Plenary & Invited Speakers

Confirmed Plenary Speakers

Professor Chunli Bai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Recent Advances in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in China

Professor Heinrich Hofmann, EPFL, Lausanne
Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles, a Multifunctional Tool for Medical Imaging, Drug and Gene Delivery and Cancer Treatment.

Dr Meyya Meyyappan, NASA Ames Research Centre In Moffett Field, United States
Nanotechnology in Silicon CMOS Fabrication and Future Nanoelectronics

Professor CNR Rao, FRS, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
Soft Chemistry Routes to Nanomaterials

Professor Mark Reed, Yale University
Atomic and Molecular Scale Electronic Transport

Professor Philip Russell, FRS, University of Erlangen
Light and Matter in Tight Spaces

Professor Henry I. Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nanotechnology: Where is it Headed? How to Get There?

Professor Peidong Yang, University of California, Berkeley
Nanowire Building Blocks for Photonics and Electronics

Invited Speakers

Symposium A : Nanomaterials including Nanocrystals, Nanocavities, Nanotubes, Nanowires

Professor Jerry Atwood, University of Missouri-Columbia
Molecular Nano-Capsules: Assembly and Applications

Professor Robert Haddon, University of California, United States
Chemistry and Applications of Single -Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Professor Liming Dai, University of Dayton
Aligned carbon nanotubes for multifunctional nanocomposites and nanodevices

Professor Yiu-Wing Mai, University of Sydney
Some Issues on Structure-Mechanical Properties and Characterisation of Polymer Nanocomposites

Professor Gero von Plessen, RWTH Aachen University
Photochromic Silver Nanoparticles in Titania

Professor Jim Williams, Australian National University
Formation of Nanocavities and Nanoparticles in Si and SIO2 by Ion-Beam Processing

Professor Alex Zettl, University of California, Berkeley
Tailoring Carbon and Boron Nitride Nanotubes for Electrical and Mechanical Applications

Symposium B: Bio-Nanotechnology, Nano-Medicine and Nanobionics

Professor Anton Middelberg, University of Queensland
Engineering Biomolecules into Functional Nanostructures

Professor Mark Kendall, University of Queensland, Brisbane
Micro-nanoprojections on patches for targeted delivery of genes and drugs to the skin

Professor Ratnesh Lal, University of Calirornia, Santa Barbara
Nanoscience and technology for degenerative diseases

Professor V. Renugopalakrishnan (Renu), Harvard Medical School
Bionano Devices : Protein-based Memory

Professor Ned Seeman, New York University
DNA: Not Merely the Secret of Life

Symposium C: Nanoelectronics, Spintronics, Nano-Magnetics, Quantum computing

Professor Mark Eriksson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Silicon Quantum Dots and Nanomembranes for Quantum Computing

Professor David Ferry, Arizona State University
Semiconductor Device Scaling: Physics, Transport, and the Role of Nanowires

Professor Michael Pepper, FRS, University of Cambridge
Electron Interaction Effects in One Dimensional Semiconductor Structures

Symposium D: Molecular and Organic Electronics, Organic Displays

Symposium E: Nano-Optics, Nano-Optoelectronics, Nano-Photonics

Professor Yong-Hee Lee, KAIST, Korea
Photon Collection From Wavelength-Scale Photonic Crystal Light Emitters

Professor Umesh Mishra, University of California, Santa Barbara
Towards Nano-GaN LEDs

Symposium F: Nano-membranes, Nano-porous and Electrochemical Materials

Professor Jay Benziger, Princeton University, United States
Transport and Mechanical Properties of Polymer Electrolytes

Professor William Ducker, University of Melbourne
Evanescent Wave Atomic Force Microscopy

Symposium G: Nano-fabrication, Nano-lithography, Nano-manipulation

Dr. Thomas Schenkel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ion Implantation with Scanning Probe Alignment

Professor Greg Snider, University of Notre Dame
Implementations of Quantum-dot Cellular Automata

Symposium H: Nanoscale Characterisation, Nano-imaging

Professor Dominique Drouin, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
SEM Characterization of nanodevices and nanomaterials

Dr. Jin Zou, The University of Queensland
Growth Mechanism of Truncated Triangular GaAs Nanowires

Symposium I: Computational Nanotechnology (Modelling and Simulation of Nanostructures)

Associate Professor Lloyd Hollenberg, University of Melbourne
Modelling nanoelectronic quantum control of donor qubits in silicon

Professor Colin Lambert, Lancaster University
Controlled Electron Transport Through Single Molecules

Symposium J: Nano-MEMS, Nano-Fluidics, Nano-Actuators, Nano-Sensors, Nano-Robotics, NanoSystems

Symposium K: Nano-Manufacturing, Reliability, Standards, Safety and Ethical issues

Symposium L: Education, Training and Skills in Nanotechnology