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Program Agenda
Program Topics If you are interested in presenting at this very exciting event, plese submit an abstract to info@biztechcomm.com for review and consideration. SESSION I: OVERVIEWS OPPORTUNITIES AND UNCERTAINTIES OF CONVERGING NEW TECHNOLOGIES Mihail C. Roco, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, National Science Foundation and Chair, National Science and Technology Council`s Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET) GETTING TO "MIND" WITH THE ENGINES OF CREATION Carlo Montemagno, Ph.D., Deputy Director, CNSI, Co-Director, CMISE, and Roy and Carol Doumani Professor and Chair, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles CONCEPTS FOR CONVERGENCE: EIGHT IDEAS THAT CAN UNIFY SCIENCE William Sims Bainbridge, Ph.D., Director, Science and Engineering Informatics Program, National Science Foundation INDUSTRIAL PERSPECITVE FOR NBIC INTEGRATION WITH OTHER TECHNOLOGIES AND SOCIETY James C. Spohrer, Ph.D., Director, Almaden Services Research & Innovation Chamption, IBM SESSION II: NANO-BIO FOUNDATION FOR CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES THREE LEVELS OF NEUROELECTRONIC INTERFACING Peter Fromherz, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Department of Membrane and Biophysics, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry SIGNAL-TRANSDUCING PROTEINS FOR NANOELECTRONICS Fabio Pichierri, Ph.D., Associate Professor, COE, Laboratory, Tohoku University FUSION OF TECHNOLOGY DOMAINS FOR NEXT GENERATION OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS Frederic Zenhausern, Ph.D., Director, Center for Applied NanoBioScience, Arizona State University BIOMIMETIC NANOTECHNOLOGY Osamu Takai, Ph.D., EcoTopia Science Institute and Department of Materials, Physics and Energy Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University SESSION III: INFO. AND COGNITIVE FOUNDATION MATHEMATICS COMMUNICATION AND COGNITION WITH THE BLIND Francis K.H. Quek, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science, Virginia Tech SESSION IV: TECHNOLOGICAL INTEGRATION NEW COMPANIES AND INDUSTRIES Michael Darby, Ph.D., Professor of Policy, Director of the John M. Olin Center for Policy, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES: NEED FOR RISK MANAGEMENT IS MORE THAN EVER Jayshree Pandya, Ph.D., PMP, Founder and CEO, Risk Group SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC SOCIAL INTERACTION Henry Kautz, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND EVOLVING HUMAN RIGHTS: IMPROVING THE HUMAN TERMS OF NBIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ETHICS Wyre Sententia, Ph.D., Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics SESSION V: EDUCATION AND TRAINING EDUCATION FOR CONVERGING NEW TECHNOLOGIES Robert D. Balmer, Ph.D., Dean of Engineering and Computer Science, Union College TRAINING MEDICAL TEAMS IN IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS Janis A. Cannon-Bowers, Ph.D., Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida PANEL DISCUSSION: NANO-BIO-INFO-COGNO Moderator: William Sims Bainbridge, Ph.D. Panelist: Janis A. Cannon-Bowers, Ph.D. Henry Kautz, Ph.D. Francis K.H. Quek, Ph.D. SESSION VI: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES: THE THREAT TO AMERICAN JURISPRUDENCE Sonia E. Miller, Attorney-at-Law, S.E. Miller Law Firm CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN THE U.S. & E.U.: PUBLIC SCIENCE AT THE NANOSCALE Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Ph.D., Research Professor & Associate Dean, Chicago-Kent College of Law; President, Institute of Biotechnology and the Human Future Illinois Institute of Technology THE PROBLEM OF PATENT THICKETS IN CONVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES Gavin Clarkson, DBA, JD, MBA, School of Information, School of Law, Native American Studies, University of Michigan REGULATION: THE THREAT TO CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES Alan S. Ziegler, Attorney-at-Law, Sweeney Lev LLC PANEL DISCUSSION: LEGAL ISSUES OF NANO, BIO, INFO, COGNO Moderator: Sonia E. Miller Panelist: Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Ph.D. Gavin Clarkson, DBA, JD, MBA Alan S. Ziegler VISIONS OF CONVERGENCE: NEXT 10, 20, 100 YEARS Conference Co-Chairs Program Agenda as of 1/28/05
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