NNI NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION SUMMIT - December 13-15, 2010, Washington, DC

NNI Nanotechnology Innovation Program

NNI Strategic Plan & Opportunities Workshop — Wednesday Dec. 8

NNI Innovation Summit Program — Thursday - Friday, Dec. 9-10


NNI Strategic Plan Goals:

Agency-lead breakouts will each focus on the NNI strategic plan goals

• Advancing world-class nanotechnology research & development
• Nanotechnology manufacturing & commercialization
• Responsible development of nanotechnology
• Nanotechnology infrastructure, education, and workforce preparation

NNI Strategic Plan & Opportunities Workshop
(tentative agenda - subject to change)

Wednesday, December 8th

9:00 - 9:50 NNI Innovation Priorities, Achievements & Strategy
  ·White House Emerging Technology Innovation Priorities: Thomas Kalil, Office of Science & Technology Policy - NEC
  · NNI Achievements, 2001-2010: Altaf H. Carim, DOE, Office of Science (presentation slides)
  · NNI Strategy, 2010 and Beyond: Travis Earles, Office of Science & Technology Policy (presentation slides)
9:50 -10:10 Break
 10:10 - 10:50 Keynotes - NNI Goals & Directives
  · Advancing World-Class Nanotechnology Research & Development: Pat Dehmer, DOE (presentation slides)
  · Nanotechnology Manufacturing & Commercialization: Robert Celotta, NIST (presentation slides)
10:50 - 12:05 Breakout Workshop with Agency Programs
· NIH - Programs & Priorities: Piotr Grodzinski, NCI (presentation slides); Denis Buxton, NHLBI (presentation slides);
Lori Henderson, NIBIB (presentation slides); Jeff Schloss, NHGRI (presentation slides)
· NSF - Programs & Priorities: Clark Cooper, NSF (presentation slides); Charles Bouldin, NSF
· NASA - Programs & Priorities: Harry Partridge, NASA (presentation slides)
12:00 - 1:15 Networking Lunch with Agency Program Managers
1:15-2:30 Breakout Workshop with Agency Programs
· DOE - Programs & Priorities: Altaf Carim, DOE, Rajeev Ram, DOE (presentation slides)
· NIST - Programs & Priorities: Lloyd Whitman, NIST (presentation slides); Michael Schen, NIST (presentation slides); Debra Kaiser, NIST (presentation slides); Robert Celotta, NIST (presentation slides)
· FDA & EPA - Programs & Priorities: Vicki Seyfert-Margolis, FDA; Jeff Morris, EPA (presentation slides)
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 4:00 Breakout Workshops with Agency Programs
· DOD - Programs & Priorities: Lew Sloter, DOD (presentation slides)
· NIOSH, CPSC, USDA - Programs & Priorities Charles Geraci, NIOSH (presentation slides); Treye Thomas, CPSC (presentation slides); Hongda Chen, USDA-NIFA (presentation slides); Ted Wegner, USDA-FS (presentation slides)
· SBIR Programs - DOE, NIST, NIH, NSF: Chistopher O'Gwin, DOE (presentation slides); Cathy Cohn, NIST (presentation slides); Andrew Kurtz, NCI (presentation slides); James Rudd, NSF (presentation slides)
4:00 - 4:10 Break
4:10 -5:10 Keynotes - NNI Goals & Directives
  · Environmental Health & Safety Directive: Sally Tinkle, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
  · Nanotechnology Infrastructure, Education, and Workforce Preparation: Lew Sloter, Department of Defense (presentation slides)
5:10-7:00 Networking Reception with Agencies & Technology Showcase


