2010 Discovery to Commercialization Conference 10/12/10

Oct. 12, 2010
8 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Chemical Heritage Foundation
315 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA

Keynote speakers, panels, and research posters highlighting breakthroughs and opportunities in nanotechnology and energy technologies.

Also including Lab-to-Market:
A free venue for venture capital and business development professionals to learn about breakthroughs and licensing opportunities at Nanotechnology Institute (NTI) and Energy Commercialization Institute (ECI)-affiliated universities.

Speakers include:

• Steven Freilich, Ph.D., director, Materials Science and Engineering Division, DuPont
• Robert Sienkiewicz, Ph.D., director, office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, U.S. Department of Commerce
• Lloyd Whitman, Ph.D., deputy director, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, NIST
• Andrew Kurtz, Ph.D., program director, SBIR Center, NCI

Presented by: Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania

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National Nanotechnology Initiative at Ten: Nanotechnology Innovation Summit and Showcase 12/8/10-12/10/10

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the National Nanotechnology Initiative, the National Nanotechnology Initiative at Ten: Nanotechnology Innovation Summit will be held Dec. 8-10, 2010, at the Gaylord National Convention Center, Washington, D.C.

Keynote speakers include:

• John Holdren, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, director
  Science & Technology advisor to President Barack Obama
• John Marburger, previous White House Office of Science & Technology Policy director & technology advisor to President George W. Bush
• Neal F. Lane, previous White House Office of Science & Technology Policy director & technology advisor to President Bill Clinton
• Francis S. Collins, National Institutes of Health (NIH), director
• Patrick D. Gallagher, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), director
• Zachary J. Lemnios, Department of Defense, Defense Research & Engineering, director

Submit your technology for the showcase, a forum to display the most successful and promising technologies seeded and supported by National Nanotechnology Initiative-partnering government funding agencies, by Sept. 17, 2010, here.

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Advances in Terahertz Spectrometry and Other Spectroscopy Symposium 5/21/11-5/23/11

Call for Abstracts
42nd Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM), May 21?23, 2011

A new addition to the MARM is a symposium on Advances in Terahertz Spectrometry and Other Spectroscopy and their applications in analytical techniques, pharmaceuticals, biomedical, conservation science, forensic science, security technology, geology, and other applications.

This symposium presents a valuable opportunity for the exchange of knowledge, including discussions of development of current and break through terahertz techniques and their applications. Contributions addressing subjects pertaining, but are not limited to, the above mentioned areas are solicited. Papers including any spectroscopic techniques in solving important problems are also welcome.

The 42nd Middle Atlantic Regional meeting (MARM 2011) will be hosted by the American Chemical Society District of Columbia Section at the University of Maryland College Park campus. MARM 2011 is co-sponsored by several ACS regional sections including the Southeastern Pennsylvania section of the American Chemical Society (SEPSACS).

See details: http://www.marmacs.org/2011/index.html

Early submissions are welcome and encouraged.

Contact:
Dr. Philip DeShong, General Chair of MARM 2011: deshong@umd.edu
Organizer of terahertz symposium, Dr. Anis Rahman: a.rahman@arphotonics.net