You are invited to attend this engaging and interactive two-day conference detailing the
growth of nanotechnology and the nanomanufacturing industry in New England and
the U.S. This unique and innovative conference unites and encourages the
collaboration among academics, scientists, engineers, institutions of higher
education (administration, faculty, and students), government, and the private
business sector in the advancement of nanotechnology and nanomanufacturing,
while also providing a forum for the discussion of relevant and cutting-edge
topics important to nanoscience, nanoengineering and nanobusiness.
Click here to register.
Who
Should Attend:
- Elected
and appointed governmental policy-makers
- High
technology and nanotechnology business representatives
- Entrepreneurs,
start-up to mature business management teams and investors
- Corporate
chief technology officers; vice presidents pursuing nanotechnology and
nanomanufacturing initiatives
- Educators
and policy-makers focused on increasing advanced manufacturing and
nanomanufacturing employment
- Researchers,
scientists, and engineers engaged in nanotechnology and nanomanufacturing
Conference
Topics:
- Commercialization
of Nanotechnology and Nanomanufacturing Processes
- Finance:
VC-Angel-Grant Funding Strategies to Attract the Money for Nanobusiness
- Global
Regulatory Overview: How to Successfully Navigate the Developing Global Nano
- Regulatory
Environment
- Enterprise
Risk Management and Insurance for Your Nano Business
- Nanotech
Advanced Manufacturing: Job Creator and Economic Engine for the Commonwealth
- Intellectual
Property: The Foundation for Successful Commercialization
- Understanding
the Current Environmental, Health and Safety Data Regulations
- Nanomanufacturing
Processes and Tools
- Nanotechnology
for the Soldier
-
Industrial nanomanufacturing
processes
KEYNOTE AND SPEAKER BIOS: Click here to view the bios of conference participants.
Agenda: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Nanomanufacturing
7:30 - 8:00 a.m.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION
8:15 - 8:30 a.m.
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Dr. Joey L. Mead
Professor, Plastics Engineering
Co-Director, Nanomanufacturing Center of Excellence
Deputy Director, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
William S. Rogers, Jr., Esq.
Partner, Chair, Nanotechnology Practice Group
Prince Lobel Tye LLP, Boston, MA
Carol Forance Barry, D.Eng.
Professor, Plastics Engineering
Co-Director, Nanomanufacturing Center of Excellence
Associate Director, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing Center
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
8:30 - 8:45 a.m
KEYNOTE SPEAKER INTRODUCTION AND CONFERENCE OPENING
Chancellor Martin Meehan
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
8:45-9:00 a.m.
OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Congresswoman Niki Tsongas
US Representative for Massachusetts Fifth Congressional District
9:00 - 9:30 a.m
NANOMANUFACTURING: MOVING NANOTECHNOLOGY FROM LAB TO MARKET
Dr. Khershed Cooper
Program Officer, Office of Naval Research
Metallurgist, Materials Science and Technology Division /Naval Research
Laboratory
Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Testing Information Analysis
Center, Washington, D.C.
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
UMASS LOWELL NANOMANUFACTURING: CREATING A VISION FOR NANOMANUFACTURING
Dr. Joey L. Mead
Professor, Plastics Engineering
Co-Director, Nanomanufacturing Center of Excellence
Deputy Director, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
CHALLENGES IN NEW MARKET MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION
Dr. Sheldon Davis
Director of Technology, Performance Segment
Cabot Corporation, Boston, MA
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK
10:45 - 11:15 a.m.
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY IN AEROSPACE: THE DRIVE TO MARKET
Dr. Brent Segal
Director of Research Science, Lockheed Martin
Chief Technologist for Lockheed Martin Nanosystems, Bethesda, MD
11:15 - 11:45 a.m.
RETHINKING MANUFACTURING: NANOMATERIALS BASED NANOMANUFACTURING FOR
ELECTRONICS, ENERGY, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
APPLICATIONS
Dr. Ahmed Busnaina
William Lincoln Smith Professor and Director
The NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate
Nanomanufacturing (NSEC) and the NSF Center for Microcontamination
Control
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
MIT: THE INSTITUTE FOR SOLDIER NANOTECHNOLOGIES - BASIC RESEARCH AND TRANSITIONING TO ENABLE NOVEL SOLDIER PROTECTIVE CAPABILITIES
William A. Peters, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, MIT, Cambridge, MA
12:15 - 2:00 p.m
LUNCH AND NETWORKING SESSION
2:00 - 2:30 p.m.
INJECTION MOLDING OF MICRO AND NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACES
Carol Forance Barry, D.Eng.
Professor, Plastics Engineering
Co-Director, Nanomanufacturing Center of Excellence
Associate Director, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing Center
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
2:30 - 3:00 p.m.
ROLL-TO-ROLL MANUFACTURING OF NANOTECHNOLOGY-ENABLED MATERIALS AND
DEVICES
Dr. James J. Watkins
Director, Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing, Polymer Science and
Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
BREAK
3:30 - 4:00 p.m.
NANOTECH COMMERCIALIZATION - STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS
Robert F. Praino Jr.
Co-Founder
Chasm Technologies, Inc., Canton, MA
4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR THE CREATION OF A NANOMANUFACTURING-BASED REGIONAL ECONOMY
Doug Freitag
Owner,
Bayside Materials Technology, Columbia, MD
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
PANEL: NANOTECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, AND SAFETY - A SURVEY OF THE LATEST DATA AND THE CURRENT DOMESTIC REGULATORY RESPONSE
Moderator:
William S. Rogers, Jr., Esq.
Partner, Prince Lobel Tye LLP, Boston, MA
Panelists:
John R. Bashaw, Esq.
Partner, Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman LLP, New Haven, CT
Dr. Dhimiter Bello
Assistant Professor, Work Environment, Nanomanufacturing Center for
Excellence
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
Marc A. Nascarella, Ph.D
Toxicologist
Gradient, Cambridge, MA
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
COCKTAIL RECEPTION AND POSTER SESSION
Agenda: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
- Nanotechnology Commercialization
7:30 - 8:30 a.m
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Bernard F. Lynch
City Manager
City of Lowell, MA
Jacqueline Moloney
Executive Vice Chancellor
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
9:00 - 10:10 a.m.
PANEL: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - THE FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESSFUL
COMMERCIALIZATION OF YOUR NANOTECHNOLOGY
Moderator:
Peter J. Caruso II, Esq.
Partner, Prince Lobel Tye LLP, Boston, MA
Panelists:
David Green
President
Harvard Bioscience, Holliston, MA
George Kachen, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Commercial Ventures & Intellectual Property
(CVIP)
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
Ken Mahmud
Chief Technology Officer
Triton Systems, Inc., Chelmsford, MA
Chinh H. Pham, Esq.
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig LLP, Boston, MA
10:10 - 10:25 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK
10:25 - 11:35 a.m.
PANEL: FINANCE - VC-ANGEL-GRANT FUNDING STRATEGIES TO ATTRACT THE MONEY
YOU NEED FOR YOUR NANOBUSINESS
Moderator:
Rick Sousa, Esq.
Partner, Prince Lobel Tye LLP, Boston, MA
Panelists:
Robert Burns
Senior Vice President
Harris & Harris Group, Inc., New York, NY
David L. Carnahan
President, Co-Founder
Nanolab, Waltham, MA
Martin Magida, CFA
Managing Director
Carter Morse & Mathias, Southport, CT
Dr. Brent Segal
Director of Research Science, Lockheed Martin
Chief Technologist for Lockheed Martin Nanosystems, Bethesda, MD
11:35 - 12:35 p.m.
LUNCH AND NETWORKING SESSION
12:25 - 12:35 p.m.
LUNCH SPEAKER INTRODUCTION
Ahmed Abdelal, Academic Affairs
Provost
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
12:35 - 12:45 p.m.
UMASS KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Thomas J. Chmura
Vice President for Economic Development,
University of Massachusetts, Shrewsbury, MA
12:45 - 1:00 p.m.
CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Gregory Bialecki
Secretary of Housing and Economic Development for the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
1:00 - 1:10 p.m.
BREAK
1:10 - 2:20 p.m.
PANEL: GLOBAL REGULATORY OVERVIEW - HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THE
DEVELOPING GLOBAL NANO REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
Moderator:
Dr. Michael Bennett
Associate Professor of Law
Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA
Panelists:
Dr. Diana Bowman
Assistant Professor, Risk Science Center and the Department of Health, Management and Policy
University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
Jo Anne Shatkin, Ph.D.
CEO
CLF Ventures, Inc., Boston, MA
2:20 - 3:30 p.m.
PANEL: ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE FOR YOUR NANO BUSINESS
Moderator:
Joseph S. Sano, Esq.
Partner, Prince Lobel Tye LLP, Boston, MA
Panelists:
Stuart Cowart
Co-President
Albert Risk Management Consultants, Inc., Needham, MA.
Dave Erickson, CPA
Senior Director of Internal Audit
Nypro, Clinton, MA
Robert Nevin
Vice President, Product Liability
Lexington Insurance Company, Boston, MA
Richard C. Pleus, Ph.D.
Managing Director
Intertox, Inc., Seattle, WA
Pamela G. Rosett, Ph.D.
Industrial Toxicologist
Lockheed Martin, Marietta, GA
3:30 - 3:50 p.m.
BREAK
3:50 - 4:05 p.m.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Pamela Goldberg
CEO
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Westborough, MA
4:05 - 5:15 p.m.
PANEL: NANOTECH ADVANCED MANUFACTURING - JOB CREATOR AND ECONOMIC
ENGINE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH
Moderator:
Eric Nakajima
Senior Innovation Advisor
Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Panelists:
John Healy
Director
Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Worcester, MA
Patrick J. Larkin
Director, John Adams Innovation Institute
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Boston, MA
Viktor Vejins
President and CEO
Nano-C, Inc., Boston, MA
Randolph Sablich
President and CEO
Metrigraphics, LLC, Wilmington, MA
5:15 - 5:30 p.m.
CLOSING KEYNOTE
Robert Burns, Senior Vice President
Harris & Harris Group, Inc., New York, NY
May 15 - 16, 2012
UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center
50 Warren Street
Lowell, MA 01852
Click here to register.
Admission:
- $99: One-day admission to
sessions on either May 15 or May 16, 2012
- $199: Two-day admission to
all sessions on both days
Admission price includes continental breakfast and buffet lunch, and
cocktail reception with hors d'oeuvres and cash bar poster session on the evening of May 15,
2012.
