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The Sixth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology
November 12-15, 1998 at the Westin Hotel in Santa Clara, CA
An intensive Tutorial on Critical Enabling Technologies for Nanotechnology was held on November 12.
Conference was held in conjunction with a special forum sponsored by the National Science Foundation
This page now serves as an archive for the 1998 conference.
The 1998 Conference Archive
Conference Co-chairs: Al Globus and Deepak Srivastava
MRJ Technology Solutions, Inc. at NASA Ames Research Center
General
The Sixth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology will be held at the Westin Hotel in Santa Clara, CA. The Conference will begin with a reception the evening of Thursday, November 12, and end Sunday, November 15, 1998. An intensive Tutorial on Critical Enabling Technologies for Nanotechnology will be held on November 12.
This 1998 Conference home page will provide the information you will need about the conference and to register for the conference. After the conference is over, this page will provide the permanent archive for the conference.
The url of this page is:
http://www.foresight.org/Conferences/MNT6/index.html
Download the Conference brochure in PDF format. Requires ACROBAT READER by ADOBE.
Topics Covered
This conference is a meeting of scientists and technologists working in fields leading toward molecular nanotechnology: thorough three-dimensional structural control of materials and devices at the molecular level. The conference will cover topics relevant to the pursuit of molecular control including:
- molecular electronics
- biochemical molecular engineering
- scanning probe microscopy
- supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly
- materials science
- mechanosynthesis
- natural molecular machines
- artificial molecular machines
- artificial self replicating systems
- computational chemistry and molecular modeling
- computer science
- mechanical engineering and robotics applications
- relevant chemical systems (fullerenes, diamond, biomolecules, etc.)
NSF-Sponsored Forum
The National Science Foundation, which recently announced an initiative in nanotechnology, is sponsoring a forum in conjunction with the Sixth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology: "From Scientific Discovery to the Nanotechnology of Tomorrow".
Abstracts
Submission information:
Send extended abstracts (1-4 pages plus figures) to all three of the following addresses: [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected].
| Extended abstracts |
21 July 1998 |
| Acceptance notices |
early August 1998 |
| Full papers |
15 October 1998 |
| Text format |
HTML |
| Image formats |
JPEG, GIF |
| Video format |
MPEG |
Authors are encouraged to include the data where practical. All accepted abstracts and papers will be permanently available on the WWW at www.foresight.org or the author's server.
Sponsors
Foresight Institute and the Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
General Corporate Sponsor
Sun Microsystems
Founded in 1982 by four idealistic young pioneers with
a shared vision of decentralized, heterogenous computing
systems, Sun Microsystems, Inc. has emerged as a global
Fortune 500 leader in enterprise network computing, with
over $8 billion in revenues and operations in 150
countries.
Zyvex
Zyvex is the first research and development company
focused on developing an assembler for molecular
nanotechnology. Started in April 1997, and headquartered
in Richardson Texas, the company has hired its initial
researchers and is building a lab capable of the task it
has set itself. In spite of being a small company, with
less than $20M in funding, Zyvex plans to achieve its
goal in less than 10 years.
Supporting Corporate Sponsors
AMP
AMP Incorporated (NYSE: AMP) is the world leader in
the design and manufacture of electrical and electronic
connectors and interconnection systems. Headquartered in
Harrisburg, PA, AMP has 45,000 employees in 50 countries
in Europe, Asia/Pacific and the Americas and serves
customers in these industries: automotive, aerospace,
computer networking, power and utilities,
telecommunications, industrial and consumer goods. AMP
had sales of $5.47 billion in 1996.
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is the world's second largest
maker of autos and trucks, with other interests including
plastics and electronics.
JEOL
JEOL Inc. is the Japan-based maker of electron
microscopes, mass spectrometers, and other precision
electronic equipment.
Cosponsors
Argonne National Laboratories
Caltech Materials
and Process Simulation Center
Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory NERSC
The MITRE Corporation
NASA Ames Numerical
Aerospace Simulation Systems Division
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rice Univ. Center for
Nanoscale Science and Technology
USC Molecular Robotics Lab
Washington Univ Lab. for
the Study of Novel Carbon Materials
Keynote and Invited Speakers
Program Committee
Tutorial on Molecular Nanotechnology
The Tutorial Chair for the Sixth Conference is Dr. Jan H. Hoh, Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Additional information about the Tutorial on Molecular Nanotechnology. Registration information.
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