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MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012
09:30 - 10:00 OPENING SESSION                                                                                                               Hall A

Chairperson: Nava Swersky Sofer, Israel

Presentation by
The Honorable Mr. Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel

Presentation of
Special Award to Israeli Nanotechnology Visionary President Shimon Peres, by Prof. Joshua Jortner, Former President, Israel Academy of Sciences, Chairperson, INAB of INNI                                                                                            
 10:00 - 10:40

NANOTECHNOLOGY: THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE                                                                          Hall A

Chairperson: Prof. Joshua Jortner, Former President, Israel Academy of Sciences, Chairperson, INAB of INNI

Presentations:
(10:00-10:15)
NANOTECHNOLOGIES AT THE CROSS ROADS : OECD ROAD MAP TOWARDS A RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPEMENT
Dr. Françoise Roure, Chairperson, OECD Working Party on Nanotechnology, France

(10:15-10:25)
DEVELOPMENTS IN NANOSCIENCE - NANOTECHNOLOGIES: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE AND INNOVATION STRATEGY
Christos Tokamanis, Head of Unit Nanosciences & Nanotechnology, EU, Belgium

(10:25-10:40)
NANOTECHNOLOGY IN THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FOR SCIENCE AND INNOVATION
Dr. Suzanne Fortier, President, Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada, Chair, Network of Centers of Excellence, Canada

10:40 - 11:20 Keynote Lecture:                                                                                                                  Hall A

Chairperson: Prof. Yaacov Ziv, Israel

SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NANO-CARBON MATERIALS
Prof. Sumio Iijima, Faculty of Science and Technology, Meijo University, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/Nanotube Research Center, NEC Corporation, Japan             
11:20 - 11:45 Coffee Break Sponsored by & Visit the Exhibition
11:45 - 13:30 Parallel Sessions:
  NANO MATERIALS         Hall A

Chairperson: Prof. Reshef Tenne, Israel

Keynotes:
(11:45-12:10)
ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION
Prof. Tuomo Suntola
, Picosun Oy, Finland

(12:10-12:35)
NOVEL ATTRIBUTES OF GRAPHENES AND RELATED MATERIALS
Prof. C.N.R. Rao
, Linus Pauling Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India

Presentations:

(12:35-12:55)
ENGINEERING INTERFACES USING NANOSCALE ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FILMS
Prof. Chaim Sukenik, Edward and Judy Steinberg Chair in Nanotechnology, Bar Ilan University, Israel

(12:55-13:15)
WHEN ARE 2-DIMENSIONAL FILMS STABLE?
Prof. Wayne D. Kaplan, Department of Materials Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

(13:15-13:30)
Q&A
NANO MEDICINE               Hall B

Chairperson: Prof. Yechezkel Barenholz, Israel

Keynote:
(11:45-12:10)
NANOMEDICINE – BEYOND DIAGNOSTICS AND DRUG-DELIVERY
Prof. Jacob Klein, Israel

Presentations:
(12:10-12:30)
AMPHIPHILIC AND ACIDIC BETA-SHEET PEPTIDES; FROM DESIGN AT NANOMETER SCALE TO FUNCTIONAL BIOMATERIALS
Dr. Hanna Rapaport, Biotechnology Engineering Department, Ilze Katz Institute for Nanoscale Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

(12:30-12:50)
UNRAVELING THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING TUMOR DORMANCY USING NANO-SCALED POLYMER THERANOSTICS
Dr. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, Tel Aviv University, Israel

(12:50-13:10)
GOLD ISLAND FILMS: PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS IN LOCALIZED PLASMON SENSING
Prof. Israel Rubinstein
, Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

(13:10-13:30)
NOISE IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Prof. Nathalie Questembert-Balaban, Racah Institute for Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
COMPANY PRESENTATIONS  Hall C

Chairperson: Rafi Koriat, Israel

Fulcrum SP Materials Ltd.

3GSolar Photovoltaics Ltd.

CollPlant

Elbit Systems, Electro-optics, ELOP

El-Mul Technologies Ltd.

Hanita Coatings

Elbit Systems Land and C4I Ltd.

KiloLambda

Nano Materials

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

Camtek

PML

Melodea Ltd.


13:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break & Visit the Exhibition
14:30 - 15:00 Basic Science & Application/Industry Orientated Poster Presentations                                  Poster Area
15:00 - 16:45 Parallel Sessions:
  NANO ENERGY          Hall A

Chairperson: Dr. Shlomo Wald, Israel

Keynote:
(15:00-15:25)
QUANTUM DOTS BASED PHOTOVOLTAICS
Prof. Arie Zaban, Bar-Ilan Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Israel

Presentations:

(15:25-15:45)
REVISITING METAL-AIR BATTERY TECHNOLOGY...THE QUEST FOR 2030 EV
Prof. Yair Ein-Eli
, Materials Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

(15:45-16:05)
TAILORING LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS IN ORGANIC MATERIALS
Dr. Yaakov Tischler, Department of Chemistry, Director of Molecular Photonics Laboratory, Bar Ilan Institute for Nanotechnology, Israel

(16:05-16:25)
LARGE PHOTOVOLTAGE GENERATED BY PLANT PHOTOSYSTEM I CRYSTALS
Dr. Yossi Rosenwaks, Physical Electronics, Tel Aviv University, Israel

(16:25-16:45)
Q&A
NANO BIO               Hall B

Chairperson: Prof. Benjamin Geiger, Israel

Keynote:
(15:00-15:25)
MOLECULAR SELF-ASSEMBLY AT THE NANOSCALE: FROM DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS TO MATERIAL SCIENCE
Prof. Udi Gazit, Professor and Chair of Nano-Biology, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Presentations:
(15:25-15:45)
BIO-MOLECULAR NANO-MACHINES: HOW THEY FUNCTION IN LARGE GROUPS
Prof. Anne Bernheim, Chemical Engineering Department & Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

(15:45-16:05)
BIOACTIVE NANOPARTICLES
Prof. Abraham J. Domb
, Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy-Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

(16:05-16:25)
RNA-INDUCED ASSEMBLY OF SV40-DERIVED NANOPARTICLES IS VERY FAST AND WITH NO DETECTABLE INTERMEDIATES
Dr. Uri Raviv
, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

(16:25-16:45)
DNA SEQUENCING AND GENOTYPING USING SYNTHETIC NANOPORES
Prof. Amit Meller, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute,
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
‘GOLDEN NUGGETS’      Hall C

Chairperson: Nava Swersky Sofer, Israel

Presentations:
PHOTOCATALYSIS WITH HYBRID METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES
Prof. Uri Banin, Hebrew University Technology Transfer, Israel

ENHANCED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ELECTROSPUN NANO-FIBERS THROUGH NACL MEDIATION
Prof. Daniel Wagner, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION USING NANOIMPRINTING LITHOGRAPHY (NIL)
Dr. Jacob Scheuer, Tel Aviv University, Israel

VERTICAL ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS FOR LOW-COST, LARGE-AREA ELECTRONICS
Ariel Ben-Sasson,Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd., Israel

BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Prof. Smadar Cohen, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

NEXT GENERATION BIOCHEMISTRY – A UNIFIED MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM FOR PROTEOMICS APPLICATIONS
Prof. Doron Gerber, Bar Ilan University, Israel

METAL NANOWIRE BASED TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES BY A SIMPLE SOLUTION BASED PROCESS
Dr. Gil Markovitch, Tel Aviv University, Israel

DISTRIBUTED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING FIBER OPTIC SENSOR
Dr. Avi Zadok, Bar Ilan University, Israel

INTERACTIONS OF FOCUSED FULLERENE ION BEAMS WITH SURFACES: PROSPECTS AND APPLICATIONS AT THE NANOSCALE
Prof. Eli Kolodney, Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd., Israel

TEMPORAL CALCIUM DEPOSITS IN CRAYFISH – RELEVANT PROTEINS AND APPLICATIONS
Prof. Amir Sagi, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

HETEROJUNCTION BISMUTH OXYHALIDES - NOVEL FAMILY OF VISIBLE LIGHT DRIVEN PHOTOCATALYSTS FOR WATER TREATMENT
Prof. Yoel Sasson, Hebrew University Technology Transfer, Israel

DNA/RNA SENSOR BASED ON MAGNETOLITHOGRAPHY
Prof. Ron Naaman, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
16:45 - 17:10 Coffee Break Sponsored by & Visit the Exhibition
17:10 - 18:20 Plenary Session: NANOTECHNOLOGY: EMERGING GLOBAL POWERS                                                    Hall A
                                                                                                                    
