Nanoelectronics workshop in Japan

Friday 25 March 2011

Professor Silva took part in a nanoelectronics workshop sponsored by the British Embassy in Tokyo and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS).

The meeting – attended by over fifty leaders in academia and industry – addressed and discussed key issues in carbon based nanoelectronics. A joint meeting report prepared as a result will feed into the bilateral science programmes to be discussed later this year by the chief scientists of the two countries.

Within the last year, Professor Silva has also participated in the visit to India by Prime Minister David Cameron, where trade, industry and academic affairs of a bilateral nature were discussed. He then accompanied Gregory Barker, the Minister of State from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, on a visit to BP Solar, Bangalore where he took part in scientific discussions.

In November 2010, Professor Silva was the keynote speaker at the National Science and Technology Awards in Sri Lanka. The awards were presided over by the Hon. Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Professor Silva addressed the gathering with a presentation entitled ‘Science, Technology and Innovation for a Prosperous Sri Lanka’. The presentation advocated the use of green technologies for manufacturing the world out of recession

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