Past events


SSbD24 Conference
Nov
10
to 15 Nov

SSbD24 Conference

This November the SSBD24 Conference takes place at the Conference Centre Monte Verità. The conference aims to bring together experts form various relevant fields and sectors working on methods, tools and criteria to enable the use of SSbD. Experts will present their experiences in applying the SSbD framework in case studies and their views on how concepts and related policy needs can be operationalized.

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NMBP-16 Projects Public Final Event
Sept
25

NMBP-16 Projects Public Final Event

For the past four years, the EU-funded Horizon 2020 NMBP-16 projects – DIAGONAL, HARMLESS and SUNSHINE – have been addressing the call topic “Safe by design, from science to regulation: multi-component nanomaterials” and have been working closely together on the challenges related to safe and sustainable multicomponent nanomaterials.

As they are now coming to an end, they are organising their Public Final Event on 25 September 2024, from 14:30 to 16:00h CEST in Venice (Italy) at the Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli (ONSITE ONLY).

This dynamic 90-minute session, held as satellite event of the NanoTox 2024 conference, will showcase the ambitious goals and key achievements of the three projects.

Attendees will get an overview of the objectives and core elements of each one of the projects, as well as their complementary perspectives. In addition, participants will gain insight into key features, main results, special focus topics, and case studies of each individual project will be presented and discussed.

Don’t miss this opportunity to dive into the in-depth discussions with a broad group of stakeholders on the future of safe and sustainable multicomponent nanomaterials!

Draft agenda:

If you are interested in taking part, please email us here.

 
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NanoTox 2024
Sept
23
to 25 Sept

NanoTox 2024

The three NMBP-16 projects SUNSHINE, DIAGONAL and HARMLESS will organise the NanoTox 2024 together! Stay tuned for more information. Date TBD.

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AMI2030
Jul
16

AMI2030

The Advanced Materials for Industrial Leadership Session organised by EMIRI, EUMAT, SUSCHEM and MANUFUTURE will take place on 16 July per Zoom.

In this 2-hour online info session, IAM4EU stakeholders will gain an insight into the the current state of implementation of the strategy comprising 14 different actions under 5 main pillars. The event particularly highlights the key role of the IAM4EU partnership and the expected contributions from industry.

AMI2030 is an open and inclusive forum for stakeholders of the advanced materials ecosystems in Europe to collaborate, design and develop safe and sustainable advanced materials towards a circular economy, providing a systemic approach to promote leadership in research, fast-tracks innovations to market whilst ensuring sustainability and protection of human health and the environment.

Registration for the online webinar is open now!

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MaterialsWeek2024
Jun
17
to 21 Jun

MaterialsWeek2024

As one of the organisers SUNSHINE invites you to participate in the MaterialsWeek2024 in Cyprus. MaterialsWeek is a cross-disciplinary meeting venue for communication and collaboration on advances in materials innovation. Join us!

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SUNSHINE Webinar:  Demonstration of the SUNSHINE Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) Digital E-infrastructure
Apr
29

SUNSHINE Webinar: Demonstration of the SUNSHINE Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) Digital E-infrastructure

About

SUNSHINE has developed a novel digitally-based e-infrastructure to enable Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) decision making whilst future-proofing your products in preparation for policy compliance!

During this public stakeholder workshop we will present a SUNSHINE SSbD E-infrastructure and will discuss the alignment of its functionalities with the needs of different stakeholders spanning from regulators to civil society and SME/ industry to ensure both its long-term sustainability and its applicability for SSbD approach.

To achieve this, we need your support!

Who should attend?

  • Regulatory compliance officers for chemical manufacturers and importers

  • Formulators and product manufacturers of nano-enabled products

  • Industry and academia representatives in nanotechnology and advanced materials

  • National and regional regulators

  • Policymakers, NGOs, standardisation bodies

SUNSHINE e-infrastructure key services and features:

  • Trusted information storing and sharing between users via built-in block chain technology - you can benefit from access to free of charge curated data, protocols, SOPs, models and tools

  • Easy to use: Practical, user-friendly and  time-efficient tools for screening level (TIER 1) and complex (TIER 2) safety and sustainability assessments for the early stages of product development

  • Future-proof  and prepare your  products for policy and regulatory compliance - grounded on the EC Recommendation and the JRC Framework for SSbD chemicals and materials, our assessment and decision support tools will allow you to design a novel yet compliant product. Our research teams base their models on the idea of incorporating regulatory compliance checks in the early stage assessments.

