Environmentally Sustainable Use of Manufactured Nanomaterials

The workshop is planned to become a public and international event dealing with issues from the field of life-cycle aspects of manufactured nanomaterials, potential positive and negative impact on the environment and health of certain nano-enabled applications at different stages of development according to the scope of the WPMN Steering Group 9 (SG9) on Environmentally Sustainable Use of Manufactured Nanomaterials.

The topics will be covered by short presentations of internationally recognized experts coming from governments, industries and the scientific community as outlined in the preliminary program enclosed. The presentations will be supplemented by plenary discussions and breakout sessions (on invitation only). The discussions are planned in such a way that an extensive exchange of opinion will be possible.

The major goal of the event is to come up with stimulating contributions, which will contribute to the international consensus building on the above-mentioned issues.

This workshop aims at bringing together the members of the OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN), especially those participating in SG9, as well as representatives from national governments, European Community, institutes working on life-cycle assessments, industry and the broader scientific community.