Living legend in the scientific and business communities. Began in the field of nanostructures for a large number of applications as early as the 1950s. Once profiled on NOVA (PBS) entitled "Japan´s American Genius." Most recent exciting advancement is solid hydrogen storage system, now as easy to fuel up a vehicle with solid hydrogen as it is to gas up a conventional car. His work in energy and information are leading to basic solutions for pollution, climate change gases and wars over oil by making photovoltaic and hydrogen storage competitive with fossil fuel. Now working on a regenerative fuel cell that will be more affordable than current fuel cells and able to operate in a much wider temperature range. His designs are currently powering internal combustion engines, promising fuel cell implementation in automobiles.

He is also the primary inventor of the Ovonic thin-film photovoltaic technology and its continuous web multi-junction roll-to-roll machine, the high-powered NiMH battery (now used in everything from cell phones, to laptop computers, to electric and hybrid cars. These thin film photovoltaics have been turned into roof shingles, bring affordable energy to remote villages, even helped power the Mir space station).

Dr. Ray H. Baughman, Director of the NanoTech Institute of the University of Texas at Dallas and Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry. Dr. Baughman will speak on "New Inventions of UTD's NanoTech Institute: From Multifunctional Nanotube Fibers and Sheets to Artificial Muscles, Displays, and Devices for Energy Harvesting, Storage, and Conversion."

Edgar Muñoz earned a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) for his work on laser ablation production of carbon nanotubes. In October, 2000, he joined Ray H. Baughman's group at Honeywell International (Morristown, NJ), and later at the UTD NanoTech Institute of the University of Texas at Dallas, where he worked on the preparation and optimization of carbon nanotube sheets and fibers for electromechanical actuator applications. Additionally, he was a founding member of the "nano-bio" effort at UTD. Dr. Muñoz is currently the director of the Photonic Chemistry Group at the Instituto de Carboquímica of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), where he explores new frontiers in solid-state chemistry involving laser-assisted processes for the rational design of multifunctional nanostructured materials.

Dr. Mikhail Kozlov is a Research Scientist at the NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas. He is in charge of development of novel carbon nanotube fibers, electro–mechanical actuators, fuel cells, and various nano–devices. He has over 20 years of experience involving novel materials and advanced instrumentation design. Prior to joining NanoTech Institute, Dr. Kozlov was a member of the technical staff of the R&D Division at JDS Uniphase Corporation in NJ. In 1998–2001 he was affiliated with the R&D Center of Honeywell Inc in Morristown, NJ, where he worked on novel carbon materials and photonic devices for the aerospace industry. He has (co)authored over 73 papers and awarded 8 patents.

Dr. Brumlik, partner at the consulting group Nanobiz LLC, focuses on commercialization, due diligence, and technology sourcing in alternate energy, materials, cleantech and nanotechnology. Application areas include membranes, separations, chemical functionalization, ultrafine particles, high surface area materials, cermets, displays, solid state lighting, sensors, and electronics.

As a business attorney, he advises international technology companies, startups, and venture capital groups. At ExxonMobil, Honeywell, and a Princeton law firm, he specialized in transactional and patent issues in chemistry and materials science commercialization for corporations, academia, and governments. A chemistry Ph.D. from Texas A&M, he has 20 years experience in nanotechnology.

Dr. Blaunstein is President of Nanotech Risk Management, providing technical, underwriting, and risk management services. Clients include the insurance and reinsurance industry, financial entities, and nanotechnology developers to identify and implement risk management solutions to the environmental health and safety, product liability and general liability risks associated with nanotechnologies.

As Vice President for Risk Assessment at American International Group he created and directed AIG′s national and international environmental loss control and consulting practice, and was a Managing Director for Seneca Insurance Company′s Environmental Casualty profit center.

Dr. Blaunstein was a program director at the DOE dealing with the environmental impacts of energy sources, health and safety research, and conducted research on atomic and molecular interactions at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and at the University of Tennessee.

He has lectured at numerous conferences and published articles on nanotechnology risk management.

Dr.Pradeep Shah is the Founder and CEO of Texas MicroPower Inc., a North Texas Energy Harvesting Startup in collaboration with regional universities and industries, and is funded by the Texas Emerging Technology Fund and an NSF STTR grant. He has over three decades of broad technology innovation, R&D to market, product and business management experience and served as an advisor for startups. He also founded a technology commercialization startup-mentoring group and serves as a Mentor in STARTECH Early Ventures and as a project reviewer for NTXRCIC and NSF. Earlier, he was a Texas Instruments FELLOW, with over twenty-five years of innovation and management positions in both operating business groups and R&D environments with expertise in semiconductor based opportunity development.

Jacob Stanley received a MS in Environmental Science from the University of North Texas and a PhD in Biology with an Ecotoxicology emphasis from Baylor University. His past research has focused on the bioavailability and ecotoxicity of metals and pharmaceutical contaminants in the environment as well as enantiomer-specific fate and effects of chiral contaminants. Dr. Stanley is a currently a Research Biologist with the Environmental Laboratory of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, MS where he works as part of the nanomaterials ecotoxicology focus area. His research focuses on environmental risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials with a focus on metal and metal oxide nanoparticles as well as behavioral effects caused by nanoparticle exposure.

Raghu Das MA (Cantab) is CEO/MD of IDTechEx. He has a BA Natural Sciences degree from Cambridge University, where he studied physics. He has been closely involved with the development of RFID and printed electronics for over 6 years, carrying out consultancy in Europe, USA, Asia and the Middle East. He has lectured on RFID, smart packaging and printed/organic electronics at over 200 events and conferences around the world and is author of several IDTechEx publications.

With more than 15 years of experience within large, public and academic environments and progression toward a PhD in industrial engineering (ergonomics, human factors and nanotechnology focus) At present, I am a graduate student at the University of Central Florida. As part of my course work, I am conducting ongoing research on ergonomic issues related to nanotechnology in the industrial workplace.