History Since the first event (TNT2000) launched in Toledo (Spain) by Dr. Antonio Correia and Prof. Pedro A. Serena, the Organising Committee has been continuously evolving, and several institutions from different countries provided their support from 2000 to the present.
Since its infancy, the core of the Organising Committee is composed by the following individuals: Dr. Antonio Correia, Prof. Pedro A. Serena and Prof. Juan Jose Sáenz. However, the TNT Conference series is the successful consequence of a coordinated effort among several organising Institutions (11 worldwide in 2005) that jointly decide about several aspects of the conference and partially fund the TNT event.
One of the main objectives of the Trends in Nanotechnology conference is to provide a platform where young researchers can present their latest work and also interact with high-level scientists. For this purpose, the Organising Committee provides every year around 60 travel grants for students. In addition, more than 20 awards are given to young PhD students for their contributions presented at TNT. More than 60 senior scientists are involved in the selection process. Grants and awards are funded by the TNT Organisation in collaboration with several governmental or research institutions.
This high-level scientific meeting series aims, therefore, to present a broad range of current research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology worldwide as well as related policies (European Commission, etc.) and initiatives (iNANO, IEEE, GDR-E, etc.). TNT events have demonstrated that they are particularly effective in transmitting information and establishing contacts among workers in this field. Graduate students fortunate to attend such events quickly learn the importance of interdisciplinary skills, thereby becoming more effective in their future research.
TNT is now one of the premier European conferences devoted to nanoscale science and technology with around 400 participants worldwide.
More information on previous events could be found at:
Miquel Salmeron (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA)
Clivia Sotomayor Torres (NMRC, Ireland)
Nongjian Tao (Arizona State University, USA)
Kohei Uosaki (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Patrick Van Hove (EC-DG Information Society, Belgium)
Jose-Luis Vicent (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
Robert A. Wolkow (University of Alberta, Canada)
Hongqi Xu (University of Lund / Nanometer Consortium, Sweden)
The total number of participants was 364. 9% belong to Industrial companies, whereas the others came from Universities and Research Institutions (CNRS, CSIC, CEA etc.). 47.5% of participants were spanish (mainly students).
Participants per Country
Spain
173
Canada
32
France
30
Germany
23
United Kingdom
18
Japan
16
United States
14
Denmark
9
Italy
8
Netherlands
6
South Korea
5
Switzerland
4
Austria
3
Belgium
2
Estoni
2
Finland
2
Israel
2
Portugal
2
Russia
2
Sweden
2
Brazil
1
Hong Kong
1
Iran
1
Ireland
1
Latvia
1
Polan
1
Singapore
1
Slovakia
1
TOTAL
364
Students granted (76)
About 245 posters were presented. TNT 2005 Best Poster Awards
In the TNT2005 edition, the TNT2005 Organisation (in collaboration with several Institutions) offered 28 awards (7800 Euros in total) to the best posters presented by students
The total number of participants was 367. 10% belong to Industrial companies (IBM, Motorola, Keithley Instruments, Philips, etc...), whereas the others came from Universities and Research Institutions (CNRS, CSIC, etc.). 32% of participants were spanish (mainly students).
Participants per Country
Spain
117
Unted States
36
United Kingdom
29
Canada
28
France
20
Switzerland
20
Japan
15
Italy
13
Germany
11
Denmark
8
Korea
8
Netherlands
8
Finland
7
Russia
7
Ireland
6
Brazil
5
Belgium
4
Sweden
3
Venezuela
3
Australia
2
Iran
2
Israel
2
Mexico
2
Poland
2
Chile
1
Estonia
1
Latvia
1
Lithuania
1
New Zeland
1
Singapure
1
Slovenia
1
South Africa
1
Taiwan
1
TOTAL
367
Students granted (64)
About 236 posters were presented.
TNT 2004 Best Poster Awards
In the TNT2004 edition, the TNT2004 Organisation (in collaboration with several Institutions) offered 22 awards to the best posters presented by students
