| | Hilton- Grand Ballroom A & B |
| 9:00 a.m. - | Poster setup & judging, Exhibition setup |
| 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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| | Hilton- Grand Ballroom A & B |
| 1:00 p.m. | Workshops |
| | Innovation Idol: |
| | Panelists with entrepreneurial and technical backgrounds |
| | will provide expert feedback on several innovative nanotechnology |
| | business ideas. Topics will include: validating market need, protecting |
| | your intellectual property, working with university technology |
| | commercialization offices, choosing a form of business entity, |
| | seeking startup capital, and practical lessons learned when starting |
| | a nano business. |
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| | Nanotech Education Workshop: |
| | A panel of educators from Utah’s research universities, as well as |
| | current graduate and industry representatives, will talk about |
| | undergraduate and graduate education in nanoscience and |
| | nanotechnology, as well as careers in nanotechnology. Q&A and |
| | general discussion will follow the presentation. |
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| | Hilton- Grand Ballroom A & B |
| 3:00 p.m. | Open Registration |
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| 4:00 p.m. | Welcome |
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| | Rebecca Lockhart |
| | House Speaker, State of Utah |
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| 4:30 p.m. | Keynote Speakers |
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| | Jon Sessler |
| | Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| | The University of Texas at Austin |
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| | Luke Lee |
| | Distinguished Professor, Bioengineering |
| | Director, Biomedical Institute of Global Healthcare Research & Technology |
| | Co-Director, Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center |
| | University of California, Berkeley |
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| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner- Grand Ballroom C |
| | Student Poster & Exhibition- Grand Ballroom A & B |
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| | Hilton- Grand Ballroom C |
| 8:00 a.m. | Open Registration |
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| 8:45 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
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| 9:00 a.m. | Invited Speakers |
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| | Manoranjan (Mano) Misra |
| | USTAR Professor, Metallurgical Engineering |
| | University of Utah |
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| | Adam Woolley |
| | Professor and Associate Department Chair |
| | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| | Brigham Young University |
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| 10:20 a.m. | Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Parallel Sessions |
| | Devices & Sensors- Grand Ballroom C |
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| | Split Session |
| | Energy, Catalysis, & Environment- Grand Ballroom B |
| | Medicine- Grand Ballroom B |
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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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| | Randy Lewis |
| | USTAR Professor, Biology |
| | Utah State University |
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| | Alexander Kabanov |
| | Parke-Davis Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| | Professor, Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy |
| | Professor, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer |
| | Director, Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine |
| | University of Nebraska Medical Center |
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| 2:50 p.m. | Coffee Break |
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| 3:00 p.m. | Parallel Sessions |
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| | Medicine- Grand Ballroom C |
| | Session Speaker: |
| | Paul Shami |
| | Professor, Medical Oncology and Internal Medicine |
| | Huntsman Cancer Institute |
| | University of Utah |
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| | Materials & Characterization- Grand Ballroom B |
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| 5:00 p.m. | Student Poster Awards & Closing Remarks- Grand Ballroom C |
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