past event

Center on Nanotechnology and Society
1st Annual Nanopolicy Conference
NanoWorld: Toward a Policy for
the Human Future
April 28, 2006
National Press Club
Holeman Lounge
Washington, D.C.

Complete Agenda

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Ph.D.
Director
Center on Nanotechnology and Society
Associate Dean and Research Professor of Bioethics
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Illinois Institute of Technology

9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Keynote Address
Mihail C. Roco
Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology
National Science Foundation

10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Response Panel to Keynote Address
Moderator:
David Guston, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator and Director
Center for Nanotechnology in Society Arizona State University

Panelists:
Andrew Kimbrell, J.D.
Executive Director
International Center for Technology Assessment

Christine Peterson
Founder and Vice President of Public Policy Foresight Nanotech Institute

Charles Rubin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science and Graduate Faculty
Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy
Duquesne University

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Is Nano the Driver of the 21st Century Economy?
Sean Murdock, M.B.A., M.E.M.
Executive Director
NanoBusiness Alliance

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Response Panel
Moderator:
David Guston, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator and Director
Center for Nanotechnology in Society
Arizona State University

Panelists:
Brent Blackwelder, Ph.D.
President
Friends of the Earth

John Sargent
Senior Policy Analyst
Office of Technology Policy
U.S. Department of Commerce

David Forman
Associate Editor
Small Times

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Nanotechnology: Policy for the 21st Century
Moderator:
Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Ph.D.
Director
Center on Nanotechnology and Society Associate Dean and Research Professor of Bioethics
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Illinois Institute of Technology

Panelists:
Congressman Mike Honda, M.A. (D-CA)
Congressman Brad Sherman, J.D. (D-CA)
Congressman Dave Weldon, M.D. (R-FL)
Marty Spitzer
Staff Member
House Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Break

2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Technology for a Human Future? - NELSI Questions
Moderator:
Davis Baird, Ph.D.
Dean
South Carolina Honors College
Director
nanoScience and Technology Studies Group
NanoCenter
University of South Carolina

Panelists:
Richard Denison, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Environmental Health Program
Environmental Defense

Sonia E. Miller, J.D., M.B.A., M.S.Ed.
S.E. MILLER LAW FIRM
Founder and Global President
Converging Technologies Bar Association (CTBA)

Ellen Mitchell, Ph.D.
Director
Institute of Psychology
Senior Fellow
Center on Nanotechnology and Society
Illinois Institute of Technology

David Prentice, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow for Life Sciences
Family Research Council

4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Agenda for the Human Future: Priorities for the Policy Community
Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Ph.D.
Director
Center on Nanotechnology and Society Associate Dean and Research Professor of Bioethics
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Illinois Institute of Technology

This event was co-sponsored by:
The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University
The Converging Technologies Bar Association
Nanotechnology Law and Business Journal