Topics and Speakers

Nano/Biotechnology
Discussion Leader: Terry Michalske, Sandia National Laboratories
Andy Ellington, University of Texas: Aptazymes as Molecular Switches for Nanoscale Devices
Rich Colton, Naval Research Laboratory: Novel Biosensors based on Force Discrimination between Molecules

Microcontact Printing
Discussion Leader: Fabian Pease, Stanford University
Clivia Sotomayor Torres, University of Wuppertal: Nanoimprint Lithography, Polymer Aspects and Optoelectronic Applications
Grant Willson, University of Texas: Step and Flash Imprint Lithography: A low Cost Alternative for Nanostructure Fabrication
Steve Chou, Princeton University: Advances of Nanoimprint Lithography and Applications

Nanoelectronics
Discussion Leader: Don Tennant, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies

Rafael Kleiman, Lucent Technologies: Exploring the Limits of CMOS Technology with Scanned-Probe Microscopy
Shen Tsai, NEC Fundamental Research Laboratories: Quantum Computing in Nanostructures

Limits in Lithography
Discussion Leader: Scott Mackay, SEMATECH Frances Houle, IBM Almaden Research Center: Chemistry and Physics Controlling Nanoscale Pattern Formation in Polymeric Resists
Alex Liddle, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies: Fundamental Physics in High-Throughput Projection E-Beam Lithography
Greg Cardinale, Sandia National Laboratories: Printing at EUV Wavelengths

Molecular Electronics
Discussion Leader: Paul Campbell, Naval Research Laboratory Phaedon Avouris, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center: Carbon Nanotube and Silicon Nanoelectronics
Mark Reed, Yale University: Is the Future in Plastics?

NanoMechanical Systems
Discussion Leader: Dustin Carr, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Lidija Sekaric, Cornell University: Nanomechanical Resonant Structures in Silicon-based Materials
Mike Roukes, CalTech: Nanomechanical Systems: Fabrication, Applications, & Ultimate Limits
Peter Vettiger, IBM Zurich: Millipede - A Highly Parallel AFM-based Data Storage System

Low Dimensional Structure
Discussion Leader: Harold Craighead, Cornell University
Horst Stormer, Columbia University: Things on the Edge
Don Eigler, IBM Almaden Research Center: Things in the Middle

Magnetic Media and Nanostructures
Discussion Leader: Dawn Bonnell, University of Pennsylvania Caroline Ross, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Magnetic Behavior of Lithographically Patterned Magnetic Arrays
Bruce Terris, IBM Almaden Research Center: Patterned Magnetic Media for High Density Storage
Angela Belcher, University of Texas: Biologically Mediated Directed Nanocrystal Assembly

Plenary Session
Discussion Leader: Dieter Kern, University of Tuebingen

Theresa Mayer, Pennsylvania State University: Field Induced Alignment of Nanowires
Ralph Joerger, University of Uppsala:  Silver Accumulating Bacteria