Hadi Mahabadi Featured Keynoter at TAPPI Nanotechnology Conference

Dr. Hadi Mahabadi will make a keynote presentation at the 2010 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry. This event is sponsored by TAPPI and hosted by VTT. It will take place September 27-29, 2010 at the Dipoli Congress Centre in Espoo, Finland. The theme of this year's event is "Getting Down to Business with Nanotech Products."

Dr. Mahabadi will present "Bio Based Nano Particles and a Greener Printing Industry" on Wednesday, September 29, 2010. He is the Vice President and Center Manager for the Xerox Research Centre of Canada (XRCC). XRCC is part of the research and technology organizations in the Xerox Innovation Group. Dr. Mahabadi joined Xerox in 1981 and has held a variety of managerial positions at XRCC. He has been instrumental in creating an environment to increase innovation and successful commercialization of many breakthrough materials technologies at XRCC. Examples include novel solid inks for Xerox ink jet printers and Emulsion Aggregation toner for many Xerox products introduced into the market after 2000.

This Nanotechnology Conference brings together leading researchers, industry experts, government representatives and other stakeholders. In technical sessions and face-to-face meetings, they share developments, perspectives and discuss new ideas and breakthrough concepts on nanotechnology-based advances. Visit www.tappi.org/10nano for additional keynoters and presentation updates.

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