Tuesday, May 20:  “The Problem”

Convener:  Anne Chaka (NIST)

7:00 -7:30 am

Continental Breakfast       

7:30 -8:45 am

Plenary Session

 “Set the stage for the workshop: What are we intending to accomplish and why and what are the Deliverables”

7:30 – 7:50 am

Introductions, antitrust, purpose of workshop, deliverables, workshop logistics, facilitated breakout sessions orientation: Anne Chaka (NIST)

7:50 – 8:00 am

Working with NIST: Terry Lynch (NIST Office of Technology Partnerships)

8:00 – 8:45 am

Overview of outcomes and follow-up from recent relevant Nanotechnology conferences and workshops: Mike Postek (NIST)

8:45 am -12 noon

Morning Plenary Speakers

8:45-9:10 am 

Nanomanufacturing Overview:  Mohan "Mano" Manoharan (Manager, Surface and Coatings Technology Laboratory at GE Research)

9:10-9:35 am

Forest Products: Steve Masia (Sappi Fine Paper)

9:35- 10 am

Automotive: Xingcheng Xiao (Senior Researcher, General Motors R&D)

10:00—10:15 am 

Break

10:15—10:40 am 

Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices: Gary Fletcher, (Advanced Technology Leader / R&D, Becton Dickinson Diagnostics)

10:40—11:05 am 

Chemicals and Semi-Conductors: Mike Garner (Intel)

11:05—11:30 am 

Aerospace: Keith McIver (Boeing)

11:30 am—12:00 noon

Food Science: Bernadene Magnuson (Senior Scientific & Regulatory Consultant, Cantox Health Sciences International)

12:00 – 1:15 pm

Lunch and EHS Speaker

Speaker: Paul Schulte (Director of the Education and Information Division at NIOSH, and coordinator of the agency’s Nanotechnology Research Program)

Afternoon Plenary Speaker

1:15-1:140

Mohamad Al-Sheikhly, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park “Challenges in the Synthesis of Nanomaterials for a Wide Variety of Applications”

1:40 -3:15 pm

Concurrent breakout groups A, B, and C

Group A

Surface/Interfaces and Non-Bonded Interactions of Nanomaterials.

Session Chairs: Gary Fletcher (BD Diagnostics); Christine Mahoney (NIST)

Group B

Nano-enabled Composites and Matrices.

Session Chairs: Steve Masia, (Sappi); Ted Wegner and World Nieh (USDA Forest Service); Gale Holmes (NIST)

Group C

Separations and Fractionation.

Session Chairs: Michael Gaitan (NIST); Ron Rossner (Wyatt Technology Corp.)

3:15 – 3:30 pm

Break

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Breakout groups prepare report

4:30 – 5:00 pm

Joint session

Highlights of breakout reports. Each presentation is at most 10 minutes (5 min presentation and 5 minutes Q&A)

Dinner

Dinner at Holiday Inn. Speaker: Michael Holman (Lux Associates)

Wednesday, May 21:  “The Solution”

Convener:  Michael Postek (NIST)

7:00 -8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 12 noon

Expert speakers to address the nanomaufacturing areas of focus

8:00-8:05 am

Call to Order and Announcements

8:05-8:40 am

Nanomanufacturing Overview: Mark Tuominen (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) 

8:40-9:10 am

Separations/Fractionation: Wyatt Vreeland (Biochemical Science Division, NIST)

9:10-9:40 am

Composites: Jeff Gilman (NIST), Huber

9:40-10:10 am

Surfaces/Interfaces: Linda Schadler (RPI)

10:10-10:30 am

Break

10:30 am - 12 noon

Concurrent breakout sessions

Groups A, B, and C

Group A

Surface/Interfaces and Non-Bonded Interactions of Nanomaterials. Session Chairs: Gary Fletcher (Becton Dickinson Diagnostics); Christine Mahoney (NIST)

Group B

Nano-enabled Composites and Matrices.

Session Chairs: Steve Masia, (Sappi); Ted Wegner and World Nieh (US Forest Service); Gale Holmes (NIST)

Group C

Separations and Fractionation.

Session Chairs: Michael Gaitan (NIST); Ron Rossner (Wyatt Technology Corp.)

12 noon – 1:00 pm

Lunch. Speaker: “The United States Measurement System and Measurement Needs for Nanotechnology and NanoEHS”  Clare Allocca (NIST)

1:00-3:15 pm

Groups A, B and C reconvene

3:15 – 3:30 pm

Break

3:3 0 – 4:30 pm

Breakout groups prepare report

4:30 - 5:00 pm

Joint session

Highlights of breakout reports. Each presentation is at most 10 minutes (5 min presentation and 5 minutes Q&A)

5:00-5:30 pm

“The Way Forward: Potential interaction models for collaboration and cross-fertilization” Anne Chaka (NIST) and Mike Garner (Intel)

Dinner

Picnic Barbeque at Smokey Glen Farm.

Thursday, May 22:  “The Way Forward”

Convener:  Dianne Poster (NIST)

7:00 -7:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:00 to 9:00 am

Session Chairs present the Deliverables from their session.

8:00 - 8:20 am

Group A

Surface/Interfaces and Non-Bonded Interactions of Nanomaterials.

Session Chairs: Gary Fletcher (Becton Dickinson Diagnostics); Christine Mahoney (NIST)

8:20 – 8:40 am

Group B

Nano-enabled Composites and Matrices.

Session Chairs: Steve Masia, (Sappi); Ted Wegner and World Nieh (USDA Forest Service); Gale Holmes (NIST)

8:40 – 9:00 am

Group C

Separations and Fractionation.

Session Chairs: Michael Gaitan (NIST); Dirk Rossner (Wyatt Technology Corp.)

9:00-9:15 am

Break

9:15-11:45 am

Next steps

“Set the stage for the next steps: What are we intending to accomplish next and how who does what, when”

Session Chairs: Gerard Closset (AF and PA), Mike Garner (Intel), Anne Chaka (NIST)

·       Follow-up action plan

·       Model for collaboration

·       Timeline

11:45 am – 12 noon

Concluding remarks. Workshop ends. (Anne Chaka)

12:00 noon

Lunch (Optional)

12:30-2:30 pm

NIST tour (Optional)