| Wednesday, March 4 | ||
| 08:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00 | WELCOME ADDRESS Andreas Jordan Magforce Nanotechnologies, Berlin, Germany |
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| 09:15 | CONFERENCE KEYNOTE Transforming Nanotechnology into Solutions for 21st Century Healthcare Challenges Paras N. Prasad University at Buffalo, New York, USA |
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| 10:00 | Coffee break / Poster show | |
| Nanoobjects for Medical Applications | ||
| 11:00 | Nanoparticles for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications - The Potential of SuperParamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPION) Heinrich Hofmann Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
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| 11:30 | Study of the Micro- and Nanostructured Silicon for Biomedical Applications Irina Kleps IMT-Bucharest, Romania |
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| 12:00 | Accumulation of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Cultured Brain Astrocytes Mark Geppert University of Bremen, Germany |
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| 12:30 | Particle Clearance – Indispensable, but a Serious Barrier for Advanced Inhalation Therapy Michael Bur Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany |
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| 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00 | Nano- to Micro-Structured Ceramic Wires as Surfaces for Cell Adhesion Michael Veith INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany |
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| 14:30 | Production of Nanocrystalline Dispersions for Pharmaceutical Applications Stefan Mende Netzsch Feinmahltechnik, Selb, Germany |
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| 16:00 | Coffee break / Poster show | |
| 18:00 | End | |
| Thursday, March 5 | ||
| Nanotechnology in Cancer Treatment | ||
| 09:00 | Thermotherapy using magnetic nanoparticles: Principles and clinical application Andreas Jordan Magforce Nanotechnologies, Berlin, Germany |
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| 09:30 | Theoretical Study of Quantum Dot/Organic Ligand Interface for Application in Early Cancer Detection Rodion Belosludov Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan |
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| 10:00 | Use of Nanoshells for Combined Two-Photon Imaging and Therapy of Cancer Emily Shannon Day Rice University, Houston, USA |
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| 10:30 | Nanotechnology in Cancer Treatment Manfred Georg Krukemeyer University of Münster, Germany |
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| 11:00 | Coffee break / Poster show | |
| Nanomaterials in Dentistry | ||
| 11:30 | KEY NOTE Nanotechnology in Dental Materials – Tiny Particles Causing a Large Change in Dentistry Thomas Luchterhandt 3M ESPE, Seefeld, Germany |
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| 12:00 | Nanomaterials in Preventive Dentistry - Recent Trends and Developments Matthias Hannig Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany |
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| 12:30 | Novel Ti-Based Nanocomposites for Dental Applications Mieczyslaw Jurczyk Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland |
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| 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| Drug Delivery, Targeting and Controlled Release | ||
| 14:00 | KEY NOTE Nanoparticles at the Gastrointestinal Barrier - Aspects of Bioadhesion Alf Lamprecht University of Besançon, France |
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| 14:30 | Antitumoural Activity and Distribution of Taxol Carried by Polymeric Nanospheres for Magnetic Drug Targeting Gábor Lancz Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovakia |
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| 15:00 | Nanoparticle Bioconjugates by Laser Ablation – A Novel Method Aiming at Pure Drug and Gene Delivery Svea Petersen Laser-Zentrum Hannover, Germany |
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| 15:30 | Coffee break / Poster show | |
| 16:00 | A Chemical Approach to Cell-Type Specific Targeting of Nanoparticles Paul Wentworth University of Oxford, UK |
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| 16:30 | The Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly. The Powerful Technique for Drug Delivery Applications Dmitry Volodkin Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Golm, Germany |
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| 17:00 | Nanoscaled Dynamic Polymer Particles for Therapeutic DNA and RNA Delivery Ernst Wagner Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany |
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| 17:30 | Poster show | |
| 20:00 | Conference Banquet (Ethnological Museum in Berlin-Dahlem) | |
| Friday, March 6 | ||
| NanoBioMaterials and Regenerative Medicine | ||
| 09:00 | KEY NOTE Polymeric Nanofibers as Extra-Cellular Matrix Mimic Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Edward Botchwey University of Connecticut, Hartford, USA |
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| 09:30 | Biomimetic Nanomaterials for Implants and Regenerative Medicine Gianluca Ciardelli Politecnico di Torino, Italy |
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| 10:00 | Distribution of Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles within Textile Implants for Positive Contrast Visualisation in MRT Ioana Slabu RWTH Aachen, Germany |
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| 10:30 | Coffee break / Poster show | |
| Potential Risks of Nanparticles | ||
| 11:00 | KEY NOTE Sustainable and Smart Nanoparticles Will Enable Nanotechnologies Paul Borm Hogeschool Szuyd, Heerlen, The Netherlands / MagnaMedics, Aachen, Germany |
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| 11:30 | Laser Generated Pure Nanoparticulate Reference Material for Risk Assessment Studies Stephan Barcikowski Laser-Zentrum Hannover, Germany |
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| 12:00 | Size Dependent Cytotoxicity of Gold Nanoparticles Annika Leifert RWTH Aachen, Germany |
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| 12:30 | NanoMed Round Table – Nanomedicine Ethical, Regulatory, Social and Economic Environment Kuan-Ting Chi Technology University of Delft, The Netherlands |
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| 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| Nanobioanalytics and Diagnostic Tools | ||
| 14:00 | KEY NOTE Nanomedicine - driving breakthroughs in healthcare Hans Hofstraat Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
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| 14:30 | Up-Conversion Nanoparticles for Optical Molecular Imaging Karen Köhler Bayer Technology Services, Leverkusen, Germany |
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| 15:00 | Nano-Particulate Contrast Agents for Molecular Photoacoustic Imaging and Microscopy Frank Stracke Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, St. Ingbert, Germany |
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| 15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 | Carbon Nanofiber Based Chips for Biomedical Applications Hua Chen NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, USA |
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| 16:30 | Carbon Dots Synthesized through Aqueous Route as an Bioimaging Agent Quin Li Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia |
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| 17:00 | Concluding Remarks Andreas Jordan Conference President, Magforce Nanotechnologies, Berlin, Germany |
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| 17:30 | End of Conference | |