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	The Fifth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology November 5-8, 1997; Palo Alto, CA Registration Information
Conference Co-chairs:	Ralph C. Merkle Xerox Palo Alto Research Center	Al Globus MRJ, Inc./NASA Ames Research Center

• The keynote speaker will be Richard Smalley, 1996 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
• An intensive Tutorial on Critical Enabling Technologies for Nanotechnology is available prior to the conference reception.
• The Abstracts for Talks and Posters to be presented at the conference are now available. Index of full papers.
• The previous conference provides an example of the activities and purposes of the Foresight conference series.
• The next conference in this series will be held next year, not in two years as previously. The Sixth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechonology will be held on November 13,14,15, 1998 at the Westin Hotel in Santa Clara, CA. The Tutorial will be on November 12, 1998.

Topics Covered

• supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly
• proximal probes (e.g. STM, AFM)
• biochemistry and protein engineering
• computational chemistry and molecular modeling
• computer science (e.g. computational models, system design issues)
• fullerene nanotechnology
• natural molecular machines (e.g. flagellar motor)
• materials science
• mechanical engineering (CAD) and robotics

Confirmed Speakers:

Sponsor

General Corporate Sponsor

Beckman provides quality products and services that simplify or automate laboratory processes resulting in improved customer productivity and efficiency to the following selected market segments: Bioresearch/Biotechnology; Clinical Diagnostics

Founded in 1982 by four idealistic young pioneers with a shared vision of decentralized, heterogenous computing systems, Sun Microsystems, Inc. has emerged as a global Fortune 500 leader in enterprise network computing, with over $8 billion in revenues and operations in 150 countries.

Supporting Corporate Sponsors

AMP Incorporated (NYSE: AMP) is the world leader in the design and manufacture of electrical and electronic connectors and interconnection systems. Headquartered in Harrisburg, PA, AMP has 45,000 employees in 50 countries in Europe, Asia/Pacific and the Americas and serves customers in these industries: automotive, aerospace, computer networking, power and utilities, telecommunications, industrial and consumer goods. AMP had sales of $5.47 billion in 1996.

Apple Computer is the technology-leading computer hardware and software company. Apple has been a sponsor of previous conferences.

Ford Motor Company is the worldıs second largest maker of autos and trucks, with other interests including plastics and electronics.

JEOL Inc. is the Japan-based maker of electron microscopes, mass spectrometers, and other precision electronic equipment.

Zyvex is the first research and development company focused on developing an assembler for molecular nanotechnology. Started in April 1997, and headquartered in Richardson Texas, the company has hired its initial researchers and is building a lab capable of the task it has set itself. In spite of being a small company, with less than $20M in funding, Zyvex plans to achieve its goal in less than 10 years.

Cosponsors

Program Committee

Abstracts and Papers

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Publication of papers

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Index of full papers. Each full paper is also linked from the respective abstract.

Information for presenters about conference abstracts and papers

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