Agenda

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8:30-9:00am - Sign in and continental breakfast (10BK lobby)

9:00-9:15am - Welcome and overview (Christopher Bosso, Director, Nanotechnology and Society Research Group, Northeastern University)

9:15-10:30am - The Basic Science--So What's the Big Deal?

Srinivas Sridhar, Professor and Chair, Department of Physics,Northeastern University
Dattatri Nagesha, Associate Research Scientist, Department of Physics, Northeastern University

10:30-10:45am - Break with coffee

10:45am-12:00pm - Applications (Moderated by Jacqueline Isaacs, Associate Director, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Associate Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University)

David Budil, Association Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University - Protein-based Nano-motors and Nano-robots
Ahmed Busnaina, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director, Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing, Northeastern University - The Next Generation of Electronics
Sanjeev Mukerjee, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University - Energy Conversion and Storage
Vladimir Torchilin, Professor of Pharmaceutical Science and Director, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University - Nanopharmaceuticals for Diagnostic Imaging

12:15-1:15pm - Lunch -- Cabral Center, John D. O’Bryant Institute (Introduction by Ahmed Busnaina)

Keynote Speaker: Patrick Larkin, Deputy Director, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative and Director of the MTC’s John Adams Innovation Institute

1:30-3:00pm - Environmental, Health and Safety Issues (Moderated by Ronald Sandler, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Northeastern University)

Chuck Geraci, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - Occupational safety and health issues: The view from NIOSH
Dhimiter Bello, Assistant Professor of Work Environment, UMass-Lowell - Community Exposure to Nanomaterials
Michael Helmus, Sr. VP for Biopharma, Advance Nanotech, Inc. - Medical Applications and Human Health Issues
Jennifer Kuzma, Interim Director and Assistant Professor, Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy, University of Minnesota - The Question of Risk: Comparisons to other Technologies

3:00-3:15pm - Break with coffee

3:15-4:45pm - Current Activities at State, and Federal Regulatory Agencies (Moderated by William D. Kay, Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Northeastern University)

Samuel Lipson, Director of Environmental Health City of Cambridge
Lee Dillard Adams, Deputy Regional Director, Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental Protection
Dennis Utterback, Office of Science Policy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Norris Alderson, Associate Commissioner for Science, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

4:45-5:00pm - Concluding Remarks

5:00-6:00pm - Reception - 10 Behrakis Lobby