Rex Pelto, Program Chair
Tel: 1-301-975-3918
E-mail: rex.pelto@nist.gov

Software: The ever-widening array of analytical and archiving challenges of combinatorial chemistry requires solutions based on entirely new data-mining, statistical, ontological, and representational approaches. This session will explore various artificial intelligence and data-mining approaches to discovery, as well as the knowledge management infrastructure for enterprise-wide systems.
Hardware: Advanced materials discovery will drive a diversity of applications-specific hardware solutions. However generic and portable systems are emerging from micro-machine (MEMS) and micro-sensor technologies. Technology challenges in lab-on-chip developments will be explored.

Who should attend: Researchers involved in catalysis, electronic and optical materials, polymers, specialty and fine chemicals, as well as developers of software and hardware tools focused toward combinatorial/high throughput screening of advanced materials.

Why attend: Expand your knowledge of technical enablers for combinatorial methods of advanced materials discovery in the context of the Advanced Technology Program. Discover technical and business synergies and network with parties interested in submitting to the FY2000 ATP and NIST SBIR Competitions.

• Define key technology goals that cut across all manufacturing sectors;
• Provide focus for concentrated effort to achieve the goals;
• Promote collaborative R&D in support of critical tasks; and
• Move these developments from the laboratory to industrial use.

Roadmaps have been developed in four broad technology areas:

• Information Systems for Manufacturing Enterprises,
• Modeling & Simulation,
• Manufacturing Processes & Equipment, and
• Enterprise Integration.

• Disseminate both R&D efforts and applications and commercialization plans of the technologies currently being developed in the Information Infrastructure for Healthcare (IIH) focused program;
• Continue discussions on new technical challenges and resulting opportunities for industry/government partnerships in the area of healthcare informatics; and
• Promote cross-fertilization of ideas and efforts, strategic partnering, networking, etc.

Following a keynote speech, individual presentations of both completed and/or ongoing ATP projects in the Information Infrastructure for Healthcare portfolio will ensue. Many of these will be tied to corresponding exhibits in the Technology Showcase. The afternoon will include an interactive session on future collaborations in this enterprise.

This workshop will be of interest to healthcare practioners, computer scientists, information specialists, and others involved with the rapid advances being made in the application of information technology to healthcare and the technical challenges in this area yet to be solved.

• allow unique design methodologies for computer-based curricula which include a variety of multi-media information;
• provide superior search and retrieval capabilities resulting in a high percentage of relevant information retrieved for curricula design or for a learning aid,
• support delivery of instructional information via general networked distribution channels, such as the Internet;
• facilitate novel interactive educational environments for computer and learner, such as simulation; and/or
• permit the learning system to adapt on-line as required to the educational needs of the learner.

The workshop goal is to continue encouraging proposals to ATP that reduce the costs of producing instructional software and systems, make educational systems easier to use, and improve manageability and quality of distributed educational systems. One of the main objectives will be identification of research and technology challenges.

• Review the ongoing collaborative work between this industry and ATP; and
• explore the role ATP can continue to play, working with U.S. industry, to achieve industrial leadership in lithography technologies for feature sizes of 100 nanometers and below.

Workshop participants will:

• Discuss the technical and business developments that have occurred since 1998;
• Discuss the impact of the ATP funded projects on this industry; and
• Identify technical barriers and promising ideas for removing these barriers.

The workshop will bring together representatives from the lithography community including: semiconductor manufacturers; lithography exposure tool manufacturers; infrastructure companies for masks, resists, metrology, optics, tool design, inspection, etc.; trade associations; universities; government laboratories; and research institutions.

This workshop will bring together prospective ATP applicants, R&D managers, business specialists, and university experts. Representatives from the electronic-, optical-, and photonic-systems, devices, and materials industries are encouraged to participate in ATP's continued public dialog in organic electronics technologies. The workshop will explore high priority technical barriers for future electrical and optical systems, guide ATP in determining its role in high technical risk R&D, assist industry in competing in future ATP solicitations, and review activities of existing industry-ATP projects. A primary goal of the workshop is for U.S. industry to better understand how ATP can be a vehicle to enhance its manufacturing infrastructure in this area.

