Ireland World Nano-Economic Congress (WNEC)

Event: Ireland World Nano-Economic Congress (WNEC)
Date: 20-21 April, 2005.
Location: Radisson SAS Hotel, Mount Merrion, Dublin
Organisers: Jointly organised by the European Nano-Business Association and the Irish Nano-Technology Association.
Sponsors: Enterprise Ireland
Description: The World Nano-Economic Congress (WNEC) is the leading global event series addressing the realities of the commercialisation of nanotechnology within industry.
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.
Registration: Further information on the conference and registration details are available at www.world-nano.com
Contact: Enterprise Ireland clients will automatically receive a 15% discount on their registration fee.  To avail of this offer please contact:
Click here to eMail this person Jennifer Melia, Enterprise Ireland
Tel. +353-1-608 2404
Press Release: Click here to read the Press Release issued by Enterprise Ireland

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