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Learn How Water Enters the Digital Age at the Water 2.0 Conference

vincentcaprio — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:28:17 +0000

The Water Innovations Alliance Presents

The Water 2.0 Conference

* * *

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

8:45am – 5pm

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Suite 900 (9th Floor)

Washington, DC 20004

$250 Registration Fee

Please join us as we discuss our smart water network and other water infrastructure issues at the Water 2.0 Conference on

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 at

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,

Suite 900 (9th Floor)

Washington, DC 20004.

Water enters the digital era. Big Data Solutions, Information Powered Utilities and Smarter Customers. The Conference will focus on the social/economic benefit of digitally enabled water solutions.

Space is limited.

To guarantee you spot, register for the conference today.

Featured Speakers Include . . .

Alan G. Hinchman

Global Marketing Director – Infrastructure

GE Intelligent Platforms

www.ourwatercounts.com

Mr. Hinchman is an expert on how to provide digital technology solutions to municipal water infrastructure issues.

A complete bio

can be found here.

David Drake

Founder and Chairman,

LDJ Capital

www.ldjcapital.com

Mr. Drake is the founder and Chairman of LDJ Capital, a Private Equity firm in New York City, and of its subsidiary The Soho Loft Capital Creation Event Series, a global events and media company covering education and creation of financial innovation programs for the Private Company Marketplace.

A complete bio

can be found here.XX

Vincent Caprio

Executive Director, Water

Innovations Alliance Foundation

www.waterinnovations.org

Mr. Caprio is the Executive Director of the ‘Water Innovations Alliance Foundation’ and is one of the foremost advocates for government funding of emerging technologies at both the State and Federal levels. Mr. Caprio has testified before the state legislatures of New York and Connecticut. Mr. Caprio is the founder of the Water Innovations Alliance Foundation (WIAF) Conferences and has successfully produced 10 WIAF Conferences.

A complete bio

can be found here.

Jud Hill

Managing Director,

NGP Global Adaptation Partners

www.ngpgap.com

Mr. Hill joined NGP in 2010 and serves as Managing Director. He is an industry leader in the water and environmental services sectors. He has over 30 years of experience in both water and environmental service company operations as well as over a decade of private equity experience in the water industry.

A complete bio

can be found here.

Erik Hromakda

CEO,

Global Water Technologies

www.gwtr.com

Erik Hromadka has served as CEO of Global Water Technologies (OTC Pink: GWTR) since 2009. He refocused the company with an emphasis on new technology, targeting opportunities to reduce loss in drinking water systems by introducing “smart grid” data and interactive tools.

A complete bio

can be found here.

Amanda Brock

CEO,

Water Standard

www.waterstandard.com

Ms. Brock is recognized as a leader and pioneer in water treatment for water-based enhanced oil recovery and produced water treatment/reuse.

A complete bio

can be found here.

John M. Przybla, PE, GISP

SVP,

Woolpert

www.woolpert.com

Mr. Przybyla is a Professional Engineer in 5 states and a Certified GIS Professional. His work encompasses over 75 organizations in his 33 years of professional experience, including utilities, local governments, public institutions, airports, and Federal agencies.

A complete bio

can be found here.

Jon B. Freedman

Global Government Relations Leader, GE Water & Process Technologies

www.gewater.com

Mr. Freedman is a recognized expert and frequent speaker on water policies. He teaches a class at the University of Pennsylvania called, “The Future of Water,” and he has recently spoken on water issues at conferences in China, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Europe, and the United States. He also served for six years on the Board of Directors of the WateReuse Association, and chaired its National Legislative Committee

A complete bio

can be found here.

Blythe Lyons

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Program on Energy & Environment

www.acus.org

Ms. Lyons has provided energy policy consulting services, with a focus on nuclear fuel cycle and nonproliferation, to utilities, industry, nonprofit and academic institutions, and various national as well as state governments since the late 1970s.

A complete bio

can be found here.

Terry E. Biederman, P.E.

Global Industry Manager – Water

GE Intelligent Platforms

www.ge-ip.com

Mr. Biederman joined GE Intelligent Platforms as Global Industry Manager-Water in March of 2012. Prior to GE, he was Director of Public Works for Waterford Township, Michigan for sixteen years where he was responsible for operations of the Water/Sewer and Facilities and Operations Divisions.
At Waterford Township, he was responsible for transforming the DPW into a state-of-the-art smart water operation leveraging advanced technology and management practices.

A complete bio

can be found here.

