PENTA, the AMANDA project partner, was participating as an exhibitor at Smart City Expo World Congress that was held in Barcelona on 16-18 November 2021. It was an excellent opportunity and relevant event to showcase the AMANDA project, its goals, and its use cases applicable for smart and sustainable cities.

This year, APEC, the leading conference for practising power electronics professionals, featured professional education seminars, technical and plenary sessions, panel discussions, networking, and an exhibition featuring leading players in the power electronics industry.

On Tuesday, 7 December 2021, the second webinar out of the series of webinars called “AMANDA – Autonomous Smart Sensing Card (ASSC)” was successfully held.

SINDEX is the leading Swiss trade fair for industrial automation with the guiding theme "Innovation in dialogue". It was held from 31 August to 02 September 2021 onsite in Bern, Switzerland.

Due to the ongoing health crisis, the 6th AMANDA Plenary Meeting was held virtually on Tuesday, 02 November 2021. WP leaders presented the progress of ongoing WPs, upcoming tasks and measures required. 

The IVAM Hightech Summit took place as a virtual event on 25^th and 26^th August 2021, and it was an exceptional industry meeting of the international microtechnology scene showing trends and future markets.

Check your schedule and mark your calendars for 23-25 November for the EFECS - European Forum for Electronic Components and Systems 2021 exhibition.

A conference publication on AMANDA Autonomous Smart Sensing Card (ASSC) was submitted in April 2021 and accepted for publication on the IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium 2021 (SAS 2021).

We are glad to announce that the first version of the Application Note has been released and is available just one click away, in the section “Dissemination Materials”.

Microdul AG, the partner in the AMANDA project, exhibited at the MD&M West in Anaheim, California, which took place from 10th to 12th August 2021.

The second External Advisory Board (EAB) meeting took place virtually on Thursday, 07th October 2021, and the AMANDA consortium was delighted to welcome the members of the Advisory Board. This online meeting offered an opportunity to present the project and share progress to date with all participants.

On 17 May 2021, a successful webinar on the AMANDA Autonomous Smart Sensing Card was held. The aim of the AMANDA webinar was to present a general overview of the H2020 funded AMANDA project, emphasising the possibility and benefits of using the unique ASSC to help mitigate the effects of current and future pandemics.