30th Anniversary Celebration

The Future of Nanotechnology

The Future of Nanotechnology symposium celebrated CNF's contributions to nanotechology by looking into the shape of things to come. Renowned experts from around the world have been invited to share their vision of (i) the future of nanotechnology, (ii) the emerging field of nanomedicine, and (iii) the social and ethical issues associated with nanotechnology. Plenary lectures introduced these three topics in the morning, and parallel tracks will explored these topics in detail in the afternoon. And a poster session gave an opportunity to attendees to present their work.

The 30th Anniversary Celebration was co-sponsored by the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science.

NPR Podcast, "The Science of the Very, Very, Very Small", on the future of Nanotechnology (as seen in 2007). This podcast features Professor Barbara Baird of Cornell, Professor Rosalyn Berne of University of Virginia, Dr. Larry Goldberg of the NSF, and Professor John Silcox of Cornell.

Keynote Speakers

Edward Wolf
Edward Wolf
CNF Director 1978-1988
Professor Emeritus, Cornell University
Lawrence Goldberg
Lawrence Goldberg
Senior Engineering Advisor
National Science Foundation
George Malliaras
George Malliaras
Lester B. Knight CNF Director
MSE, Cornell University
R. Stanley Williams
R. Stanley Williams
Director, Quantum Science Research
Hewlett Packard Labs
Tejal Desai
Tejal Desai
Physiology, Director, LTMN
University of California, San Francisco
Sheila Jasanoff
Sheila Jasanoff
Science and Technology Studies
Harvard University

Invited Speakers

Phaedon Avouris
Phaedon Avouris
IBM Research Division
TJ Watson Research Center
Robert Corn
Robert Corn
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Irvine
John Rogers
John Rogers
Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Stephen Chou
Stephen Chou
NanoStructure Lab, Electrical Engineering
Princeton University
Gregory Timp
Gregory Timp
Electrical Engineering and Biological Sciences
University of Notre Dame
Christopher Jacobson
Christopher Jacobson
Physics & Astronomy
Stony Brook University
Maish Yarmush
Martin L. Yarmush
Center for Engineering Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mehmet Toner
Mehmet Toner
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harold Craighead
Harold Craighead
Applied and Engineering Physics
Cornell University
Michael Sheetz
Michael Sheetz
Biological Sciences & BME
Columbia University
Christopher Murphy
Christopher Murphy
Veterinary Medicine & CBE
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dorian Liepmann
Dorian Liepmann
Bioengineering
University of California, Berkeley
David Guston
David Guston
Center for Nanotechnology in Society
Arizona State University
Jürgen Altmann
Jürgen Altmann
Department of Physics
Technische Universität Dortmund
Rosalyn Berne
Rosalyn Berne
Professor of Applied Ethics
University of Virginia