Carl Sagan stated over 30 years ago that “We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.”

How does this statement sit within the remit of nanotechnology and nanoparticles today? This interactive presentation and debate will assess our current ‘dependency’ on nanotechnology and its products and also highlight some of the ongoing work in this research space within the MUSIQ Consortium and efforts to generate smart disease targeting nanotherapeutics.