Conference Programme

Download the Detailed Conference Programme (updated as 8 Jan 2007).

Day 1 - Wednesday, 23 Jan 2008

08:30 - 09:00 Registration (Foyer, level 4)
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome Address by
Prof Hardy CHAN
Welcome Address by
Prof Thomas L. MAGNANTI
09:10 - 09:30 Address by Guest-of-Honour
Dr Tony TAN
09:30 - 10:15 Plenary Speaker
Title: Fostering Creativity and the Future of Research in our Universities
Dr Wilhelm KRULL
10:15 - 10:45 Morning Tea / Coffee Break (Foyer, level 4)
10:45 - 11:20 Keynote Speaker 1
Title: Nanotechnology-Enabled Solutions for Problems in a Number of Mature Industries
Dr David SOANE
11:20 - 11:55 Keynote Speaker 2
Title: Plasmonic Nanomanufacturing
Prof Xiang ZHANG
11:55 - 12:30 Keynote Speaker 3
Title: Heterogeneous Integration and Manufacturing at the Nanoscale
Placid M FERREIRA
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch (Grand Ballroom 1, level 4)
14:00 - 15:15 Polymer Micro-Fabrication Session:
Metrology, sensing and characterization (Waterfront I, level 2)		 2D patterning, 3D templating and fabrication and synthesis processes (Waterfront II, level 2) Modeling, simulation and control - fluidics, energetics etc (Waterfront III, level 2) Nanomaterial production and integration (Riverfront I, level 2)
15:15 - 15:45 Afternoon Tea / Coffee Break (Foyer, level 2)
15:45 - 17:25 Polymer Micro-Fabrication Session
Metrology, sensing and characterization / Biological and chemical nanosensors (Waterfront I, level 2)		 Bottom-up directed and self-assembly / Modeling, simulation and control - fluidics, energetics etc / Instrumentation, tooling, equipment (Waterfront II, level 2) Modeling, simulation and control - fluidics, energetics etc / Design, optimization and control (Waterfront III, level 2) Nanomaterial production and integration (Riverfront I, level 2)

Day 2 - Thursday, 24 Jan 2008

08:30 - 09:15 Registration (Foyer, level 2)
09:15 - 09:50 Keynote Speaker 4
Title: Chemical Methods for Self-Assembly of Complex Nanomaterials
Hua Chun ZENG
09:50 - 10:25 Keynote Speaker 5
Title: Medicine on a Chip- Digital Microfluidics for Synthesis And Analysis of Biomolecules and Cells
Abraham LEE
10:25 - 11:00 Morning Tea / Coffee Break (Foyer, level 2)
11:00 - 11:35 Keynote Speaker 6
Title: Affordable Polymer Micro/Nanomanufacturing for Biosensors And Drug Delivery Devices
L James LEE
11:35 - 12:25 Polymer Micro-Fabrication Session: Nanomanufacturing in industry (Waterfront I, level 2) 2D patterning, 3D templating and fabrication and synthesis processes (Waterfront II, level 2) Bottom-up directed and self-assembly (Waterfront III, level 2) Modeling, simulation and control - fluidics, energetics etc (Riverfront Ballroom, level 2)
12:25 - 14:00 Lunch (Grand Ballroom 1, level 4)
14:00 - 15:40 Polymer Micro-Fabrication Session: Instrumentation, tooling, equipment (Waterfront I, level 2) 2D patterning, 3D templating and fabrication and synthesis processes (Waterfront II, level 2) Bottom-up directed and self-assembly (Waterfront III, level 2) Modeling, simulation and control - fluidics, energetics etc (Riverfront Ballroom, level 2)
15:40 - 16:00 Afternoon Tea / Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:40 Polymer Micro-Fabrication Session Modeling, simulation and control - fluidics, energetics etc (Waterfront I, level 2) 2D patterning, 3D templating and fabrication and synthesis processes / Manipulation and actuation (Waterfront II, level 2) Bottom-up directed and self-assembly / Metrology, sensing and characterization (Waterfront III, level 2) Modeling, simulation and control - fluidics, energetics etc / Biomimetics and biomanufacturing (Riverfront Ballroom, level 2)
18:30 Conference Banquet at the Asian Civilisations Museum

Day 3 - Friday, 25 Jan 2008

09:00 - 10:15 Polymer Micro-Fabrication Session: NEMS and MEMS nanomanufacturing (Waterfront I, level 2) Biological and chemical nanosensors (Waterfront II, level 2) Nanomanufacturing in industry (Waterfront III, level 2) Biomedical devices and tissue engineering (Riverfront III, level 2) AMM&NS Technical Session (Riverfront II) CSB Technical Session (Riverfront I)
10:15 - 10:45 Morning Tea / Coffee Break (Foyer, level 2)
10:45 - 12:25 Polymer Micro-Fabrication Session: 2D patterning, 3D templating and fabrication and synthesis processes (Waterfront I, level 2) Design, optimization and control (Waterfront II, level 2) NEMS and MEMS nanomanufacturing (Waterfront III, level 2) Biomedical devices and tissue engineering (Riverfront III, level 2)
12:25 - 14:00 Lunch & Announcement of SMA Student Poster Competition Winners (Grand Ballroom 1, level 4)