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Global leaders in the field of nanotechnology met in Toronto, Windsor and Ottawa in April 2009 to discuss progress, trends and strategic industrial priorities for the science of extremely small particles.
Canada-Russia Nanotechnology Week brought together academic, industry and government experts from Moscow, New York, Ottawa, and Washington, D.C., for a series of lectures, workshops and networking events.
UWindsor physics professor Roman Maev was a key organizer of the event. He is the director of the Institute for Diagnostic Imaging Research, a research and innovation consortium that focuses on imaging discovery and commercialization in the fields of medicine, biometrics and industry. His appointment in 2008 as an honorary consul of the Russian Federation in Canada was intended in part to develop industrial partnerships.
Nanotechnology is the science of understanding and controlling materials one thousand times smaller than a human hair. When studied at these scales, materials exhibit unique electrical, optical, magnetic, chemical, and mechanical properties. Making products with nanotechnology can enhance their performance properties.
The lion's share of the conference was held at Caesar's Windsor with presentations from leaders of Russian State Corporation of Nanotechnology (RUSNANO), a $5 billion US state-run venture capital corporation created in 2007 to advance the nanotechnology industry in Russia. Later, in Ottawa there were presentations from Industry Canada, Export Development Canada, National Research Council Canada and the Ministry of International Trade.
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