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May 31–June 1, 2023
Online and L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, D.C.
The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), on behalf of the U.S. Government’s National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), invites you to participate in a public meeting to discuss the revision of the NNI’s 2011 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Research Strategy. Individuals, non-governmental organizations, academic and research institutions, and the private sector interested in the responsible development of nanotechnology are encouraged to attend and contribute to creating an updated EHS Research Strategy.
The NNI seeks feedback and perspectives on progress toward the goals set out in the NNI’s 2011 EHS Research Strategy and on remaining research gaps, new challenges, and opportunities. By involving the broadest cross section of stakeholders early in the process, the NNI hopes to prepare a fresh and durable strategic guide that is responsive to the continuing evolution of nanotechnology as an enabling technology. Additional opportunities to engage with the NNI’s EHS strategy refresh include responding to the Request for Information (RFI) published on April 5, 2023. The comment period for the RFI has been extended to 5 p.m. ET June 16, 2023. Information on the 2011 EHS Research Strategy is posted on the NNI website.
AGENDA
Day 1: May 31, 2023
| Time EDT | Session | Speakers/Panelists |
| 9 am – 9:15 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks | John Howard, Director of NIOSH Branden Brough, Director of the NNCO |
| 9:15 am – 9:30 am | Background to the Revision of the 2011 Strategy | Treye Thomas (CPSC) |
| 9:30 am – 10:30 am | Ethics in Nanoscience: Possible Lessons from the Biosciences Moderator: Vivian Ota Wang (NIH) | Keynote Speaker: Hank Greely (Stanford University) |
| 10:30 am – 10:40 am | BREAK | |
| 10:40 am – 10:45 am | Review of online platform for comments | Josh Porterfield (NNCO AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow) |
| 10:45 am – 12:45 pm | Session 1: Risk Assessment and Risk Management Methods, and Informatics and Modeling Research Areas Moderators: Jay Vietas (NIOSH) and Iris Camacho (EPA): Informatics and modeling (IM) Joanna Matheson (CPSC) | Invited Presenters: Phil Sayre (nanoAnalytics LLC & Consultant, Wiley Rein LLP (RAMM)), Mohammad Ali (Nanophase Technologies Corporation (RAMM)), Mark Wiesner (Duke University, U.S.-EU nanoEHS Communities of Research (COR) co-chair (RAMM)), Joana Sipe & Jaleesia Amos (Duke University (IM)) |
| 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm | LUNCH | |
| 1:45 pm – 3:45 pm | Nanomaterial Measurement Infrastructure and Environment Research Areas Moderators: Anil Patri (FDA), Elijah Petersen (NIST), Annette Guiseppi-Elie (EPA), and Vladimir Murashov (NIOSH) | Invited Presenters: Scott Brown (GlaxoSmithKline), Phil Demokritou (Rutgers University), and Monita Sharma (PETA Science Consortium International e.V.) |
| 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | WRAP-UP | Quinn Spadola; Deputy Director, NNCO |
Day 2: June 1, 2023
| Time EDT | Session | Speakers/Panelists |
| 8:45 am – 9 am | Introduction, Reminders, and Housekeeping | Branden Brough (NNCO) |
| 9 am – 9:45 am | Natural-Language Processing Approaches to Assess NanoEHS Research Trends Moderator: Quinn Spadola (Deputy Director, NNCO) | Keynote Presenters: Sagar Kamarthi, Sri Radhakrishnan |
9:45 am – 12:00 pm w/ a break around 11 am | Human Exposure Assessment and Human Health Research Areas Moderators: Treye Thomas (CPSC); Sri Nadadur (NIEHS), and Janet Carter (OSHA) | Invited Presenters: Rick Canady, (NeutralScience (HEA)), Linsey Marr (Virginia Tech (HEA)), Christie M. Sayes, (Baylor University, U.S.-EU nanoEHS COR co-chair (HH)) Andre Nel, (UCLA (HH)) |
| 12 pm – 1 pm | LUNCH | |
| 1 pm – 3 pm | Future Directions, with Reporting Out from Core Research Areas Moderator: Quinn Spadola | Invited Presenters: Jo Anne Shatkin (Vireo Advisors, LLC), Julie Zimmerman (Yale), and Greg Lowry (Carnegie Mellon University) |
| 3 pm – 3:15 pm | BREAK | |
| 3:15 pm – 4:45 pm | An Integrated Approach Moderators: Nora Savage (NSF) and Annie Jarabek (EPA) | Jordan Smith (Battelle Memorial Institute), Phoebe Stapleton (Rutgers University), Leanne Gilbertson (University of Pittsburgh) |
| 4:45 pm – 5:00 pm | WRAP-UP | Branden Brough, Director, NNCO Quinn Spadola, Deputy Director, NNCO |
SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS
Mohammad Ali |
Jaleesia Amos |
Scott Brown |
Rick Canady |
Phil Demokritou |
Leanne Gilbertson |
Hank Greely |
Sagar Kamarthi |
Greg Lowry |
Linsey Marr |
Andre Nel |
Srinivasan Radhakrishnan |
Christie M. Sayes |
Phil Sayre |
Monita Sharma |
JoAnne Shatkin |
Joana Sipe |
Jordan Smith |
Phoebe Stapleton |
Mark Wiesner |
Julie Zimmerman |
RESOURCES
- National Nanotechnology Initiative Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy (2011)
- Progress Review on the Coordinated Implementation of the National Nanotechnology Initiative 2011 Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy (2014)
- Highlights of Recent Research on the Environmental, Health, and Safety Implications of Engineered Nanomaterials (2017)
- A Look Back at the NNI’s Interagency NanoEHS Research Collaboration (2022)
- Federal Nanotechnology Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Investments, Extracted from the NNI’s Annual
Supplements to the President’s Budget, FY 2019–FY 2023
ABOUT
The Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications (NEHI) Working Group leads the NNI’s efforts to prepare an update to the NNI’s 2011 EHS Research Strategy. NEHI is a working group under the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on Technology. NNCO conducts public engagement on behalf of the NNI and provides technical and administrative support to the NSET Subcommittee and the interagency nanotechnology community.
For further information, contact:
Rhema Bjorkland
