6th November 2008: TWI Ltd, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, UK 'Smart Nanomaterials and Nanostructured Surfaces'	Sponsored by:

Programme

This workshop has been awarded CPD points by the Royal College of Pathologists.

09.30 – 10.00	Registration
10.00 – 10.15	Introduction and round table of participants
Session One
10.15 – 11.00	“Smart” Materials in Biomedicine
	Prof. Pankaj Vadgama, Queen Mary College - University of London
11.00 – 11.15	Refreshments
Session Two
11.15 – 11.40	Nano Composites and Nanostructured Coatings
	Prof. David Grant, University of Nottingham
11.40 – 12.05	Advanced and Functionalised Polymers for Medicine
	Prof. Alexander Seifalian, UCL
12.05 – 12.30	Membrane Materials for Sensing and Separation
	Prof. Pankaj Vadgama, Queen Mary College - University of London
12.30 – 13.00	Discussion session
	(Chair: Prof. Mehdi Tavakoli, TWI Cambridge)
13.00 – 13.40	Lunch and Networking
Session Three
13.40 – 14.05	Advanced Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
	Prof. Alexander Seifalian, UCL
14.05 – 14.30	Highly-functionalised Surfaces for Medical Application using Cold Plasma
	Richard Moore, Institute of Nanotechnology
14.30 – 14.45	Refreshments
Session Four
14.45 - 15.10	Moving Research Breakthroughs to the Market: A Commercialisation Case Study on Nanostructured Surfaces for Cell Culture
	Dr Malcolm Wilkinson, Technology for Industry
15.10 – 15.30	Intellectual Property Protection
	Mewburn Ellis LLP
15.30 – 16.00	Discussion session
	(Chair: Prof. Mehdi Tavakoli)
16.00	Summing up and closing remarks

 

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For further information please telephone Gemma McCulloch at the Institute of Nanotechnology: +44 (0)1786 458075,
or email: gemma.mcculloch@nano.org.uk