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ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Raj Bawa, PhD, Bawa Biotechnology Consulting, LLC (Ashburn, VA); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY); NVCC (Annandale, VA) Chair
- Kathy Kinsey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
- Richard W. Siegel, PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
- Charles Rancourt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
- Stephen B. Maebius, JD, Foley & Lardner LLP (Washington, DC)
- Phyllis Gardner, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine (Stanford, CA)
- Rubina Nitta, PharmD, Hannaford Food and Drug (Pawling, NY)
- Stephen Kuperberg, MSIII, Ross University School of Medicine (New York, NY)
- Teerachai Pornsinsirirak, PhD, National Nanotechnology Center (Thailand)
- M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Ph.D., National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (India)
- Chid Iyer, MS, JD, Sughrue Mion PLLC (Washington, DC)
- Ginger Gruters, The President's Council on Bioethics (Washington, DC)
- Oscar Ellison, MD, Atlantic Medical, Ltd. (Fairfax, VA)
- S. R. Bawa, Ph.D, Bawa Biotechnology Consulting, LLC (Schenectady, NY)
- Rajesh Mehra, DO, Chantilly Family Practice Center (Chantilly, VA)
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
On-site Registration and Media Interviews: 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Conference Chair’s Opening Remarks – 9:00 a.m.
Raj Bawa, PhD
President, Bawa Biotechnology Consulting, LLC (Arlington, VA); Advisor/Patent Agent, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY); Adjunct Professor of Natural & Applied Sciences, Extended Learning Institute at NVCC (Annandale, VA)
 Opening Keynote Address: 9:05 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
NanoBiotechnology: Emerging Issues for in vivo Applications
Robert J. Linhardt, PhD
Senior Constellation Professor, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Acting Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
Session #1: Innovations in NanoBiotechnology and Nanomedicine – Part A
9:40 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. (15 minutes per speaker)
Moderator: Raj Bawa, PhD
Recent Advances in Nanoparticle Drug Delivery
Raj Bawa, MS, PhD
President, Bawa Biotechnology Consulting, LLC (Arlington, VA); Advisor/Patent Agent, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY); Adjunct Professor of Natural & Applied Sciences, Extended Learning Institute at NVCC (Annandale, VA)
The Medical Device Industry: What Does the Future Hold for NanoBiotechnology?
Joseph D. Bronzino, PhD, PE
The Vernon Roosa Professor of Applied Sciences, Trinity College (Hartford, CT); President and Executive Director, Biomedical Engineering Alliance and Consortium (Hartford, CT)
Nutraceuticals to Pharmaceuticals to Nanopharmaceuticals: A Case Study in Angiogenesis Modulation
Shaker Mousa, MBA, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology, Executive Vice President, and Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Albany College of Pharmacy (Albany, NY)
Polypeptide Multilayer Nanofilms: Science, Engineering and Medicine
Donald T. Haynie, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer and Founder, Artificial Cell Technologies, Inc. (Hartford, CT); Research Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Director, Bionanosystems Engineering Laboratory, Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI)
Nanoscale Head-Head Communication for Mitotic Kinesin Motor Coordination
Susan P. Gilbert, PhD
Professor and Head, Biology Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
Break (10 minutes)
 Special Keynote Address: 11:15 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Managing the Risks of Nanotechnology
David P. Flynn, JD
Partner, Environment and Energy Group, Phillips Lytle LLP (Buffalo, NY)
Session 2: Environmental, Health, Safety and Ethical Issues of Nanotechnology
11:50 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. (15 minutes per speaker)
Moderator: John Monica, JD
NanoBiotechnology from NASA: Protecting Our Water and Food from Microbial Pathogens
Neil Gordon, MBA, PEng
President and CEO, Early Warning, Inc. (Montreal, Canada)
Issues in the Use of Nanomaterials in Environmental Remediation
Charles W. Boylen, PhD
Professor of Biology, and Associate Director, Darrin Fresh Water Institute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
Environmental Issues of NanoBiotechnologies – FDA, EPA and the Media
John Monica, JD
Partner and Head of the Environmental Law Group, Porter Wright LLP (Washington, DC)
Big Fears of Small Things: Beyond Risk and Safety for the Ethics of Nanotechnologies
Summer Johnson, PhD
Director of Graduate Studies, Alden March Bioethics Institute; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Albany Medical College (Albany, NY)
Carbon Nanotubes in Protein Matrices: 3-D Models for Toxicity Studies
Jan P. Stegemann, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
 Networking Lunch: 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Session 3: Nanotechnology Law, Business and Policy Issues
2:15 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. (15 minutes per speaker)
Moderator: Leon Radomsky, MS, JD
Nanotechnology Inventions and University Researchers – Strategies and Challenges
Leon Radomsky, MS, JD
Senior Counsel and Chair of the Nanotechnology Industry Team, Foley & Lardner LLP (Washington, DC)
Securing Nanotechnology Patent Assets
Konstantina M. Katcheves, MS, JD
Patent Group Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Practice, Saul Ewing LLP (Baltimore, MD)
From Alchemy to IPO, Part II: NanoBio’s Emerging Marketplace
Nathan Tinker, PhD
Executive Director, New York Biotechnology Association (New York, NY)
Tools for Modeling and Visualizing the Bio-Nano Universe
Damian Huising, MS
Senior Program Administrator, Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
A Global View of Drug-Device Convergence and Innovation
Bruce Schiamberg, Ph.D., Research Analyst, Lux Research (New York, NY)
Break and Raffle Drawing (10 minutes)
Session 4: Innovations in NanoBiotechnology and Nanomedicine – Part B
3:50 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (15 minutes per speaker)
Moderator: Susan P. Gilbert, PhD
Nanomanipulation of Single RNA Molecules
Pan TX Li, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, (Albany, NY)
The regulation of Cell Adhesion by the Transmembrane Protein, Ninjurin
Andrea W. Page-McCaw, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
New Technologies and Clinical Applications of Nanomedicine
Chiming Wei, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; President of the American Academy of Nanomedicine (Baltimore, MD)
Using Resequencing Microarrays for Broad-Spectrum, Sequence-Based Pathogen Identification Baochuan Lin, Ph.D.
Research Biologist, Naval Research Laboratory (Washington DC)
Conclusion of Conference – 5:00 p.m.
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