  • Meet the regulators discussion space - a unique service designed to facilitate dialogue between innovators and regulators and other actors in the value chain in a trusted environment, to provide feedback to regulators and policy makers on current regulatory gaps, and to help prepare for upcoming regulatory changes.

Agenda

Times in CEST

11:00 - 11:05 Introduction

                      by Danail Hristozov (EMERGE)

11:05 - 11:30 Introduction to the SUNSHINE SSbD approach

                       by Lisa Pizzol (GreenDecision)

11:30 - 11:45 Overview of the Laurentia Case Study

                       by Magda Blosi (CNR-ISSMC)

11:45 - 12:00 Introduction to the SUNSHINE SSbD E-infrastructure

                       by Alex Zabeo (GreenDecision)

12:00 - 12:30 Demonstration of the SUNSHINE SSbD E-infrastructure

                        by Alex Zabeo (GreenDecision), Lya Hernandez (RIVM), James Baker (Temasol),

Cyrille Durand (Temasol)

12:30 - 13:00 Interactive session

                        by Alex Zabeo (GreenDecision) and Danail Hristozov (EMERGE)


Speakers

(in alphabetical order)

Alex Zabeo

He is a founding partner and CTO of GreenDecision Srl (www.greendecision.eu). Ph.D. in Computer Science, his research activities focus on decision analysis, probabilistic risk assessment and life cycle assessment (LCA). He has a proven track record in the design and development of standard and geographic decision support (DSS) systems and in Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) - Fuzzy Logic (FL) - Value of Information (VoI) based assessment methodologies as well as in the design and implementation of studies and software related to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and the management of complex sensor networks and the Internet of Things (IoT). He has led the Decision Support area of several European and national projects. 


Danail Hristozov

Dr. Danail Hristozov is the Head of Research at Greendecision Srl, a spin-off company of University Ca’ Foscari of Venice in Italy and the East European Research and Innovation Enterprise (EMERGE) in Bulgaria. There he performs integrative research across the areas of risk assessment and management of bio and nanomaterials used in consumer products and medicine as part of the large-scale EU H2020 projects GRACIOUS, BIORIMA, REFINE, caLIBRAte, Gov4Nano, NanoInformaTIX and SAFE-N-MEDTECH. Danail is also the Coordinator of the large H2020 research project SUNSHINE, which focuses on Safe and Sustainable by Design of multi-component advanced nanomaterials.

Danail has been a senior research scientist at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics of the University of Venice, where he acted as the Principal Investigator of the large EU FP7 project SUN. Over the last years, Danail contributed to several EU projects, including MARINA, NANOforART, ENPRA, ITS-NANO, GLOCOM, ECONANOSOPRB and EPSEI, also as a research staff of the private sector companies Venice Research Consortium and Veneto Nanotech.

In his early years as a researcher, Danail was employed at the Chair of Industrial Sustainability of the Brandenburg University of Technology in Germany.


Lisa Pizzol

Lisa Pizzol, PhD in environmental science from the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, is a senior scientist and consultant specializing in risk assessment, management, and sustainability evaluation of chemical substances and nano(bio)materials used in industrial products and medical devices. With expertise in the application of multi-criteria decision analysis methodologies in the environmental sector, she has also played a key role in developing software-based decision support systems for environmental issues. Presently, her focus lies in conducting sustainability assessments for products, processes, services, and organizations through the implementation of life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle costing (LCC), and social life cycle assessment (s-LCA) in the frame of the operationalisation of the SSbD JRC-Framework. Lisa has actively participated in and contributed to various EU and national projects, including SUNSHINE, SAFE-n-MEDTECH, REFINE, BIORIMA, caLIBRAte, GLOCOM, SYRIADE, TIMBRE, SUN, FOKS, and DESYRE. Beyond her research roles, she serves as the President and CEO of GreenDecision.


