2013 Presentations

Monday, December 2, 2013

Session 1: Welcome Remarks

Words of Welcome, Mihail C. Roco (U.S. National Science Foundation)

Purpose and Goals of the 2013 Workshop, Chris Cannizzaro (U.S. Department of State & Chair of GIN Working Group)

Session 2: NanoEHS Research Priorities

Overview of Nanosafety in Europe 2015 – 2025, Kai Savolainen (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health)

Overview of the 2011 NNI EHS Research Strategy, Treye Thomas (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission & Co-Chair of NEHI Working Group)

Session 3:Bridging NanoEHS Research Efforts

International Dimensions of NSF Projects, Alan Tessier (U.S. National Science Foundation)

Research in Environment, Health, and Safety of Nanotechnology and Sustainable Nanotechnology, Barbara Karn (U.S. National Science Foundation)

Horizon 2020, Nicolas Segebarth (DG Research and Innovation, European Commission)

Communities of Research (CORs), Stacey Standridge (U.S. National Nanotechnology Coordination Office)

Cross-COR Information Flow, Mark Hoover (U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

Breakout Sessions

Databases & Ontologies COR

Nanotechnology Knowledge Infrastructure Signature Initiative, Mark Hoover (U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

Nano Exposure & Contextual Information Database (NECID), Carsten Mohlmann (Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA))

NanoMaterial Registry, Alexander Tropsha (RTI International)

eNanoMapper, Egon Willighagen (Maastricht University)

NanoSafety Cluster Database Working Group, Egon Willighagen (Maastricht University)

Exposure through Product Life COR

COR Overview, Richard Canady (ILSI Research Foundation) & Martie van Tongeren (Institute of Occupational Medicine)

Exposure along the Value Chain of Nano Products, Jean-Yves Bottero (CEREGE)

Aging and Transformations of Nanoparticles Relevant to Product Use, Denise Mitrano (EMPA)

Predictive Modeling for Human Health COR

COR Overview, Bengt Fadeel (Karolinska Institute)

Systems Biology Approaches for Studying Toxicity, Francesco Falciani (Centre for Computational Biology and Modelling, University of Liverpool)

Structure-Activity Relationships for Nanomaterials, Robert Rallo (Universitat Rovira i Virgili)

Effects of Nanomaterials on Human Health – Animal Models, Anna Shvedova (U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

Omics Approaches in Nanosafety Research – Prediction of Toxicity and Susceptibility Pathways, Brian Thrall (Center for Nanotoxicology, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Ecotoxicity Testing & Predictive Models COR

Progress on Nano Ecotoxicology: An Overview, Richard Handy (Ecotoxicology Research and Innovation Centre, University of Plymouth)

The Use of Systems Biology by the US-EU CORs, Richard Handy (Ecotoxicology Research and Innovation Centre, University of Plymouth)

Risk Assessment COR

NanoSafety Cluster Working Group 5 – Risk, Lang Tran (Institute of Occupational Medicine)

Overview of NRC Report: Research Progress on Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials, Mark Weisner (Duke University)

Risk Management & Control COR

COR Overview, Lawrence Gibbs (Stanford University)

Nanotechnology & OESH Good Practices – A Global Approach to Harmonization, Donald Ewert (nanoTox)

The Need for International Harmonization of Nanotechnology Laws, Ilise Feitshans (Institute for Work and Health, University of Lausanne)

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Session 4: COR Reports and Discussion

Databases & Ontologies

Co-Chair: Nathan Baker (Pacific Northwest National Laboratories)

Co-Chair: Hubert Rauscher (DG Joint Research Centre, European Commission)

Predictive Modeling for Human Health

Chair: Bengt Fadeel (Karolinska Institute)

Ecotoxicity Testing & Predictive Models

Chair: Richard Handy (Plymouth University)

Exposure through Product Life

Co-Chair: Rick Canady (ILSI Research Foundation)

Co-Chair: Martie van Tongeren (Institute of Occupational Medicine)

Risk Assessment

Co-Chair: Derk Brouwer (Organisation for Applied Scientific Research)

Co-Chair: Mark Wiesner (Duke University)

Presenter: Christine Hendren (Duke University)

Risk Management & Control

Co-Chair: Keld Alstrup Jensen (Danish National Research Centre for the Working Environment)

Co-Chair: Larry Gibbs (Stanford University)

Session 5: Roundtable Discussion – Connecting the CORs to Other Efforts

The NANoREG Project, Keld Alstrup Jensen (Danish National Research Centre for the Working Environment)

OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN), Phil Sayre (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Linking Research Outputs to Standardization Bodies for Innovation Objectives – the Case of FP7 CSA nanoSTAIR, Emeric Frejafon (French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks – INERIS)

Standardization, Ajit Jillavenkatesa (U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology)

ERA-NET SIINN – Consolidated Framework for EHS of Manufactured Nanomaterials, Rainer Hagenbeck (Project Management Agency Jülich, Coordinator of ERA-NET SIINN)

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