Schedule

Updated October 10, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

NEW: The Full Conference Materials of Nano Ontario 2022  are now available.

12th Annual Nano
Ontario Conference and Exhibition

 

Theme:  Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Nano-Enabled Technologies

 

Day 1:  Tuesday, October 11th, 2022

 8:30 a.m. –  8:45 a.m.            Introduction

 8:45 a.m. –  9:40 a.m.            Prof. Cynthia Goh, U of Toronto

 9:40 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.          Prof. Muhammad N Yousaf, York U

10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.         Coffee Break

10:40 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.          Dr. Danielle McRae, U of Waterloo

11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.          Finance Short Talks

Speakers

  1. Dr. Ashley Hannon,   Director, Business Development, Mitacs 

  2. David Douglas, Principal, Practice Leader, Government Funding, Ryan

  3. Dr. Louisa Ho, Research and Innovation Development Officer, NSERC, Ontario Regional Office

 

12:00 p.m.– 2:00 p.m.           Lunch, Networking, Poster Tour I

2:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.            Prof. Francois Lagugne-Labarthet, Western U, Nano Ontario Inc.:  Past, Present and Future 

2:40 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.            Prof. Anna Klinkova, U of Waterloo 

3:20 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.            Coffee Break

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.           Career Discussion Panel

Panel Moderator:    Dr. Isobel Bicket

Panelists:

  1. Amir Ansari (MBA, CSCMP), Laurier Chemistry Alumnus, Information Security Specialist, TD Bank Group 

  2. Mohamed Parpia, Director, Scientific Research and Experimental Development, Ryan

  3. Prof. Yolanda Hedberg, Canada Research Chair in Corrosion Science, Department of Chemistry, Western University

  4. Prof. Kyla Sask, School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University

 

à Dinner at the discretion of the attendees

 

Day 2:  Wednesday, October 12th, 2022

8:30 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.              Prof. Ghassan E. Jabbour, U of Ottawa

9:25 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.           Prof. Leyla Soleymani, McMaster U

10:05 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.         Prof. Xueliang (Andy) Sun, Western U

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.           Coffee Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.          Prof. Maryam Ebrahimi, Lakehead U

    

12:00 p.m.– 2:00 p.m.           Lunch, Networking, Poster Tour II

 

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.            Poster Award Session

2:30 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.             Arya Ghadimi,   BASc, MSc, JD, Patent Agent, Nyssa IP 

3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.             Coffee Break

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.            Innovation Discussion Panel

Panel Moderator:    Prof. Elizabeth Gilles, U of Western Ontario

Panelists:    

  1. Dr. Kazim Agha, Partner, Ridout & Maybee LLP

  2. Prof. Tricia, Carmichael, University of Windsor

  3. Ari Forman, CEO and COO, Scatr

à End of conference.