Magda Blosi

Magda Blosi, PhD in Industrial Chemistry from the University of Bologna (2009), is a researcher at the National Research Council of Italy within the Institute of Science, Technology, and Sustainability for Ceramics (CNR-ISSMC). Specializing in the synthesis and characterization of inorganic and hybrid nanoforms, her research focuses on their applications as catalysts, photocatalysts for water and air treatment, and the development of multifunctional surface coatings with antibacterial, antiviral, and hydrophobic properties. Currently, within the EU project SUNSHINE, she leads the task on SbD material design strategies and Laurentia’s case study. She is also a co-author of seven international patents on nanomaterials and has published more than 80 scientific papers in international journals.

 
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Mar
4
to 7 Mar

Advanced (Nano)Materials and Technologies: Science, Research & Innovation for Safety and Sustainability

The “Advanced (Nano)Materials and Technologies: science, research & innovation for safety and sustainability” Summit 2024 (ANTHOS 2024) promotes the advancements in technological innovation & research results on Safe-by-Design (SbD) for advanced (nano)materials and beyond. This summit serves as a platform for bringing together leading experts in Safe-by-Design (SbD) and Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) from projects funded under the H2020 and Horizon Europe initiatives. Additionally, representatives of key international stakeholder groups (European Commission, OECD, EFSA, ECHA, National Ministries, Industry…) as well as relevant associations and initiatives are invited to actively participate in the event.

Draft Agenda:

  • Monday, 4th of March:
    BioNanoNet General Assembly & BNN Networking Event

  • Tuesday, 5th of March:
    NMBP-15 Final Event – Demonstration of SbD tools, presentation of key results, and round table discussion

  • Wednesday, 6th of March:
    NMBP-16 Session – Latest developments on S(S)bD for advanced nanomaterials

  • Thursday, 7th of March:
    SABYDOMA’s 2nd SSbD Workshop / External Stakeholder Workshop

The event is open to research organizations, SMEs and large industries, consultancies, and other organizations active and interested in safety and sustainability of advanced materials, nanomaterials, and related products.

The event is organized by BNN, the EU NanoSafety Cluster, and the sister projects’ collaboration of the NMBP-15 projects ASINA, SAbyNA, SABYDOMA, SbD4Nano and NMBP-16 projects DIAGONAL, HARMLESS, SUNSHINE.

 

Location: Twelve (Hertha-Firnberg-Straße 8, 1100 Vienna, Austria)

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Nov
20

Workshop: SUNSHINE Foresight Framework

This is an INVITATION ONLY workshop.

The H2020 SUNSHINE project SIA (Safe Innovation Approach) E-infrastructure aims to foster dialogue, collaboration and information exchange between various stakeholders and provide the tools and data needed to develop Safe and Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) strategies for materials, products and processes focusing on multicomponent nanomaterials (MCNMs), though also applicable to non-nano AdMa.

An integral part of the E-infrastructure is the SUNSHINE Foresight Framework. To facilitate the development of SSbD strategies, a SUNSHINE stakeholder workshop has been prepared with as main goal to gather expert opinions and ideas on the SUNSHINE Foresight Framework. This comprehensive Framework will enable Regulators, Industry and other stakeholders to participate in a structured dialogue within a Trusted Environment to identify early warning signals of upcoming trends and challenges in industry as well as planned policy developments, in a beneficial symbiosis that will drive forwards responsible innovation as cornerstone to the Green Deal. 

To achieve this, we need your support.

During the workshop, we would like to present our approach and collect your opinion on the draft Foresight Framework.

In this workshop you will learn and discuss:

  • The Regulatory Preparedness Concept

  • How the SUNSHINE Foresight Framework can help stakeholders needs for early warnings identification

  • How the Foresight Platform and the Trusted Environment are interrelated.

Who should attend?

