World Nano-Economic Congress Singapore: Day One Agenda

Morning Keynote & Plenary Presentations Day 1 Tuesday, September 27,, 2005

8:00-9:00 Conference Registration & Morning Coffee

9:00-9:30 OPENING ADDRESS AND WELCOME:How Academic Science is Transformed into Business: Singapore’s Role in the Support of Making Science into Products (tentative)

9:30-10:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS; The Future of Nanotechnology in Industry and the Trend of Nanotechnology in Korea

10:00-10:30 Coffee and Networking Break

10:30-11:15 Executive Panel: How Nanotechnology Initiatives of Asia & the Pacific Rim are Making a True Nanotechnology Hub

11:15-12:00 Executive Panel: Examining the Industrial Applications for Nanotechnology: Where are the low hanging fruits?

12:00-1:30 Luncheon for Delegates

WNEC SINGAPORE
Afternoon Breakout Sessions, Day 1, September 27th, 2004

Breakout Sessions

TRACK A
NANO-ELECTRONICS PROCESSES

1:30-2:05
Transitioning from Microelectronics to Nanostructural Electronics: Novel Approaches for Process Control

SPEAKER: David Eaglesham, New Business and New Products Group, Applied Materials (USA)

2:05-2:40
Imprint Lithography for Soft Lithography to Nanoimprint Lithography

SPEAKER: Prof. Wei Zhou, Associate Professor, Deputy Director, Precision Engineering & Nanotechnology Centre, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

2:40-3:10 NETWORKING BREAK

3:10-3:45
Nanometrology for in-line wafer defect detection

SPEAKER: Prof. Bryan Ngoi, Director of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Corridor, Nanyang Technological University, and Director, NanoFrontier (Singapore

3:45-4:20
Manufacturing sub-45nm Transistors

SPEAKER: Dr. Yee-Chia Yeo, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore

4:20-5:00
PANEL FORUM
Determining the Role of Imprint Lithography and other Nanotech Processing Methods on Chip Manufacturing

TRACK B
WATER

1:30-2:05
Improving Filtration Technologies through the Application of Nanotechnology Solutions

SPEAKER: Dr. Guihe Tao, Senior Research Scientist, Section Head,
Centre for Advanced Water Technology, A Division of Singapore Utilities International Pte Ltd. (Singapore)

2:05-2:40
Nanotech Solutions for Water Desalination

SPEAKER: Dr. Eric Mayes, CEO, NanoMagnetics Ltd.

2:40-3:10 NETWORKING BREAK

3:10-3:45
Addressing Ground Water Contamination with Nanotechnology

SPEAKER: Dr. Wei-xian Zhang, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University

3:45-4:20
Employing Nanotechnology for Improved Water Contaminant Detection

SPEAKER:

4:20-5:00
PANEL FORUM
Determining how applying nanotechnology to water issues will address the world’s water demands

TRACK C
PHARMACEUTICAL

1:30-2:05
Nanotechnology for Drug and Vaccine Delivery

SPEAKER: Dr. Anna Kluczewska, Head of Diagnostics, pSivida (Australia)

2:05-2:40
Applying Nanomaterials to the Re-Engineering of Drugs

SPEAKER: Dr. Jimmy Yun, CEO, Nanomaterials Technology (Singapore)

2:40-3:10 NETWORKING BREAK

3:10-3:45
Expanding Nano Simulation to Drug Discovery

SPEAKER:

3:45-4:20
How Nanotechnology Is Enabling Product Tagging
In The Pharmaceutical Industry

SPEAKER: Dr Adrian Burden, CEO, Singular ID Pte. Ltd.

4:20-5:00
PANEL FORUM
Determining how will the applications of nanotechnology within the medical & pharmaceutical industry will transform healthcare in the future: How will the hospitals and healthcare solutions be transformed by nanotechnology?

World Nano-Economic Congress Singapore: Day Two Agenda

Morning Keynote & Plenary Presentations Day 2 Wednesday, September 28^th, 2005

Keynote/Plenary Session

8:00-9:00 Conference Registration & Morning Coffee

9:00-9:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: NanoEconomics: The Facts and the Future of Nanotechnology

9:30-10:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Nanotechnology Overview & Implications

10:15-10:45 Coffee and Networking Break

10:45-11:15 Tools: How can the microscopy and software modeling tools that enabled the nanotechnology revolution propel nanotechnology from lab projects into manufacturing processes?

11:15-11:45 The Role of Nanotechnology in the Semiconductor Industry

11:45-12:30 Analyzing the financial markets and nanotechnology: When will IPOs of nanotechnology become common place and what will this mean for the commercial development of nanotechnology?

12:30-1:30 Luncheon for Delegates

WNEC SINGAPORE
Afternoon Breakout Sessions, Day 2
September 28th, 2004

Breakout Sessions

TRACK A
NANOMANUFACTURING & TOOLS

1:30-2:05
Nanometrology

SPEAKER: Marek Michalewicz, CEO, Quantum Precision Instruments Pty Ltd. (Australia)

2:05-2:40
NanoLithography

SPEAKER:

2:40-3:10 NETWORKING BREAK

3:10-3:45
Software and Modeling Tools

SPEAKER:

3:45-4:20
NanoMachining

SPEAKER:

4:20-5:00
PANEL FORUM
How will the “NanoFactory” evolve over the next five years? Migrating Tools from the Laboratory to Processes

TRACK B
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

1:30-2:05
Tissue Engineering

SPEAKER: Dr. Vivek Soni, Adjunct Associate Professor, BJM School of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Bombay (India)

2:05-2:40
Nanotechnology for Medical Devices and Biomaterial Applications

SPEAKER: Sarah Cooper, CTO, Biophan (USA)


2:40-3:10 NETWORKING BREAK

3:10-3:45
Biosensors

SPEAKER: Xie Hong, Research Scientist, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (Singapore)

3:45-4:20
Nanotechnology for Medical Diagnostics and Analysis

SPEAKER: Dr. Kevin Matthews, CEO, Oxonica (UK)

4:20-5:00
PANEL FORUM
How will working on the nanoscale impact bionengineering and biotech sectors?

TRACK C
NANO-ELECTRONIC DEVICES

1:30-2:05
Nanotechnology and Displays

SPEAKER: Jung Jae Kim, CTO & Vice President, cDream Corporation (USA)

2:05-2:40
Nanotechnology and Data Storage

SPEAKER: Dr. Sining Mao, R/D Director of Advanced Devices Development, Seagate

2:40-3:10 NETWORKING BREAK

3:10-3:45
Carbon Nanotubes for improved Electronic Devices

SPEAKER: Bala Padmakumar, President, Nanoconduction Inc. (USA)

3:45-4:20
Nano Photonic Devices

SPEAKER: Hubert Kostal, Vice President Marketing and Sales, NanoOpto Corp. (USA)

4:20-5:00
PANEL FORUM
Determining how will the applications of nanotechnology within the electronics industry transform its products: What will computers and communication devices look like and how will they work due to the application of nanotechnology?

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