2015 Agenda and Presentations

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Thursday, 12th March, 2015

8:30 – 9:00 Registration

Session 1: Welcome Remarks & Goals – Moderator Georgios Katalagarianakis

9:00 – 9:05 Words of Welcome
Antonio Marcomini, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
9:05 – 9:15 U.S. Opening Statement
Chris Cannizzaro, U.S. Department of State
9:15 – 9:25 EU Opening Statement 
Elke Anklam, JRC-IRMM European Commission
9:25 – 9:40 Purpose and Goals of the 2015 Workshop – slides
Georgios Katalagarianakis, DG Research and Innovation
9:40 – 10:15 Facilitated Discussion and Instructions for Breakout Sessions

 Session 2: NanoEHS Scrimmage – Moderator Treye Thomas

10:15 – 10:30 Introduction to NanoScrimmage – slides
Mark Wiesner, Duke University
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break & Transition to NanoEHS Scrimmage Room
10:50 – 12:00 NanoEHS Scrimmage Activity
12:00 – 13:00 NanoEHS Scrimmage Plenary #1:
Convene for facilitated discussion, led by a U.S.-EU COR leadership member who would have been floating throughout multiple CORs to observe.  This is designed to highlight successes, surprising results, etc.
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

 Session 3: COR breakouts (full afternoon) – Moderator Nicolas Segebarth

14:00 – 14:20 NanoEHS Scrimmage Plenary #2:
Announce winners of NanoEHS Scrimmage
14:20 – 14:30 Transition to Breakout Session Rooms
14:30 – 16:00 First Breakout
Databases and Computational Modeling for NanoEHS

  • Discussion Leaders:
    Barry Hardy, Douglas Connect
    Nathan Hodas, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Human Toxicity

  • Discussion Leaders:
    Yoram Cohen, University of California, Los Angeles
    Robert Rallo, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
  • Discussant:
    Tina Bahadori, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Speaker:
    Dario Greco, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

EcoToxicity

  • Discussion Leaders:
    Henriette Selck, Roskilde University – slides
    Elijah Petersen,  National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Speakers:
    Jason White, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station – slides
    Claus Svendsen, Natural Environment Research Council – Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
    Phil Sayre – slides
  • Rapporteur:
    Teresa Fernandes

Risk Management and Control

  • Discussion Leaders:
    Lawrence Gibbs, Stanford University
    Tom van Teunenbroek, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
  • Speaker:
    Camilla Pease, ENVIRON – slides
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 Second Breakout
Exposure

  • Discussion Leaders:
    Richard Canady, International Life Sciences Institute
    Martie van Tongeren, Institute of Occupational Medicine

Risk Assessment

  • Discussion Leaders:
    Derk Brouwer, TNO: Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
    Mark Wiesner, Duke University
    Janeck Scott-Fordsmand, Aarhus University

Characterization – slides

  • Discussion Leaders:
    Anil Patri, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
    Kenneth Dawson, University College
18:00 – 18:10 Transition to Plenary Room

 

18:10 Wrap-up Day 1 and Adjourn
Nicolas Segebarth, DG Research and Innovation
19:00  Social Dinner (at own costs)

 

Friday, 13th March, 2015

8:40 – 9:00 Quality assurance for the characterisation of nanomaterials and implementation of labelling requirements for food and consumer products – slides
Elke Anklam, Director JRC-IRMM European Commission

 

 Session 4: COR Breakout Reports – Moderator Georgios Katalagarianakis

10 min + 2 min questions each (1h25 min total) 

9:00 – 10:25 EcoToxicity COR – slides
U.S. co-chair: Elijah Petersen, National Institute of Standards and Technology
EU co-chair: Henriette Selck, Roskilde University
Human Toxicity COR – slides
U.S. co-chair: Yoram Cohen, University of California, Los Angeles
EU co-chair: Robert Rallo, Universitat Rovira l Virgili
Databases and Computational Modeling for NanoEHS COR – slides
U.S. co-chair: Nathan Hodas, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
EU co-chair: Barry Hardy, Douglas Connect
Exposure through Product Life COR – slides
U.S. co-chair: Richard Canady, International Life Sciences Institute
EU co-chair: Martie van Tongeren, Institute of Occupational Medicine
Risk Assessment COR – slides
U.S. co-chair: Derk Brouwer, TNO: Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
EU co-chair: Mark Wiesner, Duke University
Risk Management and Control COR
U.S. co-chair: Lawrence Gibbs, Stanford University
EU co-chair: Tom van Teunenbroek, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
Characterisation COR – slides
U.S. co-chair: Anil Patri, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
EU co-chair: Kenneth Dawson, University College Dublin
10:25 – 11:00 Coffee Break

 Session 5: Research Strategies – Moderator Treye Thomas

11:00 – 11:15 U.S. Progress Review on the Coordinated Implementation of the NNI 2011 EHS Research Strategyslides
Treye Thomas, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
11:15 – 11:30 Research Needs and Data Gaps – slides
Tina Bahadori, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
11:30 – 11:45 EU Regulatory Research Roadmap – slides
Tom van Teunenbroek, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
11:45 – 12:00 EU Closer to the Market Roadmap – slides
Kai Savolainen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

 

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch

 Session 6: Collaborations and Funding Opportunities – Moderator Chris Cannizzaro

13:30 – 13:45 U.S. Funding Opportunities – slides
Srikanth Nadadur, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
13:45 – 14:00 U.S. Funding Opportunities – slides
Nora Savage, National Science Foundation
14:00 – 14:15 NANoREG Progress Report & NANoREG II
Tom van Teunenbroek, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment – slides
James Baker, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment – slides
14:15 – 14:30 EU Funding Opportunities
Nicolas Segebarth, DG Research and Innovation – slides
Karl Hoehener, Temas AG – slides
14:30 – 15:00 Discussion
15:00 Wrap up for Day 2 and Concluding Remarks 
Georgios Katalagarianakis, DG Research and Innovation
Lisa Friedersdorf, U.S. National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
15:15 Closure of the Meeting

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