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NEWSLETTER
04/2015
December 2015
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Editorial
News
New staff
BioNanoNet office has moved
BioNanoNet Christmas break
Save the date: BioNanoNet Strategy Meeting, General Meeting and BioNanoNet 10th
anniversary 2016
Federal Government Austria invites to idea competition "Open Innovation"
Success stories
4th NANoREG newsletter published
Retrospect
R2R Biofluidics – Meeting of the General Board
EU Brokerage Event on KETs* in Horizon 2020
M-Solv Ltd company visit
ETP-Nanomedicine – Annual Meeting
Systems Biology in Nanosafety Research Conference
6th NANoREG Consortium Meeting
NanoTech Italy
MIOMI School Workshops
Nanodiode Governance Workshop
7th Meeting of the Austrian Nano Information Commission (NIK)
Conference calendar Finally
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Our next BioNanoNet newsletter will be published in March 2016. BioNanoNet partners are invited to send their contributions
by 10th of March 2016!
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Editorial - Contemporary issues from the network
Dear ladies, dear gentlemen,
“Another year passed” …, it was the first in our new organisational structure. The financial
year ending on October 31st 2015, was very intensive and challenging – nevertheless it was
successful. The association BioNanoNet as owner of the BioNanoNet GmbH gave a very
clear and well developed strategic roadmap for the operative implementation. Several
success stories could be achieved i.e. in the project-acquisition for our members, new
members joined BioNanoNet association, and the cooperation with and in between our
members and supporting organizations could be strengthened by the activities and
initiatives throughout the year. The success of a collaboration depends on the activity of
each partner – your activity. Hence, we want to say “thank you again”– to all our members
and partners – for your continuous collaboration, the high-quality scientific work and
excellent contributions which helped further shaping the profile of the thematic focus
groups.
BioNanoNet usually works in the background and needs your feedback to continuously im-
prove our service and offerings. Due to this it is very important that you directly tell us what
needs to be optimized as well as activities you see important and useful supporting your
work. We learned and want to learn from you and from the experiences we made in the fo-
cus group meetings and strategy workshops, and we will implement these findings in our
future events and of course in our next strategy meeting.
Finally, it is our pleasure to invite all BioNanoNet members to participate at our BioNanoNet
Strategy & Networking Event including the General Meeting of the BioNanoNet
Association which will take place on 15th of September 2016 in Graz. Furthermore it will be
our 10 years anniversary which we will also celebrate with you at this day and we hope to
be able to welcome you at this special event.
Merry Christmas and a joyful, successful and healthy New Year!
Sincerely,
BioNanoNet-team
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BioNanoNet news
BioNanoNet Staff
It is our pleasure to introduce our new BioNanoNet employee to you!
Angelika Halbedl-Herrich has been part of the BioNanoNet team since mid of October
2015. She assists the BioNanoNet office. Mrs. Halbedl-Herrich can be reached at the
phone number +43 699 155 266 10 and at the email address angelika.halbedl-
BioNanoNet office has moved!
The BioNanoNet office has a new location. We moved from Elisabethstraße 11a to
Elisabethstraße 20/2 on the other side of the street. Visitors arriving by car can still park at
Elisabethstraße 11a.
We are looking forward to your visit!
Your BioNanoNet team
Mag.a Dr.in Angelika Halbedl-Herrich
Secretary
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BioNanoNet Christmas break
The BioNanoNet office has closed from 21st of December 2015 until 6th of January 2016!
Save the date: BioNanoNet Strategy Meeting, General Meeting and 10 years Anniversary
The BioNanoNet Strategy Meeting, the Meeting of the Advisory Board and our 10th
BioNanoNet anniversary will take place on Thursday, 15th of September 2016 in Graz (all-
day event). Please save this date!
The BioNanoNet team is looking forward to your participation!
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Federal Government Austria invites to the idea competition "Open Innovation"
The challenges of our time require new approaches that allow us to think outside the box.
Austria's Federal Government offers an open innovation strategy to connect with the citi-
zens.
Open innovation means opening the innovation process. Ideas and impulses can be con-
tributed to specific issues (for example "sharing economy"). This allows solutions to prob-
lems, suggestions for improvement or new services to be jointly developed and evolved.
The Federal Government Austria therefore invites to participate in the idea competition
"Open Innovation". Each interested lateral thinker can submit, comment and rate ideas until
January 18, 2016.
For more details please go to www.openinnovation.at.
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BioNanoNet success stories
4th NANoREG Newsletter is available now!
Feel free to download the newsletter!
