NNI Meetings & Symposia

Upcoming Meetings

International Environmental Nanotechnology Conference: Applications and Implications October 7-9, 2008. Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, IL. The conference will bring together researchers and practitioners from around the world to discuss the nanotechnology application for remediation of environmental contaminants, the implications of releasing manufactured nanoparticles into the environment, and pollution control and nano-enabled sensing.

See also:

Meetings on Nanostructured Materials, maintained by NIST.

Past Meetings and Symposia

Understanding the Design Principles of Living Systems at the Nanoscale, Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology, May 13, 2008, Frederick, MD.

2008 Johns Hopkins NanoBio Symposium, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, May 1-2, 2008.

Nanotechnology and Occupational Health and Safety Conference, University of California–Santa Barbara, November 15-17, 2007.

Pollution Prevention through Nanotechnology Conference, Arlington, VA, September 25-26, 2007.

NNI Interagency Workshop on the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, Washington, DC, September 5- 7, 2007.

Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program Public Meeting, Arlington, VA, August 2, 2007.

Nanotechnology and Society: the Organization and Policy of Innovation, Amherst, MA, May 17, 2007.

International Nanotechnology Outreach Workshop, Leuven, Belgium, May 7-8, 2007.

Nanotechnology and Public Policy -- Basic Science, Application and Regulatory Implications, Boston, MA, May 1, 2007.

The Johns Hopkins University’s Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT), Baltimore, MD, April 27, 2007.

Symposium on "Engineered Nanoscale Materials for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease," Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting 2007, San Francisco, CA, April 9-13, 2007.

Second Annual Nanotechnology and the Life Sciences Scientific Symposium, St. Louis, MO, March 30-31, 2007.

DOE Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) User Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, January 16-17, 2007.

International Conference on Nanotechnology Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety: Research to Practice, Cincinnati, OH, December 3-8, 2006.

Frontiers in Scanning Probe Microscopy Workshop, Birck Nanotechnology Center at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, October 4-6, 2006.

Public Participation in Nanotechnology Workshop, Arlington, VA, May 30-31, 2006

Buildings for Advanced Technology Workshop III, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, February 6-8, 2006

Nanomaterials and the Environment Symposium, 2005 MRS Fall Meeting, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, November 28 - December 1, 2005

1st International Conference on Nanotoxicology, Wyndham Hotel, Miami Beach, FL, January 29 - February 1, 2006

NNI Workshop on Regional, State, and Local Initiatives in Nanotechnology II, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, November 3-4, 2005. Forum for interchange of ideas intended for leaders of regional, state, and local nanotechnology initiatives.

2nd International Symposium on Nanotechnology and Occupational Health, Radisson Hotel Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN, October 3-6, 2005

EPA Public Meeting on Nanoscale Materials, Washington Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC, June 23, 2005

X-rays and Neutrons: Essential Tools for Nanoscience Research (PDF), Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC, June 16-18, 2005

International Nanotechnology Conference on Communication and Cooperation, The Marriott Hotel, San Francisco, June 1-3, 2005

Fourth International Dendrimer Symposium, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, May 18-21, 2005

Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology, Hyatt Regency Bethesda, Bethesda, MD, March 17-18, 2005

DOE Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies 3rd User Workshop, Marriott Pyramid North Hotel, Albuquerque, NM, January 19-21, 2005

Nanosafe: A Workshop on Environmental Health and Safety in Nanotechnology Research, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, Georgia Institute of Technology, December 2, 2004

First International Symposium on Occupational Health Implications of Nanomaterials, Palace Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire, UK, October 12-14, 2004

Research Directions II Workshop, sponsored by the Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology Subcommittee, NSTC, through the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office. National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C., September 8 and 9, 2004.

2004 EPA Grantees, Workshop: Nanotechnology and the Environment: Applications and Implications, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, August 18-20, 2004.

Department of Energy NanoSummit: Nanoscale Science and Our Energy Future, Wardman Park Marriott, Washington, DC, June 23-24, 2004

Brookhaven National Lab's Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Annual Users Meeting, Upton, New York, May 19-20, 2004

Nanomedicine Roadmap Initiative, Project Launch Meeting, NIH, Masur Auditorium, Bldg. 10, Bethesda, Maryland, Tuesday, May 4, 2004.

Argonne National Lab's Center for Nanoscale Materials, First Users Meeting, Argonne, Illinois, May 3-4, 2004

National Nanotechnology Initiative: From Vision to Commercialization, Washington, DC, March 31-April 2, 2004

NNI Grand Challenge Workshop on Nanoscience Research for Energy Needs, Arlington, Virginia, March 16-18, 2004

Interagency NNI Grand Challenge Workshop on Nanoscale Instrumentation and Metrology (PDF), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, January 27-29, 2004

Grand Challenge Workshop on Nanoelectronics (PDF), Arlington, Virginia, February 11-13, 2004.

Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (PDF), Arlington, Virginia, December 3-5, 2003

DOE, Nanoscale Science Research Centers Workshop, Washington, DC, February 26-28, 2003

DOE, ORNL Nanophase Materials Sciences Workshop, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, October 24-26, 2001

DOE, SNL Planning Workshop, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 2001

Nanostructures in Polymer Matrices, US Army European Research Office, University of Nottingham, London, UK, 2001

Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NSF, Arlington, Virginia, September 2000

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Shaping Biomedical Research (PDF), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, June 2000

Quantum Information Science, Arlington, Virginia, October 1999


NNI Regional Meetings:

Southern California NNI Workshop, Los Angeles, California, September 2001

Southern U.S. Regional NNI Workshop, Houston, Texas, May 2002

Joint NSF-European Community Workshops on Nanotechnology:

Manufacturing and Processing Workshop, Puerto Rico, US, January 2002

Nanotechnology Revolutionary Opportunities and Societal Implications, Lecca, Italy, January 2002

Tools and Instruments for Research and Manufacturing, Grenoble, France, June 2002

Nanostructured Materials, Boston, Massachusetts, US, December 2002

See: NNI Structure and Strategies