Program Schedule

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
8:00am - 7:00pm

Grand Ballroom
Hotel Orrington
1710 Orrington Avenue
Evanston, Illinois 60201
Tel (847) 866-8700
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Registration and Breakfast

7:30 - 8:15

 

 
 
 

Welcome and Introduction

8:20 AM - 8:30 AM

 

 
 
Plenary Session

John Polanyi, University Professor
1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
University of Toronto

8:30 AM - 9:10 AM

9:10 AM -9:20 AM Q&A

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Cees Dekker
Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biophysics
Department of Applied Physics and DIMES
Delft University of Technology

9:20 AM -10:00 AM

10:00 AM - 10:10 AM Q&A

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Break

10:10 - 10:40 AM

 

Session II
Nanomaterials

Moungi Bawendi, University Professor
Department of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:40 AM - 11:10 AM

11:10 AM - 11:20 AM Q&A

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Frances Ross
IBM Research Division
Thomas J. Watson Research Center

11:20 AM - 11:50 AM

11:50 AM -12:00 PM Q&A

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Lunch

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

 
 
Special Nanoethics Address

George Khushf, Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Humanities Director, Center for Bioethics
University of South Carolina

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

1:30 PM - 1:40 PM Q&A

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Session III
Nanodevices


Richard Van Duyne

Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University

1:40 PM - 2:10 PM

2:10 PM - 2:20 PM Q & A

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Paula Hammond
Bayer Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2:20 PM - 2:50 PM

2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Q&A

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Break

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

 
 

Session IV
Nanotechnology Solutions for Energy and the Environment

Vicki Colvin
Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemistry
Rice University

3:30PM - 4:00 PM

4:00 PM - 4:10 PM Q&A

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Mercouri Kanatzidis
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University

4:10 PM - 4:40 PM

4:40 PM - 4:50 PM Q&A

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Michael McGehee
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Stanford

4:50 PM - 5:20 PM

5:20 PM - 5:30 PM Q&A

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Reception

5:30 PM

 
 
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