Micro and Nano Integration and Commercialization Conference in Hong Kong

The Second Integration and Commercialization of Micro and Nanosystems International Conference and Exhibition — focusing on state-of-the-art research and development in micro- and nanoscale phenomena, devices, systems, and manufacturing — is slated for June 3–5 in Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

The conference, which also deals with micro- and nanotechnology commercialization, is being coordinated by the ASME Nanotechnology Institute and the Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization and Education Foundation. Nearly 400 professionals from industry, academia, and government attended last year's conference, and an even larger turnout is expected this year.

The event will consist of keynote and plenary sessions, contributed oral and poster presentations, and opportunities for communication and collaboration between industry and academia. In addition, the exhibition will provide MEMS and nanotech developers with the perfect target audience for their products and services.

The Integration and Commercialization Conference will feature eight keynoters, including Jing Cheng, who is the Cheung Kong Professor at the Medical Systems Biology Research Center at the Tsinghua University School of Medicine, as well as chief technology officer at CapitalBio Corp. in Beijing. Job Elders, co-founder and CEO of C2V Cooperate in the Netherlands, and Costas Grigoropoulos, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of California, Berkeley, will also give keynote presentations.

The other conference keynoters will be Jonathan Linton, editor-in-chief of Technovation: the International Journal of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management; Ka-Ming Ng, professor of chemical engineering at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and CEO of Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Ltd. in Hong Kong; Mehmet Toner, director of Massachusetts General Hospital's BioMicroElectroMechanical Systems Resources Center; Zhong-Lin Wang, director of Georgia Tech's Center for Nanostructure Characterization and Fabrication; and Yang Zhao, president and CEO of MEMSIC Inc. in China.

The conference's organizers are now accepting abstracts for technical papers to be presented at the meeting. Papers addressing the following areas are encouraged:

• Fundamentals in micro and nanoscience and engineering, including energy conversion and storage, mechanics, heat transfer, fluidics, electronics, and optics;

• Synthesis and processing of nanomaterials and nanostructures;

• Micro, nano, and multiscale manufacturing;

• Metrology and characterization of nanomaterials and nanostructures;

• Multiscale simulation tools for system integration in nano-, micro-, and macrosystems;

• Development of integrated micro, nano, and multiscale devices and systems, micro- and nanoelectronics, micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems;

• Commercialization of micro- and nanotechnology based products;

• Nano- and micro-based market analysis;

• Best Practices in creating new businesses based on micro- and nanotechnologies;

• Global overview of the micro- and nanotechnologies;

• Workforce, foundry, and other support areas for micro- and nanotechnology start-ups;

• Industry needs and resources for micro- and nanotechnologies;

• Venture capital development in Asia for micro and nano-based solutions;

• Business Partnering for micro- and nano-based solutions;

• Micro and nano policy issues for Asian markets; and

• Micro and nano policy issues for emerging, developed, and developing countries.

Interested authors should submit a 400-word abstract of their paper by Jan. 11 via the ASME Web site, www.asmeconferences.org/MicroNano08/
Login.cfm. Accepted papers will be published in conference proceedings.

Companies who would like to promote and showcase their products and services to micro and nanotechnology professionals are invited to reserve an exhibit space or sponsorship. To find out more about exhibiting at the conference, visit www.asmeconferences.org/MicroNano08/pdfs/
ExhibitorAgreement.pdf, or contact Brandy Smith for further information at smithb@asme.org.

For additional details on the Second Integration and Commercialization of Micro and Nanosystems International Conference and Exhibition, go to the conference's Web site, at www.asmeconferences.org/MicroNano08.

 

back to meetings & courses