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/* SWOT analysis on nanotechnology */
== SWOT analysis on nanotechnology ==
{|border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" width="100%"
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#D99795"|'''Strength'''
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#D99795"|'''Weakness'''
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|align = "center"|In nanomaterials research and development
|align = "center"|Critical issues(ecological meltdown,poverty and disease)
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|In biomimetics research
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|Lack of planet friendly scorecard for research
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|align = "center"|In nanoelectronics and IT research including quantum computing
|align = "center"|No clear technology transfer routes to the less developed world.
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|In nanophotovoltaic research
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|Fragmented research infrastructure
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|align = "center"|In nanosensors research and development
|align = "center"|Nationally variable industry pull through
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|In strong industrial base in instrumentation
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|Variable incentives/cultures for supporting start-ups
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|align = "center"|In nanomedicine
|align = "center"|Funding slow and bureaucratic
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|In cultural differences resulting in imaginative approaches to results
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|No wide support for individual genius
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|align = "center"|In the ability to work in teams
|align = "center"|Academic research often lags industry
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|Acceleration of new company formation underway
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|Funding may be duplicated
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|align = "center"|Openness in developing and adopting environmentally friendly techniques
|align = "center"|Lack of fiscal incentives for environmentally friendly techniques;also lack of legal incentives
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|Openness to developing technologies for the less developed regions
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|Critically slow emergence of technology from the research base
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|align = "center"|
|align = "center"|Lack of skilled staff
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#D99795"|'''Opportunities'''
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#D99795"|'''Threats'''
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|align = "center"|The exploitation of planet and people friendly research
|align = "center"|Brain drain in life sciences,electronics,software and engineering
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|Development of widely available technologies(sensors,renewable energy,medicine etc.)
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|Public backlash to nanotechnology
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|align = "center"|Creation of new technologies(medical and non-medical)
|align = "center"|Too little,too late, of the technologies that matter
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#DBEEF3"|Reduction animal experimentation through cell-base toxicity testing
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|align = "center"|Critical niche opportunities in areas such as lab-on-a-chip and sensor technology
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[ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/foresight/docs/kte_nano_tech.pdf Source]
== Conferences ==
* Major Conferences
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C0C0C0"|'''S.no.'''
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C0C0C0"|'''Conference'''
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C0C0C0"|'''Location'''
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C0C0C0"|'''Date'''
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#C0C0C0"|'''Email'''
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|align = "right" bgcolor = "#C0C0C0"|1
|<font color="#0000FF"><u>[http://www.nsti.org/Nanotech2008/ Nanotech 2008 - 11th Annual NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show]</u></font>
|Boston,USA
|1-5June, 2008
|bfr@nsti.org
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|align = "right" bgcolor = "#C0C0C0"|2
|<font color="#0000FF"><u>[http://www.nanoeurope.com/ NanoEurope 2008]</u></font>
|St.Gallen, Switzerland
|16-17 Sep, 2008
|joerg.guettinger@ncb.ch
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|align = "right" bgcolor = "#C0C0C0"|3
|<font color="#0000FF"><u>[http://www.nanotech.net/node/2 Nanotech Northern Europe 2008]</u></font>
|Copenhagen,Denmark
|23-25 Sep, 2008
|katriina.forsstrom@spinverse.com
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* Complete list of Nanotechnology Conferences
http://www.allconferences.com/Science/Nanotechnology/
