MANCEF announce that the Commercialization of Micro-and Nano-Systems (COMS) 2011 conference will be held in Greensboro, North Carolina, August 28th – 31st, 2011, at the Grandover Resort. MANCEF said North Carolina is a hotbed of small technology activity; with 35 nanotech university research centers, over 80 nanobiotech and nanotechnology companies, home of the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Semiconductor Research Corporation, renowned engineering programs at the University of North Carolina and Duke University, and companies such as Coventor, RF Micro Devices, Inc. and MEMSCAP.
The conference is hosted by the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN), with the support of Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and the NC Center of innovation for Nanobiotechnology (NC COIN).
Plenary speakers include Anthony Atala, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; J. Charles Barbour, Director – Physical, Chemical, and Nano Sciences Center, Sandia National Laboratories; Joseph DeSimone, Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry, UNC; and Paul M. Zavracky, President of NA and European Operations, MEMSIC Corporation.