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We are pleased to launch our second pan-European survey for (1) anticipated needs and the (2) current resources regarding nanosafety services, and we kindly ask for your contribution. The survey is addressed to Experts on Industrial Safety, Occupational Safety, Public Health, HSE Regulation etc. in EC or EC agencies, Industry and industrial associations/trade unions, Regulatory bodies, NGOs, Research organizations and Universities.

1. The following link will direct you to the EC4SafeNano questionnaire for nanosafety needs. Through your contribution to the survey, you will influence the final design of the Centre, and ensure that it properly addresses the actual needs. Your participation will also provide you early access to the survey results. Answering all questions will take around 10 minutes. It would be greatly appreciated if you could complete the survey by Friday 25 October 2019.
   More information at http://www.ec4safenano2.eu-vri.eu/Survey_Run.aspx?ID=985
   
   
2. EC4SafeNano is currently supported by over 50 service providers, and is constantly open to new entries. If you are interested to join EC4SafeNano as an Associated Partner, please use the following link to register your expertise and equipment, by Friday 25 October 2019.
   More information at http://ec4safenano.eu/registration-service-providers
   Note: Current Associated Partners who provide nanosafety services are also kindly requested to go through the registration process.

The 7th conference "Solar Technologies Go Hybrid", which took place from October 3rd to 5th at the Hotel Melchior Park in Würzburg, attracted more than 150 participants. Scientists from the five participating Bavarian universities (Key Labs in Bayreuth, Erlangen-Nuremberg, LMU and TU Munich and Würzburg) as well as representatives from industry and invited international experts exchanged insights on the current state of research in the field of photovoltaics and the conversion of sunlight into chemical energy.

Group photo SolTech Conference 2018

The conference was preceded by a two-days workshop of the student members of the consortium, where laboratory tours and know-how transfer took place. The EC4SafeNano partner, Dr. Valentin Kunz from Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), gave a talk in one of the workshops for 25 graduate students on “Working in the public sector (e.g. at BAM)” where he introduced the project to the students. Furthermore a poster was also presented on “EC4SafeNano - European Centre for Risk Management and Safe Innovation in Nanomaterials & Nanotechnologies”.

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Following the success of the 1st ‘Nano in Belgium’ Workshop which was focusing on the interplay between regulation and research, the Belgian EU-OSHA Focal point in the framework of the 2018-19 “Healthy Workplaces Manage Dangerous Substances”  organized the 2nd workshop aiming to raise  the awareness of the risks posed by chemicals in the workplace.

The poster presented by the EC4SafeNano partners from VITO

During the event, the EC4SafeNano partners, H. Witters, S. Vercauteren and P. Berghmans from Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Belgium presented a poster on the updates of the EC4SafeNano project and its progress on building the European Centre for Risk Management and Safe Innovation in Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies. Also, the following oral presentations were delivered by the VITO colleagues:

• Work safely with nanomaterials: the VITO case by S. Verstraelen
• Nanomaterials in consumer products by M. Poppel
• Exposure to inhalable nanoparticles at the work floor: how to determine by E. Frijns

NANOTEXNOLOGY is the largest technology, networking and matchmaking annual event in Europe and it includes the premier and Internationally established events. 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. EC4SafeNano took part in NANOTEXNOLOGY2017.

EC4SafeNano partner, Dr. Effie Marcoulaki, Senior Researcher at System Reliability and Industrial Safety Laboratory, National Centre for Scientific Research, Demokritos, Greece, presenting at the 14th International Conference on Nanosciences & Nanotechnologies (NN17).

EC4SafeNano exhibition at NANOTEXNOLOGY2017.

Prof. Dr. Albert Duschl (Department of Biosciences, University of Salzburg) gave an invited talk at TOXILATIN 2018, Latin American Congress of Clinical and Laboratorial Toxicology on June 4, 2018. His talk titled “International consortia for the advancement in standardization of methods in Nanotoxicology and their regulatory contribution” addressed the EC4SafeNano project and his contributions.

