Conference Handbook (introduction and biosketchs)

Registration (9.00-09.45)

Opening & welcome (09.45-10.00)

• Guido Frigessi di Rattalma, AIRI/Nanotec IT
• Velio Macellari, Istituto Superiore Sanità
  

Governing nanotechnologies (10.00 -11.00)

The future of Nano-industries in the European Union:
why implementing the Nanotechnology Governance Continuum is critical
Francoise Roure, Ministere de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Emploi (France) and
OECD – Working Party on Nanotechnologies (WPN
(click to download)

The FramingNano Governance Platform
Elvio Mantovani, AIRI/Nanotec IT

Activities toward a responsible development of nanotechnologies (11.20 – 12.30)

Potential health effects of nanomaterials
Loredana Musmeci, Dep. of Environment and Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Velio Macellari, Dep. of Technology and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Occupational, safety and health (OSH) issues in nanotechnologies
Sergio Iavicoli, National Institute of Occupational Prevention and Safety (ISPESL)

Emerging risks of nanotechnologies in the occupational settings
Giuseppe Castellet y Ballarà, Italian Workers' Compensation Authority (INAIL)

Nanoregulation: the approach of a chemical industry
Virginio Sarto, BASF Italia

Discussion (12.30 – 13.30)

Conference closing (13.30) and light lunch

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