NWC Boston aims to provide the highest coverage regarding nanotechnology in order to achieve the scope to help and overcome the problems, too frequently underestimated and growing from energy to environment and natural disasters, from cancer to hardware and space. It will provide high quality current reports of scientific progress and best practices in the field of Nanotechnology through its invited presentations, submitted oral and poster abstracts. The conference is designed to encourage the exchange of ideas across a broad range of disciplines. Over the course of 3 days, the series of talks, poster presentations, workshops, discussions and networking events will keep participants engaged in learning and making new connections at NWC Boston. • A Plenary lecture by Prof. John C. Polanyi (The Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, 1986), University Professor, University of Toronto, Canada • A Keynote lecture by Prof. Stephen D. Miller, Northwestern University Medical School, IL, USA; and Prof. Ahmed A. Busnaina, Northeastern University, MA, USA We gladly welcome attendees all around the world to feel as hearing of the foremost recent innovations and inventions in the field of nanotechnology.