Chairperson: Prof. Ruth Arnon, Israel

Presentations:
(17:10-17:20)
ISRAELI NANOTECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT – CHALLENGES AND EXPECTATIONS
Dan Vilenski, Entrepreneur and Board Member, INNI, Israel

(17:20-17:40)
FROM NANO SCIENCE TO NANO BASED TECHNOLOGY
Avi Hasson, Israel

(17:40-18:05)
NANOTECHNOLOGY IN CHINA: FROM FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH TO APPLICATION
Prof. Chunli Bai, Institute of Chemistry, CAS,  China

(18:05-18:20)
NANO IN INDIA
Prof. C.N.R. Rao
, Linus Pauling Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India

TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012
09:00 - 09:40 Keynote Lecture                                                                                                                                  Hall A

Chairperson:  Prof. Uri Banin, Israel

OBSERVATION OF COOPER PAIR SPLITTING VIA CROSS CORRELATION MEASUREMENT
Prof. Moty Heiblum, Braun Center for Submicron Research, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
09:40 - 10:20 NANOTECHNOLOGY IN DEFENSE - TODAY AND TOMORROW                                                               Hall A

Chairperson: Ophir Shoham, Israel

Presentations:
(09:40-09:50)
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND THE BATTLEFIELD – THE ELBIT SYSTEMS APPROACH
Haim Rousso, Executive Vice President for Engineering & Technology Excellence, Elbit Systems, Israel

(09:50-10:00)
NANO MATERIALS FOR NEXT GENERATION ARMOR APPLICATIONS
Dan Ziv, Plasan, Israel

(10:00-10:10)
NANOTECHNOLOGY IN AEROSPACE
Prof. Leah Boehm, Chief Scientist, IAI, Israel

(10:10-10:20)
MILITARY NANOTECHNOLOGY – POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS
Dr. Ami Dovrat, Corporate Director, Research & Development, RAFAEL, Israel

10:20 - 10:45 Coffee Break & Visit the Exhibition
10:45 - 12:30 Parallel Sessions:
  NANO ELECTRONICS    Hall A

Chairperson: Prof. Raphael D. Levine, Israel

Keynote:
(10:45-11:10)
NANOGENERATORS FOR SELF-POWERED SYSTEM AND PIEZOTRONICS FOR ACTIVE FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS
Prof. Zhong Lin Wang
, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Presentations:
(11:10-11:30)
CONTROLLING INDIVIDUAL ELECTRONS IN DISORDER-FREE CARBON NANOTUBES
Dr. Shahal Ilani, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

(11:30-11:50)
1D NANOMATERIALS: FROM SYNTHESIS TO APPLICATIONS
Prof. Fernando Patolsky, Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel

(11:50-12:10)
PEPTIDE NANOSTRUCTURES AS BUILDING BLOCKS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Dr. Nurit Ashkenasy, Department of Materials Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

(12:10-12:30)
Q&A
NANO APPLICATIONS &     Hall B INDUSTRY NEEDS  

Chairperson: Ilan Peled, Israel

Presentations:
(10:45-11:10)
CONTINUOUS SPINNING OF CARBON NANOTUBE FIBRES DIRECTLY FROM THE REACTION ZONE
Prof. Alan Windle, Department of Materials Science, Cambridge University, UK

(11:10-11:25)
NANOFIBERS FROM BENCH TO MARKET - TORTECH LTD.
Avi Ya’akobovich, Head of Advanced Materials Research Team, Plasan, Israel

(11:25-11:40)
NANOMATERIALS FOR PRINTED ELECTRONICS
Prof. Shlomo Magdassi, The Enrique Berman Chair, Director, Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

(11:40-12:00)
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION OF NANOPARTICLE-BASED COMPOSITES
Prof. Yunfa Chen, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

(12:00-12:10)
NANO AND INDUSTRY IN CANADA
Dr. Marie D’Iorio, Director General, Canadian National Institute for Nanotechnology, Canada
COMPANY PRESENTATIONS  Hall C

Chairperson: Michel Hivert, Israel

Botanocap Ltd.

Amagino Biotechnology

Ray Techniques Ltd.

Polymate Ltd.-INRC

DigiFlex Ltd.

Immune Pharmaceuticals Corporation

IsraZion Ltd.

