Materials, Medicine And Nanotechnology Summit, Cleveland, October 2-5

Engineers and surgeons join together at the Materials, Medicine and Nanotechnology Summit, coming to Cleveland, October 2-5.


Hosted by Cleveland Clinic, ASM International and Nano-Network, the Summit features a full day of seminars on Materials and Processes for Medical Devices (Monday) and a day and a half of Plenary sessions (Tuesday through Wednesday morning) on the latest materials advances in orthopedics, cardiovascular, neurology and nanotechnology.


Starting Wednesday afternoon, the Summit will break out into tracks on Nanomedicine and Materials and Processes for Medical Devices.


Wednesday, October 4, 2006 PM


Nanomedicine track


1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Keynote Session I - Biomedical Sensors


(Unique sensors to fulfill unmet clinical needs in portable and rapid diagnostic and long-term physiological monitoring in vivo)

Rashid Bashir, Ph.D., Purdue University

Mak Paranjape, Ph.D., Georgetown University


3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Coffee Break


3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Keynote Session III - Drug Delivery
(Innovative devices and strategies for targeted and programmed delivery of therapeutic agents to maximize efficacy)

John T. Santini, Jr., Ph.D., MicroCHIPS, Inc.

Tejal Desai, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco

Pamela B. Davis, M.D., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University


6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Dinner Banquet & MEMS Commercialization Panel


1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Keynote Session II - Surface Modification and Coatings


(Surface coatings and finishing techniques to enhance functional properties such as wear, corrosion resistance and enhanced biocompatibility)

David Cebon, Ph.D., Granta Design Limited

Donald F. Gibbons, D.Sc., Ph.D., 3M Biosciences Laboratory (Retired)


3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Coffee Break


3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Keynote Session IV - Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials


(Fracture, fatigue, corrosion and materials degradation)

Thomas J. Webster, Ph.D., Brown University


6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Dinner Banquet & MEMS Commercialization Panel


Thursday, October 5, 2006


8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Keynote Session V - Tissue Engineering


(Distinctive translational approaches to develop functional tissue and organ replacement)

William H. Fissell, M.D., University of Michigan

George Muschler, M.D., Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute

Horst von Recum, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve
University, Biomedical Engineering


10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Coffee Break


10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Keynote Session VII - Nanoscale Diagnostics


(Specialized tools to localize and investigate cellular characteristics)

Derek Hansford, Ph.D., MicroMD Laboratory

Maciej Zborowski, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute

Daniel Fletcher, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley


8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Keynote Session VI - Failure Analysis


(Fracture, fatigue, corrosion and materials degradation)


10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Coffee Break


10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Keynote Session VIII - Startup to Commercialization


(From technical innovation to commercial success - what works, what doesn't and process steps for success)

Darel Hodgson, Ph.D., Nitinol Technology, Inc.

Michael Lang, BioEnterprise


For more information about this four-day program and to register, visit nanomedicinesummit.


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