Saturday, October 22
Sunday, October 23
The big picture on nanotechnology: what it means, where it’s taking us, what to expect. Candid, off-the-record views from technology leaders.
Monday, October 24
Tuesday, October 25
How nanotech is being used today to solve urgent problems and make our lives better. What needs to be done to maximize its benefits and minimize its downsides.
Join us for six days dedicated to cutting-edge nanotechnology. Three stand-alone, complimentary sessions ā Vision, Applications & Policy, and Research ā are designed to give both veterans and newcomers a thorough understanding of the most important goals for nanotech, the Foresight Nanotechnology Challenges:
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Conference attendees will have the opportunity to discuss the potential of nanotechnology, understand critical applications and policy opportunities, and explore the most advanced technical research.
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Saturday, October 22 and Sunday, October 23
The Foresight Vision Weekend is THE place where ideas generated today lead to future realities tomorrow. This annual event offers a rare opportunity to hear world-class speakers discuss the future of nanotechnology candidly and off-the-record. Opening with a reception on Saturday night, the brainstorming continues all day Sunday. Bring your own version of nanotechnology’s future and join this mixture of executives, engineers, researchers, investors, writers, artists, and futurists. Attendance is exclusive to Foresight participating members. We encourage individuals interested in how nanotechnology will change the world to become a member and share their voice. Contact Foresight atĀ [email protected]Ā about becoming a member or join onlineĀ here.
Wednesday, October 26 and Thursday, October 27
The Foresight Nanotech Institute’s first Conference on Nanotechnology, which pre-dated the National Nanotechnology Initiative by a decade, was the first comprehensive conference on the topic of nanotechology. Foresight-sponsored events continue to be the premiere venue for discussing new and innovative multidisciplinary research in nanotechnology. This meeting attracts researchers from academic, government, and corporate laboratories worldwide, and includes papers from the electronics, medical, computing, physics, chemistry, materials science, and biology communities. Foresight’s 13th Conference will continue this level of excellence by providing a forum in which leaders from all disciplines delving into science and technology at the nanoscale can present and discuss their most recent results and ideas.
Researchers, technologists, and others who want to review the cutting edge of nanotechnology are encouraged to attend.
Monday, October 24 and Tuesday, October 25
Focuses on critical applications that address the Foresight Nanotechnology Challenges and serve as the stepping-stones toward advanced nanotechnology, along with current public policies and strategies that need to be adopted to ensure that the nanotechnology revolution will unfold for the benefit of all. Speakers will address current applications and coming prospects in the following areas: energy, water purification, health and longevity, agriculture, information technology, and space development. Policy topics include building public trust, aiding the poor, intellectual property regimes, evaluating government nanotech initiatives, and environmental, health, and safety issues.
These sessions are tailored for: executives, investors, planners, policy professionals, public interest and government representatives, professional/trade association representatives, economic development officers, researchers, technologists, and the general public.
Overall:
Christine Peterson, Foresight Nanotech Institute
Vision:
Carl F. Kohrt,Ā Battelle
Scott Mize,Ā Foresight Nanotech Institute
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Policy:
Christine Peterson,Ā Foresight Nanotech Institute
Richard H. Smith,Ā Nanoverse LLC
Applications:
James R. Von Ehr II,Ā Zyvex
Charles E. Harris,Ā Harris & Harris Group, Inc.
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Research:
Charles M. Lieber,Ā Harvard University
William A. Goddard III,Ā Caltech
Hiroshi Yokoyama,Ā AIST, Japan
Steve JurvetsonManaging Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
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Carl F. KohrtCEO, Battelle
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Congressman
Mike HondaDNC Vice Chair
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George AtkinsonScience & Tech. Adviser to U.S. Secretary of State
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Floyd KvammeCo-Chair, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
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Peter SingerDirector, U. Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics
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Roy Bar-ZivWeizmann Inst. of Science, Israel
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Michael PakChairman and CEO Nexnergy
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Hiroshi YokoyamaNanotech-nology Research Institute, AIST, Japan
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Malcolm O’NeillVP and CTO, Lockheed Martin
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Alex ZettlUC Berkeley
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Christian SchafmeisterUniversity of Pittsburgh
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K. Eric DrexlerChief Technical Advisor, Nanorex
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William ShihHarvard University
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Derrick BostonGuth Christopher LLP
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Kevin McGovernChairman, McGovern & Associates
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Fred TepperPresident, Argonide
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Sharon SmithDirector of Technology, Lockheed Martin
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Andrew WahlManaging Director, IG Partners
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Michael LainePresident, Liftport
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Adam WerbachConservationist
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Aubrey de GreyUniversity of Cambridge, UK
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Scott MizePresident, Foresight Nanotech Institute
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Peter DiamandisChairman, Founder and President,
X Prize Foundation
Richard SmithPresident, Nanotech-nology Network
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Christine PetersonFounder and VP Public Policy, Foresight Nanotech Inst.
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Richard JonesUniversity of Sheffield, UK
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Bob HambrechtManaging Director, WR Hambrecht + Co.
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Michael LesnickSenior Partner, Meridian Institute
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Ralph MerkleGeorgia Tech
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Clark GellingsVP Innovation, Electric Power Research Institute
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Maria SwiatekPartner, Dorsey & Whitney
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Aaron WagnerDirector R&D, NaturalNano
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Richard EkstromSpecial Counsel, Buchanan Ingersoll
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Norman ScottCornell University
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Volker RiekeGerman Embassy
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David ForrestInstitute for Molecular Manufacturing
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Robert BerryCEO, Dendritic Nano-Technologies
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William LeePresident and CEO, eMembrane
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BJ StanberyCEO, HelioVolt
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Alan GoldsteinAlfred University
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Ron BaileyScience Correspondent, Reason Magazine
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