ORGANISERS
Spinverse Hungarian National Innovation Office
PARTNERS
Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union European Commission
European initiative for sustainable development by Nanotechnologies


History of Nanotech Europe

2005

  • Held as "Nanotechnology in Northern Europe" at Helsinki Fair Centre in April 2005
  • Top speakers: Janez Potocnik, EU Commissioner; Alan J. Heeger, Nobel Laureate;  
  • Tero Ojanperä, CTO, Nokia
  • Main event partners: Nokia, UPM, Tekes, Nordic Innovation Center
  • Conference: 360 participants from 20 countries
  • Exhibition: 36 companies (exhibition co-located with ChemBio 05)

2006

  • Held at Wanha Satama Congress Center in May 2006
  • Top speakers: Sumio Iijima, NEC; Bob Ianucci, Director, Nokia Research Center;
  • Nicholas Hartley, EU Commission
  • Main event partners: Nokia, Tekes, Nordic Innovation Center
  • Conference and surrounding events: 650 participants/visitors from 25 countries
  • Exhibition and partnering events: 100 companies

2007

  • Held at Helsinki Fair Centre in March 2007
  • Top speakers: Shuji Nakamura, 2006 Millennium Technology Prize winner; Erkki Ruoslahti, 2005 Japan Prize winner; Tapani Ryhänen, Nano Sciences Laboratory Head, Nokia Research Center;
  • James E. Prendergast, CTO, DuPont
  • Main event partners: Nokia, Tekes, Nordic Innovation Center, Veeco Instruments
  • Conference: 600 participants from over 30 countries
  • Exhibition: 80 companies, 8000 visitors (co-located with ChemBio07)

2008

  • Held at Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark (23-25 September 2008)
  • Conference: 600 participants from 44 countries
  • Partner consortium includes: the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, the Danish Advanced Technology Foundation, Nano-Science Center at the University of Copenhagen, the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) at the University of Aarhus and Aalborg University, the Technical University of Denmark and Nokia.
  • Exhibition: co-located with Biotech Forum and Scanlab 2008

2009

  • The event took place in the TU Berlin from Monday 28th to Wednesday 30th September
  • It attracted more than 700 participants from 50 countries. The exhibition was sold-out.
  • organised by a comprehensive consortium of partners, including Agent-D, the coordination group of the Centers of Competence of Nanotechnology in Germany and co-organised with Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)

View presentations from the past events here, or browse freely their websites: