PROGRAM
FEBRUARY 12, 2009

8h00 REGISTRATION
8h20 OPENING
8h30 Chairperson: Norma González (CENAM - México)

•   Capabilities and activities of the National Nanotechnology Laboratory in Chihuahua, Mexico.
  Jesús González, Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados – México.
•   Enabling Standards for Nanomaterial Characterization: Findings and Summary of the Recent NIST Workshop
  Vince Hackley, National Institute of Standards and Technology – EUA.
•   Nanometrology at INMETRO
  Carlos Achete, INMETRO – Brasil
•   Documentary standards
  Ron Dixson, National Institute of Standards and Technology – EUA
•   Recent Developments in Canadian Nanotechnology Measurement Science and ISO Standards Initiatives
  Jennifer Decker, NRC-Institute for National Measurement Standards – Canadá

10h20 DISCUSSION
10h50 COFFEE BREAK
11h00 Chairperson: Shan Zou (SIMS-NRC- Canada)

• Status and trends of nanometrology at CENAM
  Rubén Lazos, CENAM – México  
• Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional.
  Gerardo Cabañas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional – México.
•   Environmental measuring for the regulation and control of chemicals and nanomaterials
  Jimena Ramos, Instituto Nacional de Ecología – México
•   Measurements on nanomaterials and nanoproducts in industry
  Sergio Castañeda, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo CARSO – México

12h20 DISCUSSION
12h40 LUNCH
14h00 Chairperson: Ron Dixson (NIST - USA)

•   Setting standards in nanotube science
  Mauricio Terrones, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica – México.
•  Single Protein Unfolding and AFM-based Force Mapping.
  Shan Zou, NRC- Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences – Canadá
•   Instrumentation Errors in Nano-Indentation
  David Munoz-Paniagua, National Institute for Nanotechnology – Canadá
•   Construction of Functional Electrodes by means of Nanosized Oxide Semiconductors for Photovoltaics and Photoelectrocatalysis Applications
  Juan Manríquez, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Electroquímica - México

15h20 DISCUSSION
15h40 COFFEE BREAK
16h00 Chairperson: Carlos Achete (INMETRO - Brazil)

•   A new quantum candela metrology facility at NRC.
  Charles Bamber, NRC-Institute for National Measurement Standards – Canadá
•   Gas adsorption characterization of SWNT and other nanomaterials: beyond BET.
  Zygmunt Jakubek, NRC- Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences – Canadá
•   Nano-pharmaceutics: from principles to applications
  Víctor Castaño, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada – México.
•   Diffraction-grids calibration at CENAM
  Miguel Viliesid, CENAM – Mexico
•  Nanotechnology: Scientific or Ethical Revolution?
  Sergio Alcocer and Víctor Castaño, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – México.

17h40 DISCUSSION
18h10 OVERALL CONCLUSIONS. Norma González (CENAM - México)
18h30 CLOSING