Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Welcome to the 12th Webinar on Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials (Nanotech2026) !

Without a doubt, recent advances in nanotechnology have revolutionized numerous fields, including my field of medicine. But, how did this occur ? Was your research part of these advancements ? Have we innovated and commercialized such research enough ?  Are companies paying attention to this wonderful research ? Are Universities helping you ? And, most importantly, are you in the right environment to innovate and commercialize your research ?

In my own experience, above all else, it takes a supportive environment ! Find the right community. Find this conference.

I left the very negative, ultra-competitive, stifling Northeastern University in Boston (USA) over 6 years ago. I have never seen such negative, cut-throat, and miserable people in my over 30 year academic career ! Jealously and greed were everywhere, not unlike other US Universities but magnified to a crippling extent and certainly not how things were when I first started as a professor in the US in 2000. Only after I moved did I find a truly supportive environment that allowed me to form over a dozen companies and yes, I found truly supportive people who value me and my contributions. Because I left Northeastern University, I have since commercialized my chemistry research into medical devices now in over 45,000 patients with no failures, only success !

So, I encourage everyone to find that right environment. Make that move. And attend the right conferences: WNN2026 is such a conference where you will meet the right people ! And be inspired, not discouraged like I was at Northeastern University for far too long ! I, and the tens-of-thousands of patients I have helped, wish we could get those years back !

It will change your life once you make the commitment to surround yourself with positive people.  I know, because I lived it.

I look forward to seeing everyone to further share my story and give you that “positive” boost you deserve !

Sincerely,

Thomas J. Webster, Ph.D.

H-index: 139; Fellow, AANM, AIMBE, BMES, FSBE, IIAM, IJN, NAI, and RSM; Past-President, US Society For Biomaterials; Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2026)