The new Strategy provides an integrated research framework to guide all Federal agencies participating in the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), the Federal Government’s 10-year-old program for nurturing and coordinating the emerging science of nanotechnology.  The document identifies research priorities in order to best drive the responsible development of nanotechnology.  It reflects contributions obtained through a robust public engagement effort that included a series of workshops and an online portal to solicit feedback from stakeholders, including representatives from industry, academia, nongovernmental organizations, and the public.  The strategy also incorporates recommendations developed by the National Academies and the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

WHAT: Webinar marking the release of the 2011 NNI Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Research Strategy

WHEN: Thursday, October 20, from 12:00-12:45 p.m.

Registration Required: Visit the website listed below

Moderator:

• ·         Dr. John Howard, Co-chair of the Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications (NEHI) Working Group (a working group of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology Subcommittee, National Science and Technology Council)

Panelists:

• Dr. Treye Thomas, NEHI Working Group Co-chair
• Dr. Shaun Clancy, Evonik DeGussa Corporation
• Dr. Janet Carter, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Ms. Lynn Bergeson, Bergeson & Campbell

There will be a 20-minute question-and-answer segment following the presentations.  Questions may be submitted prior to the webinar to Email Contact beginning at noon (EDT) Wednesday, October 19, 2011 and will be accepted until the close of the webinar at 12:45 p.m. Thursday, October 20, 2011.

The 2011 NNI EHS Research Strategy will be released at 10 a.m. EDT on the day of the webinar, October 20, at www.nano.gov, along with a press release and fact sheet.  Meanwhile, the most recent draft of the NNI 2011 EHS Research Strategy is available for viewing.

Please visit Nano.gov for more information about the webinar and to register for the event.

The Nanotechnology 2011 Conference and Workshops will focus on the synthesis, processing and application of nanoengineered materials with an emphasis on energy generation and storage, biological applications including pharmaceuticals, nanomedicine and nano-enabled devices. Cutting edge research from some of the world’s leading nano scientists/technologists and business trends from industry leaders will be presented in six conference sessions. The program will provide attendees an unmatched look at the state-of-the-art in these emerging technologies and their path to the market place.

This unique meeting will bridge the gap between science, technology and commercialization and attract an international group of participants that represent the research, business, and investment communities. Attached herewith is a detailed copy of the program including presentation bullets, abstracts and speaker profiles. The program can also viewed at http://northeastregional.aiche.org/webfm_send/34.

The conference venue is very close to Times Square and the conference hotels are near the Theatre District. Come and join us and gain knowledge on the Emerging Science and Technologies as well as Market/Business Opportunities in Nanotechnology. At the same time, come with your family and have a great time in New York city.

Don’t miss out of this important nanotechnology conference. Register today at http://northeastregional.aiche.org/content/registration. One could register separately for the workshops or the conference or both.

With cordial greetings,

Thomas Abraham, Ph.D.

Chairman, Nanotechnology 2011 Conference

tabraham@innoresearch.net

www.innoresearch.net

Tel: 203-569-7909

Nanotechnology 2011 Conference and Workshops

NANOMATERIALS AND NANOCHEMISTRY, NANO-ENABLED ENERGY SYSTEMS, NANOMEDICINE AND NANO-BIO CONVERGENCE- Emphasizing Emerging Science and Technologies, Applications, Commercialization and Business Opportunities

Javits Convention Center, New York, NY

November 1-3, 2011

organized by

in partnership with

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

and in conjunction with

(www.chemshow.com)

Corporate Sponsors

Institutional Sponsors

American Ceramic Society
Clarkson University – NY State Supported Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP)

City University – Organic Materials, Bionanotechnology, Green Chemistry, City College NY

Columbia University – NSF Center for Particulate And Surfactant Systems

Nano Business Commercialization Association

University at Albany—College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering

University of Florida - NSF Center for Particulate and Surfactant Systems

University of Maryland – Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

PROGRAM

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

8:30 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. -Workshop I – NANO 101 – BASIC CHEMISTRY OF GREEN/BIO –NANO CONVERGENCE

