2019 NanoEHS CORs Workshop Will Be Held in October

The 2019 U.S.-European Union (EU) NanoEHS Communities of Research (COR) Workshop will take place October 15-16, 2019, at the Europole de l’Arbois in Aix en Provence, France.  The workshop is organized by the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) and the European Commission (EC).  The agenda for the October 2018 Bridging NanoEHS Research Efforts Joint Workshop and the following presentations are available:

• Carlos Eduardo Lima da Cunha, EC, “EU Research Strategy: Nanotechnologies and Advanced Materials Now, 2020, and beyond — Delivering Safe Nanotechnology”;
• Treye Thomas, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), “Quantifying Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials from Manufactured Products: QEEN II — Workshop Summary”;
• Christie M. Sayes, Ph.D., Baylor University, “The Current State of NanoEHS Science, An Overview”;
• Vicki Stone, Heriot-Watt University, “Current State of NanoEHS — an overview”;
• Alison Elder, University of Rochester, “Human Health-Relevant Effects of ENMs: Priorities for Addressing Knowledge Gaps”;
• Janeck Scott-Fordsmand, Aarhus University, “How the Potential Risks Associated with Engineered Nanomaterials are Assessed and Managed;”
• Eileen D Kuempel, Ph.D., the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)/Nanotechnology Research Center (NTRC), “NIOSH’s Progress towards Developing a Categorical Approach to Nanomaterials Risk Assessment and Developing the Database”; and
• Christine Ogilvie Hendren, Duke University, and Dr. Janeck Scott-Fordsmand, Aarhus University, “Nano-Cipher Activity.”