The third annual NC Nanotech Conference comes to Salem College in Winston-Salem: Wednesday March 26 - Thursday, March 27, 2008. (special lodging rate of $89 at Wingate by Wyndham for Wednesday evening: 1-800-228-1000)
All sessions held at Salem College in Corrin Refectory (except Wednesday sponsors and speaker evening reception)
Salem College Map link:
http://www.salem.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=97
Commercializing Nanotechnology in North Carolina: Companies, Customers, Capital and Collaboration
Unidym (Menlo Park, CA) www.unidym.com
(Subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corp - Nasdaq ARWR)
Dr. Robert Smith
Nantero (Woburn, MA) www.nantero.com
From Angels to Accelerators,
From Intellectual Property to Investment Potential,
From the Science to the Spin-Out to Solving Problems in the Marketplace
Featuring:
- Mostafa Analoui, Ph.D., Senior Director, Global Clinical Technology, Pfizer Global Research and Development, USA
- Daryl Boudreaux, Ph.D., Partner NanoHoldings LLC; President, FiberCell; President, PureLux
Special joint reception for speakers and sponsors with Southeast Angel Investor Conference, Wednesday March 26th featuring Steve Nelson, Partner, Wakefield Group and Luke Roush, VP Business Development at Liquidia.
Sponsors (as of March 24, 2008)
- Headline Sponsor: Smith Moore LLP (www.smithmoorelaw.com)
- Special Conference Sponsor: North Carolina Biotech Center (www.ncbiotech.org)
- Lunch Sponsor: Northwest North Carolina Advanced Materials Cluster (www.advancedmaterialsnc.org)
- Event Sponsor: Stantec (www.stantec.com)
- Event Sponsor: Modern Toyota (www.moderntoyota.com)
- Event Sponsor: Grey Oak Wealth Management (www.greyoakwm.com)
If you are interested in sponsoring the 2008 NC Nanotech Conference, please contact Jon Obermeyer at 336.605.4777 or via email jobermeyer@pten.org
MARCH 2006 PUTS US ON THE MAP:
In 2006, the Piedmont Triad Enterpreneurial Network (PTEN) hosted the first annual NC Nanotech Conference at High Point University. The inaugural event was open to nanotechnology entrepreneurs, executives and investors from across the region.
The 2006 conference featured keynote speakers addressing nanotechnology industry trends and initiatives, venture capitalists and investment bankers, federal agency program managers, as well as nanotechnology start-up ventures involved in general materials and medical science applications.
We even caught the attention of Small Times, garnering a short-list spot on their international event calendar along with nanotech conferences in Brussels, Dubai City, Kuala Lumpur and Taipei, featuring this line-up:
2006 Keynote Presenters
* Anthony Atala M.D., Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences
* Doug Jamison, President, Tiny Tech VC, NASDAQ: TINY (New York)
* Scott Livingston, Managing Director, The Livingston Group and Axiom Capital (New York)
* Robert McMahan, Ph.D., Senior Advisor to the North Carolina Governor for Science and Technology
* Nido Qubein, President, High Point University (also an author and internationally known motivational speaker)
2006 Presentations
* 9 North Carolina nanotechnology start-up ventures including Alnis BioSciences, InsituTec, Liquidia Technologies, Metabolon, NanoCor Therapeutics, NanoTech Labs, Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Optotrack, Inc. and Quartek Corporation.
* National nanotech companies: Dr. Ken McElrath, VP Product Development, Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (CNI); Dr. Jack DeMember, Director-Materials Technology Group, Foster-Miller
* Venture capital and investment banking executives: Chris Schreiber, Paulson Investment Company
* Federal agency program managers: Margaret Roylance, Ph.D., Team Leader, Macromolecular Science Team, Supporting Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center; T. James Rudd, Ph.D., Program Manager, SBIR and SBIR/STTR MatchMaker, National Science Foundation.
* Intellectual property: Bruce Kisliuk, Group Director-Technology Center 1600, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Arles Taylor, Jenkins Wilson Taylor & Hunt P.A.
* Special presentation by High Point's nanotechnology accelerator by Reyad Sewafta, Ph.D., President and CEO, Quartek Corporation
Nanotech Equipment and Supplies Vendor Show featured representatives from Barnstead, Beckman, Brinkmann, EMD Biochemicals, EMD Chemicals, Greiner, Mediatech, Mettler, Thermo and VWR.
Conference Attendee Profile
* Nanotechnology entrepreneurs
* Executives representing large companies investing in nanotech product development, licensing nanotechology or purchasing nanomaterials.
* Venture capitalists and private equity investors.
General publicity surrounding the conference serves to introduce the nanotechnology industry and its importance to the Piedmont Triad region and North Carolina.
