NanoForum was launched by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, on the 19th of November 2011. The event took part in conjunction with the Cambridge Nano Showcase 2011, at Newnham College.
The programme consisted of talks by four NanoForum champions representing different disciplines:
- Jim Haseloff – Nano for Synthetic Biology
- Stephan Hofmann – Nano for Engineering
- Stephanie Reichelt – Nano for Better Medicine
- Nick Bampos – Nano and Chemistry Futures
as well as the competition talks for the NanoForum Fellowships.