Detailed Program 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010

09:00 - 09:30

GREETINGS

09:30 - 10:10

Keynote Lecture

Chairperson: Prof. Arie Zaban, Israel

GRAPHENE: MAGIC OF FLAT CARBON
Prof. Andre Geim, Awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics, Director of Manchester Centre for Mesoscience & Nanotechnology Chair of Condensed Matter Physics, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

10:10 - 10:50

Keynote Lecture

Chairperson: To be announced

BIOACTIVE NANOSTRUCTURES AND THEIR HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS
Prof. Samuel I. Stupp, Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science, Chemistry, and Medicine Director of the Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine Northwestern University Cook Hall, USA

10:50 - 11:15

Coffee Break Sponsored by Finnegan & Visit the Exhibition

11:15 - 13:00

Parallel Sessions:

NANO MATERIALS

Chairperson: Prof. Chaim N. Sukenik, Israel

11:15-11:45
SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRES FOR SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION
Prof. Peidong Yang, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

11:45-12:10
SHAPING METAL NANOSTRUCTURES
Prof. Gil Markovich, School of Chemistry,
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

12:10-12:35
HYBRID NANOPARTICLES; FROM ARCHITECTURE TO FUNCTION
Prof. Uri Banin, Institute of Chemistry and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

12:35-13:00
ORDERED NANOPARTICLE ARRAYS USING NANO-STRUCTURED POLYMER TEMPLATES
Dr. Roy Shenhar, Institute of Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

NANO MEDICINE

Chairperson: Prof. Shlomo Margel, Israel

11:15-11:45
LIGAND-TARGETING OF NANOPARTICLES AND LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT DRUGS TO CANCER TISSUES AND SITES OF INFLAMMATION
Dr. Philip S. Low, Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

11:45-12:10
NANO-BASED TARGETED THERAPIES
Prof. Joseph Kost, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

12:10-12:35
UTILIZATION OF NANOPARTICLES FOR GENE SILENCING FROM PARASITES TO MAN
Prof. Shulamit Michaeli, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

12:35-13:00
RNAi NANOMEDICINES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Dr. Dan Peer, Laboratory of Nanomedicine, Dept. of Cell Research & Immunology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

COMPANY PRESENTATIONS

Chairperson: Rafi Koriat, INNI - Israel National Nanotechnology Initiative, Israel

Cima NanoTech Israel, Ltd.

3GSolar Ltd.

Nanosol

KiloLambda Technologies, Ltd.

Cellergy

NanoMaterials, Ltd.

Plasan

Qlight Nanotech Ltd.

Polymate Ltd.- International Nanotechnology Research Center

Elbit Systeme- Land &C4I Tadiran

NanoReady

Fulcrum S.P. Materials Ltd.

Nanoplate Ltd.

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch Break & Visit the Exhibition

14:00 - 15:00

Basic Science & Industry Orientated Poster Presentations

15:00 - 16:45

Parallel Sessions:

NANO ENERGY I

Chairperson: Prof. Micha Asscher, Israel

15:00-15:30
NANOSTRUCTURE ASSEMBLIES FOR NEXT GENERATION SOLAR CELLS
Prof. Prashant Kamat, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, USA 

15:30-15:55
NM-SCALE MOLECULAR MODULATION OF SOLAR CELLS WHERE INORGANIC, MOLECULAR AND ORGANIC ELECTRONICS MEET
Prof. David Cahen, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

15:55-16:20
THE CHALLENGES IN R&D OF NOVEL RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES
Prof. Doron Aurbach, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

16:20-16:45
CARBON-NANOTUBES-FULLERENES-CONJUGATED-POLYMER MICROFIBERS FOR BULK HETEROJUCNTION SOLAR CELLS
Prof. Rachel Yerushalmi-Rozen, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
 

NANO BIO

Chairperson: Prof. Simon Benita, Israel

15:00-15:30
MULTISCALE, SUPERRESOLVED, ULTRASENSITIVE OPTICAL MOLECULAR IMAGING
Prof. Shimon Weiss, Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