List of contents:
Editorial
Outstanding results from NANoREG`s scientific work packages
NICC-meeting
GALANT – The first Safety Value Chain Case Study in NANoREG
The new NANoREG Safe-by-Design Document
ProSafe: win-win-situation by interaction between ProSafe-NANoREG
NanoReg2: Development and implementation of Grouping and Safe-by-Design ap-
proaches within regulatory frameworks
Joint Seminar on NanoSafety
Impression of the Task Leaders Workshop
Impression of the 6th NANoREG Consortium Meeting
NANoREG Factsheets
NANoREG Events
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BioNanoNet retrospect
R2R Biofluidics – Meeting of the General Board
When? 29 September – 1 October 2015
Where? Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
After the Kick-off meeting in February 2015 in Graz, the R2R Biofluidics consortium met
again at the premises of Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
Project coordinator Dr. Stefan Köstler from JOANNEUM RESEARCH MATERIALS – Insti-
tute for surface technologies and photonics welcomed all attendees followed by a short pro-
ject overview and an introduction of project reviewer Prof. Dr.in Silvia Schintke. Each partner
presented their progress/highlights made during the first 8 months of the project followed by
a discussion about the former results and planned future work of the R2R Biofluidics pro-
ject. On the second meeting day, the project partners focused on work package discussions
in order to define next activities and action points for the upcoming months.
The project R2R-Biofluidics aims on the development of a complete process chain for first-
time realization of production lines for two selected bioanalytical lab-on-chip devices (e.g.;
in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) chip and a neuron based high-throughput screening assay) based
on high throughput R2R nanoimprinting in combination with complementary printing and
manufacturing technologies. BioNanoNet is responsible for the evaluation of potential haz-
ards and safety issues as well as regulatory issues, and is closely working together with
Tecnalia Research & Innovation, which carries out biocompatibility and cytotoxicity studies
of the coating and resist materials used in the project following the protocols described in
the ISO 10993 standard. Moreover, BioNanoNet is responsible for the day-to-day manage-
ment of the whole project.
The overall aim by BioNanoNet’s nanosafety team is to ensure that all aspects of the in-
volved processes will be conform to the “Safe by Design” concept for the technological de-
velopment. The reports on safety screenings along the development processes (WP3-WP5)
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and demonstrators (WP7-WP8) will be consolidated towards an overall report on "Evidence
of R2R-Biofluidics products safety”. BioNanoNet set out the progress made in implementing
its safety strategy and objectives regarding the safety issues and assessment of resist ma-
terials/formulations and coating processes for R2R imprinting, which will later be included in
an executive safety summary report that will be extracted from the overall report and will be
disseminated to public audience. This document provides a nano-related safety guidance to
industry and other stakeholders (e.g., academia, other regulatory groups) and is intended to
assist in identifying the potential safety and regulatory issues during the production of mi-
crofluidic lab-on-chip devices.
For more details about R2R Biofluidics please visit the project website!
The R2R Biofluidics consortium at the premises of Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Donostia-San Sebastián on October 1st, 2015
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Workshop on EU-U.S. and International Cooperation at the EU Brokerage Event on KET in Horizon 2020
When? 1 October 2015
Where? Strasbourg, France
Under the scope of the BILAT USA 2.0, EU-U.S. and International Cooperation work-
shop has been organized by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) within
the “EU Brokerage Event on KET1 in Horizon 2020”, on 1 October 2015 in Strasbourg.
The overall goal of this workshop is to exchange of knowledge on European and U.S. cut-
ting edge research and innovation capacities on the specific topics of the Nanotechnology
based on the (draft) work programme 2016-2017 of the H2020. The workshop also aimed
to identify the common interests based on existing cooperation activities and facilitating new
collaborations within the Horizon 2020.
After opening remarks from Professor Savolainen, Mrs. Clara de la Torre, the director of
Key Enabling Technologies (KET) at the European Commission welcomed the session par-
ticipants. In her speech she emphasized the Commissioner Moedas’s 3 Os: Open innova-
tion, Open science and Opening to the world.
After outlining the major areas of H2020 she focused on the KET 2016-2017work pro-
gramme and indicated that manufacturing is on the backbone of the work programme as
being the biggest user and demander of the Key Enabling Technologies. She also empha-
sized the “impact” as one of the major areas in proposal evaluation.
As opening to the world is one of the 3 goals of the H2020, Mrs. de la Torre indicated that
international cooperation is not only about funding, but more about exchanging knowledge
and experience and tackle the grand challenges of the century together. She also indicated
that regulations do not refer to certain territory but rather scientific base on common stand-
ards. She ended her speech by saying that scientists are ambassadors and it is worth to
working together.
1 Focus on Key Enabling Technologies,- nanotechnologies, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing and processing
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Major Discussions & Outcomes
The most critical issue in nanosafety area is uncertainty and building trust in industry. If the
industry knows the regulatory landscape is safe, then they are encouraged to make invest-
ments. International cooperation is therefore very important for nanosafety because of
providing a single approach for all industry and for policy makers rather than each national
center having different regulations. This global approach certainly reduces the uncertainty.
