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Public Policy and Cleantech – Obstacle or Asset?

Wardak A., Taneja V., University of Virginia, US

Alongside the development, commercialization, and entrance of clean technologies (i.e. cleantech) into mainstream North American markets, has been the North America investment community, which has made great strides to support cleantech innovations.

Laying the Groundwork: Lessons Learned from the Telecommunications Industry for Distributed Generation

Wise A., National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US

The telecommunications industry went through growing pains over the past that hold some interesting lessons for the growing distributed generation “industry.” Public policy was crafted that helped to accelerate specific applications within the telecom industry, [...]

Nanotechnology and the Global Poor: United States Policy and International Collaborations

Rodrigues R., Sandler R., Kay W.D., Lodwick T., Northeastern University, US

Nanotechnology and nanomanufacturing have tremendous potential for benefiting the global poor—the approximately 2.7 billion people in the world that live on less that 2 dollars per day (purchasing power parity). For example, nanotechnologies may help [...]

Nanotechnology and the Global Poor: United States Policy and International Collaborations

Rodrigues R., Sandler R., Kay W.D., Lodwick T., Northeastern University, US

Nanotechnology and nanomanufacturing have tremendous potential for benefiting the global poor—the approximately 2.7 billion people in the world that live on less that 2 dollars per day (purchasing power parity). For example, nanotechnologies may help [...]

Anticipating the Public Backlash: Public Relations Lessons for Nanotechnology from the Biotechnology Experience

Matsuura J.H., University of Dayton School of Law, US

Public concern about the safety of nanotechnology is growing. Whether rationally based, or not, that concern can impede research and commercialization in the nanotechnology industry. This risk parallels problems already encountered by the biotechnology industry, [...]