NNI Innovation Summit Program

Thursday, December 9th
8:30 AM Keynote Panel - A Decade of Technology Innovation
John Holdren, White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Director and Science & Technology Advisor to President Barack Obama
John Marburger, Former Office of Science & Technology Policy Director and Science & Technology Advisor to President George W. Bush
Neal F. Lane, Former Office of Science & Technology Policy Director and Science & Technology Advisor to President Bill Clinton (presentation slides)
  9:45 AM Break (Innovation Showcase Open)
  10:30 AM Driving Forces for Nanotechnology
10:30 AM George Allen, American Energy Freedom Center, Chairman
10:50 AM Norm Augustine, Lockheed Martin, Former Chairman and CEO
11:10 AM Jim Ruud, GE Global Research, Materials Scientist
11:30 AM Craig Barrett, Intel Corp., Retired CEO/Chairman of the Board
  11:50 AM Investments in Innovation
11:50 AM Douglas W. Jamison, Harris & Harris Group, Chairman of the Board, CEO & Managing Director
12:00 PM Matthew M. Nordan, Venrock, Vice President
12:10 PM Aymeric Sallin, NanoDimension, Founder and CEO
12:30 PM Lunch (Innovation Showcase Open)
1:30 PM Latest Developments: Impact on Industry & Society
1:30 PM Mark Ratner, Northwestern University, Professor (presentation slides)
1:50 PM Tom Theis, IBM, Director, Physical Sciences (presentation slides)
2:10 PM Dawn Bonnell, University of Pennsylvania, Professor and Nano/Bio Interface Center, Director (presentation slides)
2:30 PM Break (Innovation Showcase Open)
3:30 PM Transformational Technologies Keynote - Energy
Steven Chu, US Department of Energy, Secretary of Energy
3:50 PM Innovations in Energy Technologies
3:50 PM Yet-Ming Chiang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor, A123 Systems, Inc., Co-Founder
4:00 PM Seth Coe-Sullivan, QD Vision Inc., Founder and Chief Technology Officer (presentation slides)
4:10 PM Damoder Reddy, Solexant Corp., Founder & Chief Executive Officer
4:30 PM Transformational Technologies Keynote - Electronics & Manufacturing
  Leo Christodoulou, DARPA, Director Defense Sciences Office
4:50 PM Innovations in Electronics & Manufacturing
4:50 PM Brent Segal, Lockheed Martin Corp., Director of Research Science (presentation slides)
5:00 PM Peter Antoinette, Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., President and CEO (presentation slides)
5:10 PM S. V. Sreenivasan, UT-Austin, Professor and Molecular Imprints, Founder and CTO
5:20 PM Angela Belcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor, Cambrios Technologies Corp., Co-Founder and Board Member
5:30 PM Networking Reception & Nanotechnology Innovation Showcase
Showcase of the Nation’s Top Nano Technologies and Organizations

Friday, December 10th
9:00 AM Opening Keynote Address
9:00 AM Bart Gordon, U.S. House of Representatives, Tennessee
9:20 AM Richard Russell, VIAforward, CEO (presentation slides)
10:00 AM Break
10:30 AM Transformational Technologies Keynote - Biomedicine
  Francis S. Collins, U.S. National Institutes of Health, Director (presentation slides)
10:50 AM Innovations in Life Science Technologies
10:50 AM Joseph DeSimone, University of North Carolina, Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry, Liquidian Technologies,
Founder and Scientific Advisor
11:00 AM Omid Farokhzad, Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor, BIND Biosciences and Selecta Biosciences, Co-Founder
11:10 AM Alexandra Glucksmann, Cerulean Pharma, Inc., Senior Vice President, Research and Business Operations
11:20 AM William Moffitt, Nanosphere
11:30 AM Transformational Technologies Keynote - Infrastructure
  Patrick D. Gallagher, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Director
12:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Transformational Technologies Keynote - Advanced Materials
  Subra Suresh, National Science Foundation, Director
1:50 PM Innovations in Advanced Nano Materials
1:50 PM Zhong Lin Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology, Professor (presentation slides)
2:00 PM Vijendra (VJ) Sahi, Nanosys, Inc., Vice President of Government Affairs
2:10 PM Moritz Beckmann, XinRay Systems LLC, CEO (presentation slides)
2:20 PM Terry Medley, DuPont, Global Director of Corporate Regulatory Affairs (presentation slides)
2:30 PM Break
2:50 PM The Future of Nanotechnology Innovation
2:50 PM Nathan Lewis, California Institute of Technology, Professor (presentation slides)
3:10 PM Andre Nel, University of California, Los Angeles, Professor (presentation slides)
3:30 PM Stan Williams, Hewlett-Packard
3:50 PM Rutledge Ellis-Behnke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Heidelberg, Director of the Nanomedicine Translational Think Tank
4:10 PM Closing Remarks

Federal agencies that participate in the National Nanotechnology Initiative under the auspices of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council.

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