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The groundhog has told us that spring is only 6 more weeks away. As spring nears we are delighted to introduce this year’s NanoBusiness Commercialization Association’s Top Emerging Nanotech Innovators. The 2013 list includes companies developing innovative nano-enabled products in a wide range of areas, including nanomanufactured products, next generation semiconductors and memory devices, quantum computing, pollution removal, solid-state lighting, cancer therapeutics, nutraceuticals, advanced materials, coatings, water treatment and microscopy. We congratulate each company on their achievements in nanotechnology and look forward to watching their progress in the future.
NanoBCA 2013 TOP EMERGING NANOTECH INNOVATORS
Adesto – Next generation memory
Senior Management: Narbeh Derhacobian, Co-founder, President & Chief Executive Officer
ABS Materials – Pollutants removal
Senior Management: Dr. Paul Edmiston, Founder & Chief Science Officer
Stephen Spoonamore, Chief Executive Officer
Bridgelux – Solid state lighting for general illumination
Senior Management: Bradley J. Bullington, Chief Executive Officer
Cambrios – Transparent conductors
Senior Management: John LeMoncheck, President & Chief Executive Officer
Cerulean – Targeted delivery cancer therapeutics
Senior Management: Oliver Fetzer, Ph.D., President & Chief Executive Officer
D-Wave Systems – Quantum computing
Senior Management: Vern Brownell, President & Chief Executive Officer
HzO – Waterblock coatings for electronics
Senior Management: Paul S. Clayson, President & Chief Executive Officer
Kovio – Near-field communications
Senior Management: Amir Mashkoori, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board
Kurion – Advanced materials (nuclear waste cleanup)
Senior Management: Ralph DiSibio, Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Mersana – Novel cancer therapies
Senior Management: Nicholas G. Bacopoulos, Ph.D., President & Chief Executive Officer
Molecular Imprints – Next generation lithography
Senior Management: C. Mark Melliar-Smith, Chief Executive Officer
Nanofilm – Coatings
Senior Management: Scott E. Rickert, Ph.D., President, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
NanoInk – Diagnostic testing
Senior Management: James M. Hussey, Chief Executive Officer & Board of Directors member
NanoMech – Advanced materials, nanomanufactured products (TuffTek®, nGlide®, nGuard®, ElementX®)
Senior Management: Jim Phillips, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Ajay P. Malshe, Founder, Executive VP & Chief Technology Officer
Nantero – Carbon nanotube flash memory
Senior Management: Greg Schmergel, Co-founder, President & Chief Executive Officer
Pixelligent Technologies – NanoAdditives for semiconductors, electronics, and industrial applications
Senior Management: Craig Bandes, President & Chief Executive Officer
Produced Water Absorbents – Water treatment
Senior Management: Neil Poxon, Chief Executive Officer
Siluria – Natural gas to fuels and chemicals conversion catalysts
Senior Management: Dr. Alex Tkachenko, President
SiOnyx – Silicon-based photonic devices
Senior Management: Stephen Saylor, President & Chief Executive Officer
Solazyme – Algae-derived biofuels, chemicals, nutraceuticals, and skin care
Senior Management: Jonathan S. Wolfson, Chief Executive Officer
Xradia – 3D X-ray microscopy
Senior Management: Rod Browning, Chief Executive Officer
SoundView Technology Group Managing Partner, Stephen Waite will be presenting our selections and I will be moderating the 2013 Top Emerging Nanotech Innovators panel at our upcoming 5th Annual Nanotech Commercialization Conference, April 9-10th at the Wake Forest Biotech Place in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
NANO NEWS
Forrester’s top 15 emerging technologies to watch
http://www.zdnet.com/forresters-top-15-emerging-technologies-to-watch_p2-7000011065/
Study Looks at Particles Used in Food
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/business/nanoparticles-in-food-raise-concern-by-advocacy-group.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130206&_r=2&
Harris & Harris Group Notes Solazyme and Mitsui Multi-Year Agreement
http://www.hhvc.com/news/news-details?RELEASEID=738860&Title=Harris%20&%20Harris%20Group%20Notes%20%20Solazyme%20and%20Mitsui%20Multi-Year%20Agreement
The ice and show are melting in the Northeast and we are looking forward to a spring of innovation.
