About the Organizers:

Cientifica has been organizing the World Nano-Economic Congress since its initial event in Washington, DC in September 2003 and the following events in London, Munich and Singapore. Cientifica is the world's largest supplier of nanotechnology information, with activities spanning from basic research, through scientific networks to consultancy, business intelligence and investment appraisals. Cientifica is in constant contact with thousands of scientists, businesses and investors active in the nanotechnology world. Clients range from Fortune 500 companies to investment banks and start ups on three continents.

YashNanotech, a division of Yash Management & Satellite Ltd., has a mission to create economic effect in India. This will be accomplished by stimulating Indian business, creating horizontal linkages between markets and Indian companies, connecting India with global networks and commercializing and exploiting local Indian technologies in the field of nanotechnology. The key business domain areas in the field of nanotechnology are broadly aggregated as: Manufacturing Nano products, Global Contract Research in Nanotechnology and Nanotechnology Research & Business Information. To attain these objectives we have entered a joint venture with Cientifica Ltd, UK. These ventures are designed to unlock India's nanotechnology potential and to provide services spanning the entire nanotechnology value chain, from supporting commercialization of research, giving companies access to contract R&D facilities, and financing and supporting new ventures.

The *Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)* works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in India, partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes. CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry-managed organisation, playing a proactive role in India's development process. Founded over 110 years ago, it is India's premier business association, with a direct membership of over 5300 companies from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs and indirect membership of over 80,000 companies from around 300 national and regional sectoral associations. To know more, pleas click here.

About the The World Nano-Economic Congress:

The World Nano-Economic Congress (WNEC) events have established themselves as comprehensive meetings that bring together the thought leaders in science, government, and business to discuss the entire value chain of nanotechnology's commercial development.

With Nobel Prize winners, former world leaders, high-ranking government officials, and board members of Fortune 100 companies on its speaker faculty, the WNEC has moved the discussion of nanotechnology from a few nanotechnology evangelists and researchers to those who shape policy and economic initiatives.

This is accomplished by a multidisciplinary approach of business and technology represented by a world class programme which includes high-level speakers from science, government and industry:

• Multinational Food Manufacturers, Suppliers, Distributors
• Research/Academic Institutions
• Biotech Companies
• Packaging Manufacturers
• Nanomaterials Companies
• Government Regulatory Bodies
• Consumer Organizations
  

For nanotechnology to succeed it has to make money and there is no better forum to get a clear roadmap on how this will be accomplished and what nanotechnology’s impact will be on various industries than the WNEC.

Who Should Attend:

The WNEC is intended to for the entire value chain of those who are commercializing nanotechnology.

To give you a sense of who attends WNEC events, here is a breakdown of those who attended WNEC events in 2003/2004: