Conference: US-North Africa Conference: Nanotechnology Convergence for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Health

第一届美国-北非可持续能源，健康和环境纳米技术融合会议将于2020年8月9日至8月14日在埃及开罗大尼罗河塔酒店举行。本次会议的主要目标是通过展示和突出新的想法来促进科学和工程的跨学科研究，以改善和革命化美国的科学，工程和技术。重点领域包括量子信息技术，纳米医学，能量收集和环境科学。这次会议的结果将是美国和北非之间的国际研究合作的刺激，这将促进科学研究和教育。通过这次会议，美国学生将了解参与国际研究项目的机会，这些项目将通过会议上研究人员的网络活动建立。此外，会议将促进文化多样性，扩大科学和工程领域的参与。会议将为研究人员（包括本科生，博士后研究员和来自美国和北非的教师）之间的讨论提供一个很好的机会，为启动研究合作奠定了坚实的基础。埃及是参与纳米技术在能源，健康和环境中融合的主要北非国家之一，会议将由埃及科学研究和技术学院（ASRT）主办。此外，联合主席将邀请主题演讲者在《纳米粒子研究杂志》上发表他们独特的研究成果，并邀请他们开发一个特别的期刊，以包括与会者的所有创新和变革性研究。本次会议的成功成果将是坚实的美国-NA研究合作的发展，可以促进两个地区的科学和工程研究和教育。第一届美国-北非纳米技术融合可持续能源，健康和环境会议将于8月9日至8月14日在埃及开罗举行，大尼罗河塔酒店2020。该会议将突出最先进的研究，最近的成就和全球趋势，在纳米技术在美国和北非使用1）跨学科的整合介绍基础科学，工程，工业和医疗应用，解决全球挑战可持续能源，环境和健康和2）刺激和促进研究合作的参与者。会议的会议将包括重要的研究课题，如量子计算，能量收集，环境应用，药物输送，诊断和癌症治疗。会议将通过简短的小组会议，包括学生，博士后和主题演讲者，以促进合议和协作的环境，每天在与会者之间进行公开讨论。会议还将包括能源，健康和环境方面的三个分组会议，在此期间，将制定每个领域的研究挑战清单。在这些专题挑战中，将确定潜在的国际研究合作机会。为了实现这一目标，与会者，研究领域和联系信息的清单将在会议结束后创建并分发给与会者。 会议将讨论新出现的、当前的基本概念和做法，这些概念和做法描述：1）用于能量存储和转换装置的新型功能纳米材料的合成，2）用于新一代量子计算的量子分子纳米磁体，3）纳米材料的环境应用，如水处理，作物保护和气候变化，以及4）纳米生物材料及其在药物输送，诊断，和癌症治疗。此外，联合主席将邀请主题演讲者在《纳米粒子研究杂志》上发表他们独特的研究成果，并邀请他们开发一个特别的期刊，以包括与会者的所有创新和变革性研究。这次会议的成功成果将是发展坚实的US-NA研究合作，可以促进两个地区的科学和工程研究和教育。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

The 1st US-North Africa conference on Nanotechnology Convergence for Sustainable Energy, Health, and Environment will take place in Cairo, Egypt from August 9th through August 14th, 2020 at the Grand Nile Tower Hotel. The main goal of this conference is to advance the interdisciplinary research in science and engineering by showcasing and highlighting new ideas to improve, and revolutionize, science, engineering and technology in the United States. Areas of focus include quantum information technology, nanomedicine, energy harvesting, and environmental science. The result of this conference will be the stimulation of international research collaborations between US and North Africa which will advance scientific research and education. Through this conference, U.S. students will learn about opportunities to engage in international research projects, which will be established through the networking events of researchers at the conference. In addition, the conference will promote cultural diversity and broaden participation within science and engineering fields. The conference will provide a great opportunity for discussion between researchers (including undergrad-graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty from the US and North Africa, setting up a concrete foundation on which to initiate research collaborations. Egypt is one of the major North African countries engaged in the convergence of nanotechnology in energy, health and environment and the conference will be hosted by the Academy of scientific research and technology (ASRT), Egypt. In addition, the co-chairs will invite the keynote speakers to publish their unique research in the Journal of Nanoparticle Research and the invitation will be opened for the development of a special journal l issue to include all innovative and transformative research from attendees. The successful outcome of this conference will be the development of solid US-NA research collaborations that can serve to promote science and engineering research and education in both regions.The 1st US-North Africa conference on Nanotechnology Convergence for Sustainable Energy, Health, and Environment will take place in Cairo, Egypt from August 9th through August 14th, 2020 at the Grand Nile Tower Hotel. The conference will highlight state-of-the-art research, recent achievements and global trends in nanotechnology in the US and North Africa using 1) a transdisciplinary integration of presentations on fundamental science, engineering, industrial and medical applications that address global challenges in sustainable energy, environment and health and 2) stimulation and facilitation of research collaborations among participants. The conference’ sessions will include important research topics such as quantum computing, energy harvesting, environmental applications, drug delivery, diagnoses and cancer treatment. The conference will feature daily open discussions among attendees through short group meetings which will includes students, postdocs, and keynote speakers to foster an environment of collegiality and collaboration. The conference will also include three breakout sessions in energy, health and environment during which a list of research challenges in each of these areas will be developed. Within these topical challenges, potential international research collaboration opportunities will be identified. Towards the fulfillment of this aim, a listing of participants, research areas and contact information will be created after the conference and distributed to attendees. The conference will discuss the emerging, current fundamental concepts and practices that describe: 1) synthesis of novel functional nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion devices, 2) Quantum molecular nanomagnets for new generation of quantum computing, 3) Environmental application of nanomaterials such as water treatment, crop protection, and climate change, and 4) Nano-Biomaterials and their applications for drug delivery, diagnosis, and cancer therapy. In addition, the co-chairs will invite the keynote speakers to publish their unique research in the Journal of Nanoparticle Research and the invitation will be opened for the development of a special journal l issue to include all innovative and transformative research from attendees. The successful outcome of this conference will be the development of solid US-NA research collaborations that can serve to promote science and engineering research and education in both regions.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.