5th Annual Greener Nanoscience
Conference & Program Review

““Nano EHS” has become a staple in just about every undertaking or conversation involving nanotechnology.  Are we making progress at this or merely having the same meetings again and again? Is the promise of nanomaterials innovation for energy, security, medicine and resource conservation/protecting being advanced or slowed down by all this attention? SNNI's 5th annual conference will feature the latest developments in the design and production of greener nanomaterials, discuss and debate how to move the technology forward while developing environmentally sound products and processes, and focus on a few critical developments that will determine whether the U.S. will be a leader or a follower in this critical field.

Presentations, including a research poster session, will range from fundamental research to industrial applications and will include keynote presentations from experts in the field followed by a series of interactive, fast-paced discussions that will engage the audience.

Who should attend?
This conference brings together researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs and policymakers to discuss approaches to developing economically viable, environmentally benign methods to advance nanotechnology. If you are interested in learning about nanotechnology or how to adopt strategies to develop inherently safer, greener nanomaterials, then this conference is for you.

Program Topics & Keynote Speakers

Greener Nanomanufacturing

Dr. John Rogers, Lee J. Flory Founder Chair in Engineering Innovation, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Bryan Monroe, Process Science Fellow, BioProduction Business Unit, Cell Systems Division, Life Technologies

Characterization Challenges at the bio/nano interface

Dr. Scott McNeil, Director, Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory for the National Cancer Institute

Dr. Debra Kaiser, Chief of the Ceramics Division, Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, National Institute for Standards and Technology

Nanotechnology and Policy

Mr. Travis M. Earles, Co-chair, Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering & Technology, National Science and Technology Council, and Assistant Director for Nanotechnology, Office of Science and Technology Policy

Dr. Richard Denison, Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund

Greener Nano 101 workshop
We will include a free half-day workshop on Wednesday, June 16th. If you are new to the field, and want to learn how the principles of greener nanotechnology can be applied to provide opportunities for innovation, while improving the financial bottom line, we encourage you to attend Greener Nano 101. Lectures will be presented by experts in the field from academia and industry.

Topics will include

1. a nanotechnology primer and the principles of green nanotechnology
2. the application of green nanotechnology in both academia and industry
3. the policy implications of adopting a greener approach

A moderated round-table discussion will allow seminar participants to apply greener nano principles to real-world problems in nanotechnology. Space is limited, so register today!

Extracurricular opportunities

Tour Nike
Registered participants are invited to join us for a fascinating tour of Nike’s famous World Campus in Beaverton, Oregon immediately following the conclusion of the conference. Two informal presentations regarding the strategy behind the Considered Line and Nike's approach to addressing incorporation of nanomaterials into products will be presented.Transportation will be provided, but space is limited.

Tour and microscope demonstration at FEI Corporation
A complimentary tour of the NanoPort facility at FEI's World Headquarters in Hillsboro, Oregon will showcase SEM, DualBeam and TEM instruments where an application specialist will provide a system overview and demonstrate the system performance.  Registration is required. Transportation will be provided.  FEI is a leading diversified scientific instruments company.  With a 60-year history of technological innovation and leadership, FEI's transmission electron microscopes (TEM), scanning electron microscopes (SEM) and DualBeams(tm), which combine a SEM with a focused ion beam (FIB), provide data critical for nano and bio-materials characterization.