Tentatively, the following distinguished scientists have agreed to present lectures on these topics:

GENERAL SCIENCES:

    Y.T. Lee (Nobel Laureate, Taiwan)
       Carbon and Climate Change
    G. Amaratunga (Cambridge University, UK)
       Nanocomposite Photovoltaic Surfaces for Energy Harvesting
    S. Sinnott (University of Florida, USA)
       Computational Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of Nanomaterials

CARBON NANOTUBES & APPLICATIONS:

    R. Baughman (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)
       Diverse Carbon Nanotube Artificial Muscles Meet an Exciting New Family Member
    L.C. Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
       Modification of CNTs for Fuel Cell and Capacitor Applications
    D. Futaba (AIST, Japan)
        “Super Growth”: Working to Supply the World with Catalyst-Free SWNTs
    W.K. Hsu (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
       Carbon Nanotube Composites as MEMS Elements
    S. Iijima (AIST, Japan)
       New Progress in Carbon Nanotubes
    K. Jiang (Tsinghua University, China)
       Controlled Growth of Super-aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays and Their Applications
    B. Viswanathan (IIT Madras, India)
       CNTs for Energy Applications

DIAMOND FILMS & BIO:

    J. Asmussen (Michigan State University, USA)
       Microwave Plasma Assisted Diamond Synthesis over Large Areas at 100-300 Torr
    J. E. Butler (Naval Research laboratory, USA)
       Research Questions in the Chemical Vapor Deposition of Diamond and its Applications
    J. Glass (Duke University, USA)
       Diamond for Biosensing
    P. Hess (University of Heidelberg, DE)
       Determination of mechanical properties by novel laser-ultrasound methods
    H. Kawarada (Waseda University, Japan)
       On the mechanism of DNA and RNA precise sensing using diamond devices
    V. Konov (Russian Academy of Science, RU)
       Laser micro and nanoprocessing of CVD diamond and DLC films
    S.T. Lee (City University of Hong Kong, China)
       Advances in Diamond and Cubic Boron Nitride Nanostructures and their Applications
    K.P. Loh (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
       Suzuki Coupling of Aryl Organics on Diamond for Photovoltaic application
    H.K. Mao (Carnegie Institute, USA)
       Advances in High Growth Rate Fabrication of Single Crystal CVD Diamond
    M. Schreck (University of Augsburg, DE)
       Diamond nucleation on iridium: New experiments for a comprehensive model
    M. Suzuki (Toshiba, Japan)
       Electrical properties of n-type diamond Schottky diodes
    G.T. Zou (Jilin University, China)
       Diamond Synthesis and Applications

NANO DIAMOND, DLC & APPLICATIONS:

    O. Auciello (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
       UNCD and Applications
    H.C. Chang (IAMS, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
       Biological Applications of Nano Diamond
    D. Gruen (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
       New Horizons for Nanocarbon Materials
    R. Hamers (University of Wisconsin, USA)
       Molecular and Biomolecular Interfaces to Nanocarbon: From Nanocrystalline Diamond to Carbon
      Nanofibers

    Y. Koga (AIST, Japan)
       To be announced.
    G. Morell (University of Puerto Rico, USA)
       Intrinsic Optical Properties and Composition of Ultra Nanocrystalline Diamond Films Grown by DC
       Plasma-Assisted Ar-rich HFCVD
    R. Silva (University of Surrey, UK)
       Fast Switching and Resonant Tunnelling in Diamond-Like Carbon Thin Films: A Route for Future
      Electronics

QUANTUM INFORMATION & GRAPHENE:

    D. Awschalom (UC Santa Barbara, USA)
       Diamond for Spintronics and Quantum Information Processing
    L. Ley (University of Erlangen, DE)
       Graphene on silicon carbide: preparation and properties
    S. Louie (UC Berkeley, USA)
       Electronic and Optical Properties of Graphene and Nanotubes
    M. Chhowalla (Rutgers University, USA)
       Solution-processed transparent and conducting single walled carbon nanotube and graphene thin
       films
    S. Prawer (University of Melbourne, AU)
       Diamond NV Center for Quantum Information
    R. Ruoff (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
       Graphane and Spintronics