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Jessica Ice on 08 Mar 09NSF report on "Managing Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno Innovations: Converging Technologies in Society" 2006 Abstract: This introductory chapter briefly defines the "NBIC" unification that is rapidly taking place today among Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information technology, and Cognitive science. It then describes how the other chapters address the potential impacts of converging technologies, considers how innovation can be stimulated and steered, and provides a basis for an understanding of the societal implications of NBIC.