UK: Workshops – Nanotechnology, 1st June 2010

Workshops – Nanotechnology

The Importance of the supply chain in enabling successful commercialisation of UK nano technology
hosted by the NanoKTN

City Hall, Cardiff
Tuesday 1st June 2010

10:00  Registration & Refreshments

10:30 Introduction & Welcome
Ian Burnett, JEMI UK Ltd & Alec Reader, NanoKTN

10:35 Introduction to the importance of the supply chain in enabling successful commercialisation of UK nanotechnology
Mike Biddle or Peter Batchelor, TSB TBC

11:00 450mm Si wafers enabling a cost effective nanoelectronics age, the SEMI Europe task group view
Mike Cooke, Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology

11:30  Refreshment Break

11:50 Developing nanotech products and starting companies in the realWorld
Professor Mervin Miles, Bristol University

12:20 Developing a nanotech business amid a conservative and risk averse Environment
Adrian Kiermasz, Metryx

12:50  Lunch

13:50 Wafers and epi layers for nano technology applications
Rob Harper, IQE

14:20 Nanotechnology opportunities and challenges, a raw materials perspective
Anne Hughes, SAFC

14:50 Impact of nanotech in healthcare and product security- Case history of a company start up
Adrian Burden, Bilcare

15:20  Refreshments Break

15:40  Breakout Session: Discussion & GAP analysis, Identifying opportunities for UK companies in the supply chain

16:15 New materials growth for nanotechnology
Duncan Cooper of Surrey Nanosystems – CNT growers

16:45  Reportage & Feedback from discussion groups

17:10  Conclusions

17: 15  Close of Workshop

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