8:30AM

Breakfast & Registration

9:30AM

Welcome Remarks – Dr. Nan-Loh Yang, CePM Director

Opening Remarks – Dr. David M. Podell, Senior VP for Academic Affairs/Provost

9:45AM

Kathleen Wise
Director of Programs
NYSTAR

“Bridging the Gap: The NYSTAR Partnerships”

10:30AM

Dr. John Brahms
Senior Manager - Physical Sciences
Avon Products Inc.

“Building Strong Industry-Academic Relationships”

11:15AM

Dr. Leonard Interrante
Professor of Chemistry
RPI Polymer Center

“Polycarbosilanes as ceramic precursors and low-k dielectric materials”

12:00PM

LUNCH

1:30PM

Prof. Theodore Hagelin
Director, Professor of Law
New York State Science & Technology Law Center

"The Role of the NYS Science and Technology Law Center in Technology Commercialization"

2:15PM

Dr. Brian Muellers
VP of Media R&D
Pall Life Sciences

“Polymeric materials leading innovation in the filtration industry”

3:00PM

Dr. Geraud Dubois
Senior Engineer/Scientist
IBM Almaden Research Center

“IBM Innovations - Collaborative Technological Excellence”

3:45PM

Dr. Alamgir Karim
Group Leader, Nanostructured Materials
Polymers Division, NIST

"Combinatorial research on nanostructured materials: A successful model for federal, academic and industrial collaborations"

4:30PM

Closing Remarks