning Coffee Break
Room: TBA
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Keynote II – Closing the Generative AI-IC Design Loop: from Tokens to Transistors and Back
by Vladimir Milovanović, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Session chair: Alexandre Robichaud – UQAC
Room: Montagnais 1
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Lunch
Room:TBA
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Lecture Sessions A1L-A / ADCs and ADC Building Blocks
Session chair: Shahriar Mirabbasi – UBC; Masoud Rahimi – Concordia
Room: Montagnais 1
Lecture Sessions A1L-B / Neural Networks and Neuromorphic Circuits
Session chair: Masoud Rahimi – Concordia
Room: Montagnais 2
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Afternoon Break
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Poster Sessions A3P-D / Poster presentations I
Session chair: TBA
Room: Montagnais 3
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Lecture Sessions A4L-A / CAD, Design Tools and Test
Session chair: Mohamad Saad – UQAT; Ricardo Reis – UFRGS
Room: Montagnais 1
Lecture Sessions A4L-B / Vital Signs Monitoring and Biometric Extraction
Session chair: Martin Otis – UQAT; Bertrand Granado – Sorbonne
Room: Montagnais 2
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Women In Engineering – WIE, Panel & Cocktail
Session chair: Marie-Isabelle Farinas, UQAC
Room: Montagnais 1
Tuesday June 23, 2026
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Conference registration
Room: Hotel Main Lobby
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Lecture Sessions B1L-A / Analog: DACs, TDCs and ADC calibration
Session chair: Yvon Savaria – Polytechnique Montreal
Room: Montagnais 1
Lecture Sessions B1L-B / Biomedical Circuits and Systems
Session chair: Patricia Desgreys – telecomParis
Room: Montagnais 2
Lecture Sessions B1L-C / Digital Circuits and Systems
Session chair: Xu Wang – UCD; Tarek Ould-Bachir – Polytechnique Montreal
Room: Montagnais 3
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Morning Coffee Break
Room: TBA
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Keynote III – Canada’s Opportunities in Circuits and Systems
by Gordon Harling, CEO, CMC Microsystems, Canada
Session chair: Mounir Boukadoum – UQAM
Room: Montagnais 1
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Lecture Session B2L-A / Emerging Technologies and Technology Trends
Session chair: Mohamad Sawan – Westlake; Mathilde Ouvrier-Buffet – CEA-LETI
Room: Montagnais 1
Lecture Session B2L-B / Sensory Circuits and Systems
Session chair: Mohamad Saad – UQAT; Ricardo Izquierdo – ÉTS
Room: Montagnais 2
Lecture Session B2L-C / Microsystems, Embedded Systems and IoT
Session chair: Jean-Pierre David – Polytechnique Montréal; Martin Otis – UQAC
Room: Montagnais 3
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch
Room:TBA
1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Social activity – Cruise on the Saguenay River
5:30 pm
Social activity – Gala Diner at La Pulperie
Wednesday June 24, 2022
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Conference registration
Room: Hotel Main Lobby
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Lecture Sessions C1L-A / Virtual Session I
Session chair: TBA
Room: Montagnais 1
Lecture Sessions C1L-B / Wireless and Wireline communications
Session chair: Zahra Sepehri – ÉTS
Room: Montagnais 2
Lecture Sessions C1L-C / Low-power Designs, Power Management & Energy Harvesting
Session chair: TBA
Room: Montagnais 3
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Morning Coffee Break
Room: TBA
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Keynote IV – From Sensing to Decision Support: HW & SW developments to handle complex real-life situations
by Cornelis, Business Line Director, Teledyne Digital Imaging, Canada
Session chair: Yvon Savaria – Polytechnique Montréal
Room: Montagnais 1
11:30 pm – 12:30 pm
Lunch
Room:TBA
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Lecture Sessions C2L-A / Circuits and Systems for AI Algorithms
Session chair: TBA
Room: Montagnais 1
Lecture Sessions C2L-B / Virtual Session II
Session chair: Zahra Sepehri – ÉTS
Room: Montagnais 2
Lecture Sessions C2L-C / Data Interfaces for Neural implants and In-vivo imaging
Session chair: TBA
Room: Montagnais 3
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Afternoon Break
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Poster Sessions A3P-D / Poster presentations II
Session chair: TBA
Room: Montagnais 3
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Lecture Sessions C4L-A / Analog and Mixed Signal Circuits
Session chair: Wilfried Uhring – UNIStra; Martin Otis – UQAC
Room: Montagnais 1
Lecture Sessions C4L-B / Quantum Computing
Session chair: Zahra Sepehri – ÉTS
Room: Montagnais 2
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Closing Ceremony – See you at NEWCAS2027!
Room: Montagnais 1