Conference: On Bio-, Micro-, and Nanosystems, to be held on July 7-10, 2003, in New York City

该奖项的目的是支持参加将于2003年7月7日至10日在纽约市广场酒店举行的生物、微型和纳米系统会议的与会者的旅费。 本次会议的主要目标是汇集物理和生命科学家在合成和天然纳米系统之间的接口科学和工程工作。本次会议的主题领域在于学科之间的一系列知识界面，因此将涵盖通常不是现有专业协会主办的会议重点的主题。因此，这次会议将促进通常不聚在一起的科学家群体之间的相互作用和思想与信息的交流。 该会议是美国微生物学学会（ASM）和电气和电子工程师协会（IEEE）医学和生物学工程学会（EMBS）之间的合作努力。会议将有大约30个口头和许多海报介绍。 有16个确认的特邀演讲者（ASM和IEEE-EMBS提供的特邀演讲者支持），涵盖广泛的科学领域，并确保在科学和工程领域代表性不足的群体的参与。其余的口头报告和所有的海报报告将从2003年4月4日之前提交的摘要中选出。估计约有500人参加，他们来自政府机构、学术机构和工业界，代表各种工程和科学学科。会议网页可在http://www.asmusa.org/mtgsrc/biomicronano.htm上找到

The purpose of this award is to support travel of participants to a conference on Bio, Micro- and Nanosystems, to be held on July 7-10, 2003 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The main objective of this conference is to bring together physical and life scientists working on science and engineering at the interface between synthetic and natural nanoscale systems. The topical areas of this conference reside at a set of intellectual interfaces between disciplines, and therefore will cover topics that are not the focus of conferences usually sponsored by existing professional societies. Thus, this meeting will foster interactions and exchange of ideas and information among groups of scientists who do not normally meet together. The conference is a collaborative effort between the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The conference will feature approximately 30 oral and numerous poster presentations. There are sixteen confirmed invited speakers (invited speaker support provided by ASM and IEEE-EMBS) that cover a broad range of scientific fields and ensures the participation of groups underrepresented in science and engineering. The remaining oral presentations and all poster presentations will be selected from submitted abstracts that were due April 4, 2003. The estimated participation is about 500 people from government agencies, academic institutions and industry representing a wide variety of engineering and scientific disciplines. The conference web page may be found at: http://www.asmusa.org/mtgsrc/biomicronano.htm