Kathryn Craig

Director, Workflow Solutions,

Hach Company

www.hach.com

Ms. Craig works with Optimization Solutions, Intelligent Information Management and Hach Homeland Security Technologies to develop breakthrough technologies used to improve water quality and treatment optimization.

A complete bio

can be found here.

Kevin M. McGovern

CEO,

The Water Initiative

www.thewaterinitiative.com

Mr. McGovern is the Chairman of The Water Initiative® and has founded over 15 companies. The Water Initiative’s mission is to deliver point-of-drinking (POD) water solutions to developing countries around the world.

A complete bio

can be found here.

Paul F. Boulos

President, COO & CTO,

Innovyze, Inc.

www.innovyze.com

Dr. Boulos is a President and Director of MWH Global (www.mwhglobal.com), one of the world’s leading environmental engineering and construction firms, with more than 7,500 employees in 31 countries and annual revenues exceeding $1.5 billion. Dr. Boulos is also leads Innovyze, a global multi-million dollar smart water engineering software company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MWH Global.

A complete bio

can be found here.

Dennis Nelson

President and CEO,

Project WET Foundation

projectwet.org

Mr. Nelson founded Project WET in 1984 while working at the North Dakota State Water Commission. Through extensive partnerships and successful fundraising efforts, he has developed the program into a global leader in water resources education around the world.

A complete bio

canm be found here.

To see a complete list of Conference speakers please click here.

To see the agenda, please click here.

Please contact Vincent Caprio with any additional questions in regard to sponsorship or speaking opportunities: vince@waterinnovationsfoundation.org

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The Water Innovations Alliance is an industry association focused on developing new funding, increasing collaboration and raising awareness for cutting-edge water technologies and the problems they solve.

The Alliance serves the entire spectrum of the water sector: corporations, investors, engineering firms, start-ups, NGOs, research centers, municipalities, and others in the field.

The Alliance is located in Washington DC, Cambridge, MA, and Shelton, CT. It is a 501(c)(6) trade organization. To learn more about the Alliance and its membership, contact Vincent Caprio, vince@waterinnovationsfoundation.org

Agenda Updates – Water 2.0-WIAF Conference – Weds May 15 – DC

vincentcaprio — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:25:35 +0000

Today, we would like to share the Agenda Updates for our Water 2.0 Conference on Wednesday, May 15^th in Washington, DC.

The Water 2.0 – Water Innovations Alliance Foundation Conference will focus on the social/economic benefit of digitally enabled water solutions: Big Data Solutions, Information Powered Utilities and Smarter Customers. We will be discussing our smart water network and other water infrastructure issues.

We have added several new speakers:

Alan Hinchman, Global Marketing Director-Infrastructure, GE Intelligent Platforms

Kathryn Craig, Director, Workflow Solutions, Hach Company

David Drake, Founder & Chairman, LDJ Capital

John M. Przybyla, PE, GISP, Senior Vice President, Woolpert

Jon B. Freedman, Executive Counsel – Government Relations, GE Power & Water

Jud Hill, Managing Director, NGP Global Adaptation Partners

Amanda Brock, CEO, Water Standard

Dr. Paul Boulos, President & COO, Innovyze

Blythe Lyons, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Program on Energy & Environment

Kevin McGovern, Chairman & CEO, The Water Initiative

Dennis Nelson, President & CEO, Project WET Foundation

Erik Hromadka, CEO, Global Water Technologies

Cat Shrier, Ph.D., P.G., President & Founder, Watercat Consulting LLC

Terry E. Biederman, P.E., Global Industry Manager- Water, GE Intelligent Platforms

Click here to see the presentations from our last Water 2.0 Conference on February 26^th 2013 at 30 Rock in NYC.

RESERVE HOTEL TODAY $319 per night
The Westin Washington, DC City Center
1400 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

WATER NEWS
Is Water or Gas More Fractured?
Written by Ron Steiger

Our Blue Horizon: Children and the Future of Water
Written by Dennis Nelson

GE Unveils New Corrosion Protection Technology for Refinery Steam Systems

GO GREEN! EPA News You Can Use – April 2013 EARTH DAY EXTRA

Looking forward to seeing you on May 15^th in Washington, DC.

