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Life Sciences Industry Events
Special Reduced Registration Fee - Expires August 4, 2009
OVCR has negotiated a reduced rate of $199 for UIC researchers to attend the NanoBusiness 2009 conference and exposition to be held from September 8-10th at McCormick Place (summary below). Please be sure to use the promo code UICNANO in order to take advantage of the $300 savings. We hope this will allow many of you to attend.
Summary
The NanoBusiness 2009 conference and exposition will be held from September
8-10th in Chicago at McCormick Place West and will attract C level
nanotechnology executives from startups to Fortune 500 companies. The 2009
theme "Revitalizing the Economy through Nanotechnology Innovation" will
focus on successfully managing and innovating through the current economic
environment.
For a regional "research" perspective, Argonne has assumed leadership in
organizing a session. Universities are invited to exhibit. The conference
website: http://nanobusiness2009.com/
Conference themes
Analysts overview, panel discussions, assessments of the IP landscape, and presentations from companies and leading research universities in each of the application areas:
- Energy (Solar, Thermal, Biomass, Wind, Traditional Energy)
- Water (Infrastructure technologies, Distributed and point of use)
Biomedical (Cancer Symposium, Diagnostics, Imaging, Drug delivery, Tissue engineering / scaffolds) - Electronics (Silicon extensions, Displays, Memory, Ink Jet Printing, RFID)
- Advanced Materials (Building materials, Aerospace)
- Batteries & Capacitors (Automotive, Consumer products)
- Tools / Metrology / Nanofabrication (Characterization, Simulation, Nanofabrication)
Business, finance and management topics include:
- Weathering the storm: Financing your company is a challenged environment
- Innovating through a downturn: Case studies and lessons learned
- Getting liquid: Exit strategies under duress
- Financing scientific innovation: Who will step up to the plate?
- IP Licensing Strategies & Transactions - Creating real value from your technology portfolio
Finally, the Conference will provide critical information and toolkits to help those seeking to innovate through nanotechnology to do so in a safe and thoughtful manner.
- Policy Update and Outlook
- Workplace safety practices: ICON's Good Nano Guide
Please see http://nanobusiness2009.com/ for more information.
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