Upcoming Events

24 - 29 August 2008: Perth, Australia
1st International Conference on Confinement in Functional Nanopores

24 - 29 August 2008: University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
EthicSchool Summerschool on Ethics of Nanotechnology

31 August - 4 September 2008: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
COMS 2008 - Commercialization of Micro & Nano Systems Conference

1 - 5 September 2008: Oviedo, Spain
TNT2008 - Trends in Nanotechnology

7 - 12 September 2008: Vienna, Austria
IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition

8 - 10 September 2008: Vancouver, Washington, USA
5th Annual Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference:
Science, Networking and Commercialization for the Micro- and Nano-enabled Economy

8 - 12 September 2008: Hergec Novi, Montenegro
YUCOMAT 2008: Tenth Annual Yugoslav Materials Research Society Conference

11 September 2008: University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

'Advances in Medical Diagnostics'

The Institute of Nanotechnology and Cranfield University present a one-day professional course “Advances in Medical Diagnostics” in association with the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. This course will provide an insight into how knowledge at the nanoscale and the application of nanotechnology is revolutionising the early and precise diagnosis of a wide variety of diseases.

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14 - 16 September 2008: Radisson Hotel Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Third International Conference on Nano-Networks (Nano-Net 2008)

15 - 16 September 2008: University of Birmingham, UK
3rd International Conference on the Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials

15 - 19 September 2008: Warsaw, Poland
European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Fall Meeting 2008

16 - 17 September 2008: St Gallen, Switzerland
NanoEurope

An international platform for technology and know-how transfer in nanotechnology. Attendees can learn about multifunctional textiles, nano-based electronic and sensor systems, and functionalized surfaces and structures. The fourth “NanoRegulation Conference” will also form part of NanoEurope 2008. The concurrent exhibition offers business a platform to display solutions for commercializing nanotechnology research, and entrepreneurs and managers a forum for discussing commercialization strategies and acquiring investment know-how.

Register online >>

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17 - 19 September 2008: Politecnico of Milan, Italy

Nanoforum 2008

The fourth edition of nanoforum intends to be once again a first-rate meeting point for the spreading of new opportunities offered by nanotechnologies, so encouraging the process of technological transfer from the academic world to the entrepreneurial one.
If Enterprises have a research department, they will find the right answers to their needs, by finding some of the greatest experts in the sector. If enterprises do not have a research department, or they are not still ready for these strongly innovative aspects, they can learn “what to do” and “with whom do”, by coming into contact with Italian and foreign researchers. The project site, constantly updated, is www.nanoforum.it/en.

19 - 24 September 2008: Hotel Eden Roc, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
ESF-UB Conference on Nanomedicine

Programme and applications: accessible online at www.esf.org/conferences/08218
Chair: Professor Rogerio Gaspar, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Deadline for applications: 23 May 2008
Grants: some grants are available for young researchers to cover the conference fee and travel costs.
Further information: www.esf.org/conferences/08218 or Ms. Jean Kelly (jkelly@esf.org)

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23 - 26 September 2008: Tsukuba International Congress Center, Ibaraki, Japan
2008 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM 2008)

25 - 26 September 2008: The Ritz Carlton, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2008 Cleveland NanoMedicine Summit

29 - 30 September 2008: Vienna, Austria
NANOSENS 2008

30 September 2008: IMechE, London, UK
Nanotechnology in Medicine and Biotechnology
- Achievements, Applications and Future Needs

2 Oct 2008: BERR Conference Centre, London, UK
Nanotechnology Showcase Event

To register for this event, please click on the link below:
http://www.tuvnel.com/registerevent.aspx?event_ID=168

2 - 3 October 2008: Dublin, Ireland
Biomarker Discovery Europe

Sessions include:

- New Developments and Technologies in Biomarker Discovery
- Biomarkers in Clinical Trial Design
- Overcoming the Discovery to Validation Bottleneck
- Biomarkers in Personalized Medicine – Practical Issues and Concerns

5 - 9 October 2008: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Materials Science & Technology Conference 2008

7-8 Oct 2008: Frankfurt, Germany
Nanopolymers Conference 2008

Building on the success of Nanopolymers 2007, Smithers Rapra’s second conference has been designed to bring you up to date with the latest developments in this fast-evolving field. The two day conference is jam packed with innovative, application-driven case studies detailing the advances in organo-clays, nanoparticulates, and carbon nanotubes, which are being incorporated into nanopolymers.

Find out more about:

• Using nanotechnology to enhance the industrial value of renewable biopolymers
• Nanophased hybrid sandwich composites for vehicular structural applications
• First results on the reinforcing effects of multiwall carbon nanotubes in natural rubber and SBR-based nanocomposites
• Nanoscale self-assembly of low molecular weight urethane/urea materials

A hot bed for new ideas, you’ll have the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with the thought leaders and market movers from across the world.

For more details please visit www.polymerconferences.com

9 Oct 2008: Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK

'Nanotoxicology'

This one-day course, delivered in partnership with Cranfield University, deals with the toxicology of nanoparticles and nanomaterials, both naturally occurring and manufactured substances.

The introduction to nanoscale materials is essential to fully appreciate the level of interaction possible, and the complexity of determining the toxicity of nanoscale materials. The course does not assume any toxicology knowledge (and so that is covered within the course). The regulation of manufacture and importing nanomaterials is discussed in general. A brief discussion of the ethics and risk perception of nanomaterials summarises up the intensive course

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

10 Oct 2008: Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK  

'NanoBiosensors'

This one-day course, delivered in partnership with Cranfield University, will cover the application of nanotechnology to highly sensitive, miniature analytical devices that incorporate biological material, biologically-derived materials and biomimetic materials.

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

15 October 2008: Utrecht, The Netherlands

Nano4all

• An event to learn and exchange information on all aspects of nanomaterials: 4 all.
• Opportunity to meet world-class experts in several workshops.
• Intended for entrepreneurs, regulators, hygienists, decisionmakers, toxicologists and consumers.
• Seminars on business opportunities, best-practices in handling, product safety , monitoring and toxicity testing.
• Exhibition of selected companies in monitoring equipment.

21-24 October 2008: Paris, France
NanoEnergy 2008 / NanoRisk 2008

22-26 October 2008: Hersonissos, Crete, Greece
TCO2008: 2nd International Symposium on Transparent Conductive Oxides

After the successful outcome of the 1st International Symposium on Transparent Conductive Oxides (TCO2006) that took place in Crete, Greece in October 2006 the International Board of directors has decided for the follow-up to take place again in Crete in October 2008. Thus we hereby proudly announce that the 2nd TCO (www.tco2008.org) will be held at the Creta Maris/ Terra Maris Hotel (www.maris.gr) in Crete, Greece in the period October 22-26, 2008.

Call for Papers (Deadline: 31st March 2008) >>
Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are now invited. Scholars and students are encouraged to submit their contributions online.

Further information >>

Registration (Early Bird Deadline: 15th July 2008) >>

23-25 October 2008: Chitose Institute of Science and Technology, Hokkaido, Japan
Overview of organic materials research for electronics/photonics 20th Korea-Japan Joint Forum

24 October 2008: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK
Visualising Cellular Function in vivo

27 - 30 October 2008: San Francisco, California, USA
5th International Congress of Nano-Bio Clean Tech 2008

30 October - 2 November 2008: Istanbul, Turkey
Turkcoat 2008 / Turkchem 2008

	Turkchem 2007 and Turkcoat 2007 contribute to the growth of the chemical industry by bringing together leading local and foreign companies in all segments of the industry. Doubling its size in its second year, the expo has become an important brand that serves as the meeting point of the industry.
Turkchem 2007 and Turkcoat 2007 were mainly attended by the following segments of the chemical industry: raw materials, auxiliary materials, manufacture and import of special chemicals, laboratory equipment, machinery and equipment, packaging, measurement control, treatment, automation, logistics, occupational safety, etc.

3-7 November 2008: Grenoble, France
International Conference on Safe Production and Use of Nanomaterials (Nanosafe 2008)

6 November 2008: TWI Ltd, Cambridge, UK
NanoMedNet Workshop:
'Nanomedicine: Smart Materials and Nanostructured Surfaces '

Nanotechnology is beginning to revolutionise almost every area of medicine. Research at the nanoscale provides us with an ever greater understanding of how the human body works and how diseases develop. Implementation of this knowledge in terms of new medical products and treatments, however, also requires the development of new generations of medical nanomaterials (a material with one or more external dimensions, or an internal structure, on the nanoscale) or adding novel properties to existing materials whether in the fields of diagnosis, imaging, drug delivery or surgery.

This workshop will bring together leading clinicians and medical scientists, developers of new “smart” or functionalized nanomaterials, industry experts and business specialists in a multidisciplinary and interactive forum to collectively examine and propose ways of bringing new medical nanomaterials effectively to the clinic.

Cost: Clinicians £350+VAT     Industry £550+VAT

9-13 November 2008: Tokyo, Japan
International Symposium on Surface Science and Nanotechnology (ISSS -5)

11-13 November 2008: Frankfurt, Germany
NanoSolutions 2008

Already in the 4^th edition, this year’s NanoSolutions will take place from 11^th – 13^th of November at Messe Frankfurt. During the previous years NanoSolutions has established itself as Europe’s leading and central platform for Nanotechnology as well as for the Nano Business. Thematically the exhibition will take place under the slogan:

technologies – integration – products

Nanotechnology and its effects are positioned at the very beginning of a complex value creation chain. Only with their integration into other material systems commercial products of our everyday life are being created. NanoSolutions 2008 presents the complete value creation chain, ranging from the latest developments and intermediate products over methods for integration to end products.

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26-27 November 2008: RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London
21st Century Medicine: Breakthroughs and Challenges

Some of the most exciting research in the world is being undertaken in the field of medicine. Many challenges exist in identifying disease at the earliest possible stage and preventing and treating cancer, congenital, degenerative and infectious diseases - and increasingly, lifestyle-induced diseases such as diabetes.

Even greater challenges exist in bringing affordable, safe medicines to a wide population, and in enabling the elderly to remain active and maintain their faculties for as long as possible.

Hear what international experts think the greatest medical challenges are, and how they can be met using the new technologies to unravel the secrets of illness and create the means whereby we can all live longer, healthier lives.

Register online >>

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Travel Information >>

3-5 December 2008: Moscow, Russia
Nanotechnology International Forum

21-24 January 2009: Bolans Village, Antigua and Barbuda
Nanobiophysics & Chemistry Conference 2009

25-28 January 2009: Bolans Village, Antigua and Barbuda
Nanomedicine Conference 2009

27 February 2009: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK
Nanotoxicology: Health & Environmental Impacts

Day one. Lectures will be more general and will analyze the actual state on the nanofiber field:
- Features and properties of nanofibers
- Theory of electrospinning
- Presentation and comparison of nanofiber production technologies
- Nanospider TM and modification of its technologies
- Perspectives and limitations
- General trends and opportunities

Day two. Deep insight into particular nanofiber applications:
- Filtration
- Medicine
- Smart textiles (incl. woven nanofibers, technology of yarn production, yarn potential)
- Energy storage
- Environment protection

Please note - awaiting new date in June 2009 : Sheffield, UK 

NanoMedNet Workshop: 'Nanotechnology in Medical Devices'

A one-day interactive workshop for clinicians, researchers and industry aimed at examining how nanotechnology can be applied to bring new functionality across the hugely diverse field of medical devices.

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