Nanotechnology
Innovation, Opportunity, and Commercialization

A conference exploring the opportunities in commercialization of nanoscience, nanotechnology, and related science and engineering fields

Sponsored by the Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center, Office of Alumni Relations, Bawa Biotechnology Consulting, and Foley Lardner

November 15: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
November 16: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Heffner Alumni House, Rensselaer Polytechnic Insitute, Troy, NY

Contacts:
Raj Bawa, (703) 582-1745
Kathy Kinsey, (518) 276-2832

Registration fees: $100 per person, RPI students free, $25 for students from other schools, $100 for booth/table (includes conference registration fee).

Online registrations are no longer being accepted. If you would like to attend the conference, please e-mail Valerie Beck.

RPI students with ID - E-mail Valerie Beck with your full name and RIN, or call (518) 276-6206 to register.

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The closest airport is in Albany, NY (a 20-30 minute cab ride to the
conference site in Troy, NY)

To view the Web site for last year's conference, visit www.alumni.rpi.edu/biotech.html

The time for nanotechnology has come and a classic technological revolution is unfolding. According to the National Science Foundation, by 2015 the annual global market for nano-related goods and services will top one trillion US dollars, making it one of the fastest growing industries in history. Although the process of converting basic research in nanoscience into viable market products will be long and difficult, governments across the globe are impressed by nanotechnology’s potential and are staking their claims and doling out billions of dollars, euros, and yen for research. The passage of the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act (Pub. L. No. 108-153), which authorized $3.7 billion in Federal funding from 2005-2008 for the support of nanotechnology R&D has further fueled the fervor over nanotechnology.

“Nanotechnology: Innovation, Opportunity, and Commercialization” will highlight cutting-edge R&D and explore opportunities in: commercialization of nanoscience, nanotechnology and related science and engineering fields … offering networking opportunities to researchers from industry, government and academia; intellectual property practitioners; business and economic development professionals; technology transfer specialists; policy makers and venture capitalists. Abstracts from the conference will be published in Nanotechnology Law & Business, the official journal of the conference. The special inaugural issue of this journal will be distributed to all attendees. Furthermore, the first 50 full paid registrants will receive a copy of the highly acclaimed new hardbound book titled Futuring: The Exploration of the Future.

“Nanotechnology: Innovation, Opportunity, and Commercialization” will be held at the Heffner Alumni House at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Nov. 15-16. Registration is $100 per person. There is no charge for RPI students, but there will be a $25 charge for students from other colleges. You may host a booth/table at the conference for $100 for both days, fee includes conference registration. The conference is limited to the first 200 registrants. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. Contact Raj Bawa at (703) 582-1745 for sponsorship information.

The recommended hotels are Franklin Inn (518-274-8800) and the Best Western/Rensselaer Inn (518-274-3210). The address to mail packages for the conference is as follows: Kathy Kinsey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Heffner Alumni House, 1301 Peoples Avenue, Troy, New York 12180.

Click here for a recent Business Review article on the conference.

The Heffner Alumni House has limited parking, therefore, a shuttle will be provided from RPI's Houston Field House.

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Click here for a printable pdf version of the conference program.

Sponsors:

Melcrist LLC
Executive Recruiting Firm

Organizing Committee:

• Raj Bawa, PhD (Conference Chair) President, Bawa Biotechnology Consulting, LLC (Arlington, VA); Adjunct Assistant Professor and Advisor, Office of Tech. Comm., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY); Professor of Natural & Applied Sciences, NVCC (Annandale, VA)

• Richard W. Siegel, PhD, Robert W. Hunt Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; Director, Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)

• Chiming Wei, MD, PhD, Director, Cardiothoracic-Renal Molecular Research Program, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD)

• Q. Todd Dickinson, JD, Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, General Electric (Fairfield, CT)

• Stephen Maebius, JD, Partner, Foley & Larder (Washington, DC)

• F. Mark Modzelewski, JD, Founder and Executive Director, U.S. NanoBusiness Alliance; Managing Director, Lux Research Inc., (New York, NY)

• S. R. Bawa, PhD, Scientific Advisor, Bawa Biotechnology Consulting, LLC (Schenectady, NY)

• Jay P. Kesan, PhD, JD, Professor and Director, Program on Intellectual Property & Technology Law; Research Professor, Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

• Jim Hurd, Director, NanoScience Exchange (San Francisco, CA)

• Clinton Ballinger, PhD, CEO, Evident Technologies (Troy, NY)

• Tim Harper, PhD, Founder and Executive Director, European NanoBusiness Association; Co-author of Nanotechnology Opportunity Report (Spain)

• Neil Gordon, PE, MBA, Partner, Sygertech; President, Canadian NanoBusiness Alliance (Montreal, Canada)

• Kathy Kinsey, Assistant Director, Office of Alumni Relations, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)

• Kitu Bindra, JD, Counsel, Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, LLP (Redwood Shores, CA)

• Chid Iyer, JD, Partner, Sughrue Mion (Washington, DC)

• Tim Mack, JD, MBA, President, World Future Society (Bethesda, MD); Member of the Board of Directors, MIT Enterprise Forum (Boston, MA)

• John Miller, JD, Vice President, Arrowhead Research Corporation (Pasadena, CA); Co-author of The Handbook of Nanotechnology Business, Policy and Intellectual Property Law (John Wiley, 2004)

• Steven A. Edwards, PhD, Industry Analyst, BCC, Inc. (Christiana, TN); Author of NanoPioneers: Where Are They Taking Us? (Wiley VCH Verlag, 2005)

• Doug Jamison, Vice President, Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (New York, NY)

• Ted Flynn, Managing Director, Potomac Investment Capital, LLC (Sterling, VA)

• Charles Rancourt, Director, Office of Technology Commercialization, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)

• Joseph E. Flaherty, PhD, Amos Eaton Professor of Computer Science; Professor of Mathematical Sciences; Dean of the School of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY)

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Nanotechnology Innovation, Opportunity, and Commercialization

Nanotechnology
Innovation, Opportunity, and Commercialization