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First Day Tuesday, May 2

Registration

07:30 – 08:30 Opening Ceremony 08:30 – 10:00 Break

10:00 – 10:20Plenary 1: Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Session Chairs: Alexander M. Seifalian; Ehsaneh Daghigh Ahmadi; John Edward Davies; Mohammadreza Nournani Ali Samadikuchaksaraei Iran University of Medical Sciences- Iran Regenerative Medicine in Iran: Current Status and Opportunities for Improvement

10:20 – 10:40Alexander M. Seifalian University College London- UK How Nanomaterials Can Advance Regenerative Medicine?

10:40 – 11:00Farshid Sefat University of Bradford, UK Skin and Hair Tissue Engineering: Rapid Creation of Skin Substitutes for Acute Full-Thickness Wound Repair 11:00 – 11:20Muhammad Mahadi Abdul Jamil Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)- Malaysia Potential Applications of Electroporation in Tissue Engineering

11:20 – 11:40Hossein Ghanbari Tehran University of Medical Sciences- Iran Application of Nanotechnology and Stem Cell Technology in the Next Generation of Cardiovascular Implants

11:40 – 12:00John Edward Davies University of Toronto- Canada Tau (τ): A New Parameter to Assess the Osseointegration Potential of an Implant Surface

12:00 – 12:20Florence Barrère De Groot Xpand Biotechnology- Netherlands Osteoinductive Ceramics: Controlled Submicron Structures for Bone Tissue Regeneration

12:20 – 12:40 Lunch Time

12:40 – 14:00Plenary 2: Pharmaceutics and drug Delivery Systems

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Session Chairs: Bo Örjan Gunnar Nyström; Shima Tavakol; Mahmoud Azami; Mozhgan Heydari Bo Örjan Gunnar Nyström University of Oslo- Norway Structural and Rheological Properties of Temperature-Responsive Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymers in Aqueous Media

14:00 – 14:20Muhammad Akhyar FarrukhUniversity Lahore- Pakistan Nano-Based Therapy Approaches Using Nano-Enabled Antibiotics

14:20 – 14:40Atiar Raman University of Chittagong- Bangladesh Prospects and Paradigms of Plant-Derived Drugs as Nanomedicine

14:40 – 15:00Talib Mohammed Naieff Al-Bayati University of Technology- Iraq Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoporous Silica for Drug Delivery System

15:00 – 15:20Javid Jalvandi RMIT University- Australia Polyvinyl Alcohol Composite Nanofibres Containing Conjugated Levofloxacin-Chitosan for Controlled Drug Release

15:20 – 15:40 Break

15:40 – 16:00

Plenary 3: Nanomedicine, Diagnosis, and Therapy Session Chairs: Yoshihiro Ito; Monireh Ganjali; Mazaher Gholipourmalekabadi; Ahmad Ramazani Saadat Abadi Khatibolislam Sadrnejad Sharif University of Technology- Iran Hyperthermia Cancer Therapy by Magnetic Nanoparticle Targeting

16:00 – 16:20Yoshihiro Ito RIKEN Institute- Japan Nanolayer Formation of Engineered Proteins on Materials for Biomedical Applications

16:20 – 16:40Gholamreza Vakili Nezhaad Sultan Qaboos University- Oman Interaction of Ethanol and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

16:40 – 17:00Harith Bin Ahmad University of Malaya- Malaysia Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Optical and Photonics Applications

17:00 – 17:20Behzad Hoshmand Shahid beheshti University of Medical Sciences- Iran Nano Structure Zeolite in Medicine: From Properties to Applications

17:20 – 17:40Mohammed AbdulHakim AbdulRahman AlSaadi University of Nizwa- Oman Novel Carbon Nano Hybride: Syntheses, Characterization and Applications

17:40 – 18:00

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Second Day

Wednesday, May 3

Plenary 4: Nanobiodevices and Biosensors

Session Chairs: Farshid Sefat; Amirali Youzbashi; Abazar Masoudi; Hossein Sabahi Muhammad Yahaya Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi- Malaysia Nanomaterials for Optical Gas Sensing Applications

08:30 – 08:50Farhan Saif Quaid-I-Azam University- Pakistan Recurrence Tracking Microscope: A new quantum device for bio-sensing

08:50 – 09:10Elham Asadian Sharif University of Technology- Iran Graphene and Graphene-based Materials and Their Application in Fabrication of Electrochemical Sensors for Pharmaceutical and Biological Determinations

09:10 – 09:30Ehsaneh Daghigh Ahmadi The University of Manchester- UK Controlling Photophysics of Co-Polymer Wrapped Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Photonic Nanodevices 09:30 – 09:50Sepideh Arbabi Islamic Azad Universtiy- Iran Toxicity and Risk Assessment of Nanohealth Products: A New Approach to Regulation and Standardization