15:30-15:55
THE BIO-ELECTRONIC SYNAPSE – FUSING ELECTRONICS WITH MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AT THE FUNCTIONAL LEVEL
Prof. Uri Sivan, Dept of Physics, Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

15:55-16:20
THE DYNAMICS OF P BODY/mRNA TRANSPORT AND NANO-PARTICLE TARGETING IN LIVING HUMAN CELLS
Dr. Yaron Shav-Tal, The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

16:20-16:45
NANOSTRUCTURED POROUS SILICON-BASED HYBRIDS: FROM BIOSENSORS TO DRUG DELIVERY
Dr. Ester Segal, Biotechnology & Food Engineering, The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

GOLDEN NUGGETS

Chairperson: Nava Swersky Sofer, Co-Chairperson, NanoIsrael 2010

15:00-15:08
SILICON NANOPHOTONICS AS A PLATFORM FOR MINIATURIZATION AND INTEGRATION OF OPTICAL DEVICES
Dr. Uriel Levi, Yissum - Hebrew University Technology Transfer

15:08-15:16
COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS IN OPTO-ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Prof. Efrat Lifshitz, Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute and Solid State Institute, T3 - Technion Technology Transfer

15:16-15:24
MAGNETO-LITHOGRAPHY: PATTERNING BEYOND FLAT AND UNIFORM SURFACES
Prof. Ron Naaman, Chemical Physics , Yeda R&D Co. Ltd - Technology Transfer from the Weizmann Institute of Science

15:24-15:32
EFFICIENT CATALYST FOR CONTINUOUS CWHPO PREPARED BY GRAFTING OF IRON RELEASED FROM LAFEO3 PEROVSKITE ON SILICA-GEL
Prof. Moti Herskowitz, Blechner Center, Chemical Engineering, BGN Technologies Ltd.

15:32-15:40
NOVEL TYPES OF ORGANIC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS. POLYSELENOPHENES AND OLIGOFURANS
Dr. Michael Bendikov, Department of Organic Chemistry, Yeda R&D Co. Ltd - Technology Transfer from the Weizmann Institute of Science

15:40-15:48
CERAMIC MATRIX NANOCOMPOSITES: ADVANCING ADVANCED CERAMICS
Gil Perlberg, T3 - Technion Technology Transfer

15:48-15:56
MICRO DISKS AND OTHER NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES AT THE BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY NANO FABRICATION FACILITY
Dr. Ron Folman, Dept of Physics, BGN Technologies Ltd.

15:56-16:04
PHOTOSYNTHETIC PV CELLS
Prof. Chanoch Carmeli, Ramot at Tel Aviv University

16:04-16:12
OPTICAL NANO-RECTENNAS: A NEW APPROACH FOR OPTICAL ENERGY HARVESTING, IMAGING AND DETECTION
Dr. Jacob Scheuer, Faculty of Engineering, Ramot at Tel Aviv University

16:12-16:20
MOLECULAR CT IMAGING OF CANCER USING TARGETED GOLD NANOPARTICLES
Dr. Rachela Popovtzer, Bar-Ilan Research & Development Co. Ltd.

16:20-16:28
HOSPITALS FREE OF BACTERIA- COATING TEXTILES WITH ANTIBACTERIAL NANOPARTICLES USING SONOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES
Prof. Aharon Gedanken, Bar-Ilan Research & Development Co. Ltd.

16:28-16:36
BIO INSPIRED NANO COMPOSITES
Prof. Oded Shoseyov, Yissum - Hebrew University Technology Transfer

16:36-16:45
Q&A

16:45 - 17:10

Coffee Break Sponsored by Finnegan & Visit the Exhibition

17:10 - 18:30

Plenary Session: NANOTECHNOLOGY IN THE REAL WORLD

Chairperson: Nava Swersky Sofer, Co-Chairperson, NanoIsrael 2010

17:10-17:30
INNOVATION ALLIANCE CNT - A PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP BASIC TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS FOR NOVEL CNT BASED PRODUCTS
Dr. Péter Krüger, Head of Bayer Working Group Nanotechnology, Germany

