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2013 US National Nanotechnology Initiative stakeholder workshops

I found a May 20, 2013 news blurb about an upcoming 2013 US National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) workshop on the OH&S (Occupational Health Safety magazine website,

Nanotechnology experts will gather in Washington, D.C., on June 11-12 [2013] for workshops and discussions to inform the 2013 strategic plan for the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). …

More details about the workshop (2013 NNI Strategic Planning Stakeholder Workshop), which is limited to 120 people, can be found in the agenda here (a few items have been excerpted),

AGENDA: Tuesday, June 11, 2013
8:00 – 8:30 Registration and Coffee Session
1: Setting the Scene
Moderator: Anthony Green, Vice President of Technology Commercialization: Life
Sciences, Ben Franklin Technology Partners; Director, The Nanotechnology Institute

8:30 – 8:45
Welcome, NNI Overview, & Charge to Participants
Altaf Carim, Assistant Director for Nanotechnology, Office of Science and TechnologyPolicy, Executive Office of the President, United States

8:45 – 9:10
Synergies with Other Federal Initiatives
Thomas Kalil , Deputy Director for Policy, Office of Science and Technology Policy,
Executive Office of the President, United States

9:10 – 9:35
Bridging Technologies
Paul Braun, Ivan Racheff Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

9:35 – 10:00
Commercializing Nanotechnology
Christopher Schuh, Head of Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Danae
and Vasilios Salapatas Professor of Metallurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:00 – 10:25
Infrastructure Needs
Julia Phillips, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Sandia National Laboratories

Apparently you can still register. Here’s more from the nano.gov homepage (scroll down),

REGISTER NOW!

Date: June 11 – 12, 2013

Location: USDA Patriot Plaza Conference Center, 355 E Street, SW, Washington, DC

Scope: The 2013 NNI Stakeholder Workshop will obtain input outside the U.S. Government on the future directions of the NNI. The recommendations of this one-and-a-half day workshop will inform the development of the 2013 NNI Strategic Plan.

Objectives: The goal of this workshop is to obtain input from stakeholders – both those new to nanoscale science, engineering, and technology and those already familiar with these fields and with the NNI – regarding revisions to the NNI Strategic Plan that will be proposed in advance of the workshop.

Participants will be invited to suggest additions to and provide feedback on wording and emphasis areas in the NNI goals, the objectives that support these goals, and the Nanotechnology Signature Initiatives. Comments will also be solicited on the relationship between these topics and the revised Program Component Areas, which will be presented at the event.

Registration: This workshop is free and open to the public with registration on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is now open and will be capped at 120 people.

Wish I could go.