In Phoenix, a number of world-renowned assets are in position to address a variety of health issues, from genetic diseases to chronic behavioral disease. The presence of these assets, both physical and human based, drew our attention to the topic of Healing in the Nano City. We want to better understand how diverse sets of knowledge and skills can be best brought to bear on illnesses. We want to pay particular attention to equity and equality in the distribution of health care services that are enabled by future technologies.

How will different knowledge sets contribute to addressing diseases in the future? Are new pathways of disease detection, via novel imaging technology or genetics, assisting in our understanding of illnesses? How might we treat genetic disease in the future? How will we ensure equitable distribution of nanotechnology enabled health care services? How will people respond to these new ways of understanding and treating disease?