17:30-17:50
NANOTECHNOLOGY-BASED RESEARCH WITHIN SIEMENS CORPORATE R&D
Dr. Daniel Reznik, Senior Research Scientist, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Berlin, Germany

17:50-18:10
NANOTECHNOLOGY: DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL SYSTEMS AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS
Dr. Meyya Meyyappan, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA

18:10-18:30
Dr. Shuki Yeshurun, Head of Materials Division, DDR&D, Israel Ministry of Defense Hakirya, Tel Aviv, Israel 

18:30 - 19:30

GET-TOGETHER RECEPTION
Sponsored by Rusnano

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2010

 FUNDING THE FUTURE

Moderator:  Nechemia (Chemi) J. Peres, Israel

Participants: 
Nechemia (Chemi) J. Peres
Managing General Partner &  Co-Founder, Pitango Venture Capital, Israel

Edouard Cukierman
Chairman, Cukierman & Co., Israel

Gadi Toren
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmBH, Israel

Eyal Lifschitz
CEO, General  Partner & Co-Founder, Peregrine Ventures, Israel

09:00 - 09:40

Keynote Lecture

Chairperson: Prof. Reshef Tenne, Israel

PICOMETRE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY- MEASURING PHYSICAL PROPERTIES ON THE ATOMIC SCALE
Prof. Dr. Knut W. Urban, Institute for Solid State Research, Research Centre Juelich & Ernst Ruska Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons, Juelich, Germany

09:40 - 10:20

Keynote Lecture

Chairperson: Prof. Yeshayahu (Ishi) Talmon, Israel

NEW FRONTIERS IN NANOMEDICINE
Prof. Mauro Ferrari, President, CEO, and Director, Ernest Cockrell Jr. Distinguished Endowed Chair, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, President, Alliance for NanoHealth, Houston, TX, USA

10:20 - 10:45

Coffee Break Sponsored by Finnegan & Visit the Exhibition

Keynote Lecture 

Chairperson: Prof. Ehud Gazit, Israel

TARGETED NANO-DRUGS - FROM AN IDEA TO PRODUCTS
Prof. Yechezkel Barenholz, The Laboratory of Membrane and Liposome Research, The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

11:15 - 12:30

Parallel Sessions:

NANO ENERGY II

Chairperson: Prof. Gideon Grader, Israel

11:15-11:40
EXTREMELY THIN ABSORBER (ETA) SOLAR CELLS
Prof. Gary Hodes, Dept of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

11:40-12:05
NANOSTRUCTURED PHOTOELECTRODES FOR PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SPLITTING OF WATER
Dr. Avner Rothschild, Faculty of Materials Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

12:05-12:30
LARGE SCALE SYNTHESIS OF INEXPENSIVE, NON-TOXIC NANOMATERIALS FOR PHOTOVOLTAICS APPLICATIONS
Dr. Taleb Mokari, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

NANO ELECTRONICS

Chairperson: Prof. Yuval Golan, Israel

11:15-11:40
HOW DO DIFFERENT NANOTUBES TWIST?
Prof. Ernesto Joselevich, Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

11:40-12:05
MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC QUANTUM COHERENCE IN SUPERCONDUCTING JOSEPHSON PHASE CIRCUITS
Dr. Nadav Katz, Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

12:05-12:30
CHARGE TRANSPORT THROUGH GATED MOLECULAR JUNCTIONS
Dr. Shachar Richter, Nanotechnology/Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel

(11:15-12:45)
COMPANY PRESENTATIONS

Chairperson: Rafi Koriat, INNI - Israel National Nanotechnology Initiative, Israel

PML - Innovative Particle-Monitoring Technologies

Applied Nanotech, Inc.

Camtek Ltd. Sela Division

Infigo Diagnostics Ltd.

Elbit Systems Electro Optics - ELOP

El-Mul Technologies Ltd.

NanoPass Technologies

Applied Materials Israel (AMIL)

Piercell

Novatrans

Tetra Sense Scientific Tools Ltd.

