Oslo, June 16th 2011
Ole Johan Dahls hus (the new informatics building) at Blindern
The opening of “The National Infrastructure for Micro- and Nanotechnology”, NorFab- was a major event for the micro- and nanotechnology community in Norway.
Programme:
13:15 | Welcome – Bjørn Torger Stokke, board leader of NorFab |
13:20 | General introduction of NorFab – Kay Gastinger, leader of NorFab |
14:00 | Opening ceremony by the Minister of Research and Higher Education Tora Aasland |
14:15 | NorFab in a national perspective – Anders Hanneborg, The Research Council of Norway |
14:30 | Strategic foundation of NorFab – Rectors and presidents (NTNU, UiO, HiVE, SINTEF) |
15:10 | Coffee |
15:40 | Experiences from Myfab – the Swedish Open Access Research Infrastructure – Thomas Swahn, director MyFab |
16:00 | The importance of NorFab for the users – Stein Ivar Hansen, NCE Micro- and Nanotechnology |
16:20 | What value does the industry have from NorFab? – Kristian Hovet, Presens |
16:40 | NorFab as a vehicle for quality graduate education in nanoscience and related technologies – Jostein Grepstad, the Norwegian PhD Network on Nanotechnology for Microsystems |
17:00 | Social gathering with champagne and fruitPoster session & Tour at the MiNaLab |
For more information: contact janicke.furberg@smn.uio.no.