Innovation Alliance Carbon Nanotubes: Innovation for industry and society

In the last few years, applications involving carbon nanotubes (CNT) have been experiencing enormous growth because of the material’s unique properties. They can be used to produce completely new types of materials with spectacular characteristics. To exploit this potential to the full, the Innovation Alliance CNT (Inno.CNT) has been created with the support of Germany's Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF).

The overall aim of the initiative is to establish a key market for the technology of carbon nanotubes in Germany, which will serve as a global leader in the field of innovative carbon nanomaterials. For this purpose, a large group of around 80 expert partners from industry and science have joined forces to form a strong, interdisciplinary innovation alliance known as Inno.CNT. More details of this alliance are given on the following page

More informations: www.inno-cnt.de

International Congress on Safety of Engineered Nanoparticles and Nanotechnologies

Date:
Sun, 2012-10-28 - Wed, 2012-10-31
Location:
Helsinki
Country:
Finland
Website:
http://www.ttl.fi/senn2012

The goal of the SENN2012 Congress is to summarize and share the latest knowledge on the safety of engineered nanomaterials and nano-related technologies. The emphasis is on producing solutions to the safety challenges related to engineered nanomaterials and nanotechnologies. Another aim is to enable commercial opportunities for the safe use of these materials and technologies.

On February 8 and 9, 2012, the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) is holding a scientific conference on the health risk assessment of nanosilver. The aim of the conference is to provide an overview of the current scientific state regarding the production and application of nanosilver in consumer products and food. Therefore, all major aspects will be taken into account like identity, analytical characterisation and exposure, toxicology, bacterial resistance and biocidal efficacy, risk assessment and data gaps.

Ewa Lockard

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently posted a document entitled Guidance to Facilitate Decisions for Sustainable Nanotechnology.