Foresight Institute and the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
Corporate Sponsors
Gold Level Sponsors
Sun Microsystems
Founded in 1982 by four idealistic young pioneers with a shared vision of decentralized, heterogenous computing systems, Sun Microsystems, Inc. has emerged as a global Fortune 500 leader in enterprise network computing, with over $8 billion in revenues and operations in 150 countries.
Zyvex
Zyvex Corporation is the first molecular nanotechnology company. We are taking an assembly-based systems approach to integrating macro, micro, and nanodevices to the real world. Our mission is to be the industry leader in adaptable, affordable, molecular-scale manufacturing. Founded in 1997, Zyvex is creating a microsystem assembler, capable of handling and assembling a variety of micro-scale parts.
Silver Level Sponsors
Foley & Lardner
Founded in 1842, Foley & Lardner is one of the oldest and largest law firms in America. The firm has more than 750 attorneys in 14 offices nationwide practicing in five departments: Business Law, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Regulatory, and Tax and Individual Planning.
The firm’s highly skilled intellectual property attorneys and law clerks constitute one of the largest and most sophisticated technology groups in an integrated, general-practice law firm in the United States. The list of clients using Foley & Lardner to fill their intellectual property legal needs ranges from small entrepreneurial start-up companies to large international and multinational corporations. Foley & Lardner attorneys provide solutions and successfully service the needs of clients around the world.
Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk and Rabkin
Howard Rice is a full-service law firm with creative lawyers who solve complex problems every day. We have built our nationwide reputation through anticipating and responding quickly to our clients’ needs with innovative solutions. We have over 140 attorneys in San Francisco, serving clients in the United States and worldwide, dealing with every kind of problem, including startup businesses, intellectual property, e-commerce, venture capital, securities, international transactions, financial services and complex litigation.
Sughrue Mion PLLC
We protect ideas – all ideas – and for nearly half a century we have been helping our clients develop, obtain, protect and leverage property rights borne of their intellectual capital. From a submicroscopic sequence of DNA to a vast constellation of satellites circling the globe, from publicity rights to the goodwill of a universally known brand, this is the universe of ideas we explore. And when it comes to serving our clients, we go beyond traditional boundaries, advocating innovative theories and redefining the frontiers of law as they apply to creativity and invention.
Bronze Level Sponsors
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (JNN), American Scientific Publishers
Journal for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (JNN) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal with a wide-ranging coverage, consolidating research activities in all disciplines of science, engineering and medicine. JNN publishes original research articles, short communications and timely state-of-the-art reviews with author’s photo and short biography. For more information, please visit JNN website at www.aspbs.com/jnn.
Contributing Sponsor
Texas Nanotechnology Initiative
The Texas Nanotechnology Initiative is a consortium of industries, universities, government agencies, venture capitalists, and individuals whose goal is to establish Texas as a world leader in the discoveries, development and commercialization of nanotechnology.