We had 627 participants from 33 countries and areas.
NT06 Conference organizers appreciate for the large number of participant and active discussion throughout the conference.

Organizers:

• Conference Chairs:
       Morinobu Endo (Shinshu University)
       Sumio Iijima (Meijo University, AIST, and NEC)
  
  
• Co-Organizer:
       David Tomanek (Michigan State University)
  
  
• Local Organizer:
  • Hisashi Nakamura (RIST)
  
  

• Tsuneya Ando (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
• Ken Atkinson (CSIRO, Australia)
• Alberto Bianco (CNRS Strasbourg, France)
• Eleanor E.B. Campbell (Gothenburg University, Sweden)
• Rodrigo B. Capaz (University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Vincent Castranova (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, USA)
• Liming Dai (University of Dayton, USA)
• Achim Hartschuh (University of Munich, Germany)
• Junji Haruyama (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan)
• Kenji Hata (AIST / Research Center for Advanced Carbon Materials, Japan)
• Ado Jorio (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil)
• Ernesto Joselevich (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
• Yoshikazu Nakayama (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
• Christian Schönenberger (Basel University, Switzerland)
• Michael S. Strano (University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, USA)

Introduction to Bio-Impact:

• Masahiro Takemura (Nanonet and NIMS, Japan)

Contributed Speakers:

• Sivaram Arepalli (NASA, USA)
• Toshiaki Enoki (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
• Andrea C. Ferrari (University of Cambridge, U.K.)
• Martti Kaempgen (MPI Stuttgart, Germany)
• Shigeo Maruyama (University of Tokyo, Japan)
• Katsuyuki Murata (Olympus Corporation, Japan)
• Riichiro Saito (Tohoku University, Japan)
• Shuang Zhang (Peking University, China, and University of Tokyo, Japan)

Introduction to Contributed Sessions:

• Session A: Alan Windle (Cambridge University, U.K.)
• Session B: Takuya Hayashi (Shinshu University, Japan)
• Session C: Sivaram Arepalli (NASA, USA)
• Session D: Tony Heinz (Columbia University, USA)
• Session E: John (Jack) Fischer (University of Pennsylvania)
• Session F: Stephan Roche (CEA, France)
• Session G: Mildred Dresselhaus (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
• Concluding remarks: Mildred Dresselhaus (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

International Advisory Board:

• Kim Bolton
• Mildred Dresselhaus
• Tony Heinz
• Jisoon Ihm
• Philippe Lambin
• Steven G. Louie
• Jesper Nygård
• Marcos Pimenta
• Maurizio Prato
• Humberto Terrones
• Masako Yudasaka

Scope:

Nanotubes belong to a class of materials which owing to their quasi one-dimensional structure exhibit a variety of fascinating properties and offer a diversity of issues for research of both fundamental and practical interest. This meeting will bring leading scientists in the area of nanotube science together to evaluate past and define future trends of this exciting field. The conference will address progress at the frontiers of fundamental as well as applied research and will allow participants to exchange ideas and results of their latest work in an informal atmosphere.

Topics receiving special attention include:

• Mechanical properties of nanotubes and composite materials
• Electronic and optical properties
• Progress in nanotube synthesis and purification
• Chemical modification and tailoring of nanotube properties
• Applications

Format of the Conference:

• Similar to NT'99, NT'01, NT'02, NT'03, NT'04, NT'05, combination of invited talks and contributed presentations.
• The guidelines for NT organization are stated in the Charta of the Nanotube Conference Series.
• An exhibit of nanotube related products is planned.