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11:15am – 12:15pm - Room 5
Morning Conference Panelist Discussion Tracks & Presentations
Jim D. Mason, CEcD, EDFP
VP, Technology Initiatives, Executive Director, Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative
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Presentation Topic: Nanotechnology in Healthcare and the Oklahoma Nano Initiative
Presentation Topic Overview: Nanotechnology is an enabling technology that will impact everything man-made in this century and can be defined as the manipulation of matter at the nanoscale (billionth of a meter) to create new devices, structures, and systems, which each often have amazing new properties. These properties allow us to make things smaller, stronger, lighter, faster and/or more durable. This presentation will focus on applications of nanotechnology in layman’s language as it relates to healthcare, with examples and demonstrations of products on the market today and information on those that have tremendous promise for the near term future.
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Jim D. Mason, CEcD, EDFP
VP, Technology Initiatives, Executive Director, Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative
Jim D. Mason is the Vice President for Technology Initiatives for the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce. He was a founding member of the Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative (ONI) in 2003 and since 2005 has served as the Executive Director of the ONI.
Jim also coordinates the Oklahoma Technology Council and serves as an advocate and lobbyist for technology issues.
Jim received two bachelors’ degrees from Panhandle State University and a Masters Degree from Oklahoma State University. He has also completed additional advanced education from Oklahoma State University, The University of Colorado, The University of Oklahoma, and Southern Methodist University.
He is a 27 year Chamber Management professional and is certified as an Economic Developer, as an Economic Development Finance Professional and as a teacher and school psychologist. He has been honored as Economic Development Professional of the Year and as Chamber Executive of the Year by his peers.
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