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Emerging Industries: Nanotechnology and NanoIndicators |
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May 1 and 2, 2008 |
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Hotel Marlowe |
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Preliminary Program |
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008: |
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2:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. SESSION I: EMERGENCE OF NANOTECH CONCEPTS |
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Stine Grodal
and Grid Thoma |
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Cross-Pollination
in Science and Technology: Concept Mobility in the Nanobiotechnology Field |
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Stuart
J. H. Graham and Maurizio Iacopetta |
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Nanotechnology:The Emergence of a General Purpose
Technology? |
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Kelly
Laas and Vivian Weil |
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Alan L. Porter, Martin Meyer and Ismael
Rafols |
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The Cognitive Geography of
Nanotechnologies: Location and Knowledge Flows of Nano-Research in the Map of
Science. |
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4:15 p.m.
6:00 p.m. SESSION II: WORKING IN NANOTECH |
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Jinyoung Kim, Sangjoon Lee and Gerald
Marschke |
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The Influence of
University Scientists on Innovations in Nanotechnology |
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Lynne G.
Zucker and Michael R. Darby |
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NanoIndicator: Movements of Star Nanoscientists |
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Richard Freeman and Kavita M. Shukla |
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Jobs in Nano-tech The Job Board Index |
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6:30 p.m.
DINNER: Skyline Room, Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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Speaker: David Goldston |
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008: |
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8:30 p.m.
10:00 a.m. SESSION III: NANOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA COVERAGE |
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Thomas Heinze |
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Exploring the Evolution of
Nanotechnologies: Mass Media Patterns and Corporate |
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Sharon M. Friedman and Brenda P. Egolf |
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Mass Media Coverage of Nanotechnology:
Indicators about Environmental and Health Risks and Regulatory Issues |
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10:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m. COFFEE BREAK |
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10:30 a.m. 12:30
p.m. SESSION IV: SOCIETAL ISSUES |
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Ali Emre Uyar, Christine Robichaud, Michael R.
Darby, Mark Wiesner and Lynne G. Zucker |
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Nano-Titanium Dioxide Risk Assessment |
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Steven C. Currall |
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Comparing Societal Risks and Benefits of
Nanotechnology Versus Other Technologies |
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Michael Lounsbury, Christopher Kelty, Cafer
T. Yavuz and Vicki L. Colvin |
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Towards Open Source Nano: Arsenic Removal and Alternative
Models of Technology Transfer |
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Claire Auplat, Mark Wiesner and Lynne G.
Zucker |
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Risk Management and Institutional
Emergence in Nanotechnologies: Looking at Public Engagement Experiments |
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12:45 p.m.
1:45 p.m. LUNCH |
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2:00 p.m.
3:45 p.m. SESSION V: GEOGRAPHY OF NANOINDICATORS |
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Philip
Shapira, Jan Youtie and Stephen Carley |
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Prototypes of emerging
metropolitan nanodistricts in the United States and Europe |
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Andrea
Schiffauerova and Catherine Beaudry |
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Innovation
Networks and Collaboration in Canadian Nanotechnology Clusters |
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John
Trumpbour |
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The Rise of Nanotechnology in |
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