Innovation
9:00-9:20am Opening Session/Welcome Remarks
  Master of Ceremonies – Victor A. Chavez
Dr. Terry Yates, Vice President for Research & Economic Development, University of New Mexico
9:25 -10:00 Keynote
How We Facilitate Technology Research &Commercialization
  Mr. Scott Bryant, Executive Director, Micro And Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation
10:15 -11:40

Panel
How Can New Technologies Fuel Economic Growth?
 

Professor Steve Walsh, University of New Mexico
Iñaki Larrañaga, Director of Innovation & Technology, MCC Spain
Belinda Padilla, Program Manager, Technology Transfer Office, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Moderator: Dr. Juan Figueroa, Program Manager SBIR, Office of Industrial Innovation, National Science Foundation

11:40-11:50 Transition
11:50-1:10 Lunch Keynote
Nano-Network of New Mexico Speaker
  Jim Hurd, Executive Director, NanoScience Exchange
1:10-1:20 Transition
1:20-2:50

Labs Roundtable (Part 1 of 2)
Regional Breakthroughs & Challenges
  Dr. Harold D. Stewart, Manager, Crosscutting & Enabling Technology, Sandia National Laboratories
Dr. Paul Maxwell, Executive Director and CEO, Bi-National Sustainability Laboratory
Dr. Pedro leon Azofifa, National Center of High Technology, Costa Rica
Hernan Valenzuela, Microelectronic Program Manager, SUFRAMA, Brazilian Ministry of Development Industry & Foreign Trade
Moderator: Professor Raul de Gouvea, University of New Mexico
2:50-3:20 Break / Transition
3:20-4:40

Labs Roundtable (Part 2 of 2)
Regional Breakthroughs & Challenges
 

Dr. Skip Rung, Executive Director, Oregon Nanoscience & Microtechnologies Institute
Dr. Guillermo Fernandez De la Garza, Executive Director, U.S.-Mexico Foundation for Science
Fernando Fernandez de Landa, Director of International Business, North America, MCC Spain
Dr. Gary Jones, Manager, Partnership Development, Sandia National Laboratories
Moderator: Professor Steve Walsh, University of New Mexico
4:40-5:40 Breakout Sessions
 

1. Materials Applications

  • Dr. Alfredo Aguilar Elguézabal, Dpto. de Química de Materiales, Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados
  • Dr. Alberto Correa, Bi-National Sustainability Laboratory
  • Moderator/Presentor: Dr. James Wylde, President, CSM Analytical

2. MEMS in Emerging Threats & Emerging Countries

  • Dr. Juan Pablo Isaza Vargas, Research & Scientific Development Director, Tolima University , Colombia
  • Juan Pablo Isaza Vargas, Research & Scientific Development
  • Alberto Herrera, President, Medida, Inc.
  • Dr. Steve Casalnuovo, Sandia National Laboratories
  • Moderator: Professor Steven Walsh, University of New Mexico
5:40-6:30 Cocktail Hour
6:30-8:00 Dinner Keynote
Revolution in Materials
  Dr. Arturo Ayón, Materials Scientist, University of Texas