Prévention du risque chimique

The Virtual Conference remains aimed at personnel from research and academic institutions as well as from industry, government agencies, and other relevant organisations interested in:

• Nanotechnology.
• Hazard and risk assessment of nanomaterials and advanced materials, and their governance.
• Alternative methods for nanomaterial hazard testing, release and exposure.
• Safe(r) by design (SbD) of nanomaterials and advanced materials.

Nanotechnology refers to a wide range of technologies and materials that create, manipulate, or use particles that are extremely small and have dimensions roughly between 1 and 100 nanometres (nm). A nanometre is 1 billionth of a metre. Most research and studies have concentrated on nanomaterials with at least one dimension of less than 100 nm.

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) will co-organise with the Global Coalition for Regulatory Science Research (GCRSR) the Global Summit on Regulatory Science 2019 (GSRS19), 24-26 September 2019.

The focus will be on topics in Nanotechnology related to advances in standards, medical products/drugs, medical devices, food, cosmetic (personal care) products and the emerging pollutant nanoplastics.

Nanotechnology is the study and application of phenomena and materials at atomic, molecular and macromolecular scales, where properties differ significantly from those at a larger scale.

Through research, development and innovation, publications and patents are being published and products developed with nanotechnology at their core. Novel nano-based materials are finding applications in areas including health, energy, photonics, manufacturing and information and communications technologies.