NABIS Schedule

Wednesday, August 9 Hyatt Regency McCormick Place 2nd Level - Conference Center 2233 S Martin Luther King Dr. Chicago, Il 60616
9:00	Introduction
9:15-10:15	Keynote: Society as Stakeholder in Convergent Technologies Using Trading Zones & Interactional Expertise Michael E. Gorman Professor, Department of Science, Technology & Society University of Virginia

10:30-12:00

Agricultural

Energy & Environment

Instrumentation and Manufacturing
Exploring the challenges of nano and biotechnology

Education & Work Force Issues

12:00-1:30

Spot light lunch: Scientists as Entrepreneurs
The many roles of the Scientist as a business person.
Thomas F. Kelly, Ph. D.
Chairman, Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Imago Scientific Instruments

Winslow Sargeant, Ph. D.
Managing Director
Venture Investors, LLC

1:45-3:15

Energy & Environment

Medical & Health Care

3:30-5:00

Scientists' spotlight: Scientists as Stewards of the Future
Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Ph.D.
Associate Dean and Research Professor of Bioethics
Chicago-Kent College of Law
President of the Institute on Biotechnolgy and the Human Future
Director of the Center on Nanotechnology and Society

Debra Bennet-Woods
Regis University

Sonia Miller
Principal, S.E. MILLER LAW FIRM
President, Converging Technologies Bar Association (CTBA)

Jason Scott Robert, Ph D
Center for Biology & Society
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University

5:15-7:00

Wrap-up & social/mixer

Thursday, August 10
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
2nd Level - Conference Center
2233 S Martin Luther King Dr.
Chicago, Il 60616

9:00	Introduction
9:15-10:15	Global View of Nano Regulations René Zimmer Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Berlin, Germany George A. Kimbrell Staff Attorney International Center for Technology Assessment Nanomaterials in Consumer Products and FDA Regulations Gregor Wolbring University of Calgary Alberta, Canada

10:30-12:00

Agriculture

Instrumentation and Manufacturing
Exploring the challenges of nano and biotechnology

Education & Work Force Issues

12:00-1:30

Spotlight Lunch: Patent Issues and Their Impact on Global Nano/Bio
Developments
Whose Patent is in Jeopardy, Anyway?
Ask an attorney a question. You won't be billed for his time!

Sonia E. Miller, J.D., M.B.A, M.S.Ed.
Principal, S.E. MILLER LAW FIRM
President, Converging Technologies Bar Association (CTBA)

Presenters:
Gavin Clarkson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Michigan School of Information, School of Law, and Native American Studies	Erik B. Flom, J.D., Ph.D. Principal, Welsh & Katz, Ltd.	Drew L. Harris, J.D. Associate Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody

1:45-3:15

Town Hall Meeting: Nano and Bio-technology in Society

Jason Scott Robert, Ph D
Center for Biology & Society
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University

Michele Mekel, J.D., M.H.A., M.B.A.
Associate Director/Legal Fellow,
Center on Nanotechnology and Society.
Executive Director/Legal Fellow,
Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future,
Chicago-Kent College of Law,
Illinois Institute of Technology.

	Deborah Warren Consulate General of Canada Chicago, IL	George Elvin, PhD Associate Professor College of Architecture and Planning Ball State University,	Jon Van Technology Writer The Chicago Tribune
	George Wolbring University of Calgary Canada		Aatish Salvi NanoBusiness Alliance

The Town Hall Meeting is an opportunity for a multi-vocal conversation that is both casual (in the sense of no formal presentations) and constructive (in the sense of building on the rest of the conference, and toward a better overall understanding of the complexities of nano and bio in society). Usually, a Town Hall Meeting has a public audience. Ours will be limited to conference attendees. Accordingly, in order to ensure an appropriate mix of voices, the co-organizers have invited a variety of participants, including scientists, engineers, journalists, humanists, and civil society representatives.

3:30-5:00

Wrap-up, planning for the next event, and 'thank you.'

Thank you to all our sponsors!!

Relevant Links
Institute of Nanotechnology Stirling University Park Stirling, UK http://www.nano.org.uk	Journal of Nanoengineering & Nanosystems http://bucky-central.mech.northwestern.edu/	Medilink West Midlands Edgbaston Birmingham B15 3BE http://www.MedilinkWM.co.uk
Nanotech-now http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=16443
Foresight Nanotech Institute http://www.foresight.org/news/index.html