Development of Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials

Russian-Finnish Scientific Conference, 12.-13.9.2007

The organisers wish to thank all participants of this successful conference. All presentations are now published in PDF format. Please view these presentations on the Conference Page.

The conference was very fruitful indeed, and the discussion will continue in future Russian-Finnish collaboration events such as Nanotech Northern Europe 2008. Please sign up for the Nanotech Conferences Newsletter and receive the latest updates for upcoming events.

Russia announced in spring 2007 a national initiative on the development of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials in the Russian Federation. Over 5 billion euros will be allocated to nanotechnology R&D by 2015. The Russian Research Centre Kurchatov Institute has been chosen to be the scientific coordinator of the Russian national nanotechnology programme. M.V. Kovalchuk, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Director of Russian Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", and other leading scientists of this institute will take part in the Conference. Read more about the Kurchatov Institute in this PDF file.

The conference was organized by the Russian Scientific and Cultural Centre in Helsinki and Tekes FinNano Technology Programme to promote Russian-Finnish cooperation.

Speakers in Nanotech Russia included
Alexander Y. Rumyantsev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Finland	Mikhail V. Kovalchuk, Director, Kurchatov Institute	Oleg S. Naraikin, First Deputy Director, Kurchatov Institute	Yaroslav I. Shtrombach, Deputy Director, Kurchatov Institute	Kirill G. Potlovski, Senior Scientist, Kurchatov Centre of Synchrotron Radiation and Nanotechnology	Boris A. Gurovich, Deputy Director, Institute for Reactor Materials and Technologies, Kurchatov Institute
Petri Peltonen, Director, Technology Department, Ministry of Trade and Industry	Markku Lämsä, FinNano Programme Manager, Tekes	Tapio Niemi, Senior Researcher, Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC), Tampere University of Technology	Risto Nieminen, Academy Professor, Computational Nanoscience at Helsinki University of Technology	Anne Ritschkoff, Chief Research Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland	Esko Kauppinen, Professor, Laboratory of Physics, Helsinki University of Technology
Kai Savolainen, Team Leader, Work Environment Development, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health	Vladimir Ermolov, Principal Engineer, Nano Sciences Laboratory, Nokia Research Center	Tuomo Suntola, Executive Advisor of Picosun	Joe Pimenoff, Technical Specialist, Beneq	Pekka Koponen, CEO, Spinverse

Conference program

September 12 – official opening and presentation of papers by Russian and Finnish specialists starting from 10:00

September 13 – presentation of papers by Russian and Finnish specialists starting from 10:00

On September 12 and 13 (from 9:30 to 16:00), video films dedicated to scientific activities of the Kurchatov Institute will be shown, and corresponding exhibits will be displayed in the exhibition hall lobby.

Please view the detailed program on the Program page,
or download the program in PDF format.