Nanotech Northern Europe brings together the field’s top scientists and leading international companies in order to advance the beneficial use of nanotechnology.
The 2008 conference builds up around three key-themed days, each featuring a number of prominent international speakers from academia and leading innovative companies. The program below gives you an idea of what is coming up – new speaker names will be added and the conference will have a call for contributed presentations opening in December.
Day 1 – 23 September 2008
Sustainable solutions for energy and environment
- Plenary session / conference opening
High-level plenary speaker (tbc)
- Nanomaterials for renewable energies
Paul Alivisatos, University of California, Berkeley
- New organic solar cells
Michael Graetzel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- Hydrogen technology and sustainable energy
Bengt Kasemo, Chalmers
- Fuel cells
Bjerne S. Clausen, Haldor Topsøe
- Nanocatalysis
Day 2 – 24 September 2008
Nanotechnology-enabled ICT
- Plenary session
Zhores Alferov, Nobel Laureate, Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Carbon nanomaterials for nanoelectronics
Andre Geim, University of Manchester (graphene)
Esko Kauppinen, Helsinki University of Technology (nanobud)
- Nanoelectronics
Stanley Williams, HP
Phaedon Avouris, IBM, Yorktown Heights
- Quantum information and communication
- Nanophotonics
Day 3 – 25 September 2008
Nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine
- Plenary session
Emmanuel Delamarche, IBM, Zürich, Switzerland
- Biomolecular materials by design
Olli Ikkala, Helsinki University of Technology
- Diagnostics and biosensors
- Tissue engineering
- Drug delivery
In addition to the three key theme areas above, the conference features a number of integrated topics and targeted workshops.
Global nanotechnology
- Global Nanotechnology - Challenges and Opportunities
- International panel discussion:
Mikhail Kovalchuk, Director, Russian Research Center "Kurchatov Institute"
Renzo Tomellini, Head of Nanotechnology Unit, EU Commission
Bai Chunli, Executive Vice-president, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Business development – Global trends
Targeted workshops and tech transfer
- Targeted workshops
- Safety and risk management
Mark Welland, University of Cambridge, UK
- Nanofood
- Energy-efficient building materials (Green Nordic NanoCon)
- Tech transfer and partnering sessions
More information on the tech transfer program and partnering sessions will be available in couple of months.
Dates: 9/23/2008 - 9/25/2008
Venue: Bella Centre
Street Address: Center Boulevard 5
City, State: Copenhagen
Country: Denmark
http://www.nanotech.net/
