| | 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. |
| |
| | 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 |
| |
| | Dave Pershing |
| | Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs |
| |
| | Greg Bell |
| | Utah Lieutenant Governor |
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| 4:30 p.m. | Keynote Speaker |
| |
| | Mark Banash |
| | Vice President |
| | Nanocomp Technologies, Inc. |
| | Abstract title: “NanoEHS and its Reduction to Practice at NanoComp Technologies” |
| |
| | 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 |
| |
| 8:45 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
| |
| | Ted McAleer |
| | USTAR Executive Director |
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| 9:00 a.m. | Invited Speakers |
| |
| | Nongjian Tao |
| | Professor, Electrical Engineering |
| | Director, Ctr for Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Biodesign Institute |
| | Arizona State University |
| | Abstract title: "Molecular Electronics and Sensors" |
| |
| | Neil Gordon |
| | CEO and Founder |
| | Early Warning Inc., a NASA Spinoff |
| | Abstract title: "Challenges in Bringing Nanotechnology to Market" |
| |
| 10:20 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| |
| 10:30 a.m. | Parallel Sessions |
| | Devices & Sensors- Capitol Ballroom |
| | Energy, Catalysis, & Environment- Olympus Ballroom |
| |
| 12:30 p.m. | Poster Session & Lunch |
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| 1:30 p.m. | Invited Speakers |
| |
| | 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" |
| |
| | Jordan Gerton |
| | Assistant Professor |
| | Physics Department |
| | University of Utah |
| | Abstract title: "Single-molecule measurements of energy |
| | transfer in nanocomposite materials". |
| |
| 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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