NANOSAFETY HUB MEETING

March 23rd, 2007
Brussels (Belgium)

DIAMANT Conference & Business Centre
Bd A. Reyerslaan 80, 1030 Brussels

 

Agenda

(ver. 23.03.2007)

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9.30 – 10.00

Registration

  

  

10.00 – 11.00

Welcome & Opening – General information
(Chairperson: O. Salvi, INERIS – EU-VRi)

 

·          General Presentation of ETPIS, Olivier SALVI, INERIS (France)

·          Presentation of the HUB NANOSAFETY, Frédéric SCHUSTER, CEA (France)

·          Perspectives in FP7: Improve the Competitiveness of Industry in Europe, Georges KATALAGARIANAKIS, European Commission, Brussels (Belgium)

·          Importance of safety of nanomaterials for the EC, Pilar AGUAR , Per Martin SCHMIDT, European Commission, Brussels (Belgium)

  

  

  

11.00 – 12.00

Sharing information in the field of NANO SAFETY
(Chairperson: A. Boenke, DG ENTRE)

 

·          State of the art related to toxicity aspects of nanoparticles, Georges BOCZKOWSKI, INSERM (France)

·          Nanoparticle monitoring: state of the art and development strategies, François TARDIF, CEA (France)

·          State of the art in the field of secured integrated processes, Christophe GOEPFERT, CILAS (France)

·          Societal and environmental aspects , Jacques BOUILLARD, INERIS (France)

 

 

 

12.00 – 13.00

Lunch break

  

  

13.00 – 14.00

Invited talks and discussion
(Chairperson: A. Jovanovic, EU-VRi)

 

·          NANOTOXICO - Toxicological study of various types of nanoparticules of industrial use, Olivier TOUSSAINT, University of Namur (FUNDP), Research Unit on Cellular Biology (URBC) (Belgium)

·          NanoCare (BMBF funded project), Robert LANDSIEDEL, BASF (Germany)

·          INOS - Identification and Evaluation of risks of nanoscaled particles (BMBF Project), Volkmar RICHTER, Fraunhofer Institut fuer keramische Technologien und Systeme (Germany)

·          Discussion

  

  

  

14.00 – 14.45

Presentation of European project concerning nanosafety aspects

(Chairperson: G. Katalagarianakis, DG RTD)

 

·          Nanosafe 2, Frédéric SCHUSTER, CEA (France)

·          NANOSH, Lea PYLKKÄNEN, Institute of Occupational Health (Finland)

  

  

14.45 – 15.15

Coffee break

  

  

15.15 – 17.00

Presentation of new cooperative proposals (5 to 10 min/project)

(Chairpersons: F. Schuster, CEA and J. Bouillard, INERIS)

 

·          Activities of EU-VRi in the area of nanotechnologies, risk and public health, Snezana JOVANOVIC, Aleksandar JOVANOVIC, Advanced Risk Technologies/EU-VRi Management Office (Germany)

·          Nanocycle, Francois TARDIF, CEA (France)

·          NanoFate - Environmental effects of spreading manufactured nanoparticles. Fate, exposure and risks. Erik JONER, Bioforsk Soil and Environment (Norway)

·          NANOP - NANOPATHOLOGY 2, Antonietta. GATTI, Laboratorio dei Biomateriali, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Italy)

·          NANOWALL - Creation on a horizontal industrial network for production of nanopowders , Frédérik CAMBIER, CRIF (Belgium)

·          Nanoparticles and environmental risks, Volkmar RICHTER, Fraunhofer Institut fuer keramische Technologien und Systeme (Germany)

·          Nanobadge, Neil WRIGHT, C-Tech Innovation (UK)

·          Coordination Action Nanocosafe, Neil WRIGHT, C-Tech Innovation (UK)

·          Nanex2 (NANEX merging with NANOWORKS), Norbert EISENREICH, Fraunhofer Institut für Chemische Technologie (ICT), Germany

·          GENEPI, Frédéric SCHUSTER, CEA (France)

·          Final discussion and Roadmaping

 

  

  

17.00

End of the meeting

  

  

NOTES:

1.   REGISTRATION:
go to http://euvri.risk-technologies.com/events/?EventID=3; web-registration is the only foreseen way to register – please register as early as possible in order to help successful planning and organization of the event!

2.   PARTICIPATION FEE:
The fee of 100 € is foreseen for the coverage of costs related to the organization, the venue and catering. The payment is to be made cash at the registration.

 

 

Venue

DIAMANT Conference & Business Centre
Bd A. Reyerslaan 80, 1030 Brussels

  

ACCESS

BY CAR

 

Coming from the E40 or E19


Follow the RO - RING direction Brussel-Zaventem-Luik-Leuven-NamenAt the exit Zaventem airport, take the A201 direction Brussel-Evere-Zaventem. Follow right direction Brussel-Evere, you will pass by the Diegem Industryzone. Keep on your left and keep following Brussel-Evere. Keep straight ahead, you will see the NATO on your left, at the stoplights at the NATO, keep going straight ahead, follow this road untill you arrive at the Boulevard Général Wahis (you can't continue). Here you take left direction MEISER-Brussel Centrum, you'll cross the Meiser Square at your right. You are now at the Boulevard Reyers and you can already see the Diamant Building at the other side of the road .Keep -extremely-right, next to the bridge and also next to the tunnel (Diamant is indicated here). At the stoplights under the bridge, take left en cross the road. You are now at the good side of the Boulevard Reyers and just few metes of the Diamant Building. You can park your car in the underground parking, which you can enter right next to the buidling (this is indicated)

Coming from the E40 - Luik/Liège

Take exit 18, before the tunnels. You will be at the back side of the Diamant Building. Follow the Kolonel Bourgstreet until the cross point with the Boulevard Reyers. Take right, and a few meters further you can enter the underground parking (this is indicated).

  

Coming from vanuit Antwerpen via de A12


Follow the A12 direction Brussel-LakenFollow left direction Van Praet - Centrum ( you will pass the Japanese Tower and the Chinese Pavilion) At the end of this road you go straight ahead at the stoplights (next to a Texaco gas station), and than take left at the next stoplights direction Brussel Nationaal-Ter Kameren-European Institutes. You arrive at the Boulevard Lambertmont (watch out ! at the beginning of the boulevard : straight ahead and not left) this boulevard will proceed as Boulevard General Wahis. You follow this road (next to the tram rails) untill the Meiser Square, wich you cross at your right. You are now at the Boulervard Reyers and you can already see the Diamant Building at the other side of the road . Keep -extremely-right, next to the bridge and also next to the tunnel (Diamant is indicated here).At the stoplights under the bridge, take left en cross the road. You are now at the good side of the Boulverad Reyers and just few metres of the Diamant Building.You can park your car in the underground parking, wich you can enter right next to the buidling (this is indicated)

  

PUBLIC TRANSPORT / TAXI

  

From the Central Station


Take the metro 1B direction Stokkel, get off at the station Montgomery, there you take tram 23 (direction Heisel) or 90 (direction Rogier) untill the Diamant station. Here you take the exit "RTBF/VRT". If you leave the station, you are at the Boulevard Reyers. Take right direction VRT , cross the Kolonel Bourgstreet and you arrive at the Diamant Building

From the airport


By taxi: 10 min

By bus: line 20, stop at "Diamant". Take right direction VRT , cross the Kolonel Bourgstreet and you arrive at the Diamant Building