| 800am -
850am |
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Meeting Registrations,
coffee & pastries |
| 850am -
900am |
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Welcome & Logistics: Nancy Bonnevie &
John Williams |
|
900am - 920am |
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Nanotechnology primer
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- Terminology
- Basic principles: definitions, types, & characteristics
- Applications: hype versus hope & prospects for growth
- Overview of manufacturing processes: bottom up & top down
|
| 920am - 1000am |
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Fate and transport in the environment |
- Mechanisms determining fate and transport
- Possible exposures: potential for exposure based on mass balance
- Case study: nano silver
|
| 1000am - 1015am |
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Break |
| 1015am - 1115am |
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Context for risk assessment |
- Framework for assessing risks
- Adopting a life cycle approach in risk assessment
- Nano LCRA - An Adaptive Risk Framework
- Comprehensive Environmental Assessment
- Environmental Defense - DuPont
|
| 1115am - 1200pm |
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Potential ecological effects
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- Analysis of nanomaterials & implications for risk assessment
- Results of research into ecological effects
|
| 1200pm - 100pm |
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Luncheon buffet |
| 100pm -
145pm |
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Potential risks to human health |
- Factors affecting nanoparticle toxicity
- Possible effects of inhalation
- Possible effects of dermal absorption
- Case study: carbon nanotubes
- Case study: nano titanium dioxide
|
| 145pm - 215pm |
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Regulatory developments |
- Emerging regulatory programs in the U.S.
- European initiatives: i.e., REACH
|
| 215pm - 230pm |
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Break |
| 230pm - 315pm |
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NGO and consumer perspective |
| 315pm -
345pm |
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Environmental remediation |
- Nano zero valent iron
- Survey of other developing technologies
- Balancing risks and rewards
|
| 345pm -
400pm |
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Summary and conclusions |
* Durations of certain segments may be adjusted based on final course
materials and/or participants' interests. |
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