National Security Applications Micro/Nano Technologies to be Assessed at NSTI Nanotech 2006, May 7-11 in Boston; Worldwide Experts gather in Boston for a Landmark Meeting on Nanotech for National Security.BOSTON -- Nanotech for National Security at the Nanotech 2006 will bring together for the first time the world's leading nanotechnology experts in biology/chemical defense, radiological defense Defensive measures taken against the radiation hazards resulting from the employment of nuclear and radiological weapons. and sensors to explore how nanotechnology discoveries could help create the next-generation of devices to protect the public from a variety of threats. The symposium will be held May 8-11 in Boston, Mass. The Nano/Micro Technology for National Security program will bring together scientists, engineers, physicians, professors, and government and business professionals to examine nanotechnology's role in a variety of high-risk public safety applications. The National Security symposium will be held in conjunction with Nanotech 2006, the world's leading multi-disciplinary nanotechnology conference. "At this symposium, we're interested in learning how national security problems might be better addressed through the use of integrated systems that may rely on nanotechnology components," said Dr. Anantha Krishnan, Director of Lawrence Livermore's R&D for Micro- and Nano-Technology unit, and one of the main drivers of the Nanotech 2006 program in Nanotech for National Security. "The key for us, therefore, is not to simply review the individual pieces, but to examine how difference pieces of nanotechnologies could be integrated together into next-generation solutions." Here are just a few of the technology areas where Nanotech for National Security speakers will focus: -- Improve ease-of-use of nano-sensors -- Design smaller, smarter and more integrated -- to improve efficiency and meet the public's expectation of non-invasive techniques. -- Increase "smart identification" capabilities of chemical/biological agents -- for quicker and easily updateable screening and data analysis. -- Speed results -- to support near real-time results -- Super-sensitive sensors -- to work with micro-samples -- Extend mobility -- to extend suitable locations via extended battery life and filters. Nanotech for National Security 2006 -- Speakers and Program in conjunction with Nanotech 2006 Speakers with research and applications impacting national security considerations will feature: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (body) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - (LLNL) A research organaisatin operated by the University of California under a contract with the US Department of Energy. Case Western Reserve University Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. government agency administered by the Department of Defense (see Defense, United States Department of). Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Institute of Biomedical Engineering Biomedical engineering An interdisciplinary field in which the principles, laws, and techniques of engineering, physics, chemistry, and other physical sciences are applied to facilitate progress in medicine, biology, and other life sciences. , United Kingdom Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, Navy Naval Research Lab Pacific Northwest National Laboratory The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is one of nine United States Department of Energy (DOE) multiprogram national laboratories. The laboratory PNNL is located in Richland, Washington, and operates a marine research facility in Sequim, Washington. Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל־אביב, את"א) is Israel's largest on-site university. University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). - Berkeley University of California - Irvine University of Cambridge, United Kingdom More About Program, Attendance Nanotech for National Security 2006 The Nanotech for National Security 2006 conference details can be seen at (http://www.nsti.org/Nanotech2006/symposia/Homeland_Security.html). Also, online registration is available at (http://www.nsti.org/Nanotech2006/register.html) Press Passes/Invitations A limited number of press passes will be available for NanoSecurity 2006. If you are interested in a press pass or if you would like to interview a speaker, please contact Sarah Wenning at wenning@nsti.org or 925-901-4959. About NanoSecurity 2006 and Nanotech2006 CancerNano 2006 and Nanotech2006 are among the largest gatherings of industrial, academic, business and governmental nanotech-related professionals in the world, and are presented by The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI), Boston, Mass. NSTI (www.nsti.org) is chartered with the advancement and integration of nanotechnology's use for a variety of research and business sectors through education, collaboration and research services. NSTI offers continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). programs, conventions, scientific and business publishing and custom research services. NSTI was founded in 1997 as a result of the merger between various scientific societies, and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. with additional offices in California and Switzerland. |
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