Annual Report 2007 - The Australian Nanotechnology Network

PLANNED 2008 ACTIVITIES
ARCNN plans to continue funding Workshops, Conferences, Forums, encouraging and
supporting participants in getting together and networking for the growth in the research of
Nanotechnology in Australia.
To encourage collaborations among its members the Following Events are planned:
Following the success of the 2006 and 2007 distinguished visitor program ARCNN is in the
process of organizing its next tour by:
Prof Horst Hahn who is a professor and Managing Director of the Institute for Nanotechnology
at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe. Hahn is one of the co-founders of SusTech Darmstadt
GmbH&Co KG, a start-up company in the area of sustainable chemistry and nanotechnology.
His main research interests are in the areas of synthesis, characterization and functional (physical
and chemical) properties of nanostructured materials in the form of thin films, nanoparticles and
bulk materials.
His tour is scheduled for February and will include Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and
Perth.
Dr Don Eigler IBM Fellow,IBM Almaden Research Center. Dr. Don Eigler is a physicist
who specializes in studying the physics of surfaces and nanometer-scale structures. In late 1989,
using the liquid-helium-temperature scanning tunneling microscope that he had built, Dr. Eigler
demonstrated for the first time the ability to build structures at the atomic level by spelling out
"I-B-M" with individual xenon atoms.
Following the success of ICONN 2006, the management committee has also been involved in
preparing for the
• International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2008(ICONN) which
will be held in Melbourne on the 25 th to the 29 th of February 2008
Copy of ICONN promotional Flyer is in Appendix E
Planning is also underway for the third ARCNN ECR and Post Grad Symposium
• ARCNN Early Career Researcher and Postgraduate Student Symposium
23/02/2008 - 24/02/2008 - Melbourne Business School, Melbourne
There will be a continuation of the successful Overseas Travel Fellowships and Young
Nanoscience Ambassador Awards.
Sponsorships for the Following Events during 2008:
• US/Australia Workshop on Sustainable Nano Manufacturing
23/02/2008 - 24/02/2008 - Melbourne Business School, Melbourne
• 2008 Asia-Pacific Symposium on Nanobionics
22/06/2008 - 26/06/2008 - University of Wollongong
• 17th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Solar Energy 2008
27/07/2008 - 01/08/2008 - Sydney, Australia
• IUMRS International Conference on Electronic Materials 2008 (ICEM2008)
28th July to 1st August 2008 - Hilton Hotel, Sydney.
• Workshop on Bio//Micro/Nanofluidics, Complex Flows and Rheology.
1-2 Sept 2008-Clayton Campus Monash University
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