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Carbon versus Silicon: Thinking Small/Thinking Fast

August 07 - August 10, 2003
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August 7, 2003
 

Opening Remarks and Introduction of Participants and Open Discussion: Nanotechnology - Catch The Big Wave

Sara Diamond

no audio available

 

Overview of Nanotechnology Research Hot Spots and Issues

Sara Diamond- Introduction and Catherine Alexander Presentation

listen to presentation (26:36)

 

Andy Gilliland with Responses from Russell Taylor, James Gimzewski, Victoria Vesna, Joanna Berzowska, John Ryan, Pierre Boulanger and Maroon Tabbal

listen to presentation (1:06:34)

 

Sara Diamond and Group Discussion

 

listen to presentation (13:05) 

 

Collaborative Research: Case Study One

James Gimzewski and Victoria Vesna

 

listen to presentation (43:51)

 

Q & A Period

 

listen to presentation (30:03)

 

Medical Applications of Nanotechnology

Linda Pilarski and Sophia Adamia

 

no audio available

 

David Wishart

 

listen to presentation (18:16)

 

Q & A Period

 

listen to presentation (26:19)

 

Designing with New Materials: Part One – Fabrics, Bodies, Responsive Materials and Situations

Victoria Vesna- Moderator and Deepak Srivastava

no audio available

 

Deepak Srivastava and Q & A Period

 

listen to presentation (6:08)

 

Joanna Berzowska

 

listen to presentation (21:27)

 

Kathryn Saunders

 

listen to presentation (19:04)

 

Diana Domingues

 

listen to presentation (16:44)

 

Q & A Period

 

listen to presentation (29:23)

 

Imagining Applications – The Role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s)

Anthony Harckham with Comments by Tom Keenan

listen to presentation (35:05)

 

August 8, 2003
 

Summary of Day 1 and Ethics and Nanotechnology Roundtable

Sara Diamond Introduction and Gregor Wolbring

listen to presentation (39:43)

 

Jim Munroe

 

listen to presentation (9:24)

 

Q & A Period

 

listen to presentation (40:52)

 

Roundtable: Making Meaning from Science

Maroon Tabbal - Moderator and Tom Keenan

listen to presentation (18:36)

view presentation (pdf file: 48 kB)

Kathryn Saunders

 

listen to presentation (22:16)

 

Ruth West

 

listen to presentation (34:16)

view presentation (pdf file: 75 kB)

Inside the Art and Science of Visualisation Technology

no audio available

 

Electronics and Nanotechnology

James Gimzewski - Moderator and John Ryan

listen to presentation (32:43)

view program (pdf file: 107 kB)

Andrew Kostiuk

listen to presentation (21:33)

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Science Fiction Reading

Nalo Hopkinson (audio incomplete)

 

listen to presentation (5:48)

 

Kathleen Goonan and Discussion (audio incomplete)

listen to presentation (13:11)

 

August 9, 2003
 

Review of Day Two

Sara Diamond

 

no audio available

 

 Collaborative Research: Case Study Two

Mark D'Inverno, Jane Prophet, Peter Ride, Robert Saunders and Neil Theise

listen to presentation (1:47:17)

 

 The Tools of Perception - Nanotechnology

Marc Rioux- Moderator and Russell Taylor

listen to presentation (22:07)

 

Pierre Boulanger

 

listen to presentation (21:39)

 

Tania Fraga

listen to presentation (19:16)

 

Maurice Benayoun

listen to presentation (22 :42)

 

Q & A Period

 

listen to presentation (14:55)

 

Designing with New Materials: Part Two – Intelligence and Ubiquity

Ron Burnett - Moderator and Charles Ostman

listen to presentation (18:16)

 

Mary Flanagan

 

listen to presentation (20:07)

 

Brian Fisher

 

listen to presentation (17:09)

 

Sha Xin Wei

 

listen to presentation (20:55)

 

Group Discussion

 

listen to presentation (10:10)

 

Group Discussion Continued

 

listen to presentation (37:08)

 

Summary Discussion to Prepare for Research Day with Imagining Applications

Sara Diamond (audio incomplete)

 

listen to presentation (17:38)

 

Mark Resch

presentation delayed, see rescheduled panelist below


August 10, 2003
 

Carbon versus Silicon: How did the tides turn during C versus S? and Framework for Retreat Groups and Break into Small Groups

Sara Diamond and Various

 

listen to presentation (23:36)

 

Group Status Reports

Sara Diamond and Various

 

no audio available

view summaries (pdf file: 48 kB)

Mark Resch Introduction and Discussion

Mark Resch and Various

 

listen to presentation (57:49)

 

Organizing Research Context: Institutes and Research Centres - Collaboration Perspectives

Marc Rioux, Sara Diamond, James Gimzewski, Victoria Vesna, John Ryan

no audio available

 

Group Reports and Discussion of How to Organize Future Research

Sara Diamond and Various

 

listen to presentation (30:53)

 

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