Regards,

Vincent Caprio
Executive Director
Water Innovations Alliance Foundation
203-733-1949
vince@waterinnovationsfoundation.org
www.waterinnovations.org
www.vincentcaprio.org

vincentcaprio — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:20:48 +0000

Ed Youdell, Gov. George Allen & Vincent Caprio at 2013 Nanotech Commercialization Conference

vincentcaprio — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:19:22 +0000

Griff Kundahl, Scott Livingston & Vincent Caprio at 2013 Nanotech Commercialization Conference

vincentcaprio — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:17:37 +0000

Griff Kundahl, Gov. George Allen & Vincent Caprio at 2013 Nanotech Commercialization Conference

vincentcaprio — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:15:41 +0000

Vincent Caprio & Griff Kundahl at 2013 Nanotech Commercialization Conference

NanoBusiness Recommends NIST Survey Participation

vincentcaprio — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:02:08 +0000

We recently completed our 5^th Annual Nanotech Commercialization Conference, April 9-10^th at the Wake Forest Biotech Place in Winston Salem, NC. We would like to thank our 225 participants who had the opportunity to hear a fabulous line-up of Speakers. During our last NanoBCA conference call we had the opportunity to hear a presentation from David Leech, Senior Analyst for Industry and Technology Evaluation, TASC, Inc.

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) is sponsoring a small study to assess the value of voluntary consensus standard in emerging technologies. Their focus is on the existing nanotechnology documentary standards that have been developed by ISO/TC229 (Nanotechnologies), ASTM E56 (Nanotechnology), and IEC/TC113 (Nanotechnology Standardization for Electrical and Electronics Products and Systems). The assessment leader, David Leech, discussed the nature of the effort with our group at our weekly teleconference, March 21, 2013. Mr. Leech asked for NanoBCA help on two items: (1) quick-turn responses to qualitative background questions from our members; and (2) our participation in a survey (a few weeks away) that will try to quantify some of the kinds of benefits discovered in the background question responses. The nine background questions are below.

Our industry needs consensus standards to close some of the many gaps in definition, measurement, risk analysis, and regulation that exist today. Supporting this assessment will help NanoBCA move the ball forward by demonstrating the economic significant of standards development activities and encouraging our industry’s participation in standards efforts going forward.

Economic Impact of Nanotechnology-Related Documentary Standards

- Background Questions -

1. What business units, and key personnel from your organization were involved in the development (and/or use) of nanotechnology-related documentary standards? (Did key personnel make presentations or publish papers that we can read?)

2. What dates bound your involvement in the development process? If there were important activity phases, or interdependencies with the activities of other organizations, please indicate their start/stop dates?

3. In a sentence or two, what has changed within your organization because of your involvement in the standard development activity and due to the availability of the standard(s) in question?

4. What conventions, processes, and/or standards were in place prior to your involvement in the standards development activity? How long had they been in place?

5. Why were existing processes or standards deemed inadequate? What changed to make them inadequate? What evidence could you offer in support of the claim that something significant had changed to which your activity was responding?

6. How did the development of the standard(s) in question hope to solve the problem?

7. Can you provide points of contact (POCs) in business units external to yours (or in other organizations altogether) that you believe may have benefited from your participation in the standards development process and the publication of the standard(s)?

8. Given the compelling need for the documentary standard(s) in question (provided in the response to question #5), if the specific standard development process in which you engaged had not (or does not) come to fruition, what alternative (competing?) approach(es) to addressing the problem could have been utilized? (This is a historical question, not a conceptual one. Often there are several rival solutions — not all equally good — to a given standards-related problem that could have come to the fore in the absence of the one in which you actually participated?)

9. If the standard development project(s) in which you participated offered the best, most cost-effective, solution to the problem at hand, what made it superior to the alternative approach(es) identified in your response to question #8? Did the development/adoption of the standard result in “resource” savings, or schedule advantages over alternatives identified in your response to question #8?)

I urge NanoBCA members to take 15 minutes to respond to Mr. Leech’s “Nano Standards Background Questions,” by email response David.Leech@TASC.COM or by phone (at a convenient time to be worked out with him). Mr. Leech is anticipating our responses. Please try to respond by Tuesday, April 30th. All the answers you provide to David will be held in the strictest confidence. They will not be shared with NIST or the standards development organizations whose standards are the focus of the analysis. Information from the background survey will be used in such a way that no individual person or company will be identified.

Thank you.

Regards,

Vincent Caprio “Serving the Nanotechnology Community for Over a Decade”
Executive Director
NanoBusiness Commercialization Association
203-733-1949
vincent@nanobca.org
www.nanobca.org
www.vincentcaprio.org

WIAF Water 2.0 – Wednesday, May 15, 2013 – DC

vincentcaprio — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:32:37 +0000

Today, we are excited to announce our next Water Innovations Alliance Foundation Water 2.0 Conference – Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Water 2.0 Conference is located at 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 900 (9th Floor) Washington, DC 20004.