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch Break & Visit the Exhibition

13:30 - 14:30

Basic Science & Industry Orientated Poster Presentations

14:30 - 16:15

Parallel Sessions:

NANO PHOTONICS

Chairperson: Prof. Yaron Silberberg, Israel

14:30-15:00
ULTRASENSITIVE ABSORPTION DETECTION OF INDIVIDUAL NANO-OBJECTS
Prof. Vahid Sandoghdar, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

15:00-15:25
WHEN PLASMONICS MAKES THE NANO IN OPTICS USEFUL AND SIGNIFICANT
Prof. Michael Rosenbluh, Physics Department, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

15:25-15:50
BIOINSPIRED NANOSTRUCTURED OPTICAL MATERIALS AND NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES
Prof. Gil Rosenman, Physical Electronics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

15:50-16:15
FAST AND FURIOUS: SINGLE FEMTOSECOND PULSES AND GOLD NANOPARTICLES FOR TARGETING MOLECULES AND CELLS
Dr. Dvir Yelin, Biomedical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

NANO APPLICATIONS - INDUSTRY NEEDS

Chairperson: Ilan Peled, Israel

14:30-14:50
INNOVATIVE CHEMISTRY, A KEY TOOL IN (NANO)MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT
Dr. Michel Glotin, Director, Materials Science, R&D Direction, Arkema, Colombes, France

14:50-15:10
NANO APPLICATIONS – INDUSTRY NEEDS FOR THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY IN ISRAEL
Dr. Amikam Dovrat, Corporate Director R&D, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., Israel

15:10-15:30
NES - NANOTUBES EMPOWERMENT SOLUTIONS, CONSORTIUM ACTIVITY
Dr. Moshe Oron, NES Consortium

15:30-15:50
INNO.CNT - A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO ENABLE NEW MARKETS FOR CNT BASED PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS
Dr. Peter Kruger, Inno CNT, Germany

15:50-16:10
NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR SOLAR ENERGY SOLUTIONS
Dr. Irit Chen-Zamero, SES Consortium

16:10-16:15
Q&A and Concluding Commnets

INTERNATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY & COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES

Chairperson: Nava Swersky Sofer, Israel

14:30-14:55
RUSNANO INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Alexander Losyukov,
Deputy Chief Executive Officer (International Cooperation), Member of the Board of Directors

14:55-15:20
BRINGING THE BENEFITS
OF MOORE’S LAW TO MEDICINE
Prof. Dim Lee Kwong, IME, Singapore

15:20-15:40
EMERGING NANOTECHNOLOGY IN CANADA
Walter Stewart, Acting Head of NanoOntario, Canada

15:40-16:15

Sub-Session:
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: A STRATEGIC ELEMENT IN BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL NANOTECHNOLOGY COMPANY

USING PATENT STRATEGIES TO MAKE YOUR COMPANY MORE ATTRACTIVE TO INVESTORS
Dr. Anthony Tridico & Mr. Gerson Panitch, Partners, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

16:15 - 16:40

Coffee Break Sponsored by Finnegan & Visit the Exhibition

Keynote Lecture

Chairperson: Prof. Ori Cheshnovsky, Israel

SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRES: A PLATFORM FOR NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Prof. Charles M. Lieber, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

17:20 - 18:15

Closing Plenary Session: NANO FOR INDUSTRY – CONVERTING ACADEMY NANOTECHNOLOGY 'GOLDEN EGGS' INTO INDUSTRIAL 'GOLDEN NUGGETS'

Chairperson: Dan Vilenski, INNI - Israel National Nanotechnology Initiative, Israel

17:20-17:35
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AS A GROWTH ENGINE AND THE ROLE OF THE OCS
Dr. Eli Opper, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, Israel

17:35-17:50
BRIDGING NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
Travis M. Earles, Assistant Director for Nanotechnology at White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, USA

17:50-18:05
CONVERTING NANOTECHNOLOGY "GOLDEN EGGS" IN THE ACADEMIA INTO INDUSTRIAL "GOLDEN NUGGETS"
Dan Vilenski, INNI - Israel National Nanotechnology Initiative, Israel

18:05-18:15
AWARDS AND CLOSING