See the Light: Nanophotonics for Breakfast
For the most up-to-date program information, please go to: http://depts.washington.edu/nanophot/
A six-part breakfast series designed get you up to speed on the commercial and business opportunities in the emerging nanophotonics technology cluster that has enormous potential for our region. 
Find out how we are moving at the speed light and how you can be part of it. This series, designed for the interested layperson, will get you smarter about nanophotonics in a collegial atmosphere with other curious forward-thinkers.
Why all the buzz about nanophotonics? This field is expected to revolutionize many aspects of modern life. The commercial potential is frankly mind-boggling. 
Nanophotonics promises solar cells that provide cheap, clean power wherever it is needed; solid-state lighting systems that are much more efficient and versatile than current light bulbs; flexible electronic displays that allow cell phones the size of credit cards, and computer screens as thin and flexible as a sheet of heavy paper; computers that connect to the internet at the speed of light; and, new medical devices that give doctors the power to detect and treat diseases in novel ways. And that is just the beginning...
You will learn from top national and international 
scientists and business leaders about what is going on in nanophotonics, who the local leaders are, and what commercial opportunities lay ahead in each of the following fields:
- Solar energy
- Biophotonics
- Solid-state lighting and displays
- Computing
- Telecommunications
- Sensors and security
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Speaker schedule:
- OCTOBER 3, 2007: Solid State Lighting and Displays
- Series Introduction by Matt O’Donnell, Dean, UW College of Engineering - Moderator for the Series
- Local business perspective by Rich LeFaivre, Venture Partner, OVP Venture Partners, and Chris Somogyi, Managing Director, Somogyi Ventures
- Featured speaker: Dr. Paul Burrows, Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: The current state of the art in research.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2007: Biophotonics
- Speaker: Dr. Paras Prasad, Professor of Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, and Electrical Engineering, SUNY Buffalo
- DECEMBER 5, 2007: Computing*
- Speaker: Dr. Axel Scherer, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, and Physics, Caltech
- FEBRUARY 6, 2008: Telecommunications*
- Speakers:
- Dr. Larry Dalton, Professor of Chemistry, University of Washington, and Director, Center on Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research
- Dr. Alex Jen, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, and Director, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology
- MARCH 5, 2008: Sensors*
- Speakers:
- Dr. Susan Ermer, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center
- Dr. Michael Hochberg, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
- APRIL 2, 2008: Photovoltaics*
- Speaker: Dr. Alan Heeger, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry), and Professor, UC Santa Barbara
*Speakers/topics subject to change.
Program questions? Please contact Rad Roberts at UW College of Arts & Sciences: rad@u.washington.edu or (206) 685-8379.
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