Dear All, We are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Birck Nanotechnology Center tomorrow (Friday April 30th). Attached is the agenda, but I would like to highlight a few items. Provost Deba Dutta will launch the event in Burton Morgan room 121 at 8am. Roger Howe, director of Stanford nanofabrication facility, will be the keynote speaker. He will be sharing highlights of his research in thermionic energy conversion as well as talking about the future of shared university fabrication facilities. His talk will be followed immediately by a panel discussion on the directions that nanotechnology is headed. The panel will consist of Roger, former Purdue Provost and President of Virginia Tech Tim Sands, and our own Mark Lundstrom. The morning will close with talks about the history and prospects of the Birck Nanotechnology Center by key individuals involved in the leadership of the facility from its early days until present. President Martin Jischke will share his thoughts about initiating Discovery Park and BNC. Dick Schwartz, then Dean of Engineering, and Jim Cooper were the founding directors of the center; Rashid Bashir led the efforts at the intersection of bio and nanotechnology; Tim Sands was the second director of the center who expanded both collaboration and the interdisciplinary nature of the facility. At the end I briefly describe latest initiatives at BNC. Everyone is invited to a luncheon in the Burton Morgan Café, honoring the students who have worked and are working in the BNC. A video of student experiences will be playing in the background as everyone has their lunch. The afternoon kicks off with a short presentation on nanoHUB by NCN director, Gerhard Klimeck, followed by a series of very short presentations on faculty research in the BNC. 18 faculty members will talk about their research in an "elevator pitch" format. This will be followed by three startup companies from the BNC sharing their experiences with the support of the center. These will also be held at Burton Morgan. At 3:30 pm we will move to the BNC atrium for a tribute to the BNC Staff. This will include a cake-and-punch reception. The day concludes with a very large poster session where students will share their current research in the facility. I look forward to see you at the event tomorrow. I'm sure you will find the day both enjoyable and informative. Cheers, Ali