1.  Jan. 29th Dr. Mauricio Terrones (IPICyT, Mexico):
    "The importance of defects in carbon nanotubes: how to identify them using different techniques"

  2.  Mar. 17th Dr. Mauricio Terrones (IPICyT, Mexico):
    "Synthesis and applications of novel nanocarbons"

  3.  June  9th Dr. Esko I. Kauppinen (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland):
    "Carbon Nanobud A novel nanomaterial: Synthesis, structure, field emission and transport properties"


  1.  June 19th Dr. Alexander Vul (Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russia):
    "Field electron emission from nanocarbon"

  2.  June 20th Dr. Qing (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore):
    "Electronics and Application of CNT"

  3.  Aug. 27th Dr. Wang (Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China):
    "VGCF−Spported metal nanoparticles and their applications for energy device"

  4.  Sep. 10th Prof. Yasuo Shimizu (Shinshu University, Japan):
    "Development of High Strength Magnesium/MWNT Composites"

  5.  Sep. 25th Dr. Ping Sheng (The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China):
    "Superconductivity in 4 Angstrom Carbon Nanotube-Zeolite Composites: An Update"

  6.  Oct. 12th Dr. Hans Kuzmany (Universitat Wien, Oesterreich):
    "The Growth of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes from Precursor Routes"

  7.  Nov. 20th Dr. David Tomanek (Michigan State University, USA):
    "Real-time computer simulations of excited-state dynamics in carbon nanostructures"


  1. Dr. Phaedon Avouris (IBM Fellow, IBM Research):
    "Carbon Nanotube Electronics"