Neue Technologien und Zukunftsfähigkeit „Green Nanotechnologies“ als neues Leitbild?
More information: http://www.kircheundgesellschaft.de/akademie/documents/TG%2048_Neue_Technologien.pdf
„Green Nanotechnologies“ als neues Leitbild?
May 7th, 2010Rules for Dwarfs – Risk Regulation of Nanotechnology and its International Context
October 15th, 2009International Conference, Loccum, Germany, 30 November – 2 December 2009
Details are available at http://www.loccum.de/english/p0973ae.html.
The Protestant Academy Loccum invites you to a conference on risk regulation of nanotechnology from a transatlantic perspective. We convene actors from Germany, Europe, the United States, and beyond to link previously separated regulatory debates.
Nanotechnology can only unfold its full economic potential, if rules for its use in Europe and elsewhere do not result in new barriers to trade. The political task, therefore, is the development of mutually compatible regulatory approaches in Europe and the United States. Participants will develop regulatory recommendations for German and European politics in frank and open discussions. This includes the prioritization of regulatory approaches and principles to guide the development of compatible regulatory systems on both sides of the Atlantic.
Regeln für Zwerge: Risikoregulierung von Nanotechnologie im internationalen Kontext
October 9th, 2009Tagung der Evangelischen Akademie Loccum vom 30. November bis 2. Dezember 2009
http://www.loccum.de/programm/p0973a.html
Nanotechnologieprodukte finden sich vermehrt in Ladenregalen. Sie sind in ihrer Wirkung nicht unumstritten und werden daher zunehmend zum politischen Thema jenseits der Nischendiskussion unter Experten. In den USA und Europa werden Hersteller erstmals aufgefordert, Sicherheitsstudien für einige ihre Produkte vor Markteinführung abzugeben. Im Frühjahr diesen Jahres stellte das Europäische Parlament im Schlyter-Bericht die bisherige Arbeit der EU Kommission zu Nanotechnologie auf den Prüfstand. Verabschiedet sind europäische Regeln für die Verwendung von Nanomaterialien in Kosmetika und Lebensmitteln. In Deutschland richtete die NanoKommission der Bundesregierung für die zweite Phase der Kommissionsarbeit eine Regulierungsarbeitsgruppe ein. Der Sachverständigenrat für Umweltfragen beginnt mit der Arbeit an einem Sondergutachten zum Thema.
New nano research from TERI – India
April 8th, 2008Nupur Chowdhury was a participant of the original workshop initiating this project and website. Her institute has recently produced a few interesting nano discussion papers that can be accessed from this site. More information about the TERI project is available from: http://www.teriin.org/project_inside.php?id=17944.
Exploring the Influence of International Sub-Political Sites on Nanotechnology Regulation in India – EASST-4S Conference
Regulation of Health related Nano Applications in India: Exploring the limitations of the Current Regulatory Design – University of Padua Conference.
Workshop on Science-Society Interface in Emerging Technologies
March 8th, 2008The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in India is organizing a Workshop on Science-Society Interface in Emerging Technologies on 27-28 March 2008. The full workshop announcement is available here. The proceedings of the workshop will be uploaded later on TERI’s project website: http://www.teriin.org/project_inside.php?id=17944.
German Greens urge government to compile report on nanotech regulation by summer 2007
April 25th, 2007Nanotechnologie-Bericht vorlegen
Beratung des Antrags der Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
List of nano events
March 19th, 2007The Institute of Nanotechnology (UK) maintains a good list of nano-related events. See: http://www.nano.org.uk/events.htm.
Nanoforum.org (http://www.nanoforum.org/) is another good resource – especially on European activities and developments.
EU agency sets food safety agenda for year
March 19th, 2007*** Comment: This could be an early step in EU regulation: establish a scientific base for risk regulation to comply with the WTO SPS-Agreement requirements. ***
From http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?n=74350-efsa-nanoparticles-biotoxins:
20/02/2007 – Risk assessment research into nanotechnology and marine biotoxins are some of the areas the European Food Safety Authority plans to target this year.
The details are laid out in a managment plan for the year published by the agency this month.
The plan sets the agenda for food safety research and investigations by EFSA, allowing processors an insight into new areas of concern for the EU agency.
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These include a risk assessment of nanoparticles, an emerging technology in the food and food packaging segments.
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The plan also includes a move to harmonise risk assessment approaches across EU regulators, and to establish a database of national experts on a variety of research areas.
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SPRING 2007 WORKSHOP: Nanotechnology and Public Policy: Basic Science, Applications, and Regulatory Implications
February 15th, 2007Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2007, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m
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Location: Northeastern University, Boston
Host: The Nanotechnology and Society Research Group, Northeastern University
Purpose: Nanotechnology, a blanket term used to describe scientific research and technology development involving the manipulation of matter at the molecular level, is widely expected to be the transformative technology of the 21st Century, ushering in the ‘next Industrial Revolution’ with, one supposes, an attendant array of consequences for society. This one-day workshop is directed primarily at scholars of regulation and public policy, journalists who cover science and technology issues, and public sector officials expected to be involved in one way or another with the regulatory consequences (especially environmental, human health, and safety) posed by nanotechnology broadly understood. Four sessions will cover the basic science involved, a range of expected applications, potential environmental, health, and safety effects, and current activities by local, state, and federal regulatory agencies to begin to address those concerns.
ICON issues review of nanotechnology practices
October 16th, 2006Broad-based council collates information on occupational safeguardsHOUSTON, October 18, 2006 — The International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) today issued a comprehensive review of existing efforts to develop “best practices” for handling nanomaterials in the workplace. The work was performed by researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) as part of a two-phase project to catalogue how industry is managing the potential occupational safety risks posed by nanomaterials.
The report can be found at http://icon.rice.edu.
ICON, which paid for both phases of the project, is a coalition of academic, industrial, governmental and civil society organizations. ICON is administered by Rice University’s Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN).