Electrified mobility is currently a top priority in the US, Japan, China, Korea and the EU. It will introduce a radical industrial-economical-energetic change in our society, as new technologies and infrastructure are put in place over the next two decades. The driving forces behind the move to electrical mobility are:

• Reduction in hydrocarbon consumption
• In Europe-US-OECD countries more than 70% of all oil is consumed by transports of which road transportation alone accounts for over 85%. “Well to wheels” energy efficiency of EVs is the key factor (up to 30% with respect to the most efficient cars based on Internal combustion engines)
• Improved safety of road transport
• Reduction in emissions and noise produce by road transport
• Environmental benefits, including mitigation of climate change risks
• Electrical mobility eliminates noxious gas emissions in cities
• Public health benefits
• There are 1.5 million deaths a year due to road accidents, and road accidents are the main cause of death in the under-45 age group but according to the WHO, noxious gas emissions emitted by cars cause an even higher number of deaths that those caused by road fatalities
• Electrification offers the opportunity to incorporate radical new safety paradigms with innovations in systems design and communications structures

The move to the Electrical Mobility is proceeding in parallel and converging with the introduction of Renewable Energy; both have reached a point of non return. In EU and in the US most of new power installations are now based on Renewable Energies and essentially all new programmes on mobility address the implementation of advanced electrical power trains. 2010 will be the first year in the modern industrial era that will register:

1. An annual production of electrical transportation means (all included) higher than those based on Internal combustion engines ( World )
2. The energy produced by the new installations of Renewable Sources will overcome the energy produced by the new installations based on fossils ( EU-27).

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1) Introduction

• Challenges in transportation
• Energy-power in automotive
• ICE versus Electrical Vehicles
• Convergence EV and RE
• Impact of Nanotechnologies in conventional cars

Full Electrical Vehicles: nanotechnologies enabling high performance and low cost in:

• Energy-power storage
• Tyres (low rolling resistance nanocomposites)
• Light structures (polymer based nanocomposites)
• Range extenders (catalysis)
• Lighting (printing materials)
• Solar cells
• EMF Shields and Sensors (thin film magnetic foils)
• Motors (magnetic materials)
• Heating and cooling (TE materials)

The Full Electrical Vehicle as optimal systems integration:

• Design via optimal systems integration
• FEV as element of the internet of power “V2G+I”
• Evolution over the next 20 years

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With this in mind, on the 18th of February 2010, we will be holding an online webinar with the theme of "The Road to Success: funds, strategy and commercialization".

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In this intensive, one-day course you will learn how knowledge at the nanoscale is being applied to help:

• improve the resolution of medical imaging systems facilitating the visualision of structures in the body at an ever smaller and more precise scale
• contribute to advanced diagnostic and lab-on-a-chip devices that can perform a wide range of analyses in minutes or seconds from a few picolites or less of body fluids providing the possibility of earlier and more reliable diagnoses
• create new generations of biosensors to monitor the body’s metabolism to the progression of disease continually
• assist the body to regenerate lost or damaged tissues or organs using its own cells
• deliver drugs in a more precise way to their target sites with lower toxicity
• develop new generations of medical implants devices and nano-bio interface devices
• design new “smart” and highly functionalised medical materials

The course will also examine some of the key associated risk, ethical and regulatory challenges that need to be overcome to bring these new products to the clinic and market for the benefit of patients and to address unmet medical needs.

Who should attend?
This course is targeted towards clinicians interested in learning about novel nanotechnology-based treatments and diagnostic tools, medical researchers, staff involved in innovation and technology transfer, healthcare administrators, regulators and others interested in how new and highly multidisciplinary technologies will impact on the practice of medicine and delivery of healthcare.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Paul Borm, CEO, MagnaMedics BV
• Victor Higgs, Managing Director, Applied Nanodetectors
• Ferdy Bremmer, NovioNano BV

Benefits of attending the NanoMicroClub networking events, include:

• Access to top quality advice – legal, technical, financial, managerial
• Access to potential customers
• Access to other technology start-ups, to share common experiences
• Access to potential investors; and knowledge of how to deal with them
• Access to other sources of funds (regional, national and European) and assistance in applying

Who should attend?
NanoMicroClub events are open to all - This meeting is targeted towards innovators interested in learning about novel nanotechnology and advanced tools and has been designed for researchers, staff involved in innovation and technology transfer, regulators, EHS staff, investors, technology scouts, material scientists, and others interested in how new and highly multidisciplinary technologies will impact the marketplace.

In the latest of its highly-successful series of Conferences addressing the new field of nanomedicine and related medical technologies, the Institute of Nanotechnology, in partnership with NanoNed, brings together some of the world’s leading researchers and companies in the fields of medical diagnostics, drug design and delivery, imaging and regenerative medicine to show how the application of nanoscience and nanotechnologies can contribute towards answering this multifaceted challenge. The Conference will be invaluable to all involved in meeting this challenge including medical researchers, industry, healthcare professionals, regulators, technology assessors and those involved in the delivery and financing of healthcare.

Jointly organised by Glasgow University, the Institute of Nanotechnology and Cranfield University

This course provides a tutorial style introduction to the rapidly emerging field of Nanobiosensors. It will serve as a prelude to the high-level research papers and reviews that will follow in the main Congress – Biosensors 2010. Topics will be covered in depth and at a fundamental level in order to furnish participants with a detailed understanding of the science, ethical issues and commercial prospects behind this rapidly evolving topic.

Nanotechnology is exerting increasing influence on how we understand, design and build new analytical devices to unravel the conundrums of systems biology and deliver novel bioelectronic devices. Whether it is the challenge of integrating millions of assays on a single chip or developing a tiny biocompatible artificial cell for implantation, the art of engineering to nanometre tolerances or building supramolecular machinery offers us new phenomena to tackle key medical and environmental issues. This course will cover the concepts, materials, engineering principles, barriers and market opportunities opened up by this new integrating discipline.

• The one-day course will comprise 6 lectures and a lunchtime discussion session introducing different aspects of nanobiosensors, from the basic fundamentals to the various applications.
• The course will run from 09:00 to 17:00. Refreshments and lunch will be provided.

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