World Nano-Economic Congress

SINGAPORE

Morning Keynote & Plenary Presentations Day 1 Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Meeting Room 203 (Level 2)

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)

Speaker: Boon Swan Foo, Managing Director, Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR)

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

Speaker: Dr. Hee-Gook Lee, President, LG Electronics Institute of Technology

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

Moderator: Tim Harper, CEO, Cientifica

Panel:
Lerwen Liu, Consultant, Nanotechnology Research Institute (AIST), Japan

Dr. Murali Sastry, Head, Nanoscience Group, Materials Chemistry Division, National Chemical Laboratory, India

Dr. Hee-Gook Lee, President, LG Electronics Institute of Technology

Dr. Masafumi Ata, Senior Researcher, Technology & Information, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Japan

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

Moderator: Rajesh Kannan, Research Analyst, Frost & Sullivan Technical Insights

Panel:

Joe Piche, CEO, Eikos

Dr. Hubert Kostal, Vice-President for Marketing and Sales, NanoOpto Corp

Peter Conley, Managing Director, Analytiq Group

12:00-1:30 Luncheon for Delegates

WNEC SINGAPORE
Afternoon Breakout Sessions, Day 1
October 13th, 2004
Meeting Rooms 311, 312, 313 (Level 3)

Breakout Sessions

Track A: TEXTILES

1:30-2:05 “Smart Apparel”: The role nanotechnology is poised to play in the enabling of wearable technology

Prof. Tao Xiaoming, Head, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

2:05-2:40 Examining the importance and implications of nanotechnology on the Asian textile industry

Dr. Wen-Tung Chen, Director, Department of Raw Materials and Yarn Formation, Taiwan Textile Institute

2:40-3:10 Refreshment Break and Opportunity to Visit Exhibit Hall

3:10-3:45 Nanomaterials for functional/performance textiles: What exists today and what can we expect in the near future

Dr. Cai Yuan Pan, Chief Technical Consultant, Nanotexcote & Chairman of Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China

3:45-4:20 The Home Furnishings of Tomorrow—Here Today with Nanotechnology.

4:20-5:00 PANEL FORUM
Determining how will the applications of nanotechnology within textiles transform the industry: What should we expect the textiles of the near future be offering consumers and the industry?

Prof. Tao Xiaoming, Head, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Dr. Cai Yuan Pan, Chief Technical Consultant, Nanotexcote & Chairman of Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China

Track B: ELECTRONICS

1:30-2:05 Examining the various nanotechnology solutions being applied to displays and there state of development

Joe Piche, CEO, Eikos

2:05-2:40 Analyzing the technical and economic pressures pushing the adoption of nanotechnology solutions for data storage and how nanotechnology options compare with competitive technologies

Dr. Tom Rueckes, Chief Scientist, Nantero

2:40-3:10 Refreshment Break and Opportunity to Visit Exhibit Hall

3:10-3:45 Nano Photonic Devices: From telecommunications to optical integrated circuits how will nanotechnology re-start the optical revolution

Dr. Hubert Kostal, Vice-President for Marketing and Sales, NanoOpto Corp

3:45-4:20 Quantum Computing and Secure Data Transmission: Is the future here today enabled by nanotechnology?

Dr. Handol Kim, Vice President of Business Development, D-Wave Systems

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?

Dr. Tae Wan Kim, Senior Researcher, Samsung
Dr. Handol Kim, Vice President of Business Development, D-Wave Systems
Dr. Hubert Kostal, Vice-President for Marketing and Sales, NanoOpto Corp
Dr. Tom Rueckes, Chief Scientist, Nantero
Joe Piche, CEO, Eikos

Track C: PHARMACEUTICAL & MEDICAL

1:30-2:05 Nanostructure Processing of Advanced Biomaterials

Prof. Jackie Yi-Ru Ying, Executive Director, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology

2:05-2:40 Analyzing nanotechnology solutions for application drug and vaccine delivery from technical, market, and regulatory perspectives

Dr. Anna Kluczewska, Head of Diagnostics, pSivida

2:40-3:10 Refreshment Break and Opportunity to Visit Exhibit Hall

3:10-3:45 Employing nanotechnology solutions for medical device and biomaterial applications

Asst Professor Han Mingyong,
Institute of Materials Research & Engineering (IMRE), A-Star
Department of Materials Science, National University of Singapore (NUS)

3:45-4:20 Applying nanostructured materials including nanoparticles and nanostructured membranes for cancer therapy and wound healing.

Yi Yan Yang, Group Leader, Institute of BioEngineering & Nanotechnology, Singapore

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?

Prof. Jackie Yi-Ru Ying, Executive Director, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
Dr. Roger Aston, Chief Scientific Officer, pSivida
Asst Professor Han Mingyong, Institute of Materials Research & Engineering (IMRE), A-StarDepartment of Materials Science, National University of Singapore (NUS)