Nanotech is evolving from discovery to commercialization, and leading corporations and startups in fields like materials and manufacturing, life sciences, electronics, and instrumentation are feeling the impact. This is driving big changes in science-centric business areas like research and product development. Nanotech’s commercial success is now even hitting more mundane functions like partnering and hiring, as the number of people working on nanotech in large corporations will increase sixfold in the next three years. The talk will describe these trends with facts from today and forecasts for tomorrow.

Speaker Biography:
Mark Bunger joined Lux Research with 14 years of business strategy experience, both as a management consultant and technology analyst. Most recently, he was a Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, where he studied and advised clients in manufacturing industries. The first years of Mark's career were spent at Accenture in the U.S., U.K., and Scandinavia, where he was a consultant focusing on a variety of industries and technologies. Mark’s work can be found on CNN, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times.
Mark's education includes International Marketing at Märdalen Polytechnic in Sweden, and Market Research at the University of Texas. In addition, Mark studied biochemistry through the University of California at Berkeley's extension program, and currently assists part-time in a neural stem cell lab in the UCSF Department of Neurology.

Time: Registration & light lunch 11:30am. Presentation & Q/A 12:00 to 1pm
Place: SEMI World Headquarters 3081 Zanker Rd. San Jose, CA
Cost: Members and Students $5. Non-Members $10
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