| Speakers: |
WNEC Ireland has assembled an international faculty of speakers - from corporate giants across nearly every major industry group to the cutting-edge companies that are transforming nano-science into commercial applications.
Speakers include:
- Dr. Gary Liversidge, Senior Director, Project Planning and Management, Elan Corporation (USA)
- Dr. Sining Mao, R/D Director of Advanced Devices Development, Seagate (Ireland)
- Dr. Erich Ruetsche, Manager, Business Development & Relations, IBM Zurich Research (Switzerland)
- Dr. Gerhard Goldbeck-Wood, PhD, Nanotechnology Consortium Director, Accelrys (UK)
- Dr. Jun'ichi Sone, Executive Director & General Manager, Fundamental and Environmental Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation (Japan)
- Robert J. Klein, Technical Manager - Plastics Additives, Elementis Specialties, Inc.
- Dr. Uwe Albrecht , Head of Corporate Fund, Siemens Venture Capital GmbH (SVC) (Germany)
- Jenny Patterson, Nanotechnology Program Manager, Intel Ireland Ltd.
- Dr. Jake Reder, Manager of New Business Development, Cabot Corporation (USA)
- Dr. Feargal Ó Móráin, (Chairman) Executive Director - Science & Innovation, Enterprise Ireland
- Dr. Donald Fitzmaurice, Professor of Physical Chemistry, University College Dublin & Venture Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (Ireland)
- Dr. Rob Fastenau, General Manager Europe, FEI Company (Netherlands)
- Dr. Jens Greiser, Strategic Marketing Manager, FEI Company (Netherlands)
- Dr. Stephan Altmann, Polymer Physics, BASF AG (Germany)
- Prof. Joseph A. Put,VP Performance Materials R&D, DSM Research (Netherlands)
- Michael Weiner, President and CEO, Biophan (USA)
- Dr. Frans Kampers, Program Manager Bio-NanoTechnology, Wageningen UR (Netherlands)
- Kevin Matthews, CEO, Oxonica (UK)
- Dr. Martin Lyes, Head of Programmes & Directorate, Enterprise Ireland
- Dave Corr, Chief Technology Officer, Ntera (Ireland)
- Patrick Lundstrom, CEO, Obducat (Sweden)
- Dr. Joerg Wiesmann, Managing Director, Incoatec GmbH (Germany)
- Prof. Werner J. Blau, Research Director, Sami Nasr Institute for Advanced Materials, Trinity College (Ireland)
- Dr. Rodger Duffin, Particle Toxicologist, Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh (UK)
- Tim E. Harper, CEO Cientifica, co-founder Nanosight Ltd, Executive Director European NanoBusiness Association (Spain)
- Dr. Bart Gremmen, Professor, Wageningen Agricultural University (Netherlands)
- Robert Kwan, CEO, JR Nanotech (UK)
- Barry Drayson, CEO, NanoComposites Inc. (USA)
- Justin Hall-Tipping, Founding Partner, NanoHoldings LLC (USA)
- Henk Leeuwis, Executive Vice President, Marketing & Sales, LioniX BV (Netherlands)
- David N. Guedj, Ph.D., European Commission - Information Society & Media Directorate General - INFSO (Belgium)
- Reinhard Kriegbaum, Sales and Marketing Manager, Electrovac GmbH (Austria)
- Handol Kim, Vice President of Business Development, D-Wave Systems Inc. (Canada)
- Dr. Susanne Arney, Director, Microsystems and Nanotechnology Research, Bell Labs Lucent Technologies (USA)
- VJ Morris DSc, Research Scientist, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park (UK)
- Dr. Gustaaf Borghs, Director of Novel Materials and Components, Interuniversity Micro Electronics Center (IMEC)
- Pete Conley, Managing Partner, Analytiq Group
- Dr. Andrew Dunn, Senior Analyst, Cientifica Ltd. |