NNCI Annual Conference 2018

NNCI Annual Conference 2018
University of Washington - Nanoengineering and Sciences Building

Wednesday, September 12

1:00-4:30 pm  Education and Outreach Coordinators Meeting
2:30-4:30 pm  SEI Coordinators Meeting

Thursday, September 13

7:30-8:20 am   Continental Breakfast 
8:20-8:45 am   Introduction and Conference Overview: Karl Böhringer, Director NanoES, UW
                        Welcome Address: Vikram Jandhyala, Vice President for Innovation Strategy, UW
8:45-9:15 am   NNCI Coordinating Office Report (Oliver Brand)

9:15-10:45 am Site Reports Panel 1: Future Research Directions (Chair: Vinayak Dravid)

• CNF (Chris Ober)
• CNS (Bill Wilson)
• MINIC (Stephen Campbell)
• SHyNE (Ben Myers)

10:45-11:00 am  Break

11:00-12:00 am  Breakout Session 1

• Education & Outreach (Quinn Spadola)
• Facilities Management & Operations (Shamus McNamara)
• Comparing Notes on the NSF Reviews (Oliver Brand)

12:00-1:30 pm   Lunch and Vendor Exhibits

1:30-2:00 pm   Keynote Technical Presentation 1: “Achieving Practical Quantum Computing” (Dave Wecker, Partner Architect, Quantum Engineering, Microsoft Research)

2:00-3:30 pm  Site Reports Panel 2: Workforce Development (Chair: Trevor Thornton)

• SENIC (Oliver Brand)
• RTNN (Jacob Jones)
• NCI-SW (Trevor Thornton)
• NanoEarth (Mike Hochella)

3:30-3:45 pm   Address: Larry Goldberg, National Science Foundation 
                        Address: Lisa Friedersdorf, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office

3:45-3:50 pm  Group Photo
3:50-4:00 pm  Break

4:00-4:30 pm   Keynote Technical Presentation 2: “De Novo Design of Protein Nanomaterials” (David Baker, Director, Institute for Protein Design, UW)

4:30-5:15 pm   NNCI Program Reports

• Computation and Modeling (Azad Naeemi)
• Social and Ethical Implications (Jameson Wetmore)
• Education and Outreach (Quinn Spadola)

6:00-9:00 pm  Dinner Cruise
 

Friday, September 14

8:00-9:00 am  Continental Breakfast
                       Site Directors Meeting with Coordinating Office

9:00-9:30 am   Keynote Technical Presentation 3: "Nano Platform Japan" (Shigeo Tanuma, Managing Director, National Institute for Materials Science)

9:30-11:00 am  Site Reports Panel 3: Commercialization (Chair: Mark Allen)

• MANTH (Mark Allen)
• Stanford (Bruce Clemens)
• NNI (Karl Bohringer)
• TNF (Sanjay Banerjee)

11:00-11:15 am  Break

11:15-12:15 am  NNCI External Advisory Board Meeting and Discussion 

11:15-12:15 am  Breakout Session 2

• SEI (Jamey Wetmore)
• Computation (Azad Naeemi)
• User Recruitment and Marketing (Jim Marti)

12:15-1:15 pm  Lunch and Vendor Exhibits 

1:15-2:45 pm  Site Reports Panel 4: Resource Allocation and New Equipment (Chair: David Dickensheets)

• KY-MMNIN (Kevin Walsh)
• SDNI (Bernd Fruhberger)
• MONT (David Dickensheets)
• NNF (David Sellmyer)

2:45-3:00 pm  Break

3:00-4:00 pm  Reports from Breakout Sessions
4:00-4:30 pm  Advisory Board Report 
4:30-4:45 pm  Adjourn NNCI Conference

5:00 pm Farewell Banquet