| Marriott City Center- Capitol Ballroom |
9:00 a.m. - | Poster setup & Judging |
12:00 p.m. |
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| University of Utah |
9:30 a.m. | Laboratory Tours- 1280 Merrill Engineering Building |
| Utah Nanofabrication Laboratory & Affiliated Labs |
| RSVP to Monica (monica@cs.utah.edu) |
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| Marriott City Center- Olympus Ballroom |
1:00 p.m. | Workshops |
| Practical Advice for Starting a Nano Business: |
| Panelists from local nanotechnology businesses will discuss |
| such topics as: protecting your intellectual property, do's and |
| don'ts of working with a university technology commercialization |
| office, considerations when choosing a form of business entity |
| and seeking startup capital, and practical lessons learned when |
| starting a nano business. |
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| Big Things from the Tiny World: |
| Specifically aimed at high-school students, high-school educators, |
| and undergraduate students, this workshop will address the education |
| options and career opportunities in nanotechnology. Presenters will |
| discuss education programs for nanotechnology in energy and medicine. |
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| Marriott City Center- Capitol Ballroom |
3:00 p.m. | Open Registration, Exhibition setup |
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4:00 p.m. | Welcome |
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| Dave Pershing |
| Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs |
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| Greg Bell |
| Utah Lieutenant Governor |
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4:30 p.m. | Keynote Speaker |
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| Mark Banash |
| Vice President |
| Nanocomp Technologies, Inc. |
| Abstract title: “NanoEHS and its Reduction to Practice at NanoComp Technologies” |
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| Viktoria Greanya |
| Program Manager |
| DARPA Defense Sciences Office |
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6:00 p.m. | Dinner Reception |
| Student Poster & Exhibition |
| Marriott City Center- Capitol Ballroom |
8:00 a.m. | Open Registration |
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8:45 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
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| Ted McAleer |
| USTAR Executive Director |
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9:00 a.m. | Invited Speakers |
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| Nongjian Tao |
| Professor, Electrical Engineering |
| Director, Ctr for Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Biodesign Institute |
| Arizona State University |
| Abstract title: "Molecular Electronics and Sensors" |
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| Neil Gordon |
| CEO and Founder |
| Early Warning Inc., a NASA Spinoff |
| Abstract title: "Challenges in Bringing Nanotechnology to Market" |
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10:20 a.m. | Coffee Break |
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10:30 a.m. | Parallel Sessions |
| Devices & Sensors- Capitol Ballroom |
| Energy, Catalysis, & Environment- Olympus Ballroom |
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12:30 p.m. | Poster Session & Lunch |
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1:30 p.m. | Invited Speakers |
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| Juan Santiago |
| Professor and Chair of Thermosciences Group |
| Mechanical Engineering Department |
| Stanford University |
| Abstract title: "On-Chip Isotachophoresis for Toxin Detection and Nucleic Acid Extraction" |
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| Jordan Gerton |
| Assistant Professor |
| Physics Department |
| University of Utah |
| Abstract title: "Single-molecule measurements of energy |
| transfer in nanocomposite materials". |
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2:50 p.m. | Coffee Break |
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3:00 p.m. | Parallel Sessions |
| Materials & Characterization- Captiol Ballroom |
| Medicine- Olympus Ballroom |
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5:00 p.m. | Student Poster Awards & Closing Remarks |
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