nanotech manufacturer's forum on friday

This Friday October 26 the Deyor Performing Arts Center in Downtown Youngstown will host an event geared toward exploring nanotechnology applications in traditional manufacturing technologies.

Don't know what nanotechnology is, or how it may apply to you and your company?

Well, then this event may be perfect for you.

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One can look at the potential impact of nanotechnology in the next two decades like the impact of information technology (IT) in the last two decades:

Even though entirely new sectors of the economy were generated by the emergence of IT and novel applications, the spread of IT to all corners of the economy is what really drove global productivity and made new applications stick. IT has affected the way we sell insurance, administer health care, inspect our automoblies, and communicate with our loved ones.

Similarly, while your life or manufacturing firm may not be a producer of nanotechnology theories and experiements, the applications of nanotechnology may have a great impact on your future well-being and profitability.

Here is the Agenda and Confirmed Speakers:

8:00 - 8:15am Registration
8:15 - 8:25am Welcome
Mike Garvey, President, M7 Technologies
8:25 - 8:45am 3rd Frontier Update
ODOD Representative - TBD
8:45 - 9:15am Nanotechnology 101
Alexis Abramson, NorTech
9:15 - 9:30am Innovation Academy
Dave Karpinski, NorTech
9:30 - 9:45am Q & A
9:45 - 10:00am Break
10:00 - 10:30am Raw Nano Materials for Manufacturers
Andy Sherman, President & CEO, Powdermet, Inc.
10:30 - 11:00am Nanostructured Ceramic Metallic Materials
Mark Peters, Fireline TCON
11:00 - 11:30am Nano-enabled Products and Technology at PPG
Dan Rardon, PPG
11:30 - 12:00pm Nanotechnology Environmental Health & Safety
John Monica, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
12:00 - 12:15pm Break
12:15 - 12:45pm Luncheon Keynote
Daniel Branagan, CTO, NanoSteel
12:45 - 1:00pm Q & A
1:00pm Closing Remarks

Hosted by Fireline TCON, JumpStart, and the Youngstown Business Incubator, you can register for the event here.