title: Vision for converging technologies and future society.
abstract: This brief presentation places the challenges of nanotechnology in a political, social, and economic context.
authors.affiliation: Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, Technology Administration, Washington, D.C. 20230, USA. phillip.bond@technology.gov
authors.forename: Phillip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bond
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D007564:Japan; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D011640:Public Policy; D012922:Social Change; D012924:Social Conditions / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D018511:Systems Integration; D013672:Technology / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States