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Destination Nano: Concept to Commercialization @ UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center
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Date: 5/15/2012 TO 5/16/2012
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UMASS Lowell Inn & Conference Center
50 Warren Street
Lowell, MA 01852

Phone:
(978) 686-0900

Event Description: http://www.princelobel.com/news-events-327.html --- 2nd Annual Collaborative Conference Addressing the Developments and Advancements of Nanotechnology and Nanomanufacturing in New England and the United States May 15 – 16, 2012 UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center 50 Warren Street Lowell, MA 01852 You are cordially invited to an 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 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. 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 FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES: Click here to view keynote and faculty biographies ** (live link to be activated to bios page) Agenda: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 – Nanomanufacturing 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION 8:30 – 8:45 a.m. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Carol Forance Barry, D.Eng. Professor, Plastics Engineering Co-Director, Nanomanufacturing Center of Excellence Associate Director, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 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 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 – 9:45 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. 9:45 – 10:15 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 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. COFFEE BREAK 10:45 – 11:45 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 11:45 – 12:15 p.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 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. LUNCH AND NETWORKING SESSION 1:30 – 2:00 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 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 – 4:30 p.m. NANOTECH COMMERCIALIZATION – STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATONS Robert F. Praino Jr. Co-Founder Chasm Technologies, Inc., Canton, MA 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. 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 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 Young Han, Esq. Associate Prince Lobel Tye LLP, Boston, MA 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. COCKTAIL RECEPTION AND POSTER SESSION Wednesday, May 16, 2012 – Nanotechnology Commercialization 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. REGISTRATION 8:30 – 8:45 a.m. OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Douglas W. Jamison Chairman and CEO Harris & Harris Group, Inc., New York, NY 8:45 – 9:00 a.m. Jacqueline Moloney Executive Vice Chancellor University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 9:00 – 10:10 a.m. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: THE FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIALIZATION OF YOUR NANOTECHNOLOGY Moderator: Peter J. Caruso II, Esq. Partner, Prince Lobel Tye LLP, Boston, MA Panelists: Chinh H. Pham, Esq. Shareholder Greenberg Traurig LLP, Boston, 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 David Green President Harvard Bioscience, Holliston, MA 10:10 – 10:25 a.m. COFFEE BREAK 10:25 – 11:35 a.m. FINANCE: VC-ANGEL-GRANT FUNDING STRATEGIES TO ATTRACT THE MONEY YOU NEED FOR YOUR NANOBUSINESS Moderator: Ricardo M. Sousa, Esq. Partner, Prince Lobel Tye LLP, Boston, MA Panelists: David L. Carnahan President, Co-Founder Nanolab, Waltham, MA Douglas W. Jamison Chairman and CEO Harris & Harris Group, Inc., New York, NY 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 & NETWORKING SESSION 12:35 – 12:45 p.m. LUNCH KEYNOTE INTRODUCTION Thomas J. Chmura Vice President for Economic Development, University of Massachusetts, Shrewsbury, MA 12:45 – 1:00 p.m. LUNCH 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. GLOBAL REGULATORY OVERVIEW: HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE THE DEVELOPING GLOBAL NANO REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT Moderator: Michael Bennett, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Law Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA Panelists: Diana Bowman, Ph.D. 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. 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. Richard C. Pleus, Ph.D. Managing Director Intertox, Inc., Seattle, WA Robert Nevin Vice President - Products Lexington Insurance Company, A Chartis Company 3:30 – 3:50 p.m. BREAK 3:50 – 4:05 p.m. KEYNOTE SPEAKER Pamela Goldberg Chief Executive Officer Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Westborough, MA 4:05 – 5:15 p.m. 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: Patrick J. Larkin Director, John Adams Innovation Institute, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Boston, MA John Healy Director, Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Worcester, MA Randolph Sablich President and CEO Metrigraphics, LLC, Wilmington, MA Dr. Henning Richter Director Materials Synthesis Research, Nano-C, Inc., Boston, MA 5:15 – 5:30 p.m. CLOSING REMARKS Chancellor Martin Meehan University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA To reserve your seat, just click the link below and provide your name, company, email address, and a phone number where you can be reached during the day. Register Today! May 15 – 16, 2012 UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center ? 50 Warren Street ? Lowell, MA 01852 COST: • $99: One-day admission to sessions on either May 15 or May 16, 2012 • $199: Two-day admission to all sessions on both days • $149: Early bird registration for two-day admission if you register by April 30, 2012 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.

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