We have a fabulous line-up of Speakers:

Alan Hinchman, GE Global Marketing Director-Infrastructure & Head of GE Intelligent Platforms’ Energy, Oil & Gas, Water and Commercial Buildings Offering

Amanda Brock, CEO, Water Standard

David Drake, Founder & Chairman, LDJ Capital

Kevin M. McGovern, Chairman & CEO, The Water Initiative

Katy Craig, Director, Workflow Solutions, Hach Company

John M. Przybyla, PE, GISP, Senior Vice President, Woolpert

Jon B. Freedman, Executive Counsel – Government Relations, GE Power & Water

Jud Hill, Managing Director, NGP Global Adaptation Partners

Jim Swiger, CEO, Enviro Global Solutions

Dr. Paul Boulos, President & COO, Innovyze

Click here to see the full AGENDA.

Recently, I wrote a review of our last Water 2.0 Conference held on February 26^th at NBC Headquarters located at 30 Rockefeller Center in NYC. The article appears on Water-Wise, the Our Water Counts blog. Click here to read: Water 2.0 Conference – Providing Digital Solutions. Click here for an overview of all of our Conference Presentations from the February 26^th event.

WATER NEWS
Our Blue Horizon: Children and the Future of Water
By Dennis Nelson
http://www.ourwatercounts.com/blog/index.php/2013/04/02/our-blue-horizon-children-and-the-future-of-water/

Entrepreneurs Take on MENA’s Water and Energy Challenges
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamil-wyne/entrepreneurs-take-on-men_b_3003679.html

Sen. Baldwin visits Global Water Center in Milwaukee
http://fox6now.com/2013/04/02/senator-tammy-baldwin-visits-global-water-center-in-milwaukee/

Looking forward to seeing you in DC on May 15^th.

Regards,

Vincent Caprio
Executive Director
Water Innovations Alliance Foundation
203-733-1949
vince@waterinnovationsfoundation.org
www.waterinnovations.org
www.vincentcaprio.org

Final Agenda – Nanotech Commercialization Conference, April 9-10th, Winston Salem, NC

vincentcaprio — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:25:45 +0000

Today, we are proud to announce our final agenda for our 5^th Annual Nanotech Commercialization Conference, April 9-10^th, Winston Salem, NC

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: TUESDAY, APRIL 9TH
Prof. David L. Carroll, Ph.D., Director, Nanotechnology & Molecular Materials, Wake Forest University
Travis Earles, Senior Manager, Advanced Materials & Nanotech Initiatives, Corporate Engineering & Technology, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Dr. Mihail C. Roco, Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology, National Science Foundation
Scott E. Rickert, Ph.D., President, Co-Founder & CEO, NanoFilm
Scott Livingston, Chairman & CEO, Livingston Securities

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10TH
Douglas W. Jamison, Chairman of the Board, CEO & Managing Director, Harris & Harris Group, Inc.
Jim Phillips, Chairman/CEO, NanoMech
Anthony Atala, M.D., Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine & W.H. Boyce Professor & Chair, Wake Forest University, Department of Urology

CLICK HERE FOR FULL AGENDA

PANELS: TUESDAY, APRIL 9TH

Nano Materials
Hindsight is 20/20: Entrepreneurs Share Viewpoints on What They Wish They’d Known
Dr. Gilberto M. (Ybet) Villacorta, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP, IP and Chemical, Biotech & Pharma Practices
Dr. Sunit Talapatra, Senior Counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP, Nanotechnology Industry Team, IP and Chemical, Biotech & Pharma Practices

Graphene: Opportunities and Challenges
Keith Blakely, CEO, The InVentures Group
Alan Rae, B.Sc., Ph.D., M.B.A., M.R.S.C. C.Chem., CEO, NanoMaterials Innovation Center
Moderator: Stephen R. Waite, Managing Partner, SoundView Technology Group

Nano Trends 2013
Best Practices and Risk Management: Patent Trolls, New Regulation and Tort Risks
Jack B. Hicks, Partner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP
Michael J. Sullivan, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP

Nano Commercialization
Johnny Rodrigues, Chief Commercialization Officer, Xemerge
Douglas DuFaux, CTO, Alfie Technology Corp.
Moderator: Ken Russell, Ph.D., Director, Enterprise Strategy, CISCO