  • National and regional regulators

  • Industry representatives in nanotechnologies and advanced materials

  • Policy makers

  • NGOs

  • Representatives of Standardization bodies

Agenda

  • 14.30-14.40: Sunshine overview and position in the eco-system of nanomaterials (and AdMa)

    Presentation: Danail Hristosov

  • 14.40-14.50: Introduction to Regulatory Preparedness

    Presentation: Lya Hernandez

  • 14.50-15.20: The Foresight Framework: why, what it is and what it does

    Presentation: James Baker and Cyrille Durand

  • 15.20-15.50: Interactive session

    Q&A and open discussion: James Baker and Cyrille Durand

  • 15.50-16.00: Wrap-up 

    Danail Hristozov

The meeting link is here: https://meet.goto.com/950735845

For more information, please check out the SUNSHINE Brochure, our video and website!


Speakers

(in alphabetical order)

Cyrille Durand

Cyrille is a Sustainability lead, with strong international corporate experience in circular and sustainable products & materials.

Cyrille has over 20 years of solid experience in the consumer goods industry: Research and Innovation, Sustainable Design, Manufacturing, and Quality. Prior to joining TEMAS Solutions Cyrille was the lead of the Circular Plastics and Packaging project at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Cyrille has a Mechanical Engineer diploma from the Université de Compiegne, France, and a Master of Science in Polymers Engineering from Cranfield University, UK.


Danail Hristozov

Dr. Danail Hristozov is the Head of Research at Greendecision Srl, a spin-off company of University Ca’ Foscari of Venice in Italy and the East European Research and Innovation Enterprise (EMERGE) in Bulgaria. There he performs integrative research across the areas of risk assessment and management of bio and nanomaterials used in consumer products and medicine as part of the large-scale EU H2020 projects GRACIOUS, BIORIMA, REFINE, caLIBRAte, Gov4Nano, NanoInformaTIX and SAFE-N-MEDTECH.

Danail is also the Coordinator of the large H2020 research project SUNSHINE, which focuses on Safe and Sustainable by Design of multi-component advanced nanomaterials.

Danail has been a senior research scientist at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics of the University of Venice, where he acted as the Principal Investigator of the large EU FP7 project SUN. Over the last years, Danail contributed to several EU projects, including MARINA, NANOforART, ENPRA, ITS-NANO, GLOCOM, ECONANOSOPRB and EPSEI, also as a research staff of the private sector companies Venice Research Consortium and Veneto Nanotech.

In his early years as a researcher, Danail was employed at the Chair of Industrial Sustainability of the Brandenburg University of Technology in Germany.


James Baker

James Baker is one of the group embedding a Foresight Framework in a Trusted Environment as a tool supporting the SunShine e-infrastructure. He has been working for more than 12 years on different aspects of manufactured nanomaterials, including fabrication, health and safety, and governance.

He was one of the key authors of the NANoREG, ProSafe, NanoReg2, NanoHarmony and Gov4Nano projects. Co-author of the ProSafe white paper with policy recommendations to the Commission for implementing OECD test guidelines. Previously author and participant in the FP7 industrial Flagship project ProMine, developing new nanomaterials from mining waste. 25 years’ experience as developer, writer and manager of more than 40 EU and other projects in Europe, Africa, NIS, Japan etc; Scientific background – production of nano-silica, geochemistry, mineral-water interactions, environmental assessment, mineral chemistry.


Lya Soeteman-Hernandez

Lya is a toxicologist by training (Queen’s University, Canada) and is currently an Expert in applying the Safe and Sustainable Innovation Approach (SSIA) for the development of safer and more sustainable materials, chemicals, products and processes. She is experienced in developing system approaches and translating them into operational tools. She is one of the main developers of SSIA which contains the concept of Regulatory Preparedness, Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design and Trusted Environment. These concepts originate from the awareness that new technologies like nanotechnology have uncovered the limits of present regulatory systems and demand more agile governance systems.

She is co-chair and Leading Expert at the OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials SSIA Steering Group, where she assesses how the international community develop and apply innovative, pro-active, co-creative and inclusive approaches to improve nano risk governance. The main focus of her work is the operationalization of SSIA and safe- and-sustainable-by-design in the context of the recently published EC JRC framework and EC recommendation. This is reflected in her role as a work-package or task leader in many European projects working on the operationalization of safe-and-sustainable-by-design (SUNSHINE, IRISS, SURPASS, SAbyNA, PARC) for materials, chemicals, products and processes.

