with
Robert A. Wolkow, University of Alberta/ National Institute
for Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology doesn’t exist yet, not
substantially, not compared to what is coming.
What exists today is nanoscience. It is the many, diverse
and substantial developments in nanoscience that have created
the buzz about future nanotechnology. The ability to literally
see, touch and even move at will individual atoms, the knowledge
that electricity works differently when run through the
tiniest wires, and the prospect of unprecedented small consumption
of power and materials during the making and using of nano-devices
– those are the things creating the excitement. And
the excitement is well-founded – there are many reasons
to believe a nano-based technological revolution is coming.
Professor Wolkow will give clear examples, using real atom-scale
images of some of the new capabilities we have in hand today,
and that we foresee having. He will explain through analogies
to everyday experience that nanoscience and future nanotechnology
are constrained by the same natural laws as always.
A distinguished chemical physicist and nanotechnology researcher,
Dr. Wolkow leads the Molecular Scale Devices program at
the National Research Council’s National Institute
for Nanotechnology and is a Professor of Physics at the
University of Alberta, where he holds the iCORE Chair of
Nanoscale Information and Communications Technologies.
Organized by: The Partnership Group for Science
and Engineering (PAGSE)
Sponsored by:
--the Speaker of the Senate
--the Speaker of the House of Commons
--Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Date: Thursday, June 7, 2007 from 7:30 am - 9:00 am
Place: Room 200, West Block, Parliament Hill
Cost: No charge to Members of the House of Commons, Senators
and Media. All others $10
Registration: Please register by contacting Donna Boag,
PAGSE Coordinator: 613-991-6369, pagse@rsc.ca
Registration Deadline: June 4th