Nano Intellectual Property
FBI Case Study: Protecting Your IP
Jerry Reichard, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Moderator: Vincent Caprio, NanoBCA

Nano America
Trends & Scientific Breakthroughs in University Nanotechnology Research
James G. Ryan, Ph.D., Founding Dean, Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering
Dr. Nan Marie Jokerst, J.A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Duke University
Prof. Jagannathan Sankar, Ph.D., Distinguished University Professor; White House Millennium Researcher, Director-NSF-ERC & CAMSS, NCA & TSU

PANELS: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10^TH

Nano EHS – State of the Union 2013
Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Director, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Dr. Ginger Rothrock, Program Manager, Emerging Technologies, RTI International

Nano Materials
Ed Olivares, Federal Business Group
Richard Czerw, Ph.D., CEO, NanoTechLabs, Inc.
Craig Bandes, President & CEO, Pixelligent Technologies
Moderator: Fern O’Brian, Partner, Thompson Hine LLP

Nano Medicine
Benjamin S. Harrison, Ph.D., Chief of Laboratory Operations & Associate Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Alexander (Sasha) V. Kabanov, Ph.D., D.Sc., Director, UNC Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, Co-Director, Carolina Institute for Nanomedicine
Dr. Veena Misra, Director, NSF ERC ASSIST Nanosystems Center, NCSU
Moderator: Roger Cubicciotti, Ph.D., President/CEO & Science Advisor, NanoMedica LLC

Nano Innovation
Top 2013 Nanotechnology Innovations
Stephen R. Waite, Managing Partner, SoundView Technology Group
Paul S. Clayson, President & CEO, HzO
Robert Burns, Senior Vice President, Harris & Harris Group, Inc.

Nanomanufacturing
Nanotechnology Manufacturing in a Global Context: 2013-2030
Moderator & Speaker: Timothy M. Persons, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, US Government Accountability Office
Dr. Jeffrey D. Morse, Managing Director, National Nanomanufacturing Network
Joe Piche, CEO, Eikos

Nano Insurance
Understanding Risks in Nanotechnology
Moderator & Speaker: Russell L. Jones MBA, Summers Thompson Lowry, Inc
Harry Bushong, President & Co-founder, nanoTox, Inc.
Allen Gelwick, Executive VP, Lockton Companies
Prof. David L. Carroll, Ph.D., Director, Nanotechnology & Molecular Materials, Wake Forest University
Michelle Ostraat, Senior Director, Center for Aerosol and Nanomaterials Engineering at RTI International
Peter Seoane, Ph.D., NSF Engineering Research Center for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials, North Carolina A&T State University
Daniel Joseph Christian Herr, Ph.D., Professor & Nanoscience Department Chair, Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering
Roger Cubicciotti, Ph.D., President/CEO & Science Advisor, NanoMedica LLC

Nano Textiles
Dr. Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Executive Director, Nonwovens Institute, NCSU
Dr. Sumit Gangwal, VP Research & Development, Xanofi
Moderator: Scott Bryant, President, Nano-Network of New Mexico

HOTEL
Winston-Salem Marriott
425 North Cherry Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
Phone: 336-725-3500
Toll-free: 877-888-9762

Click here to make your reservation
or call 1-336-725-3500 directly and use the code “nannana” to receive your discounted rate.

Room Rates: $124.00 per night

NANO NEWS
A Strange Computer Promises Great Speed
D-Wave Systems and Lockheed Martin announcement
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/technology/testing-a-new-class-of-speedy-computer.html

A Nanofabrication Technique Doubles Hard Drive Capacity
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/512261/a-nanofabrication-technique-doubles-hard-drive-capacity/

Pixelligent Technologies Introduces PixClear™ Nanoadditives
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/18/idUSnMKW97378a+1c0+MKW20130318

Harris & Harris Group: 2012 Annual Letter to Shareholders
http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/TINY/1733448648×0x646203/E59F1187-A5F8-4095-B326-7B8A1C42ABB9/2012_Annual_Shareholder_Letter.pdf

Quantum Computing: USC-Lockheed Martin Quantum Computing Center
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Fls523cBD7E

Last year, we had over 300 participants at our North Carolina Event. We are looking forward to seeing you on April 9^th in North Carolina.

Regards,

Vincent Caprio “Serving the Nanotechnology Community for Over a Decade”
Executive Director
NanoBusiness Commercialization Association
203-733-1949
Vincent@nanobca.org
www.nanobca.org
www.vincentcaprio.org

The Definitive Nano Conference

vincentcaprio — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:13:26 +0000

To see a web page of this email, please click here:

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Organized by:

The 5th Annual Nanotech Commercialization Conference is the preeminent nanotechnology conference held in the South.