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NanoInnovation 2023
Sept
18
to 22 Sept

NanoInnovation 2023

A flagship event for innovation and technological development, which will be held from September 18 to 22, 2023, in the historic San Gallo cloister, at the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering of the Sapienza University of Rome (Via Eudossiana 18). The event represents a well-established national meeting point for the wide and multidisciplinary community involved in the development of nanotechnology and its integration with other key enabling technologies (KETs), in all fields of application. This year, topics underlying the NRRP, and related ecosystems will receive special attention, with the aim of enhancing the technological and social return on investment in research and higher education.

NanoInnovation 2023 will once more gather researchers, technologists, managers, entrepreneurs, and investors who will share their experiences, opinions, and expectations on the topics proposed this year, with constant focus on the world of nanotechnology.

Once again, this year, special attention will be paid to the direct involvement of young researchers, doctoral students, and students, to support their inclusion in the professional world and foster their role as protagonists in the future of our Society.

The 2023 event will be based, again this year, on the well-established collaboration between co-organizers and partners who will share the coordination of thematic technical symposia, workshops, schools, joint events, training courses and other interesting initiatives.

The five-day structure event will include:

  • Scientific plenary sessions (featuring national and international experts and personalities)

  • Parallel scientific and technical conferences

  • Parallel thematic symposia (poster and oral presentations on selected topics)

  • Training Courses, Schools, Joint Events and Special Events

  • Networking Events (to bring together directly players active in research and innovation and interested in cooperation opportunities - R2B, B2B)

  • Satellite events (independently organized by external organizations/companies, and harmonized into the conference framework)

  • Exhibition area, with the presence of companies, universities, and research centers, where manufacturers can provide detailed information on the most innovative products in the nanotech world.

As in the past, the conference organization and program are overseen by four committees, which include recognized experts from the scientific and industrial community:

  • Organizing Committee

  • Steering committee

  • Program committee

  • Honor Committee

Recalling that NanoInnovation is a free initiative and open to all (upon online registration), we look forward to seeing you there to share with you lots of interesting news!

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NANOTEXNOLOGY 2023
Jul
1
to 8 Jul

NANOTEXNOLOGY 2023

NANOTEXNOLOGY explores the opportunities in the emerging fields of Nanotechnologies, Organic & Printed Electronics and Nanomedicine. NANOTEXNOLOGY brings together over 2,000 researchers, scientists, engineers, business, technical and policy professionals to promote research and industrial collaborations, identify priorities and strengthen the innovation ecosystem.

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Nanotech France 2023
Jun
28
to 30 Jun

Nanotech France 2023

Nanotech France 2023, the 8th edition of the international conference and exhibition, brings together leading scientists, researchers, engineers, practitioners, technology developers and policy makers in nanotechnology to exchange information on their latest research progress and innovation.

Participants from the top international academic, government and private industry labs of different disciplines participate in Nanotech France 2023 to identify new technology trends, development tools, product opportunities, R&D collaborations, and commercialization partners. It is an excellent event for students to meet and discuss with lead researchers. The conference provides an unprecedented opportunity to discover innovation in the area of nanotechnology and new business opportunities. It is among the most important events in terms of international regulatory policies and it is open to the participation of private companies.

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International Conference: How the world deals with materials on the nanoscale
Jun
22
to 23 Jun

International Conference: How the world deals with materials on the nanoscale

The German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUV) and the OECD invite you to the final event of the German NanoDialogue, a stakeholder dialogue on nanotechnologies.

The international conference “How the world deals with materials on the nanoscale – responsible use and challenges”, will give you valuable insights into the experiences and learnings from the German NanoDialogue, which has been going on for more than 16 years. Stakeholders from industry, academia, civil society organisations and government authorities will summarise, conclude, and share their views with you. Additionally, stakeholders from all over the world will present how they approached challenges of the sustainable use of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies via legislation, standards, private initiatives and research, such as in the medical area.

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EuroNanoForum 2023
Jun
11
to 13 Jun

EuroNanoForum 2023

The EuroNanoForum2023 is dedicated to he latest developments in nanotechnology & advanced materials and their contribution to European manufacturing across all industries.

