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Floyd Kvamme (B.S.'59 EE)
Nanotechnology: A Washington Perspective

September 14, 2005

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Floyd Kvamme has been a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a high tech venture capital firm since 1984. In this role, he's helped develop high tech companies from early start-up to the publicly traded phase, and he currently serves on several corporate boards.  As a high-tech executive, he's held key executive positions at companies like National Semiconductor and Apple Computer. 

In 2001, Mr. Kvamme was appointed Co-Chairman of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) by President Bush.  In this role, he's an active policy advisor for a broad range of science and technology areas, including nanotechnology.  (PCAST website: http://www.ostp.gov/PCAST/pcast.html)

Mr. Kvamme holds two degrees in Engineering; a BS in Electrical Engineering from the UC Berkeley and an MSE specializing in Semiconductor Electronics from Syracuse University.

About the conference: 
Floyd Kvamme's keynote presentation will be part of the ASME Nano: Conference 2005 which will be held at the College of Engineering in Sibley Auditorium, Sept 14-16.  The conference will focus on state-of-the art Devices and Systems, Nanoscale Phenomena, and Nanomanufacturing. 

Members of the Berkeley campus community are invited to attend any of the plenary talks during the ASME Nano: Conference 2005 at no charge (the three plenary speakers are:  Floyd Kvamme, David Soane and Paul Alivisatos).  Attendance for any other sessions requires registration which can be done on-site in the Bechtel Engineering Center on Sept 14. For more information, please visit: http://asmeconferences.org/Nano05/