Instructors:  Prof. George John, Associate Professor, Organic Materials, Bio-Nanotechnology, Green Chemistry, City college of New York, City University, New York, NY;

Prof. Tewodros (Teddy) Asefa, Associate Professor, Inorganic and Materials Chemistry, Rutgers University, NJ

1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Workshop II – NANO 102 –NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING ISSUES

Instructors: Prof. P. Somasundaran,  LaVon Duddleson Krumb Professor of Mineral Engineering and Director, NSF Center for Particulate and Surfactant Systems, Columbia University, New York City, NY; Prof. Stephen O’Brien, Associate Professor of Chemistry, City College of New York, City University, New York, New York, NY

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

8:30 a.m. Conference Commences

Inaugural Conference Session

Introduction – “Faces and Places”

Dr. Thomas Abraham, Program Chairman and President, iRAP, Inc. (Stamford, CT, USA)

Welcome

Janet Joseph, Vice President for Technology and Strategic Planning, NYSERDA, Albany, NY

8:50 a.m. – 10.20 p.m.

Session I – Nanomaterials – Emerging Applications, Market Trends and Economic Impact

Session Chair and Moderator – Vincent Caprio, Vice President and Events Director, NanoBusiness Alliance, Shelton, CT

Dr. Mostafa Analouri, Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences, Livingston Securities LLC, New York, NY, Nanotechnology – Global Developments and Investment Landscape

Alton Parrish, Senior Market Analyst, Innovative Research and Products, Durham, NC, “Emerging Markets for Nanotechnology and Hard Nanomaterials”

Prof. S.V. Babu, Director, Distinguished Professor and Directror, Center for Advanced Materials processing, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, “Nanomaterials for Chemical Mechanical Planerization (CMP) , Processing Requirements, Emerging Technologies and the Economic Impact”

10:40 a.m. – 12.10 p.m.

Session II – Nano-enabled Energy Systems

Session Chair and Moderator – Dr. Pradeep Haldar, Vice President, Clean Energy Programs, Director, E2TAC – Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center,  Professor, College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, Head, NanoEngineering Constellation

Dr. Philip H. Lippel, Consultant, Nanoscience and EmergingTechnologies, Chevy Chase, MD, “Nanomaterials and Nanoscale Devices in Advanced Energy Technologies”

Jamison McLaughlin, Business Development Lead, Advanced Photovoltaics, Albany, NY, “Nanotechnology Enabled Innovations in Solar Technology”

Fernando Gómez-Baquero, Business Development Director, BESS Technologies, Albany, NY, “Silicon-based Nanoengineered Materials for High Capacity Anodes”

1.45 p.m. – 3.15 p.m.

Session III – Nanomedicine – Emerging Technologies and Applications

Session Chair and Moderator – Dr. Dana Durham, Associate, Nanobiz, LLC., Pittstown, NJ

Dr. Anil Diwan, President and Chairman, NanoViricides, Inc., West haven, CT, “Nanoviricides – Novel Antiviral Agents Against HIV, Influenza, and Many Other Diseases – Current Developments”

Dr. Lawrence Tamarkin, Co-Founder, President and CEO, CytImmune Sciences, Inc., Rockville, MD, “Changing the Way We Treat Cancer with CYT-6091 (Aurimune®):  A Model Cancer Nanomedicine”

Prof. P. Somasundaran,  LaVon Duddleson Krumb Professor of Mineral Engineering and Director, NSF Center for Particulate and Surfactant Systems, Columbia University, New York City, NY; I. Chernyshova  and S. Ponnurangam, Columbia University, New York City, NY; “Physicochemical characterization of nanobiointerfaces for some emerging applications: Problems of nanotoxicity and mitigation strategies”

3.30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.

Session IV –Nano-bio Convergence

Session Chair and Moderator – Dr. Charles Brumlik, JD, Principal, Nanobiz, LLC., Branchburg, NJ

Dr. Samuel Brauer, Principal, NanoTech Plus, LLC, Stamford, CT, “The Parlous State of Cancer Diagnostics: An Opportunity for Nanotechnology?”

