Colombia-U.S. Workshop- Nanotechnology

Goals :

The goal of the workshop is to promote the relationship between industry, government and academy in the following areas:

(1) Scaling challenges of nanotechnology

(2) Relationship with national and international standardization agencies

(3) Strengthen capacities in characterization techniques

(4) Establish the need for implementing safe handling and nanomaterials' disposal policies

Date and Place :

The workshop will be held in Bogota, Colombia from February 14th to 15th at the School of Engineering, Mario Laserna Building, Universidad de Los Andes.

Key note speakers :

Candace S-J Tsai (Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University), Gerald G. Lopez (Singh Center for Nanotechnology at University of Pennsylvania), Simon Baconnier, Jose Mauro Granjeiro, Harald F. Krug (NanoCASE GmbH), Arvind Raman (Purdue University), Debra Kaiser (Advanced Materials and Nanoparticles and Environment, Health and Safety (NanoEHS)), James Alexander Liddle (Nanofabrication Research, NIST)

Important deadlines  :

Deadline for posters submission: January 12, 2017

Deadline for registration: February 3, 2017

Abstract submission For the poster session: Participants are required to submit an abstract (in English or Spanish) of no more than 2 pages (including references) using the IEEE format together with the poster, to the event email address colombiausanano2017@uniandes.edu.co .

https://colombiausanano2017.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/en/2015-10-30-16-15-8