Nanotechnology events

Nanotechnology Events

Past events

Kim Hill hosts “A big discussion about small things”

  • Views on nanotechnology from across the spectrum of scientists, Maori, government regulators, business, NGOs, toxicity researchers, and more.
  • Participants include: Kim Hill, Hans van der Voorn, Georgia Miller, Shaun Hendy, Jamie Ataria, Sally Gaw, Lynne Waterson.
  • Note the change of venue.
    The Jack Mann Auditorium, University of Canterbury College of Education, Wednesday 16 February 2011, 6pm.
    Map and directions to the Jack Mann Auditorium (opens a new web page).
  • Entrance by ticket only. Book your FREE ticket online at Eventbrite. Free Entry

Kim Hill's talks: YouTube

     

     

     

     

Public Lecture: Georgia Miller, Friends of the Earth, Australia “Nanotechnology in sunscreens and cosmetics: big name brands taking risks”

  • Unlabelled, largely untested and effectively unregulated, 'nanoparticles' are now found in products that many of us use every day. Come learn about the next big small thing, and why its use in consumer products is stirring up increasing controversy.
  • Georgia Miller coordinates Friends of the Earth Australia's nanotechnology project.
  • Note the change of venue.
    The Jack Mann Auditorium, University of Canterbury College of Education, Tuesday 15 February 2011, 6pm.
    Map and directions to the Jack Mann Auditorium (opens a new web page).
  • No ticket required.

Public Lecture: Diana Bowman, Colin Gavaghan, and Jennifer Moore, “Regulating Nanotechnology in New Zealand” Cancelled

  • Diana Bowman, is a Senior Research Fellow in Public Health Law at the University of Melbourne, and is one of the authors of the “Monash Report”, which was the first comprehensive analysis of the challenges presented by nanotechnology to government regulations in Australia.
  • Colin Gavaghan and Jennifer Moore are in the Emerging Technologies Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Otago and have recently produced the first detailed analysis of New Zealand’s regulatory system in relation to nanotechnology.

Don Eigler, IBM, USA, “Playing

with atoms”

  • The pioneer of nanotechnology talks about how to see and play with atoms. More information is available on the Eventbrite site.
  • Don is the winner of the 2010 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience. The prizes were founded in 2008 by the Norwegian Government as an equivalent to the Nobel Prizes.
  • The Great Hall, the Arts Centre, Wednesday 1 September, 6pm.
  • Entrance by ticket only.

The Art of Nanotechnology

          Winners of Nano-Art Competition Announced

  • Wednesday 11 August - Friday 10 September, Our City O-Tautahi. FREE entry. Free Entry

  • Art Inspired by Nanotechnology

    • Nicola Gibbons, Sue Novell, Robyn Webster, Claire Beynon and Sam Bowser explore nanotechnology from an Artist’s perspective

  • Images from Nanotechnology

    • Competition to find the most exciting nanotechnology images, open to all practicing science students and scientists
    • $2000 in prizes

“Nanotechnology” at Science Alive!

  • The science behind nanotechnology, with a Christchurch flavour
  • In the Science Alive Building, Moorehouse Avenue
  • From 28 August.

Play: “Eros” by Caroline Lark

  • A comedy of contemporary manners, with a taste of nanotechnology
  • At the Court Theatre from 27 August.

Public Lecture: “Seeing Small”: Richard Blaikie

  • How we view the micro- and nano-world and how we engineer structures at these scales. 
  • 25 August, Christchurch Art Gallery Lecture Theatre, 6pm Free Entry
  • Related events at the same venue:
    • July 28 'Language: creativity of generations', Catherine Moran Free Entry
    • August 18  'Power of movement', Richard Hartshorn Free Entry
    • Andrew Drummond Retrospective: Observation / Action / Reflection
    • 14 May – 5 September 2010 Free Entry

Schools Lecture by Don Eigler, IBM, USA

Open to invited high school students only

Tuesday August 31, University of Canterbury

Enquiries from schools to Joan Gladwyn