Tuesday 27 March 2007
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Pre-Congress Workshop: FinNano Annual Seminar (Ballroom) 
Chair: Markku Lämsä, Programme Manager, Tekes
9:00 Opening: Petri Peltonen, Director, Technology Department, Ministry of Trade and Industry
9:20 FinNano Programme Status: Markku Lämsä, Programme Manager, Tekes
9:35 National Strategy for Nanotechnology in Finland: Pekka Koponen, Managing Director, Spinverse Consulting
9.50 FinNano Research Project: Päivi Törmä, Professor, University of Jyväskylä
10:10 FinNano Company Project: Antti Valtakari, Managing Director, Montreal Sports
10:30 Coffee
11:00 "Nanolife" - Nanobiotechnology Vision for Finland, Juhani Luotola, Orion Diagnostica
11:25 Nanotechnology in the EU Framework Programme 7: Nicholas Deliyanakis, European Commission
11:55 Introduction to partnering program: Laura Juvonen, Programme Coordinator, Spinverse Consulting
12:00 Lunch and Exhibition
12:30 FinNano poster session
13:30 FinNano (Ballroom 1) FinNano (Ballroom 2) FinNano (201)
Nanotechnology Materials and Processes
Oral presentations

Nanotechnology Solutions for Electronics
Oral presentations

Nanotechnology Networks and Cooperation
Oral presentations
Chair: Anneli Ojapalo, Director, New Concept Development & IPR, Perlos Corporation

Chair: Veli-Pekka Leppänen, CEO, Nanocomp Oy

Chair: Laura Juvonen, Spinverse Oy 
Mika Linden, Åbo AkademiHelge Lemmetyinen, Tampere University of TechnologyHongchen Gu, Jiaotong University
Markku Lyyra, VTI Technologies Oy Andreas Johansson, University of JyväskyläMorten Bøgedal, NaNet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet 
Johanna Forsman, VTT, Fine ParticlesVeli-Matti Airaksinen, Helsinki University of TechnologyTom Crawley, NanoForum
Toni Kinnunen, EcocatSergei Tretyakov, Helsinki University of TechnologyBrigitte Kriszt, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria
Sami Sneck, BeneqUdo Schwalke, Darmstadt University of TechnologyEsko Peltonen, Jyväskylä Innovation Ltd
Thad Maloney, KCL
15:00 Closing coffee
15:30 Grand Opening (101)

Visions 2007 is the joint opening ceremony for Nanotech Northern Europe and ChemBio Finland 2007

Panelists / guides:
President & CEO Jukka Viinanen, Orion Corporation
Professor Erkki Ruoslahti, Burnham Institute for Medical Research and the University of California
Managing Director Mark Sutton, 3M Finland and Baltic Countries
Director General Jukka Pekkarinen, Ministry of Finance
Senior Vice President, R&D Tiina Mattila-Sandholm, Valio Ltd

Challengers:
Senior Adviser Nina Etelä, Nordic Innovation Centre
Professor Markus Mäkelä, University of Turku

The panel is hosted by Journalist Leena Brandt.

17.00

Get together – networking reception