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EDUCATION FORUM AND OPEN DISCUSSION

Title: "Teaching the Nano Scale - A Global Revolution in Science Education"

The urgent need to provide excellent education, both for specialists and for non-specialists, in the concepts, the science and the applications of nanoscale science, technology and engineering is now recognized world-wide. Many nations and institutions are seeking the best ways to re-invent obsolescent curricula so as to capture the great pedagogic opportunities for integrating and consolidating such topics in new, coherent curricula. Such programs embrace schools curricula, secondary and tertiary academic programs, and outreach to enlighten and inform the general community. Major investment in innovation is already in place, based on extensive in-depth studies of both the options and the challenges.

In this Forum, we will hear highlight reports of such studies, plans and actions, from several regions of the world. In the subsequent Panel Discussion session, questions and opinions are invited from all attendees. These discussions will aim to generate a short list of the top priorities for timely actions to devise effective and professional sets of well-integrated programs for nanoscale education.

PRESENTERS and PANELISTS:
Steve Fonash, Pennsylvania State University, USA
"Overview of U.S. Approaches to Nanotechnology Education and Workforce Development" (Abstract)
G.U. Kulkarni, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
"Nanoscience and Technology Education in India" (Abstract)
Joe Shapter, Flinders University, Australia
"Teaching Undergraduates Nanotechnology" (Abstract)
Andrew Wee, National University of Singapore, Singapore
"Teaching the Nano Scale – A Singapore Perspective" (Abstract)
Meifang Zhu, Donghua University, Shanghai, China
"An Overview of the Nano-Science and Technology Education in China ---- The Shanghai Approach " (Abstract)
Tadashi Itoh, Osaka University, Japan
"Nano-Science and Nano-Communication Design in Graduate-Level Education and Research Training " (Abstract)


MODERATOR:
John Baglin, IBM Almaden Research Centre, San Jose, USA