L. Levine, Spectrum Labs, Inc., Session Chair

• Jon Cooper, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  "Nanometres, Millikelvin, Zeptomoles and Picolitres"
• Michael Natan, Surromed, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
  "Bionanotechnology and the "-omics" Revolutions: Is Conventional Bioanalysis Headed for Extinction?"

Ray Dessy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, VA, Session Chair

• Edward S. Cole, VP of Therapeutic Protein Development,Genzyme Corporation
  "The When, Where, What, Who, and Why of Post-Translational Modification Assessment: A Biochemists View"
• Michael Heller, Nanogen, Inc., San Diego, CA
  "Active Microelectronic Arrays and Microelectrophoresis Devices for Combinatorial Peptide Library Screening, Drug Discovery and Proteomic Applications"
• Radislav Potyrailo, GE Corp. R&D, Schenectady, NY
  "When 1+1=3: Advantages of Interdisciplinary Approaches To Sensing"
• Kevin Van Cott, Virginia Polytechnical Insitute, VA
  "Incentives, Worries, Ways, and Conundrums of PTMs"

Ken Shea, University of California, Irvine, CA, Session Chair

• Ken Shea, University of California, Irvine, CA
  "Chemoselective Materials. The Application of Molecular Imprinting for Fabrication of Synthetic Receptors"
• George M. Murray, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  "Characterization of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Sensors."
• Toshifumi Takeuchi, Hiroshima City University, Hiroshima, Japan
  "Readout of Binding Events in Molecularly Imprinted Polymers".

Judith Rishpon, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Session Chair

• Raoul Kopelman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  "In vivo Sensing Using PEBBLES"
• Adam Heller, University of Texas, Austin, TX
  "Continuous Amperometric Monitoring of the Subcutaneous Glycemia with Miniature Electrodes"
• Michael Thompson, University of Toronto, Canada
  "Interfacial Nucleic Acid Chemistry Detected by On-line Biosensor and Scanning Kelvin Microprobe"
• Linda Powers, Utah State University, Logan, UT
  "The Challenge of Microbe Capture and Detection"

Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University, IL, Session Chair

• Hilary Godwin, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
  "Fluorescent Sensor for Lead; Coupling Detection to Conformational Change"
• Andrew Taton, Nanosphere, Inc.
  "Clinical Mutation Detection with Nanoparticle Probes."

Lloyd Burgess, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Session Chair

• Stanley Abramowitz, Program Manager, Advanced Technology Program, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD
  "DNA Analysis in Microfabricated Formats"
• Steven Sunshine, President and CEO, Cyrano Sciences, Inc.
  "Polymer Composite Array-based Detection of Micro-organisms"
• Robert Synovec, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  "Automated, Multi-Dimensional Interfacial Analysis on Flowing Liquids"

Wednesday PM: Panel Discussion - Bringing Sensors to Market

Howard Weetall, Program Manager, Advanced Technology Program, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, Session Chair

• Norman Parris, Cygnus Inc.
  Glucowatch monitor
• John Mastrototaro, MiniMed Corp.
  Glucose sensor
• Ed Bullister, Apex Medical Inc.
  Blood flow Monitor
• Loren C. Acker, SEBRA
  "Biobattery for Ablation of Heart Tissue"
• Ronald Rieder, SatCon Technologies, Inc.
  

Sina Rabbany, Hofstra University, Long Island, NY, Session Chair

• Gregor Zlokarnik, Aurora Biosciences
  "The Natural Limits of Miniaturization in Cell-based Assays"
• Greg Kellogg, Gamera Biosciences
  "Centrifugal Microfluidic Assay Systems”
• Deborah Leckband, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
  "Sensing at Interfaces: How the Surface Environment Can Alter Device Performance"

Discussion Leader

• Jim Stave, VP Research and Development, Strategic Diagnostics, Inc., Newark DE
  "Detection and Quantitation of Biotechnology-Derived Agricultural Products: Applications and Current State of the Art."
• Jim Rittenburg, Vice President - Technology, Biocode Inc.
  "The Use of Chemical Markers as an Aid to Brand Protection and Trait Identification in Agricultural Products"
• Mahesh Bhalgat, Monsanto
  "Safety Assessment of Genetically Modified Plants; Case study for 'NewLeaf Plus' Potato Plants"