Dr. George John, Associate Professor of Chemistry, The City College of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, “Biorefinery: A Design Tool for NanoMaterials”

Dr. Srinivasa R. Raghavan, Patrick & Marguerite Sung Chair & Associate Professor, and Matthew B. Dowling, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, “Nano-Velcro: A Self-Assembly Approach to Hemostatic Control”

5.00 p.m. – 5.05 p.m.

Concluding Remarks and Announcements

5.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Networking Reception and Dinner hosted by

Venue: Thai Select, 472 Ninth Ave. (between 36^th and 37^th St.), New York, only 3 blocks from Javits Convention Center.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

8.30 a.m. Conference Commences

8.30 –10.30 a.m.

Session V – Emerging Laboratory Technologies Related to Nanoparticles and Nano-Engineered Materials in Nano-enabled Energy Generation and Storage

Dr. Charles Brumlik, JD, A. Choudhury, A.A. Lakhani, P. Kuyate, P.P. Pathak, M. Vaidya, Nanobiz, LLC., Branchburg, NJ; Dr. K.W. Lem, Dept. of Physics, MTSE Program, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ; Dr. Zafar Iqbal, Dept. of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ and Jean-Michel Careil, Intellixir,  Manosque, France,  Overview of 2010-2011 Technology Trends in Nano-engineered Energy Generation and Storage for Large Commercial Markets

Tina Šetinc, S. Kunej, M. Spreitzer and D. Suvorov, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Influence of Process Parameters on the Morphology and Properties of CSD-derived SrTiO₃ Thin Films for Microwave ICs

Ganesh Skandan, Nader M. Hagh, Farid Badway and Mumu Moorthi, NEI Corporation, Somerset, NJ, Recent Advances in the Development of Energy Storage Systems

Ines Bracko, Manca Logar, Boštjan Jancar and Danilo Suvorov, Advanced Materials Department, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova Ljubljana, Slovenia, Cu decorated Titanate Nanobelts composite Thin Films for Photo-catalytic Applications

Dr. Eli S. Leland, City University of New York (CUNY) Energy Institute, New York, NY, Metacapacitors: Printed, Low-cost Capacitors for Electric Power Conversion

10.30 –11.00 a.m.  Networking Break

11.00 a.m.–12.30 p.m.

Session VI – Emerging Laboratory Technologies Related to Nanoparticles and Nano-Engineered Materials in Nanomedicince and Nano-bio Convergence

Dr. David H. Gracias, Department of Chemical and Biomole cular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, “Self-Folding Materials and Devices for Biomedical applications”

Dr. Jason H. Hafner [1,2], Associate Professor, Lindsey J. E. Anderson [1], Courtney M. Payne [2], Yu-Rong Zhen [1], Peter Nordlander [1], Department of Physics and Astronomy [1], Department of Chemistry [2], Rice University, Houston, TX, “A Tunable Plasmon Resonance in Gold Nanobelts”

Dr. Laura Faulconer, Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology (COIN), Durham, NC, “Accelerating Commercialization of Technologies at the Convergence of Advanced Materials and Life Sciences”

12.30 –12.35 p.m.

Concluding Remarks

1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. – Informal Lunch hosted by iRAP

ZENDO Sushi & Asian Cuisine, 480 Ninth Ave., (between 36^th and 37^th St.), New York, only 3 blocks from Javits Convention Center.

SPONSORSHIP AND TABLETOP EXHIBITS

There are opportunities for conference sponsorship and tabletop exhibits. For more information, please contact 203-569-7909, E-mail: sales@innoresearch.net  or visit www.innoresearch.net.

Video Interview – View more details on Nanotechnology at 2011 AIChE Northeast Regional Conference at the Chem Show, Interview with Dr. Thomas Abraham | http://ow.ly/66Smk

TO REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCE, PLEASE VISIT

http://northeastregional.aiche.org/content/registration. One could register separately for the workshops or the conference or both. One could register separately for the workshops or the conference or both. If payment is preferred using a check, send it to: Innovative Research and Products, Inc., P.O. Box 16760, Stamford, CT06905, USA or send an e-mail to sales@innoresearch.net or contact 203-569-7909 for bank transfer of funds.

CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM LOCATION

Level 1 Conference Room of the Javits Convention Center, New York City.