Regards,
Vincent Caprio “Serving the Nanotechnology Community for Over a Decade”
Executive Director
NanoBusiness Commercialization Association
203-733-1949
vincent@nanobca.org
www.nanobca.org
www.vincentcaprio.org
Our Agenda for the February 26th Water 2.0 Conference is complete. The conference is located at NBC Headquarters, 30 Rockefeller Center, NYC.
REGISTER TODAY $250
Here is the final Water 2.0 Conference Agenda:
9:00-9:05 Greetings & Introductions
Vincent Caprio, Executive Director, Water Innovations Alliance Foundation
9:05-9:15 Opening Remarks – Overview of the day’s topics
Alan Hinchman, GE Global Marketing Director-Infrastructure & Head of GE Intelligent Platforms’ Energy, Oil & Gas, Water and Commercial Buildings Offering
9:15-9:45 Marco Annunziata, Chief Economist, GE Corporate
9:45-10:15 Upmanu Lall, Alan & Carol Silberstein Professor of Engineering, Columbia University and Director, Columbia University Water Center
10:15-10:45 Water Reuse – Global Perspectives
Ralph Exton, Chief Marketing Officer, Water & Process Technologies, GE Power & Water
10:45-11:15 Mobility + Data + Analytics = Future
Kyle Reissner, Sr. Marketing Manager Automation Software, GE Intelligent Platforms
11:15-11:45 Todd M. Williams, P.E., P.G., President, Cardno Entrix
11:45-12:15 Laurent Auguste, CEO, Veolia Water North America
12:15-1:15 Networking Lunch
1:15-1:45 Amanda Brock, CEO, Water Standard
1:45-2:15 Maximum Creative
Val Nicholas, VP/Creative Director, NBC News, New York
2:15-2:45 Douglas Voigt, AICP, Director of Urban Design & Planning, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
2:45-3:15 Intelligent Water and Organizational Culture
Terry E. Biederman, P.E., Global Industry Manager- Water, GE Intelligent Platforms
3:15-3:35 Kevin McGovern, CEO, The Water Initiative
3:35-3:55 Ben Armstrong, CEO, WellDone
3:55-4:15 People + Pipes + Policy
Erik Hromadka, CEO, Global Water Technologies
4:15-4:35 Timothy Kim, Senior Loan Officer & founding member of the Renewable Energy & Environmental Finance Division at US Export-Import Bank
4:35-4:55 Scott Livingston, Chairman & CEO, Livingston Securities
4:55-5:15 Bernie Anger, VP & GM, GE Intelligent Platforms
5:15-6:00 Reception
Water 2.0 Hotel information:
The Algonquin Hotel Times Square Autograph Collection®
59 West 44th Street
New York, New York 10036
(212) 840-6800
Reserve your rooms at the special discounted rate for WATER 2.0 – A Water Innovations Alliance Conference.
WATER NEWS
Future Trends in Financing Water Projects
http://www.wateronline.com/doc.mvc/future-trends-in-financing-water-projects-0001
How To Invest In The Most Critical Resource On The Planet
http://www.streetauthority.com/energy-commodities/how-invest-most-critical-resource-planet-460283
Pact reached for regional water tech hub
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130117/BIZ/301170151/Pact-reached-regional-water-tech-hub?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p&nclick_check=1
We look forward to seeing you on February 26th in NYC.
Regards,
Vincent Caprio
Executive Director
Water Innovations Alliance Foundation
203-733-1949
vince@waterinnovationsfoundation.org
www.waterinnovations.org
www.vincentcaprio.org