Join the Chicago Microtechnology and Nanotechnology Community (CMNC) and Women in Technology International (WITI) Chicago in our first co-sponsored international collaborative workshop. Chicago is taking a leadership role in nanotechnology and has great potential to become one of the nanotechnology research and industrial centers of the world. We will be hosting an international videoconference to promote global collaboration for the commercialization of nanotechnology. Attend at one of two Chicagoland locations – Northwestern Evanston Campus or the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/TRECC (located at the DuPage Airport). The workshop presenters will share their breakthroughs and discuss the challenges they face in commercialization and potential global markets for participating companies. We will hear from presenters who are leading experts in their fields:
· Dr. Mark Ratner, Morrison Professor of Chemistry and Associate Director of the Institute of Nanotechnology and Nanofabrication at Northwestern University. “Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea”
· Dr. Nancy Sottos, Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “Development of Self Healing Polymers and Composites”
· Sweden: Two presentations from Dr. Martin Magnusson’s Pronano Group founded out of Lund University. Pronano is focused on improving collaboration between academia and industrial companies.

Event Date and Venue

This event will be held from 10:00am - 1:00pm on Thursday, April 24, 2003 at:

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/TRECC at the DuPage Airport
2700 International Drive, Suite 305
West Chicago, Illinois 60601
Map

http://www.trecc.org/html/about_directions.html#chicago
Registration:Limited seating capacity, FREE, but you MUST RSVP at:https://www.123signup.com/register?id=mrzb

Schedule

10:00 am – FREE Registration / networking
11:00 am – FREE Workshop begins (finger food & drinks provided)
1:00 pm – Adjourn

Pre-registration for this event is closed and on-site registrations will not be accepted.

Contact Us

For more info regarding registration or event details, please contact Alyce Nogal ([email protected]).

For more details about pre-registration, contact Tech Support.