March 4, 2005
Interschool Lab, 7th Floor Schapiro CEPSR

The promises of nanotechnology abound, but Is it still too early to know if these promises will become commercial successes?Ê Early stage venture capitalists are currently placing their bets on promising young companies developing some of the early seminal nanotechnology research. Doug Jamison, President of Harris & Harris Group, Inc., a publicly traded venture capital firm specializing in investing in companies enabled by nanoscale research, will present his vision of the technology, human resources, business plans and capital necessary to be successful in commercializing nanotechnology.

Doug Jamison is President , Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of Harris & Harris Group, Inc., a publicly traded venture capital company listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker TINY. Harris & Harris Group focuses solely in making initial investments in "tiny" technologies, which it defines as MEMS, Microsystems, and nanotechnology. Prior to joining Harris & Harris Group, he was a Sr. Technology Manager in the University of Utah Technology Transfer Office. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College (B.A., 1992) and the University of Utah (M.S., 1999). He is a board member of Nextreme Thermal Solutions and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Chlorogen, Inc. His professional societies include the Association of University Technology Managers, for which he serves on its Survey Statistics and Metrics Committee, He is a member of the Advisory Board, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Nanotechnology Venture Forum, of the Advisory Board, Converging Technology Bar Association and of the Advisory Board, Nanotechnology Law & Business Journal.