Picosun Oy

NanoMed Targeting Systems Inc.

Nanonics Imaging Ltd.

NanoPass Technologies Lts

Nanoplate Ltd.

Nanosol Ltd.


12:10-12:30 (12:10-12:30)
SURVIVING THE (NANO) PITFALLS ON ROAD TO IP PROTECTION
Dr. Ronnie Benshafrut, Patent Attorney, Partner, Reinhold Cohn and Partners, Israel
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break & Visit the Exhibition
13:30 - 14:00 Basic Science & Application/Industry Orientated Poster Presentations                                         Poster Area
14:00 - 15:45 Parallel Sessions:
  NANO PHOTONICS       Hall A

Chairperson: Dr. Moshe Oron, Israel

Keynote:
(14:00-14:25)
SPARSITY-BASED SUB-
WAVELENGTH IMAGING, AND
SUPER-RESOLUTION IN
SPECTROSCOPY AND PULSE
MEASUREMENT
Prof. Mordechai (Moti) Segev, Physics, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Presentations:
(14:25-14:45)
NANO-OPTICS METHODS FOR STUDYING DNA-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS AT THE SINGLE-MOLECULE LEVEL
Prof. Yuval Garini
, Physics Department, Bar Ilan University, Israel

(14:45-15:05)
HYBRID APPROACH TO NANO QUANTUM ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICES
Dr. Yossi Paltiel
, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

(15:05-15:25)
SPINNING THE ELECTRONIC SPIN USING A SINGLE PICOSECOND PULSE
Prof. David Gershoni
, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

(15:25-15:45)
PLASMON CONTROLLED MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS
Dr. Yoram Selzer, Tel Aviv University, Israel
NANO ENVIRONMENT & WATER Hall B

Chairperson: Prof. Raphael Semiat, Israel

Keynote:
(14:00-14:25)
NANOBIOLOGICAL COMPUTATIONAL MICROSCOPY: DNA OXIDATION DAMAGE, LIPID BILAYER HYDRATION, AND TRANSMEMBRANE NANOJET TRANSPORT
Prof. Uzi Landman
, Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Presentations:

(14:25-14:45)
SITE SPECIFIC COVALENT ATTACHMENT OF LIVING MICROORGANISMS TO GOLD
Dr. Lital Alfonta
, Israel

(14:45-15:05)
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY IN A POROUS METAL-OXIDE NANO-CAPSULE
Prof. Ira Weinstock, Department of Chemistry, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

(15:05-15:25)
NONCOVALENT WATER-BASED NANOMATERIALS: ROBUSTNESS, ADAPTIVITY AND FUNCTION
Dr. Boris Rybtchinski
, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

(15:25-15:45)
FROM NANOTECHNOLOGY TO MICROBIOLOGY - USING NANOTECHNOLOGY TO INHIBIT BACTERIAL BIOFOULING
Dr. Ehud Banin, Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
COMPANY PRESENTATIONS  Hall C

Chairperson: Rafi Koriat, Israel

NanoSpun Technologies Ltd.

ClearJet

pureNANO

NanoMediCOT Ltd.

Regentis Biomaterials Ltd.

MAFAT

GE Global Research

Applied Materials

Canatu

Orbotech Ltd.

Cellergy

NanoMaterials Pte Ltd.

Accelrys Inc.

15:45 - 16:10 Coffee Break & Visit the Exhibition
16:10 - 16:50 AWARDS CEREMONY                                                                                                                   Hall A
16:50 - 17:45 Closing Plenary Session: THE FUTURE ACCORDING TO NANOTECHNOLOGY                                Hall A  
                                                                                                    
Chairpersons: Rafi Koriat, Israel, Prof. Reshef Tenne, Israel, Nava Swersky Sofer, Israel

Presentations:

(16:50-17:10)
GRAPHENE ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS
Dr. Phaedon Avouris, IBM Fellow, Manager, Nanometer Scale Science & Technology, IBM Research Division, USA

(17:10-17:30)
TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY
Major Gen. (Res.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, Chairman, Israel Space Agency, Head, Yuval Ne'eman Workshop for Science Technology and Security, TAU, Israel

(17:30-17:45)
CAPITALIZING ON MEGATRENDS THROUGH NANOTECHNOLOGY
Jaideep Raje, Senior Analyst, Lux Research, The Netherlands

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