For further information about the workshop or ATP's interests in Organic Electronics, contact:

Dr. Michael A. Schen
Ph: (301) 975-6741
michael.schen@nist.gov

Dr. Barbara Bird
Ph: (301) 975-3105
barbara.bird@nist.gov

Prior to attending this workshop, attendance at one of the three Proposers' Conferences would be helpful. Proposers' Conferences will be held on Monday, November 15, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.; Tuesday, November 16, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.; and Wednesday, November 17, 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. There is no charge for attending the Proposers' Conference, but registration is requested.

The goal of this workshop will be to relay some of the current results of ATP research in this area; to discuss the state of this technology and its continued emphasis as an ATP focused area; and to redefine an appropriate ATP "sweet spot."

The intended audience for this workshop would be parties (both technical and business) with an interest in all aspects of the definition, development, manufacture, qualification and use of tools created for engineered surfaces, or engineered surfaces themselves: manufacturers, raw material suppliers, and coating/surface modification suppliers; component developers of stationary and aircraft gas turbines, construction equipment, automotive equipment, oil and gas field equipment, biomedical implants and instrumentation, printing equipment, and textiles equipment and other industries; modelers, coaters, coating/surface modification equipment manufacturers, tool developers; and academic and research parties who address any aspect of surface engineering.

Composites in Civil Applications, an ATP future investment opportunity.

• Low-cost manufacturing
• Durability of materials/systems
• Reliability-based design methodology
• Joining technology
• Monitoring of system integrity and performance lifetimes
• Recyclability

Synergistic ATP funded projects could trigger expansion of polymer composites, beyond military applications, to enable U.S. industry to develop affordable large-scale intelligent composite systems. With success of a suite of projects in this area, industry and the nation could realize the growth of the composite market into a robust and expansive business for automotive, marine, offshore exploration and production, industrial facility, and infrastructure applications. This workshop will provide a forum to bring together R&D managers, business specialists, and university experts in these fields to discuss "quantum-leap" composite technologies, to refine the crosscut technical challenges, and to identify the economic potential for government-industry-university partnerships. Several ATP awardees in areas of surface transportation, offshore oil production, and civil infrastructure will make presentations and discuss their progress. The workshop will conclude with a panel discussion and three breakout sessions on the remaining technical challenges and forecast future needs and directions in composite technologies. We will help identify synergy between industry needs and ATP funding opportunities.

• capabilities to predict, and to continuously refine the prediction of, remaining useful life of equipment;
• new sensor technologies that are smaller, less expensive and are able to be built into equipment for continuous monitoring; and
• expert systems for maintenance related knowledge and advice.

This meeting is an opportunity for companies to identify and/or reaffirm high priority and challenging technologies that show promise of significant benefits to the nation and your industries, and which could potentially address the ATP criteria for successful projects. A second benefit would be for companies to explore, develop, strengthen, and/or form collaborations and teams for developing and implementing new CBM technologies and/or ATP proposals.

Composites in Civil Applications, an ATP future investment opportunity.

• Low-cost manufacturing
• Durability of materials/systems
• Reliability-based design methodology
• Joining technology
• Monitoring of system integrity and performance lifetimes
• Recyclability

Synergistic ATP funded projects could trigger expansion of polymer composites, beyond military applications, to enable U.S. industry to develop affordable large-scale intelligent composite systems. With success of a suite of projects in this area, industry and the nation could realize the growth of the composite market into a robust and expansive business for automotive, marine, offshore exploration and production, industrial facility, and infrastructure applications. This workshop will provide a forum to bring together R&D managers, business specialists, and university experts in these fields to discuss "quantum-leap" composite technologies, to refine the crosscut technical challenges, and to identify the economic potential for government-industry-university partnerships. Several ATP awardees in areas of surface transportation, offshore oil production, and civil infrastructure will make presentations and discuss their progress. The workshop will conclude with a panel discussion and three breakout sessions on the remaining technical challenges and forecast future needs and directions in composite technologies. We will help identify synergy between industry needs and ATP funding opportunities.

• provide metrology on the micron scale with accuracies in the angstrom range,
• provide new approaches to sensing physical quantities, and
• offer the potential for great chemical specificity which will greatly broaden the range of sensor methods that can be accessed by microsystems.

