BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- What will it take for the San Francisco Bay Area to become the nation's leader in nanotechnology research and development? Berkeley Lab will host an exploration of this theme, as well as celebrate the beginning of one of Bay Area nanotech's most important projects, on Friday, January 30.
Here's what is scheduled:
-- Groundbreaking for Berkeley Lab's $85 million, six-story Molecular Foundry building (a SmithGroup design), one of the centerpieces in the U.S. Department of Energy's nanotechnology initiative. Featured speaker will be U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, co-sponsor of the Boehlert-Honda Nanotechnology Act of 2003, which authorizes $3.7 billion over the next three years for nanotechnology research and development programs.
-- A 90-minute forum on nanoscience in the Bay Area, sponsored by the Bay Area Science and Innovation Consortium (BASIC), in which panelists will explore the challenges for leadership in the field in education, research and industry.
-- A talk by Larry Bock, Executive Chairman of the Board of Nanosys, Inc., an industry-leading nanotechnology company in Palo Alto.
-- The release of a new BASIC report, "Nanotechnology in the San Francisco Bay Area: Dawn of a New Age"
WHEN:
Keynote talk (Larry Bock), 10:45 to 11:30 a.m.; Groundbreaking, 11:30 a.m. to noon; Forum, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Lunch included.
WHERE:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Building 66 (groundbreaking outside, weather permitting; Forum and talk in 66 Auditorium).
WHO: Groundbreaking will feature Berkeley Lab Director Charles Shank and Paul Alivisatos, Director of the Molecular Foundry; Sean Randolph, President of the Bay Area Economic Forum; Pat Dehmer, Associate Director of the Department of Energy's Basic Energy Sciences program; and Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose.
Forum will include Sean Randolph of BAEF; Mike Kanellous, senior department editor of CNET News.com, who will be moderator for the program; Dr. Juri Matisoo, Vice President, Technology, for the Semiconductor Industry Association; Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, Director of Biological Nanostructures for the Molecular Foundry and a scientist at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley; Dr. Paul Alivisatos, Director of the Molecular Foundry and Materials Sciences Division Director at Berkeley Lab; Andy R. Watson, Vice President of Business Development for QuantumDot; Dr. Stan Williams, Senior Fellow and Director of Quantum Science Research at HP Labs; and Dr. Hans Coufal, Director of Science and Technology at the IBM Almaden Research Center.
Keynote Talk at the Molecular Foundry Users' Meeting will be by Larry Bock, Executive Chairman of the Board of Nanosys, Inc., entitled "Why Nano? Why Now?"
The complete agendas can be found on the Berkeley Lab web site - www.lbl.gov/nanoforum.
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