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Knowledge Based Industries & Nanotechnology
Conference
Doha – Qatar 11th – 12th February 2008
First Day :
Monday 11th February 2008
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08:00 – 09:30
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Registration |
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Inaugural
Address |
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09:30 – 09:40 |
His Highness the Heir
Apparent Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani |
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Special Address |
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09:40 – 9:50 |
H.E. Mr.
Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah
Deputy Prime Minister &
Minister of Energy & Industry, State of Qatar
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9:50 – 9:55 |
H.E. Dr. Ahmed Khalil Al Mutawa,
Secretary General
Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting, Doha, Qatar |
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9:55 – 10:00 |
H.E. Mr. Mohamed
Bin Yousef, Director General
Arab Industrial Development
and Mining Organization (AIDMO), Morocco
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10:00 – 10:05 |
Dr. Abdalla Alnajjar, President
, Arab Science and Technology Foundation, Sharjah, UAE |
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Keynote Address |
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10:05 – 10:25 |
Sir.
John Major, Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom |
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10:25 – 10:30 |
Inauguration of
KBI Strategic Plan for GCC by His Highness
the Heir Apparent |
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10:30 – 11:30 |
Tea Break |
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Presentation 1 |
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11:30 – 12:30 |
Knowledge-Based Industries in GCC: Current Status & Competitiveness
Mr. Matty Mathieson, Director, CSTED,
SRI International, USA
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Presentation 2 |
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12:30 – 13:30 |
Prospects
and Challenges for Knowledge-Based Industries in GCC
Dr.
Joesph Stetter, Director,
MicroSystem Innovation Center, SRI
International, USA
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13:30 – 14:30 |
Lunch Break |
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Presentation 3 |
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14:30 – 15:30 |
Enabling Strategies and Policies: Strategic Plan for Knowledge-Based
Industries
Mr. Matty Mathieson, Director, CSTED,
SRI International, USA &
Mr. Sushanta Mohapatra , Director of Middle
East Operations, SRI International, Sharjah, UAE
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15:30 – 15:45 |
Tea Break |
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Presentation 4 |
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15:45 – 16:30 |
Presentation of
National Activities by Egypt, KSA and European Union |
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16:30 - 16:45 |
Closing Session |
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20:00 - 21:00 |
Dinner |
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Second Day:
Knowledge Based Industries & Nanotechnology Conference
Doha – Qatar 11th – 12th
February 2008
Tuesday 12th
February 2008
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Session I |
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Keynote
Lecture |
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09:00 – 09:20 |
Nanotechnology:
Opportunities and Challenges
Professor Meyya Meyyappan, Director, NASA
Nanotechnology Centre, USA |
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Invited
Lecture |
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09:20 – 09:35 |
Mechanical Properties Nanostructured Materials
Professor Thomas Tsakalakos, Rutgers
University, USA
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9:35 – 11:35 |
Oral Presentations &
Poster Presentations
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11:35 – 11:50 |
Tea Break |
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Session II |
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Keynote Lecture |
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11:50 - 12:10 |
Nanophotonics
Professor
Paras Prasad
, Director, Institute
of Lasers, Photonics and Bio photonics, USA |
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Invited
Lecture |
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12:10 – 12:25 |
Nanocatalysis
Professor Samy El-Shall, Virginia Common
Wealth University, USA
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12:25– 13:30 |
Oral Presentations &
Poster Presentations |
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13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch Break |
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Session III |
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Keynote Lecture |
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14:30 – 14:50 |
Silicon Nanoparticles and
QD
Professor Munir Nayfeh, University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
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Invited Talk |
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14:50– 15:05 |
NANO materials in Photo
Voltaics
Professor Mowafak Al- Jassim , National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
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15:05 – 15:20 |
Nanomagnets for High Density
Magnetic Recording
Professor
Dino Fiorani, ISM-CNR, Rome, Italy
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15:20 – 17:20 |
Oral Presentations & Poster Presentations |
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17:20 – 17:30 |
Break |
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Session IV |
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Roundtable Discussion |
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17:30 – 18:00 |
Dr. Abdalla A. Alnajjar, President, ASTF
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Sharjah, UAE
Professor Mamoun Muhammed, Director,
Materials Chemistry Division,
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Professor Meyya Meyyappan, Director,
NASA Nanotechnology Centre, USA
Professor Thomas Tsakalakos, Rutgers
University, USA
Professor
Paras Prasad
, Director,
Institute of Lasers, Photonics and Bio
photonics USA
Professor Samy El-Shall, Virginia
Common Wealth University, USA
Professor Munir Nayfeh, University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Professor Mowafak Al- Jassim ,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
Professor
Dino Fiorani, ISM-CNR, Rome , Italy |
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