09:50 – 10:10 Break

10:10 – 10:30Plenary 5: Nanotechnology and Environmental Health

Session Chairs: Naveen Kumar; Mohammad Pazouki; Adeleh Alipour Kanani; Mohd Zobir Hussein Naveen Kumar Delhi Technological University- India Nanotechnology for Biodiesel Production in India: Prospects & Challenges

10:30 – 10:50Sulaiman Wadi Harun University of Malaya- Malaysia Exploiting Nanomaterials for Ultrafast Photonics

10:50 – 11:10

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Woei Jye Lau Universiti Teknologi- Malaysia Practical Approach to Synthesize Thin Film Nanocomposite (TFN) Membranes for Water and Wastewater Separation

11:10 – 11:30Nandakumar Nil Kalarikkal Mahatma Gandhi University- India Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - Nanostructured Materials for Tailored Applications -Carbon Nanostructured Materials for Energy Applications

11:30 – 11:50Rovshan Khalilov Baku State University- Azerbaijan Ferriferous Nanoparticles in Plant Objects

12:20 – 12:40 Lunch Time

12:40 – 14:00Plenary 6: General Aspects of Nanotechnology

Session Chairs: Syed Khurshid Hasanain; Ashkan Keshavarzi; Hadi Barzegar; Sara Banijamali Syed Khurshid Hasanain COMSTECH- Pakistan The Effect of Disorder And Finite Size on Different Phase Transitions

14:00 – 14:20Asghari Maqsood Air University- Pakistan Synthesis, Physical Characterization, Elastic and Electrical Properties of Cd-Ni Nano Ferrites

14:20 – 14:40Mohd Zobir Hussein Universiti Putra Malaysia- Malaysia Upconversion Engineered Nanomaterials: Supramolecular Chemistry and Applications in Theranostics and Thermal Energy Storage

14:40 – 15:00Emil Omurzak Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University- Kyrgyzstan Synthesis of Nanomaterials by The Pulsed Plasma in Liquid and Their Bio-Medical Applications

15:00 – 15:20 Closing Ceremony

15:20 – 16:30

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For Selected Individuals: Title: Nanotechnology in Iran and Opportunities for Collaborators Venue: Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) Date: May 3rd, 2017 From 18:00 to 21:00 1 Welcome Address (Prof. Beitollahi, Director of International Collaboration) 18:00 - 18:05

2 Nanotechnology in Iran (Prof. Saeed Sarkar, Secretary General, INIC) 18:05 – 18:353 Nanomedicine Association (Prof. Rezayat, Director of Human Resources Development Committees, INIC) 18:35 – 18:454 Nano-tech Committee in Ministry of Health (Dr. Arbabi) 18:45 – 18:555 Nano Safety Network (Prof. Ghazi Khansari) 18:55 – 19:056 Nano-tech Committee in Ministry of Agriculture (Dr. Sarafrazi) 19:05 – 19:157 Guests' Comments/Q and A 19:15 – 19:308 Exhibition Tour 19:30 – 20:009 Dinner 20:00 – 21:00

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Workshops: 1 Yoshihiro Ito RIKEN Institute- Japan

Nanolayer Formation of Engineered Proteins on Materials for Biomedical Applications May 2nd, 201711:00 – 12:40 Hall B 2 Shaaker Hajati Materials and Energy research center (MERC)- Iran

Nanobiomaterials Surface Characterization by X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS): Chemical Composition, In-Depth Analysis and Nano-Imaging May 2nd, 201714:00 – 15:40 Hall B 3 Naveen Kumar Delhi Technological University- India

Role of Nanotechnology in Commercial Biodiesel Production May 2nd, 2017 14:00 – 15:40 Hall C Fatemeh Esmaieli University of Utah- USA

Nanoscale Heat Transfer: Fundamentals and Engineering Aspects May 2nd, 201716:00 – 17:40 Hall B 4 Khurshid Hasanain Quaid-i-Azam University- Pakistan

Nanoscience and technology in leading OIC countries: Prospects of new initiatives under the OIC Ten Year Plan of Action May 3rd, 201709:00 – 10:00 Hall B 5 Bo Örjan Gunnar Nyström University of Oslo- Norway

General information about small angle scattering (SAXS and SANS) and light scattering and illustrating it by given some examples from polymer science May 3rd, 2017 10:00 – 11:00 Hall B 6 Florence Barrère De Groot Xpand Biotechnology- The Netherlands

Osteoinductive ceramics: controlled submicron structures for bone tissue regeneration - Physico-chemical factors and mechanism - Clinical and market applications May 3rd, 2017 11:00 – 12:00 Hall B

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Bio sensor Modeling (DNA sensor Modeling)- sensor simulation by ATK May 3rd, 201714:00 – 15:00 Hall B 8 Naveen Kumar

Delhi Technological University- India

Role of Nanotechnology in Commercial Biodiesel Production May 3rd, 201714:00 – 15:00 Hall C

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