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SABYDOMA’s 2nd Legal Workshop on Safe-by-Design
Jun
5

SABYDOMA’s 2nd Legal Workshop on Safe-by-Design

The SABYDOMA project, funded by the EU H2020 programme, is delighted to invite you to its 2nd legal workshop on Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD), taking place on 5th June 2023 from 14:00 until 18:00h CEST at Minatec (Grenoble, France), on the first day of the nanoSAFE 2023 conference. Online participation will also be possible.

While the by-design paradigm now seems to be integrated in regulatory policies, legal challenges have yet to be addressed. This workshop will be the first to focus on potential liability issues (Asia/EU/US) and the global regulatory dimension of the by-design approach.

With expert lawyers and scientists from different regions of the world among the speakers, the workshop will cover the legal aspects of the SSbD approach in the nanotechnology sector, expanding out to “by-design” approaches relevant in other technological industries.

The workshop is open to scientists, industry and commercial managers, public policy stakeholders, lawyers (in-house, in a public administration or in private practice), compliance officers, patent attorneys, trade associations and NGOs representatives and all other stakeholders having interest in the safe design of (nano)technologies.

Attendance (in-person or online) is free upon prior registration. Please register by 26th May at the latest.

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nanoSAFE & NSC Week 2023
Jun
5
to 9 Jun

nanoSAFE & NSC Week 2023

The 8th International Conference on Health and Safety Issues for a socially responsible approach to nanomaterials will be organized in Grenoble, France, from June 5th to 9th, 2023.

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INFRAMES Meeting 2023
May
15
to 19 May

INFRAMES Meeting 2023

The International Network for Researching, Advancing, and Assessing Materials for Environmental Sustainability (INFRAMES), which SUNSHINE is part of, is meeting in Venice in May 2023. The meeting will take place in parallel with the Nanosafety Training School 2023 in order to allow for a large-scale exchange between the partners.

About INFRAMES

INFRAMES leverages substantial investments in US and EU networks in the area of environmental nanotechnology to assemble a coordinated international community of researchers dedicated to assessing the sustainability of the materials our society produces.

INFRAMES includes 18 US universities associated with the Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT) and the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology (CSN), along with networks representing over 100 participating EU and UK partners, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana, and researchers at six synchrotron X-ray facilities in four countries.

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SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting
Apr
30
to 4 May

SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting

The SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting will be organised as a fully-fledged physical meeting in Dublin, Ireland featuring limited virtual components for remote participants. Onsite participants will be able to benefit from 5 days packed with onsite scientific sessions, topical discussions, plenaries, satellite meetings and other exhibitor & networking events.

Website: https://europe2023.setac.org/

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CUSP workshops on human health risk assessment frameworks for MNPs
Apr
21

CUSP workshops on human health risk assessment frameworks for MNPs

CUSP-Research.eu invites you to take part in the third of a three-part series of workshops on the health risk assessment of micro- and nanoplastics


About the workshop:

This third workshop, organized by WG5 Risk Assessment and PlasticsFatE, will have a more practical focus.

After a brief review of the results of the first and second workshops in terms of data needs, the different CUSP projects will describe the types of data needed for tools to characterize MNP risks. The point is to capture the specific requirements and have a structured discussion to determine if the tools are compatible with the data produced or if there are gaps.

Sometimes the data will need to be processed first before it can be used in the tools. In addition, the quality of the studies in which the data were produced also plays a role. These two topics will be addressed in the second part of the workshop. A third presentation in this session will give an introduction to possible data sources and the available data types and definitions.

Registration:

https://bit.ly/CUSP_WS3_Registration

This event is free of charge and open to all interested stakeholders including researchers, those involved in policy-making, and anyone interested in the risk assessment of MNPs.

A Zoom meeting link will be sent to you automatically upon registration and proceedings will be shared afterwards.

