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The International Symposium on Assessing the Economic Impact of Nanotechnology will be jointly sponsored by the OECD and the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), and hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This symposium will be held in Washington, DC on March 27-28, 2012.   

The objective of the symposium is to systematically explore the need for and development of a methodology to assess the economic impact of nanotechnology across whole economies, factoring in many sectors and types of impact, including new and replacement products and materials, markets for raw materials, intermediate and final goods and employment and other economic impacts.

Participants will include scientists, engineers, and policy analysts from academia, industry, government, and business; private investors, technology leaders, key decision makers, and the general public.

This symposium is invitation only.  For more information please contact us by email.