20. May 2000 - Publication by PANArt: “PANArt Papers”

• “Presented by PANArt at the Conference on New Developments of the Steelpan, The Holiday Inn – La Villette, Paris, France – 20th of May 2000″:
  http://www.seetobago.org/trinidad/pan/archive/r&d/panart/ir_archivecopy_tuniversity_research.htm

• “(…) multiple handpan builders have explored and utilized the tuning techniques,architectural designs, and shell forming techniques published by PANart in the creation of their own handpans and pantam instruments.  Some handpan builders even base their entire design on emulating as closely as possible the original design and sound of the Hang.”
  Source: https://www.sarazhandpans.com/news/history-of-handpan-hang-and-pantam-drums/

See also:
https://web.archive.org/web/20020608201650/http://www.panart.ch/tuniversity_research.htm