Agenda:

The agenda for the workshop is below and also available here

If you have any questions about the event, please contact bernd.giese@boku.ac.at or Lesley.tobin@optimat.co.uk

About CUSP  

There is widespread scientific evidence on the ubiquity of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) in the environment around CUSP. The tiny particles which result from the degradation of larger plastics or which are manufactured and added to products for different purposes find their way into the human body through the food we eat, the water we drink or the very air we breathe. Yet, so far, we know little about the risks they pose to human health. 

For this reason, the European Commission has decided to fund five research projects - AURORA, ImpToxPLASTICHEAL, PlasticsFatE and POLYRISK - that together form the European Research Cluster to Understand the Health Impacts of Micro- and NanoPlastics: CUSP. They will collaborate in gathering policy-relevant scientific data to improve the risk assessment of MNPs on human health.


How to Engage:

Follow CUSP on Twitter and LinkedIn and visit the CUSP website to learn more about their aims, results, and opportunities to engage.


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NanoCarbon Annual Conference
Mar
14
to 15 Mar

NanoCarbon Annual Conference

For the 8th time the Network NanoCarbon will organise the Annual Conference. During the two-day event, experts from industry and research come together to exchange their results and ideas using this open communication and networking platform. Join the talk about innovative and commercial activities in the field of carbon nanomaterials (e.g. CNTs, graphenes, nanodiamonds, nanohorns, carbon black). The Annual Conference also addresses industry delegates seeking new trends and partners for novel cooperations and projects. We would like to invite you to meet international nanocarbon specialists in Würzburg, Germany.

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	36th International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Feb
15
to 16 Feb

36th International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

Conference Series LLC LTD invites all the participants from all over the world to attend “36th International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology” in London, which includes prompt keynote presentations, Oral talks, Poster presentations and Exhibitions.

Nanomaterials are the elements which has at least one spatial measurement in the size range of 1 to 100 manometers. Nanomaterials can be produced with various modulation dimensionalities. It can be distinct nanostructure such as quantum dots, nanocrystals, atomic clusters, nanotubes and nanowires, while gathering of nanostructures includes arrays, assemblies, and super lattices of distinct nanostructure. The chemical and physical properties of nanomaterials can considerably differ from the bulk materials or atomic-molecular of the same composition. Uniqueness of structural features, dynamics, chemistry, response and energetics of nanostructures constitutes the base of nanoscience. There are numerous areas of concern in the nanomaterials market which are predictable to be explored in the approaching years, for instance, nanoparticles or nanocrystals of metals and semiconductors, nanowires, nanobiological systems and nanotube. We are delighted to invite you all to join & register for the international conference on “36th International Conference on Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology” which is going to be organized during February 15-16, 2023 London, UK.

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NanoInformaTIX - Final Event
Feb
8
to 10 Feb

NanoInformaTIX - Final Event

The NanoInformaTIX project is coming to its natural end! A huge amount of work has been done in these years by the consortium partners. The results will be shared during two public events in February 2023:

Feb 9th afternoon: Early Carreer Researchers (ECR) public event. The group of ECR of nanosafety-related projects is gaining its own identity and importance. NanoInformaTIX wants to support this group of young talents, by organizing this event where the ECRs from the project will start a discussion with the external ECRs and other people who are interested, about the results from NanoInformaTIX.

Feb 10th morning: NanoInformaTIX FINAL public dissemiantion event. Here, all stakeholders will have a chance to know the main achievements of our project from project partners and discuss about future actions to exploitation.

Please access to NanoInformaTIX website for registration, if you want to take part in the public events:

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Future-proof Approaches for Risk Governance - Online
Jan
31

Future-proof Approaches for Risk Governance - Online

The NMBP-13 projects: NANORIGO, Gov4Nano and RiskGONE are pleased to invite you to join our final conference that will present the activities of our three EU-funded projects to help shape international approaches to addressing future challenges in risk governance of advanced (nano)materials. This includes safe- and sustainable by design (SSbD) and harmonisation and standardisation.

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Bioceramics 32 - The 32nd Symposium & Annual Meeting of ISCM with NMBP 15/16 workshop
Sept
20
to 23 Sept

Bioceramics 32 - The 32nd Symposium & Annual Meeting of ISCM with NMBP 15/16 workshop

The International Society for Ceramics in Medicine (ISCM) invites you to attend Bioceramics 32, the 32nd Symposium and Annual Meeting of ISCM, on September 20-23, 2022.

