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	SAVE THE DATE 2013 IIN Symposium October 10, 2012 Conformed Speakers: Mildred Dresselhaus Richard Kaner Hongkun Park Michael Sheetz David Tirrell James Tour Hilton Orrington Hotel Evanston, IL

Jan 8	Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series "Stimuli-Responsive Colloidal Nanoparticles for Localized Cancer Therapy"
	Speaker:	Professor Tyrone Porter Departments of Mechanical and Biomedial Engineering Principal Investigator of the Nanomedicine and Medical Acoustics Laboratory Boston University
	Host:	Chad Mirkin

	4:00 - 5:00 pm	Presentation (refreshments served at 3:45)
	Location	Tech LR2 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL

Jan 10	Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series "Dynamic Molecular Systems "
	Speaker:	Professor Ben Feringa University of Gronigen, The Netherlands
	Host:	J. Fraser Stoddart

	4:30 - 5:30 pm	Presentation (refreshments served at 4:15)
	Location	Tech LR2 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL

Jan 11	Physics & Astronomy Colloquia "Quantum Optics with Super Conducting Circuits: From Single Photons to Schrodinger Cats"
	Speaker:	Professor Robert Schoelkopf William A. Norton Professor of Applied Physics and Physics, Yale
	Host:	Venkat Chandrasekhar

	4:00 - 5:00 pm	Presentation (refreshments served at 3:45)
	Location	Tech L211 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL

Jan 18	Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series "Nanomaterial Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: Use of high Throughput Approaches to Understand Oxide Nanoparticle Toxicity "
	Speaker:	Dr. Andre Nel, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D. Division Chief, NanoMedicine Professor, Medicine Director, Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology , California NanoSystems Institute University of California, Los Angeles
	Host:	Chad Mirkin

	3:00 - 4:00 pm	Presentation (refreshments served at 2:45)
	Location	Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium 2200 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL
Jan 24	Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series *"Rationalizing Nano-Assembly: from Structural Diversity to Designed Materials*"
	Speaker:	Oleg Gang, Ph.D. Group Leader Soft and Biological Nanomaterials in the Center for Functional Nanomaterials Brookhaven National Laboratory
	Host:	Chad Mirkin

	4:00 - 5:00 pm	Presentation (refreshments served at 3:45)
	Location	Tech L211 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL

Feb 18	Nanotechnology Town Hall Meeting *"Biomimetic Nanotechnology: Useful Materials Inspired by Mussels, Geckos, Green Tea, Wine, and Chocolate"*
	Speaker:	Professor Phillip Messersmith
	Moderator:	Sarah Hurst Petrosko, IIN Scientific Officer

	5:30 - 7:30 pm	Presentation and open discussion, followed by a reception
	Location	Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center, ITW Classroom 2133 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL
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Feb 19	Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series *"The Noncovalent Chemistry of Confinement: from DNA Recognition to Buried Interfaces"*
	Speaker:	Professor Juli Gibbs-Davis University of Alberta, Canada
	Host:	SonBinh Nguyen

	1:00 - 2:00 pm	Presentation (refreshments served at 12:45)
	Location	Ryan Hall 4003 2190 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL

Feb 21	Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series *"Porous Organic Polymers and Porous Organic Molecules"*
	Speaker:	Professor Andrew Cooper Director, Centre for Materials Discovery University of Liverpool
	Host:	Fraser Stoddart

	4:00 - 5:00 pm	Presentation (refreshments served at 3:45)
	Location	Tech L211 2145 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL

Feb 27	Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series *"Novel Materials for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology"*
	Speaker:	Professor Hongjie Dai J. G. Jackson and C. J. Wood Professor of Chemistry Stanford University
	Host:	The Ryan Fellows

	4:00 - 5:00 pm	Presentation (refreshments served at 3:45)
	Location	Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium 2200 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL

Feb 28	Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series *"Inventing the Future with New Materials"*
	Speaker:	Dr. Gary Calabrese Senior Vice President, Head of Global Research Corning, Inc.
	Host:	Chad Mirkin

	4:00 - 5:00 pm	Presentation (refreshments served at 3:45)
	Location	Tech LR3

Mar 2	11th Annual All Scout Nano Day
	9:30am - 2:00pm	Event includes hands-on experiments, tours of laboratories and facilities, a poster presentation and contest, and lunch with the scientists.

		Presented by the International Institute for Nanotechnology
		Held on the Northwestern University Evanston campus
		Pre-registration is REQUIRED.
		Please contact Mike Kleppinger, Boy Scout Troop 309 ASM (m.kleppinger@sbcglobal.net).

April 18	Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series Title TBD
	Speaker:	Professor Paula Hammond David H. Koch Professor in Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	Host:	Guillermo Ameer

	4:00 - 5:00 pm	Presentation (refreshments served at 3:45)
	Location	Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium 2200 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL

May 23

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Title TBD

Speaker:

Professor Scott Phillips
Pennsylvania State University

Host:

SonBinh Nguyen

Time TBD

Presentation (refreshments served prior)

Location

Pancoe ENH - Abbott Auditorium
2200 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL

Sept 26

Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series
Title TBD

Speaker:

Professor Mark Brongersma
Standford University

Host:

Koray Aydin

Time TBD

Presentation (refreshments served prior)

Location

TBD

Oct 10

2013 International Institute for Nanotechnology Symposium

Each year the IIN organizes and sponsors a symposium that brings together leading national and international researchers. The symposium provides a venue to enhance interactions and encourage collaborations.

Confirmed Speakers:

Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT

Richard Kaner, UCLA

Hongkun Park, Harvard University

Michael Sheetz, National University of Singapore / Columbia Unviversity

David Tirrell, Caltech

James Tour, Rice University

Location

Hilton Orrington Hotel
Evanston, IL