NanoTecNexus 2009 Outreach Programs in San Diego

This year has been marked by change. Not only did we officially change our corporate name to NanoTecNexus from NanoBioNexus, we have also launched a series of outreach programs designed to expand the awareness and education of nanotechnology to broader audiences. Nanotechnology involves manipulating matter at the atomic or molecular scale smaller than 100 nanometers (1 nm= 1 billionth of a meter), and taking advantage of properties that are present at that scale. As a leading organization dedicated to collaboration and knowledge exchange, we have envisioned the future and we are doing our part to address the needs of industry and the community at large: We start with a new mission and focused programs.

Despite the predominance of woeful economic news of late the fact is that we live and work in a time of unprecedented opportunity. While it is no immediate consolation to those who are losing jobs and companies, the opportunity now exists to reinvent and innovate in ways that we never thought possible. From a nanotechnology perspective, global investment has never been higher, and each year's progress gets us closer to game-changing applications.