MAIN THEME
The main theme of the workshop is nanotechnology, and its applications and commercialization.
We intend this Workshop to focus on topics involving advanced materials and devices in bulk, film, nano or nano structured.
The lectures will be interdisciplinary in nature but they will bring the audience to the latest in the covered areas. Among the areas of current interest are:
Breakdown of the workshop specific areas of interest
- Polymer-, ceramic-, and semiconductor-based advanced nano structured materials: synthesis, characterization, processing, novel
optical, chemical, electronic, or engineering
properties; cost of production
- Applications of advanced materials in the chemical industry, biomedicine, energy, electronics and photonics,
construction and infrastructure health monitoring, environment and agriculture; Low cost applications of advanced
materials that would be of interest to developing countries as well as advanced industrial countries
- World-wide networking, cooperation and collaboration, transfer of know-how
- Issues of commercialization, joint venture, and intellectual property
PARTICIPATION
Participation is open for those in the Arab world who are interested in nanotechnology and its applications including:
Who might be interested in coming to this workshop
- Scientists, researchers and engineers, specialists, graduate and undergraduate students.
- Industrialists, business-men and women, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, intellectual property specialists
- Policy makers and officials
- High school teachers and students
- Science writers and news reporters
INVITED SPEAKERS
10 American speakers who are specialized in nanotechnology will be invited.
In addition, a number of satellite symposia will be held during the nanostructured advanced material workshop (NAM).
Participants in these symposia can be drawn from participants in the NAM workshop as well as from scientists and
technologists working in the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, etc. and who are not necessarily specialized in
nanoscience and nanotechnology.