Dr. Mohammed Abdel-Motteleb - Nile University Nanoscience offers a rare opportunity for emerging economies, specifically the Middle East region, to close the scientific gap between itself and the well established industrialized markets. It is a new and invigorating science that offers many exciting possibilities for innovative and cost-effective solutions for issues common to emerging markets. On one hand, it is of great importance that the emerging markets realize and capture this rare opportunity to accelerate growth based on scientific and industrialized bases.