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History

Since the first event (TNT2000) launched in Toledo (Spain) by Dr. Antonio Correia and Prof. Pedro A. Serena, the Organising Committee has been continuously evolving, and several institutions from different countries provided their support from 2000 to the present.

Since its infancy, the core of the Organising Committee is composed by the following individuals: Dr. Antonio Correia, Prof. Pedro A. Serena and Prof. Juan Jose Sáenz. However, the TNT Conference series is the successful consequence of a coordinated effort among several organising Institutions (14 worldwide in 2010) that jointly decide about several aspects of the conference and partially fund the TNT event.

One of the main objectives of the Trends in Nanotechnology conference is to provide a platform where young researchers can present their latest work and also interact with high-level scientists. For this purpose, the Organising Committee provides every year around 60 travel grants for students. In addition, more than 20 awards are given to young PhD students for their contributions presented at TNT. More than 60 senior scientists are involved in the selection process. Grants and awards are funded by the TNT Organisation in collaboration with several governmental or research institutions.

This high-level scientific meeting series aims, therefore, to present a broad range of current research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology worldwide as well as related policies (European Commission, etc.) and initiatives (iNANO, IEEE, GDR-E, FinNano, EU/FET nano, etc.). TNT events have demonstrated that they are particularly effective in transmitting information and establishing contacts among workers in this field. Graduate students fortunate to attend such events quickly learn the importance of interdisciplinary skills, thereby becoming more effective in their future research.

TNT is now one of the premier European conferences devoted to nanoscale science and technology with around 400 participants worldwide.

A list of all institutions involved in the organisation of the TNT conference series up to now, is provided below:


INSTITUTION
COUNTRY
Nb. of participation in the Organising Committee
YEAR
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Spain 16                                        
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Spain 16                                        
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
Spain 9                                        
Purdue University
USA 15                                        
Georgia Tech
USA 17                                        
NIMS / MANA
Japan 16                                        
Phantoms Foundation
Spain 15                                        
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Spain 6                                        
University of Cambridge / IRC
UK 5                                        
CEA-LETI-DRFMC
France 9                                        
DIPC
Spain 14                                        
Universidad de Oviedo
Spain 13                                        
CMP Cientifica S.L.
Spain 4                                        
NanoGUNE Spain 11                                        
NRI
Japan 2                                        
Universidad de Salamanca
Spain 2                                        
Universidad Santiago de Compostela
Spain 4                                        
Universidad SEK
Spain 2                                        
University of Fribourg
Switzerland 11                                        
IBM
Switzerland 1                                        
IEEE
USA 1                                        
SRC
USA 1                                        
Universidad Castilla la Mancha
Spain 1                                        
IBEC/UB
Spain 10                                        
Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona
Spain 10                                        
INL
Portugal 6                                        
Universidad La Laguna
Spain 1                                        
Grupo Atenea
Spain 1                                        
CINAM/AIX Marseille Universite
France 7                                        
ETSII/UPM/Instituto de Fusion Nuclear
Spain 6                                        
Technische Universitat Dresden
Germany 3                                        
Adolphe Merkle Institute
Switzerland 2                                        
NCCR
Switzerland 2                                        
IIT
Itaky 1                                        
Regione Puglia
Italy 1                                        
Puglia Promozione
Italy 1                                        
CFM
Spain 1                                        
 
TOTAL INSTITUTIONS
   
7
8
9
13
13
11
10
11
12
14
14
15
17
16
15
15
15
15
11
10

"TRENDS IN NANOTECHNOLOGY" CONFERENCES: MAIN FIGURES
Year
Location
Country
Dates
Nb. of participants
Spanish participants (%)
Keynotes
Orals
Posters
Exhibitors
Awards
Grants
                       
2000
Toledo
Spain
September 16-20
147
33
28
34
37
1
0
0
2001
Segovia
Spain
September 03-07
234
31
48
30
109
6
0
15
2002
Santiago
Spain
September 09-13
353
32
47
29
187
4
10
30
2003
Salamanca
Spain
September 15-19
352
33
47
29
200
5
16
63
2004
Segovia
Spain
September 13-17
367
32
45
35
236
7
20
64
2005
Oviedo
Spain
August 28-September 02
364
47
40
20
245
11
28
76
2006
Grenoble
France
September 04-08
384
12
36
35
204
15
22
63
2007
San Sebastian
Spain
September 03-07
418
48
41
22
263
24
18
82
2008
Oviedo
Spain
September 01-05
283
50
33
46
156
10
19
54
2009
Barcelona
Spain
September 07-11
447
48
40
40
292
22
18
83
2010
Braga
Portugal
September 06-10
290
33
31
26
174
15
19
71
2011
Canary Islands
Spain
November 21-25
198
35
37
32
92
7
9
17
2012
Madrid
Spain
September 10-14
346
54
44
75
132
17
9
48
2013
Seville
Spain
September 09-13
245
43
42
70
106
3
7
18
2014
Barcelona
Spain
October
27-31
257
51
35
68
72
9
5
7
2015
Toulouse
France
September
7-11
209
23
38
64
73
7
3
22
2016
Fribourg
Switzerland
September
5-9
248
5
46
72
80
13
7
16
2017
Dresden
Germany
June
5-9
154
7
31
53
36
8
5
11
2018
Lecce
Italy
September
3-7
200
4
36
42
30
5
3
7
2019
San Sebastian
Spain
September
30-October 4
134
64
44
47
33
1
5
15