Titles and affiliations are given as of 1989 and are not necessarily current.
Friday evening, October 27. 7-11 PM
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
Saturday morning, October 28, 8:30 AM – 12
Registration at Garden Court Hotel
Chairman’s overview and introduction
Eric 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
Saturday afternoon, 1 – 5 PM
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
Saturday evening at Stanford Faculty Club
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
Sunday morning, October 29, 9 AM – 12
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?
Sunday afternoon
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 discussions
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