NANO TECHNOLOGY:

NANO TECHNOLOGY: "The webpage describes CANEUS stakeholders as:
the low-TRL research and development community;
the mid- and high-TRL system developer community;
end-users from the aerospace and defense sectors;
the private investment community, consisting of venture capitalists and investors;
government investors in CANEUS member countries;
government policy makers for cross-border collaborations;and
scientists, engineers, program managers, investors and policy-makers from the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, representing these MNT stakeholder communities.

The conference covers such topics as:
emerging MNT concepts (low TRL);
MNT system development (mid TRL);
mature systems and dub-dystems (high TRL);
end-user needs and perspectives);
investment perspectives and roadmaps; and
governmental policies affecting coordinated, joint international development of aerospace MNT.

Nanowerk reported recently that CANEUS has launched a 'pre-seed' fund to provide partial funding for system-level development projects recommended by the CANEUS Board. Contributors gain privileged access to downstream investment opportunities. The fund description is posted on the CANEUS website. A NATO lecture series has been developed on nanotechnology aerospace applications. Interestingly, a paper published in 1999 covered the application of molecular nanotechnology in aerospace."