• capabilities to predict, and to continuously refine the prediction of, remaining useful life of equipment;
• new sensor technologies that are smaller, less expensive and are able to be built into equipment for continuous monitoring; and
• expert systems for maintenance related knowledge and advice.

This meeting is an opportunity for companies to identify and/or reaffirm high priority and challenging technologies that show promise of significant benefits to the nation and your industries, and which could potentially address the ATP criteria for successful projects. A second benefit would be for companies to explore, develop, strengthen and/or form collaborations and teams for developing and implementing new CBM technologies and/or ATP proposals.

The goal of this workshop will be to relay some of the current results of ATP research in this area; to discuss the state of this technology and its continued emphasis as an ATP focused area; and to redefine an appropriate ATP "sweet spot."

The intended audience for this workshop would be parties (both technical and business) with an interest in all aspects of the definition, development, manufacture, qualification and use of metals, ceramics, and their composites fabricated through net-shape or near-net-shape forming techniques: manufacturers, raw material suppliers, process developers, component developers, modelers, equipment manufacturers, tool developers, and academic and research parties who address any aspect of innovative forming.

The goal of this workshop will be to relay some of the current results of ATP research in this area; to discuss the state of this technology and its continued emphasis as an ATP focused area; and to redefine an appropriate ATP "sweet spot."

The intended audience for this workshop would be parties (both technical and business) with an interest in all aspects of the definition, development, manufacture, qualification and use of tools created for engineered surfaces, or engineered surfaces themselves: manufacturers, raw material suppliers, and coating/surface modification suppliers; component developers of stationary and aircraft gas turbines, construction equipment, automotive equipment, oil and gas field equipment, biomedical implants and instrumentation, printing equipment, and textiles equipment and other industries; modelers, coaters, coating/surface modification equipment manufacturers, tool developers; and academic and research parties who address any aspect of surface engineering.

The goal of this workshop will be to relay some of the current results of ATP research in this area; to discuss the state of this technology and its continued emphasis as an ATP focused area; and to redefine an appropriate ATP "sweet spot."

The intended audience for this workshop would be parties (both technical and business) with an interest in all aspects of the definition, development, manufacture, qualification and use of metals, ceramics, and their composites fabricated through net-shape or near-net-shape forming techniques: manufacturers, raw material suppliers, process developers, component developers, modelers, equipment manufacturers, tool developers, and academic and research parties who address any aspect of innovative forming.

Construction industry speakers will discuss the value of participating in high-risk R&D, and when teaming with public and private partners can be of value. Some do's and don'ts of successfully proposing research ideas to ATP will be given in the context of hypothetical construction industry R&D projects.

Attendees should include materials manufacturers, designers, constructors, materials researchers, and others involved in the development, manufacture and application of construction materials that may be interested in proposing ATP partnership in their research activities.

With these issues in mind, this session will take a practical look at organizational commitment and structure, as well as policies that increase the likelihood of innovation success. A diverse group of panelists including compensation experts, organizational consultants, senior technical managers, and venture capitalists will comment on the experience of current ATP awardees that have dealt with significant human resource challenges. In addition to commenting on real cases, each expert panelist will present tools that they use in their practice to address the following issues.

• What organizational structures help firms build commitment to high-risk projects?
• What planning tools enable firms to build and sustain commitment to high-risk projects?
• How can managers recruit, retain, and prepare the best people for a highly innovative project?
• What makes joint ventures and other alliances productive, manageable, and sustainable?

A central aim of this session will be to identify resources that firms can access in the future to address these challenges, either in preparing a proposal to ATP or in managing their own technology ventures.

• Where does the company's sustainable competitive advantage lie?
• In what markets should the company focus its resources?
• What is the appropriate business strategy?
• What partnerships and alliances would be beneficial?
• What are the needs of potential end-users and customers?

Experts in business planning will present the basics in this tutorial workshop. The workshop is aimed at small companies who are more experienced in technology development than in business planning, and at technologists who wish an overview of the business planning process.

• Inform potential applicants about ATP competitions;
• Goals and policies of the ATP
• Eligibility
• Cost sharing
• Selection criteria and Selection process
• Hints on how to write a successful proposal;
• General information
• Technology
• Economics
• Answer questions from the audience
• No discussion of specific topics