With pleasure we announce the launch of the European Centre for Risk Management and Safe Innovation in nanomaterials and nanotechnologies, EC4safenano. This Centre will be developed over the next three years to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and daily practice by providing science based expertise to help others to safely manage this new technology. Because 15 European institutes from different countries work together, the expertise will be broadly supported and harmonized.

With this survey, we make an inventory of the demand and supply of services in the field of nanosafety. These will be matched and used to define expertise that is needed in daily practice. 

By contributing to this survey, you have a chance to give directions to the expertise that will be developed, ensuring that your needs and/or your services are covered.

You can further increase your influence by becoming a stakeholder in one of the focus networks  and - for your organization - as an Associated Partner of EC4safenano.

We kindly invite you to complete this survey and distribute it in your network.

Note that answering all questions will take approximately 20 minutes. It would be greatly appreciated if you can complete the survey by September 15, 2017.

The anonymized results of the survey will be shared with all respondents through distribution of a summary report. The following link will direct you to the survey:

http://ec4safenano-forms.weconext.eu/identifying-knowledge-tools-and-services-safely-manage-nanotechnology

Thank you for your valuable contribution!

Nanotechnology is one of six Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) in the current European industrial policy. An extensive European mandate M461 for developing standards on nanotechnology-related topics is under way.

In the frame of the M461 mandate, a second Open Meeting on (Standardisation for) Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials is organised by CEN/TC 352 "Nanotechnologies" in collaboration with CEN CENELEC Management Centre (CCMC), the European Commission (EC). The meeting will take place on the 20th of June 2017 in Malta.

The aim of the Meeting is to present progress of the work within mandate M461. The main CEN Technical Committees (TC) involved (TC 352 on Nanotechnologies, TC 195 on Air filters for general air cleaning, and TC 137 on Assessment of workplace exposure to chemical and biological agents), will show and explain their preliminary results. Poster sessions on standards under preparation will allow a direct dialogue between participants and experts.

Also a Round Table will be organized with practitioners, researchers and policy makers on e.g.:

• The role of standardisation in the acquisition of reliable nanomaterial data and in the curation of data into interoperable nanomaterial databases.
• How to anticipate and address risks raised by nanotechnologies?
• Needs for standardization in the framework of EMPIR or Horizon 2020.
• Applications of nanomaterials in control technology including nanofiber filters
• Application of control technologies in nanomaterial manufacturing plants

The discussion will also be focused on the overview of Research projects and their impact to the Standardization activities.

Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment will be addressed in collaboration with EC representatives.

The steering and organising committees are finalizing the programme and the venue in Malta, but we already invite you to save the date for this one-day meeting and circulate this document to your entire network.

This conference is open to everyone who registers in advance, and participation is free of charge. You will be informed when the registration starts.

For further information, please contact: Patrice CONNER, CEN/TC 352 Secretary,
 

The NanOEH2017 Conference is approaching. Five keynote speakers present themselves and their keynote on the conference website so please visit http://nanoeh2017.dk/scientific-program/keynote-speakers/.

Session overview and abstracts

Here you also find the preliminary program and a session overview – many of them already with a session abstract and the names and titles of two invited speakers http://nanoeh2017.dk/scientific-program/session-overview/.

Missing abstracts and invited speakers will be added.

The conference has 14 sessions with in total 48 open slots for oral presentations to be selected from the submitted abstracts. The organizing committee will evaluate the abstracts shortly after submission.

Please note that deadline for abstract submission is 28th February 2017, so if you aim for an oral presentation, please be sure to submit before the abstract deadline.

The deadline for Early Bird registration is 31th March 2017.

http://nanoeh2017.dk/

On October 27-28th 2016, Nano4Imaging organizes a two-day Workshop on Nanomedicine & Contrast agents for PhD students in projects ITERM and NanoMILE. The workshop is open for participants from industry and academia, and can host another 10 participants. The workshop focusses on the clinical importance of contrast agents, as well as the current toxicological problems with many of these agents. The workshop venue is the loverly Chateau Bethlehem Teaching Hotel Maastricht.  Speakers include Prof. Jelle Barentsz (Nijmegen), Prof. Fabian Kieslsing (Aachen), Dr Iseult Lynch(Birmingham).

Draft program (12.09.2016). More info on the workshop website.