National Nanotechnology Initiative

"Research Directions II" Workshop

September 8-10, 2004

Washington, DC

 

Auditorium (and nearby breakout rooms)

National Academies' C Street Building

 

AGENDA (as of 8/30/04)

 

 

Wednesday, September 8, 2004

                 

         10:30 am        Welcome to the National Academies............................................................................................ W.A. Wulf

         10:35 am        Welcome............................................................................................................. J. H. Marburger, III (invited)

         10:45 am        Opening Remarks.............................................................................................................................. P. J. Bond

         10:55 am        Charge to Participants................................................................................................................... A. H. Carim

         11:05 am        Overview of the National Nanotechnology Initiative............................................................... M. C. Roco

         11:23 am        Retrospective Overview of the 1999 Research Directions Workshop............................... R. S. Williams

         11:40 am        Overview of Recent Legislation and Implementation............................................................... . S. L. Hays

         11:50 am        PCAST Perspectives on the NNI ............................................................................ E. F. Kvamme (invited)

     12:00 noon        Lunch, and initial small-group discussions

                                Afternoon: NSET "Grand Challenge" Workshop reports:

           1:00 pm        Nanomaterials by Design...................................................................................................................... R. Hull

           1:20 pm        Electronics/Photonics/Magnetics......................................................................................... G. S. Pomrenke

           1:40 pm        Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Explosive (CBRE).................................................... J. S. Murday

           2:00 pm        Energy.......................................................................................................................................... E. D. Williams

           2:20 pm        Environment....................................................................................................................................... B. P. Karn

           2:40 pm        Break

           3:00 pm        Advanced Healthcare, Therapeutics, and Diagnostics (Nanobiotechnology meeting)...... B. A. Baird

           3:20 pm        Nanomanufacturing...................................................................................................................... .M. V. Tirrell

           3:40 pm        Microcraft and Robotics (Nanomachines and Nanosystems)........................................... M. N. Dastoor

           4:00 pm        Instrumentation and Metrology................................................................................................ M. T. Postek

           4:20 pm        Full-group open discussion on grand challenge areas, research targets, and unifying themes            

           5:00 pm        Time reserved for public comments (<5 min. ea.)

     by 6:00 pm        Adjourn for the day

            Dinner        On your own

 

Thursday, September 9, 2004

                               

           8:30 am        Recap of first day, announcements, schedule, instructions.  Reiteration of charge............ A. H. Carim

                                Other NSET-supported or related meeting or workshop reports:

           8:45 am        Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications........................................................................................... D. Baird

           9:00 am        State and Local Nanotechnology Efforts and Coordination................................................... S. Murdock

           9:15 am        Agriculture and Food Systems...................................................................................................... N. R. Scott

           9:30 am        ChemVision 2020 meeting and chemical industry perspective................................................. J. Solomon

           9:45 am        Silicon Nanoelectronics meeting and semiconductor industry perspective.......................... J. Hutchby

         10:00 am        Charge to 1^st Breakout Session participants............................................................................. E. C. Teague
         10:05 am        Break.....................................................................................................................................................................

         10:20 am        1^st Breakout Sessions (topic clusters; chairs as indicated):
A) Nanomaterials by Design, Electronics/Photonics/Magnetics, CBRE (S. Williams)
B) Energy, Environment (R. Hamers)
C) Nanomedicine, Nanobiotechnology, Agriculture, and Food Systems (B. Baird)
D) Nanomanufacturing, Nanomachines, and Nanosystems (C. Montemagno)
E) tools: Instrumentation and Metrology, Advanced Buildings, and Simulations (R. Hocken)

         11:50 am        1^st Breakout Sessions writing: draft community input for workshop report; Working Lunch

           1:00 pm        Reports from 1^st Breakout Sessions (<8 min. ea.)

           1:45 pm        Charge to 2^nd Breakout Session participants..................................................................... C. I. Merzbacher

           1:50 pm        2^nd Breakout Sessions (aspects of initiative; chairs as indicated):
A) Fundamental scientific issues (A. Majumdar)
B) Applications status and prospects (C. Hunt)
C) Infrastructure capabilities and needs (TBD)
D) Ethical, legal, and societal implications, including health, safety, and environment
     (D. Baird & D. Warheit)
E) Funding strategy, interdisciplinary activities, and program components (TBD)

           3:20 pm        Break

           3:35 pm        2^nd Breakout Sessions writing: draft community input for workshop report)

           4:45 pm        Reports from 2^nd breakout sessions (<8 min. ea.)

           5:30 pm        Final full-group discussion: research directions, vision, implementation

           5:55 pm        Wrap-up, thanks to participants, instructions and invitation for report-writing on Friday

           6:00 pm        Adjourn main conference

            Dinner        On your own

 

Friday, September 10, 2004

                               

           8:30 am        Non-federal meeting writing group participants (and any other volunteers) reconvene, discuss status, and begin/continue writing of report (w/interested feds present or available for questions, clarifications, reference information, etc.).
Primary emphasis on crafting sections for executive summary, introduction, cross-cutting themes, and recommendations on implementation.  Revisions and polishing as necessary of output from 1^st and 2^nd breakout sessions.  Executive summaries of prior workshops to be included as appendices to report.

         12:00 pm        Final discussion and action items for report completion.

         12:30 pm        Adjourn.  (Draft report complete.  Distribute electronically or in print form to NSET members.)