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All symposia are free to the everyone. Keynote lunches, meals and special events are associated with minimal fees.
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Buckyball Discovery Conference
Monday, October 11, 2010
TT Chao Symposium on Innovation
Shell Auditorium, McNair Hall, Jones Graduate School, Rice University
8:00 - 8:30 am
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Breakfast & Registration
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8:30 - 9:00 am
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Welcoming Remarks
Wade Adams, Director, Smalley Institute
President David Leebron, Rice University
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9:00 - 10:30 am
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Nobel Session: a fireside chat with the buckyball discovery team
Welcome: Albert Chao, President and CEO, Westlake Chemical
Moderator: Thomas Tritton, President, Chemical Heritage Foundation
Buckyball Research Team
Robert Curl, University Professor Emeritus, Rice University
Sir Harold Kroto, Professor of Chemistry, Florida State University
James Heath, Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
Sean O'Brien, Senior Member Technical Staff, Texas Instruments
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10:30 - 10:50 am
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Networking Break
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10:50 - 12:30 pm
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Nobel Session (continued)
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12:30 - 2:00 pm
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Keynote Lunch
Ray Johnson, Chief Technology Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
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2:00 - 3:20 pm
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Carbon Nanotechnology I
Donald Huffman, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Arizona
introduced by Rice University
Mildred Dresselhaus, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
introduced by Pulickel Ajayan, Rice University
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3:20 - 3:40 pm
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Networking Break
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3:40 - 5:00 pm
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Carbon Nanotechnology I (continued)
Phaedon Avouris, IBM Fellow, Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York
introduced by Junichiro Kono, Rice University
Andreas Hirsch, Organic Chemistry Chair, Friedrich-Alexander Universitat
introduced by Rice University
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National Historic Chemical
Landmark
Discovery of the Buckminsterfullerene
Rice
University
Rice University has been awarded a National
Historic Chemical Landmark for Space Science Building where the buckyball was
discovered in 1985. The first in Texas!
Monday, October
11Joe Francisco, President of the
American Chemical Societywill present
the NHCL plaque toMayor Parker, Rice
President Leebron, and Nobel Laureate Curl.Space Science
Courtyard, Rice University
5:30-7:30 pm
6:15 pm NHCL
Presentation
register at
http://buckyball.smalley.rice.edu/registrationfood and drink will be served$20/person accepted through online registration
(kids free)
Bring the family and invite friends. There will be hand-on activities
and nano-planetarium shows about the space elevator and gold
nanoshells. Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Shell Auditorium, McNair Hall, Jones Graduate School, Rice University
8:00 - 8:45 am
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Breakfast & Registration
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8:45 - 9:00 am
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Welcoming Remarks
Wade Adams, Director, Smalley Institute
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9:00 - 10:20 am
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Carbon Nanotechnology II
Hongjie Dai, Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
introduced by Rice University
Morinobu Endo, Professor of Electronic & Electrical Engineering,
Shinshu University
introduced by Rice University
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10:20 - 10:40 am
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Networking Break
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10:40 - 12:00 pm
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Carbon Nanotechnology II (continued)
Marvin Cohen, University Professor, University of California at Berkeley
introduced by Rice University
Andre Geim, Professor of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Manchester
introduced by Rice University |
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12:00 - 1:30 pm
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Keynote Lunch
Malcolm Gillis, Rice University
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1:30 - 3:20 pm
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Nanotechnology Occupational EH&S
Kristen Kulinowski, Rice University, Session Chair
Charles Geraci
Bruce Libby
Larry Gibbs
Dave Hobson
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3:20 - 3:40 pm
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Networking Break
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3:40 - 5:00 pm
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Nanotechnology Occupational EH&S (continued)
Pam Rosett
Charlie Gause
Walt Trybula
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5:00 - 7:00 pm
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Poster Session and Dinner
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Shell Auditorium, McNair Hall, Jones Graduate School, Rice University
8:00 - 8:30 am
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Breakfast & Registration
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8:30 - 10:10 am
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Breakout Sessions
Advanced Materials (Shell Auditorium, Jones School)
presented by CONTACT & LANCER
Biology and Medicine (Room 318, Jones School)
presented by the Smalley Institute
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10:10 - 10:30 am
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Networking Break
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10:30 - 12:00 pm
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Breakout Sessions (continued)
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12:00 - 1:00 pm
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Networking Lunch
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1:00 - 3:00 pm
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Breakout Sessions:
Advanced Materials (Shell Auditorium, Jones School)
presented by CONTACT & LANCER
Corrosion and Energy (Room 318, Jones School)
presented by the National Corrosion Center |
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3:00 - 3:20 pm
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Networking Break
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3:20 - 5:20 pm
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Breakout Sessions (continued) |
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6:00 - 7:30 pm
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Civic Scientist Lecture
presented by Lockheed Martin Corporation
co-sponsored by the Baker Institute , Rice University
Robert Curl, University Professor Emeritus, Rice University
Sir Harold Kroto, Professor of Chemistry, Florida State University |
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Shell Auditorium, McNair Hall, Jones Graduate School, Rice University
7:30 - 8:00 am
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Breakfast & Registration
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8:00 - 10:20 am
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Advanced Materials (Shell Auditorium, Jones School)
presented by CONTACT & LANCER
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10:20 - 10:40 am
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Networking Break
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10:40 - 1:00 pm
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Advanced Materials (continued)
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1:00 - 1:30 pm
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Networking Lunch
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1:30 - 5:00 pm
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CONTACT Review (closed)
LANCER Review (closed)
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