Nanotech innovators, cutting-edge start-ups, leading researchers, public policy leaders and visionaries will be in attendance. If you are involved with nanotechnology, this is an essential conference.

Join us at one of the Nano Community’s most comprehensive events.

$150 Registration

Keynote Speakers

Top row – left to right:

Dr. Anthony Atala, Professor & Chair, Wake Forest University
Prof. David L. Carroll, Ph.D., Dir., Nanotechnology & Molecular Materials, Wake Forest University
Travis Earles, Sr. Manager, Advanced Materials & Nanotech Initiatives, Lockheed Martin Corp.
Alan Hinchman, Global Marketing Director, GE Intelligent Platforms
Doug Jamison, Chairman, CEO & Managing Director, Harris & Harris Group, Inc.

Bottom row – left to right:

Scott Livingston, Chairman & CEO, Livingston Securities
Jim Phillips, Chairman/CEO, NanoMech
Scott Rickert, Ph.D., President, Co-founder & CEO, Nanofilm
Dr. Mihail C. Roco, Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology, NSF
Sally Tinkle, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office

Speakers

Lynn L. Bergeson

Bergeson & Campbell P.C.

Dr. Ginger Rothrock

Program Manager,

RTI International

John Hardin,

Ph.D. Exec. Dir., Science & Technology, NC Dept. of Commerce

Fern O’Brian

Partner, Thompson Hine

Prof. Jagannathan Sankar, Ph.D.

Dist. Prof., N.C. A&T

Richard Czerw,

Ph.D. CEO, NanoTechLabs, Inc.

Dr. Jeffrey D. Morse

Mng. Dir., Nat’l. Nanomanufacturing Network

Allen Gelwick

Executive Vice President, Lockton Companies

Dr. Gilberto M. (Ybet) Villacorta

Partner, Foley & Lardner, LLP

James G. Ryan,

Ph.D. Founding Dean, JSNN

Dr. Nan Marie Jokerst

Dist. Prof, Duke University

Douglas DeFaux

CTO, Alfie Technology Corp.

Stephen R. Waite

Mng. Partner,

SoundView Advisory

Roger Cubiccotti, Ph.D. Pres./CEO, Science Advisor, NanoMedica LLC

Russell L. Jones

Acct. Exec., Summers Thompson Lowry, Inc.

Dr. Michele Ostraat

Sr. Dir. RTI International

Paul S. Clayson

President & CEO,

HzO

Johnny Rodrigues

Chief Commercialization Officer, Xemerge

Harry Bushong

President & Co-Founder, nanoTox, Inc.

Vincent Caprio

Exec. Dir.,

NanoBCA

Ken Russell,

Ph.D. Director, Enterprise Strategy, CISCO

Peter Seoane, Ph.D.

NSF Eng. Research Center, NC A&T State Univ.

Dr. Veena Misra

Dir. NSF ERC ASSIST

Nanosystems Ctr.,

NCSU

Ed Olivares

Federal Business Group

Jack B. Hicks

Partner, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP

Robert Burns

SVP, Harris & Harris Group, Inc.

Timothy Persons, Ph.D. Chief Scientist, U.S. GAO

Dr. Benham Pourdeyhimi Exec. Dir., Nonwovens Inst., NCSU

Michael Sullivan

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP

Griffith A. Kundahl

Exec. Dir., COIN

Keith Blakely

CEO, The InVentures Group

Scott Bryant

President, NanoNetwork of New Mexico

Joseph Piché

CEO, Eikos

Craig Bandes

Pres. & CEO,

Pixelligent Technologies

Alan Rae Ph.D.

CEO, NanoMaterials

Innovation Center

Ben Harrison,

Ph.D. Wake Forest Inst. for Regenerative Medicine

Dr. Sunit Talapatra

Sr. Counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP

Dr. Sumit Gangwal

VP R&D, Xanofi

Daniel Joseph Christian Herr,

Ph.D. Prof. & Nanoscience Dept. Chair, JSNN

Alexander V Kabanov, Ph.D.

Dir., UNC Center for Nanotechnology

To see the agenda, please click here:

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Winston-Salem, NC 27101

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Please contact Vincent Caprio with additional questions in regard to sponsorship or speaking opportunities: Vincent@nanobca.org