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Thursday, May 19, 2016
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration and Coffee |
| 9:00 – 9:20 | Welcome and Introduction Michael Meador, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office |
9:20 – 9:45 | NNI Overview |
Goal 1: Advance a world-class nanotechnology research and development program | |
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| 9:45 – 10:05 | Spotlight on Nanotechnology in the Biomedical Sciences Michelle Bradbury, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| 10:05 – 10:45 | Biomedical Sciences Panel Discussion Michelle Bradbury, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Zhen Gu, North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Katia Karalis, Emulate, Inc. |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Spotlight on Nanotechnology in the Physical Sciences Paul Weiss, UCLA |
| 11:20 – 12:00 | Physical Sciences Panel Discussion Paul Weiss, UCLA Deji Akinwande, University of Texas at Austin Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, Virginia Tech Sharon Glotzer, University of Michigan |
| 12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:30 | Goal 1 Parallel Breakout Sessions (self-managed coffee breaks) Foundational/Basic R&D Applied R&D Converging Technologies Manufacturing and Scale-up |
| 2:30 – 3:00 | Breakout Session Reports |
Goal 3: Develop and sustain educational resources, a skilled workforce, and a dynamic infrastructure and toolset to advance nanotechnology | |
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| 3:00 – 3:20 | Infrastructure Needs Oliver Brand, Georgia Tech |
| 3:20 – 4:00 | Infrastructure Panel Discussion Oliver Brand, Georgia Tech Elissa Williams, Scientific & Biomedical Microsystems Saniya LeBlanc, The George Washington University Richard Hennig, University of Florida |
| 4:00 – 5:30 | Goal 3 Parallel Breakout Sessions (self-managed coffee breaks) Physical Facilities Education and Workforce Data Infrastructure |
| 5:30 – 6:00 | Breakout Session Reports |
Friday, May 20, 2016
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Coffee |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Day 2 Welcome and Day 1 Recap Michael Meador, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office |
Goal 4: Support responsible development of nanotechnology | |
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| 9:15 – 9:35 | The NanoEHS Landscape Greg Lowry, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 9:35 – 10:15 | Responsible Development Panel Discussion Greg Lowry, Carnegie Mellon University Brian Thrall, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Matthew Hull, Virginia Tech Debra Kaiser, National Institute of Standards and Technology Timothy Malloy, UCLA School of Law |
10:15 – 11:45
| Goal 4 Parallel Breakout Sessions (self-managed coffee breaks) Data Quality and Standards |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | Breakout Session Reports |
| 12:15 – 1:15 | Lunch |
Goal 2: Foster the transfer of new technologies into products for commercial and public benefit | |
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| 1:15 – 1:35 | Challenges and Opportunities for Commercializing Nanotechnology Marcie Black, Advanced Silicon Group |
1:35 – 2:15
| Commercialization Panel Discussion Marcie Black, Advanced Silicon Group Frank Malinoski, Nanomedicines Alliance and Liquidia Technologies Joseph Sprengard, Jr., General Nano World Nieh, USDA/FS |
| 2:15 – 3:45 | Goal 2 Parallel Breakout Sessions (self-managed coffee breaks) Lab-to-Market/Tech Transfer Manufacturing and Scale-up Measuring Success |
| 3:45 – 4:15 | Breakout Session Reports |
| 4:15 – 4:30 | Closing Remarks |