Bioceramics32 will be held in Mestre, just at the border of Venice, worldwide known for its unique historical relevance and for the incomparable architecture and magical scenery dominated by canals, waterways, and magnificent palaces making Venice one of the major centre of the Renaissance.

The conference, hosting material scientists, industrial and clinicians form all over the world, offers a unique opportunity to participate to a highly trans-disciplinary event covering the development and application of ceramic-based systems.

The mission of the conference is to highlight the key role of ceramic-based biomaterials in fostering new sectors of medicine, particularly for tissue regeneration, nanomedicine for theranostics, and new emerging topics including “Antibacterial Materials”, “Nanosafety”, “Skin Care” and “Circular Economy”

“Relay race” Symposia will be particularly dedicated to presentations showing the “passing of the torch” from material scientists to clinicians, to highlight advances and successes in technology transfer “from the bench to the bed”.

Special Sessions will be dedicated to aspects critical in the translation of bioceramics to clinics and market such as: Regulatory Aspects & Certification, and Tech Transfer: overcoming the “Valley of Death”.

Additional Special Events are proposed to the kind attention of the participants:

Research Ideas for the market: Competition of Innovative ideas in the field of ceramics for medicine, and related issues on biotechnology and biomedicine. This Competition aims to encourage talent Young Researchers towards “research ideas at the frontiers of Knowledge” and/or to identify collaborative routes with business and local communities on innovative projects dealing with materials for medicine.

Some special workshops organized by Companies dealing with Materials in Medicine;

Young Researcher Competition dedicated to PhD students and early stage Post-docs: Best oral lecture, Best poster.

Round Table on Infections at the end of the specifically dedicated Session.

 The Abstract submission is open until March 28, 2022.

More information and registration HERE.

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NanoInnovation Conference 2022 with SSbD workshop
Sept
19
to 23 Sept

NanoInnovation Conference 2022 with SSbD workshop

NanoInnovation 2022 will be focused on innovation and technology transfer, with a particular relevance on some of the main themes foreseen in the PNRR (Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza), dedicating specific moments of discussion and dialogue.

The event represents the national meeting place for the wide and multidisciplinary community involved in the development of nanotechnologies and their integration with other key enabling technologies (KETs), in all application fields. The event is designed to inform all interested players:

The 2022 event will be based on the well-established tradition of co-organizers and partners sharing the coordination of technical thematic symposia, workshops, schools, joint events, trainings and further interesting initiatives.

19-23 September 2022 in Rome in the traditional venue of the Renaissance Cloister by Sangallo at the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering of “Sapienza” University of Rome in Via Eudossiana 18.

More information and registration HERE

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NANOTEXNOLOGY 2022
Jul
2
to 9 Jul

NANOTEXNOLOGY 2022

We are pleased to invite you to NANOTEXNOLOGY 2022, 2 - 9 July 2022, Thessaloniki, Greece

NANOTEXNOLOGY is the largest technology, networking and matchmaking annual event in Europe and it includes the premier and Internationally established events. We will have a full week of programme, with the NanoExplore Conference taking place on the 8th July 2022. We also have an exhibition booth showcasing the NanoExploreR in addtion to that we will have workshops during the Summerschool on the 9th of July.

NanoExplore Conference:

Date: 8th July 2022

Summer School:

Date: 9th July 2022

To find out more about NANOTEXNOLOGY Conference, go HERE.

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NanoExplore Workshop #2: Lessons learned from workplace exposure campaigns
Jun
20

NanoExplore Workshop #2: Lessons learned from workplace exposure campaigns

This webinar will provide an in depth overview of the current procedures, standards and regulatory activities related with the monitoring and control of the workplace exposure when dealing with ENMs. Moreover, a complete analysis of the NanoExplore device and main lessons learned from the exposure campaigns conducted under the project will be provided. Practical examples and detailed information on the levels of exposure found for a range of scenarios will be included.

Date: 20 June 2022

Time: 10 AM - 11.30 AM CEST

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