New Nanostart event series begins with "NanoWebTalk – Nanotechnology Online"

Nanostart AG will launch a new series of events in 2012 known as NanoWebTalks. In regular online presentations, proven experts from the Nanostart network will discuss various topics surrounding nanotechnology. The presentations will be aimed at anyone with an interest in the field.

Nanotechnology is still in its early stages, in terms of both its potential applications and its social acceptance. Nanostart AG promotes a nuanced, ideology-free approach and impartial, objective discussion. Trust and acceptance toward nanotechnology are essential for optimally exploiting the indisputable benefits and enormous potential of nanotechnology in promoting positive economic and social development.

With the NanoWebTalks series, Nanostart hopes to offer a platform for information and discussion about nanotechnology.

Anyone can take part in the online presentations, which will be followed by a question-and-answer session between participants and presenters. The series will commence on January 25, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. with a presentation by Professor Wolfgang Heckl, one of the world's leading scientists in the field of nanotechnology. His presentation will be entitled "Nanotechnology Between Hype and Hope."

For more information on NanoWebTalks and how to register, visit www.nanowebtalk.de.