HOTEL/TRAVEL

Several hotels in New York City have been booked for CHEM SHOW participants. Visit https://www.tphousing.com/r/startres.asp?EICode=2022&AttCode=72&PassId=6256. Shuttles will be running from these hotels to the JavitsConventionCenter.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO YOUR COLLEAGUES IN YOUR COMPANY WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED TO ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE.

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CHARLESTON — A seminar on nanotechnology and its practical applications for economic development and business opportunities is planned for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Holiday Inn Express Civic Center in downtown Charleston.

Hosted by the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing and the Marshall University Center for Diagnostic Nanosystems, the NASA-sponsored seminar will feature nanotechnology experts such as Craig Friedrich of Michigan Technological University.

Nanotechnology is the study, manipulation and manufacture of ultra-small structures and machines made up of as few as one molecule. Experts say these activities will open unprecedented commercial opportunities. The National Science Foundation predicts that Nanotechnology will blossom into a $1 trillion industry within the next nine years, according to the press release.

“The potential economic impact that West Virginia stands to realize from the use of Nanotechnology is little short of enormous,” Charlotte Weber, director and CEO of RCBI, said in a press release. “Nanotechnology’s job creation in manufacturing, healthcare research and other fields promises to be truly significant.”

Date from:
05. October 2011 – 06. October 2011

Event Location:
Berlin/Germany
Umspannwerk Ost / Palisa.de

Description of Event:
The event covers the applications of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) and optical tweezers technology to areas including biophysical, biochemical and medical research.
Leaders in the field together with novices are encouraged to learn from each other, discuss the presentations and share their experiences.

Event Website:
www.nanobioviews.net

Email:
info@nanobioviews.net

Prizes of the two categories are not cumulative: teams must compete either for the nanotechnology or the polymer-based materials category.

Deadline: September 2nd 2011
www.nanochallenge.com

The International Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (International ASET) and the University of Ottawa are pleased to organize the 2nd International Conference on Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications. As globalization leads to increasing interaction among regions and peoples of the world, it is important to encourage multi-disciplinarity in emerging scientific topics such as nanotechnology. Nanotechnology, even though rapidly growing, is still in its infancy and has given rise to numerous novel applications for the solution of many current problems.

The aim of the 2nd International Conference on Nanotechnolgy: Fundamentals and Applications is to gather scholars from all over the world to present advances in the field of nanotechnology and to foster an environment conducive to exchanging ideas and information. This conference will also provide a golden opportunity to develop new collaborations and meet world nanotechnology experts on the fundamentals, applications and products. Through the 2nd conference a great opportunity to share knowledge and expertise will be created taking advantage from the synergy of the 1st conference.

Nakaa Nanotechnology Network is organizing  ICWEN Egypt 2011.

Call for Oral and Poster Session Abstracts

should include an abstract of no more than 350 words

Written in Times new roman size 12

It must Include its:

Category name Title Author name Position affilation Email

and all written in bold 14 Times new roman.

Abstracts should support one of the topics listed below:

• Introduction to Nanotechnology
• Nanotechnology and:

Pharmacy

Dentistry

DNA and gene delivery

Drug delivery

The topics for MPA 2011 include:

1. Commercialisation of Advanced Technologies (Nanotechnology)

2. Surface Technology (Coatings; Thick & Thin Films; Surface Fabrication, Modification & Characterisation)

3. Nanomaterials for Energy Applications

4. Applied Bio-Nanotechnology

5. Carbon Nanotubes/Wires/Rods & their Applications

6. Advanced Nanometrology and Nanomanufacturing Techniques

Publications – Papers presented at MPA-2011 will be considered for publication in regular issues (not conf. proceedings) of the following journal:

Journal of Nano Research (JNanoR)    http://www.jnanor.com which is ISI index and have reached impact factor in 2010 (just after 2 years after its creation!)

You can submit your abstracts by sending them to abstracts@mpa-meeting.com
conference website http://www.mpa-meeting.com

Conference Chair: Vasco Teixeira (University of Minho, Portugal)
Conference co-chair: Nasar Ali (CNC Coatings Ltd, UK)