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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
On-site Registration and Media Interviews: 8:00am – 9:00am
Welcome and Introduction: 9:00am
Jeffrey M. Schanz, MPA, MS
Assistant Vice President for Alumni Relations
Executive Director of the Rensselaer Alumni Association
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
NanoBiotech in Pictures – An Overview: 9:15am
Raj Bawa, PhD
Patent Agent, Bawa Biotechnology Consulting (Ashburn, VA)
Adjunct Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
Acting Secretary, American Society for Nanomedicine (Ashburn, VA)
 Keynote 1: 9:30am – 10:00am
Biocatalysis – A Natural Marriage of Life Sciences and Nanotechnology
Jonathan S. Dordick, PhD
Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies
Howard P. Isermann Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Professor, Department of Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
 Keynote 2: 10:00am – 10:30am
Control of Growth and Differentiation of Cells with Physical Interaction
Rutledge Ellis-Behnke, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy
University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR, China) and
Research Affiliate, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
MIT (Cambridge, MA)
 Session 1: Innovations in NanoBiotech
10:30am – 11:30am
Chair: Raj Bawa, PhD, Patent Agent, Bawa Biotechnology Consulting,
Ashburn, VA, Adjunct Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, and Acting Secretary, American Society for Nanomedicine, Ashburn, VA
Toward an Artificial Golgi – Redesigning the Biological Activities of Heparan Sulfate on a Digital Microfluidic Chip
Robert J. Linhardt, PhD
Ann and John Broadbent, Jr. '59 Senior Constellation Professor
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Professor of Biology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
Protein Systems for Bionanoelectronics and Biofuel Cell Applications
Gerald F. Audette, PhD
Associate Editor, Journal of Bionanoscience
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and
Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions
York University, Toronto (Canada)
Advances in Cryopreservation by Vitrification
Milton Chin, MS, MBA
President, Vitriscience LLC (Trumbull, CT)
Nanocarrier Delivery of siRNA and MicroRNA – Promises of Cancer Gene Therapy
Jagat R. Kanwar, PhD
Associate Professor of Immunology and Cell Biology
Institute of Biotechnology, Deakin University (Australia)
Networking Coffee Break (15 minutes)
 Session 2: Commercializing New Technologies
11:45pm – 12:45pm
Co-Chairs: Theodore Hagelin, JD, LLM, Crandall Melvin Professor of Law and Director of the New York State Science and Technology Law Center, Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, NY
Ronald Kudla, PhD, MBA, Executive Director, Office of Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer and New Ventures, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Commercializing University Inventions
Theodore Hagelin, JD, LLM
Crandall Melvin Professor of Law
Director, New York State Science and Technology Law Center
Syracuse University College of Law (Syracuse, NY)
Commercializing Medical Devices – How to Get From Here to There
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)
Editor, The Biomedical Engineering Handbook (CRC Press)
CNSE Nanobioscience – Overview and Case Study
James Castracane, PhD
Professor, Head of Nanobioscience Constellation
College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE)
University at Albany-SUNY (Albany, NY)
A Solution to the Worldwide Organ Shortage
Lauren Brasile, PhD
Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer
Breonics, Inc. (Albany, NY)
 Networking Lunch: 12:45pm – 1:40pm
 Raffle Drawings – 1:40pm
 Keynote 3: 1:45pm – 2:15pm
A Tumor-targeting Nanodelivery Platform in Clinical Trials
Esther H. Chang, PhD
Professor of Oncology, Lombardi Cancer Center
Georgetown University Medical Center (Washington, DC)
Acting President, American Society for Nanomedicine (Ashburn, VA)
 Keynote 4: 2:15pm – 2:45pm
Nanomedicine – Where Have We Been And Where Are We Going?
Thomas J. Webster, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Engineering and Orthopedics
Editor, International Journal of Nanomedicine
Co-director, Indo-US Center for Biomaterials for Healthcare
Brown University (Providence, RI)
 Session 3: Patent Law, Regulatory Issues and Nanoethics
2:45pm – 4:15pm
Chair: Leon Radomsky, MS, JD, Partner and Chair, Nanotechnology Industry Team, Foley & Lardner LLP, Washington, DC
FDA’s Regulation of Nanotech – Controversies and Impacts on Nanomedicine
Ricardo Carvajal, MS, JD
Of Counsel, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara (Washington, DC)
Former Associate Chief Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, FDA (Silver Spring, MD)
Ten Best Practices to Commercialize Your Invention (What Investors Look For)
Leon Radomsky, MS, JD
Partner
Chair, Nanotechnology Industry Team
Foley & Lardner LLP (Washington, DC)
Patent Procurement and Enforcement in the US
William J. Simmons, PhD, JD
Associate
Sughrue Mion, PLLC (Washington, DC)
The Ethical Dimensions of Nanotechnology
Summer Johnson, PhD
Executive Managing Editor
The American Journal of Bioethics (New York, NY)
Intellectual Property Mapping – A Corner Stone of Long Term IP Strategy
Jeffery P. Langer, PhD
Patent Agent
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP (Washington, DC)
Legislative Issues Effecting the Development of Nanotechnology
Robert T. Dombrowski, MS
President/Principal Scientist
Nanoview Associates LLC (East Brunswick, NJ)
 Session 4: Environmental, Health and Safety Issues 4:15pm – 5:15pm
Chair: Sara Brenner, MD, MPH, Assistant Vice President for NanoHealth Initiatives and Assistant Professor of Nanobioscience, UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, Albany, NY
Biosafety and Health Concerns Associated with NanoBiotech Research
Glenn Monastersky, PhD
Director of Operations and Associate Director
Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)
Biological and Toxicological Impact of Nanomaterials –
Urgent Needs for Health Hazard Assessments
Alok Bhushan, PhD
Professor and Assistant Chair
James C.K. Lai, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Department of Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
Idaho State University (Pocatello, ID)
Current Environmental Law Issues in Nanotechnology
John Monica, JD
Partner
Head, Environmental Law Group
Porter Wright LLP (Washington, DC)
Pharmaceutical Nanoexcipients – Balancing Toxicity and Safety
Marianna Foldvari, DPharmSci, PhD
Canada Research Chair in Bionanotechnology and Nanomedicine
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Editor, Nanomedicine: NBM
University of Waterloo (Canada)
Conclusion of Conference – 5:15pm |
