ICPCNanoNet Workshop, Beijing, 2010

Date: Monday 14th, Tuesday 15th, June 2010

Venue: Unisplendour International Center, Building 10, No.1, East Road of ZhongGuanCun, HaiDian District, Beijing, China

Workshop Objectives

• The workshop facilitated the required insight into Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (N&N) activity in International Cooperation Partner Countries (ICPC) and presented a new online networking platform to foster and intensify the number of collaborations between the EU and ICPC in the area of N&N. A summary of the situation in the past three years was given and future thoughts confirmed. There was a focus on the contribution that China and the region can make to the Framework Programme.
  The workshop provided the opportunity to:·        
• Obtain the necessary insight into current N&N activities in ICPC, to further explore the possibility of setting up collaborations with ICPC entities of special interest.·        
• Learn about and become an active member of ICPCNanoNet’s new and efficient platform for developing an EU-ICPC Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Collaboration Network, providing a framework necessary to further EU-ICPC collaboration.·        
• Discuss views with a panel of distinguished guest speakers from ICPC.·        
• Discuss potential collaborations with organisations and researchers in complementary fields.        
• Listen to presentations focusing on specific topics, such as health; safety; training of students and researchers; upgrading equipment in developing countries; nano-ethics; nano-education; funding possibilities; barriers to nano or the success of nano; and possibilities of international collaborations.·        
• Join delegates from prestigious institutions such as the Institute of Nanotechnology (UK), St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University (Russia), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (India), Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology (People’s Rep. of China), Malsch TechnoValuation (The Netherlands), MERIT of University of Maastricht (The Netherlands), and Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (Portugal) and NanoAfNet (Africa).

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