Thursday, June 21, 2007 European Information Day on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | | from 8:00 | Registration | | 9:00 - 9:30 | Chair: N.N., Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)
Plenary presentation: "Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in the 7th Framework Programme" Renzo Tomellini, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, Industrial Technologies Directorate | | 9:40 - 10:40 | Session D1: ERA-NET activities Session D2: European projects and networks Session D3: Workshop on MINAM-platform: thematic area micro- and nano-manufacturing | | 10:40 - 11:20 | Coffee break, Industrial and Poster Exhibition | | 11:20 - 13:00 | Session E1: European Technology Platforms (ETP) Session E2: Experiences from national activities and networks Session E3: Workshop on MINAM-platform: Development needs in Nano-Manufactoring
| | 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch, Industrial and Poster Exhibition | | 14:00 - 15:30 | Panel discussion "Success Factors for Young Companies and SME"
- What can investment banks and venture capital organisations do to support entrepreneurship for nanotechnology and to contribute to a strengthening of the capital base for small and medium sized as well as young companies?
Moderator: Johannes Velling, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany)
Panel: Marco Beckmann, Nanostart AG, Frankfurt (Germany) Henri-Francois Boedt, European Investment Fund, Brussels (Belgium) Jean-Charles Guibert, CEA, Grenoble (France) Hans Loeschner, IMS Nanofabrication AG, Vienna (Austria) Paolo Matteazzi, MBN Nanomaterialia S.p.A, Vascon di Carbonera (Italy) Dirk Pilat, OECD, Paris (France) | | 15:30 | Closing remarks Renzo Tomellini, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, Industrial Technologies Directorate N.N., Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)
| | 15:30 | End of conference and dismantling of poster and industrial exhibition | | Parallel in the foyer: Job placement center for students / Technology placement center |
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