Program

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Program Poster abstracts
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
8:30 a.m. Welcome - breakfast
8:50 Opening Remarks :
L'importance des partenariats en recherche
M. Rémi Quirion, OC, PhD, CQ, MSRC
Chief Scientist of Québec
Keynotes
9:30 Dr. Richard W. Siegel, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
10:15 Break
10:30 Poster session
12:30 p.m. Lunch
2:00 M. John McDougall, Nanotechnology - A Canadian Vision
Health
2:30 Dr. Lajos Balogh, Research directions and market trends in Nanomedicine
3:00 Dr. Josée Blanchard, Development of Bionanotechnology in Quebec
3:30 Break
Microsystems
4:00 Dr Robert E. Geer, Ph.D., Pioneering Innovation and Technical Frontiers Driving Economic Development in Nano-electronics
4:30

M. Claude Jean, Development of microelectronic tools in Quebec

5:00 Poster session and Networking reception
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
9:00 a.m. Welcome - breakfast
Forestry
9:30 Pr. Anne-Christine Ritschkoff, Ph.D., Nanotechnologies catalyzing forest sector renewal
10:00 M. Pierre Lapointe, Green industrialization arising from wood fibre
10:30 Break
Industrial materials
11:00 M. Ross Kozarsky, How to Combine Nanotech with Business Success
11:30 Dr. Hamid Benaddi, Nanomaterial in Quebec
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 Poster session
NanoQuébec
3:30 Dr. Dolores Martinez from NanoQuébec, Quebec Nanotechnology Infrastructure (QNI): Official launch and introduction
4:00 Dr. Mohamed Chaker, Chairman, Scientific Affairs Committee, Presentation of sectorial action plan, with Q&A
5:00 Presentation of prizes for the 3 best posters (sponsored)
5:30 Official closing