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The
first in the series of Foresight Conferences
on Molecular Nanotechnology.This was the first comprehensive conference on the topic of nanotechology. The conference drew participants from three continents and many disciplines.
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
It was to have been held at Stanford University, but an earthquake the previous week forced relocation of most of the sessions to the Garden Court Hotel, Palo Alto, California.
The First Foresight Conference on Nanotechnology, chaired by K. Eric Drexler, was cosponsored by the Foresight Institute and the Global Business Network and was hosted by the Stanford University Department of Computer Science. Financial support was generously provided by the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.
ProgramTitles and affiliations are given as of 1989 and are not necessarily current.
Informal reception at Garden Court Hotel, Palo Alto
Sponsored by Global Business Network
Welcoming remarks by Nils Nilsson,
Chairman of Stanford Department of Computer Science
Registration at Garden Court Hotel
Chairman's overview and introductionEric Drexler, Visiting Scholar
Stanford Department of Computer Science
Control of solid state structure in molecular materials by electrostatic self-assembly
Michael D. Ward, Research Scientist
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
Atomic imaging and positioning
John Foster, IBM Almaden Research
Manager, Molecular Studies for Manufacturing
Protein design
Tracy Handel, Visiting Research Scientist
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
Molecular modeling and design
Jay Ponder, Associate Research Scientist
Dept. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale Univ.
Molecular electronics
Robert Birge, Prof., Chemistry Dept.
Director, Center for Molecular Electronics, Syracuse Univ.
Molecular modeling and other demonstrations, informal discussion
Quantum transistors and integrated circuits
Federico Capasso, AT&T Bell Labs
Head of Quantum Phenomena and Device Research Dept.
What could we do with a trillion processors?
Bill Joy, VP Research and Development
Sun Microsystems
Nanotechnology from a micromachinist's viewpoint
Joseph Mallon, Co-President, Nova Sensor
Theoretical limits to computation
Norman Margolus, Research Associate
MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
Strategies for molecular systems engineering
Eric Drexler, Visiting Scholar
Stanford Department of Computer Science
Technical panel: What are the major problems to be overcome in designing and building molecular systems?
Molecular engineering in Japan: Progress toward nanotechnology
Hiroyuki Sasabe, Head of Biopolymer Physics Laboratory
Frontier Research Program, RIKEN
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Japan
Possible medical spin-offs on the way to nanotechnology
Greg Fahy, Project Leader for Organ Cryopreservation
American Red Cross Transplantation Laboratory
Hopes and fears of an environmentalist for nanotechnologies
Lester Milbrath, Prof. of Political Science and Sociology
Director, Research Program in Environment and Society
State Univ. of New York at Buffalo
Risk assessment
Ralph Merkle, Member, Research Staff
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
Economic consequences
Gordon Tullock, Prof. of Economics and Political Science
Univ. of Arizona
Living with explosively growing technology
Arthur Kantrowitz, Prof. of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Consequences panel: What public policy pitfalls should be avoided in nanotechnology development and regulation?
Molecular modeling and other demonstrations, informal discussionsEnd
Conference ProceedingsThe conference proceedings are available in book form.
edited by BC Crandall and James Lewis (1992, MIT Press, hardbound)
ISBN 0-262-03195-7. 381 + ix pages. Includes bibliographic references and index.
This heavily illustrated volume of proceedings from the First Foresight Conference on Nanotechnology gives a good overview of the various fields contributing to molecular nanotechnology development.
In addition to 18 chapters representing the talks and panel discussions from the conference, there are two appendices, which reprint:
- "Machines of Inner Space" - an article written by K. Eric Drexler for the 1990 Yearbook of Science and the Future, published by Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
- "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom: An Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics" -- a prescient talk given by Richard Feynman in 1959 and published by California Institute of Technology in Engineering and Science magazine in 1960.
Articles about this book appear in Update 12 and in Update 15.
The Book Order Form may be used to order this book from the Foresight Institute.
This book may also be ordered from our online bookstore in association with Amazon.com.
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