US-EU Nano EHS Communities of Research (CoRs) have been working since 2012. How-
ever, there are some challenges such as lack of incentives for researchers working in
these CoRs. It is recommended to develop sufficient incentives, such as organizing work-
shops and providing travel grants to bring researchers together, encouraging young scien-
tists to work together with others and produce joint publications. Therefore cooperation with
projects like BILAT USA 2.0 or any other support actions are very valuable and provide
these opportunities.
What is unique with the US NCL is they just do not provide the data but also provide sup-
port to companies for defending the data and getting venture capital.
Under environmental health and safety issues there are relatively less concern on IPR,
which facilitates international collaboration.
The most important added value of US participation in the EUNCL Network is standardiza-
tion of methods and how it is used in the regulatory. They also facilitate the communication
between FDA and EMEA through NCL and EUNCL. Common protocol (between EU and
US) creates confidence in industry.
Lack of (automatic) EU funding for US researchers and some specific legal issues (such as
Grant agreement) can be very challenging for the potential US partners. In order to tackle
this barrier BILAT USA 2.0 referred to co-funding instruments that some other international
partner countries such as China and Russia have been using as example. Also better ad-
justment of the timing of the calls (at the EU level-H2020 and in the U.S) can also support
joint collaboration efforts. Nevertheless participants agreed that coming together help to
understand each other. Funding is important though as 2nd step.
BioNanoNet was referred by some of the speakers as a potential contact with regard to
‘Closer to the market“-Roadmap-initiative of NanoSafetyCluster. BioNanoNet participated in
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this workshop in its role as leading organization of the “closer to the market”-initiative and
as one of the key nodes in European NanoSafety community. The EU-US-collaboration in
the NanoSafety-field will be further increased by a coordination and support action and
workshops with key stakeholders from US and European community.
For more details please visit: http://www.euussciencetechnology.eu/content/very-well-
received-workshop-eu-us-and-international-cooperation-eu-brokerage-event-ket
For more information please visit the event website.
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M-Solv Ltd company visit
When? 15 October 2015
Where? Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom
One important activity of BioNanoNet within the H2020 project INSPIRED is to visit all pro-
ject partners who are actively working with nanomaterials. BioNanoNet is working on the
nanosafety assessment, which includes to learn about the whole workflow and the specific
processes where nanomaterials are involved in project partners sites.
On October 15th 2015, BioNanoNet visited the M-Solv Ltd company in Kidlington – Oxford,
UK, to screen all processes, relevant in INSPIRED project, related to printing and spray
deposition of diverse nanoinks, and to identify potential risks and hazards during each step.
The on-site visit also included a guided tour through the lab facilities, discussions with the
technical developers, printing experts as well as health and safety managers. In addition to
this, nanosafety-related topics e.g. personal protective equipment used by employees while
operating with nanomaterials, have been addressed. The next steps within the project will
be to optimize the safe handling of nanomaterials and to elaborate recommendations for
exposure and risk prevention.
BioNanoNet visited the sites of M-Solv Ltd in Kidlington, UK on October 15th, 2015
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ETPN Annual Event 2015
When? 12 – 14 October 2015
Where? Dublin, Ireland
Nanomedicine’s Role in Improving Healthcare at the Focus during the ETPN
annual event 2015 in Trinity College Dublin
Emerging technologies and innovations in nanomedicine showcased as Trinity Col-lege Dublin has hosted the 10th anniversary of the European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine’s role in improving healthcare was under the spotlight at Trinity College Dub-
lin, which has hosted the 10th anniversary of the European Technology Platform on Nano-
medicine (ETPN) from 12th to 14th of October 2015.
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Nanotechnology is a key enabling technology, and because its applications in medical set-
tings can range from diagnostics to therapeutics to medical devices, it has the potential to
provide major health benefits for all. Indeed, cooperation with other components is crucial to
provide medical applications with complete innovative solutions, for the benefit of the pa-
tients. This approach requires collaborations within the larger ecosystem, including special-
ists from biomaterials, Medtech, In-vitro diagnostics, biosensors, ICT.
Patrick Boisseau, chairman of ETPN stated “The ETPN is happy to celebrate its 10th anni-
versary at Trinity College Dublin, which is representing one of the few places in Europe
where the various facets of developing nanomedicine, namely research, development and
clinical validation and industrialization, are addressed in a converging approach from edu-
cation to product to market launch including the regulatory approval.
The ETPN annual event provided a wide range of sessions and services during three days.
Day 1: ETP Nanomedicine General Assembly o ETPN key facts & activities in 2014-2015 o Vote of the Action Plan for 2016-2017 o Renewal of the executive board o Working Groups meetings (Nanodiagnostics & Imaging; Nanotherapeutics &
Targeted Delivery; Nanotechnologies for Regenerative Medicine)
Day 2: Nanomedicine forum o Keynote speech “Nanomedicine from the American point of view” by Henri
Havel, Nanomedicines Alliance o Clinical challenges o Successful nanomedical translations o Strategies for the future : a cross-KETs translational approach for Healthcare
Day 3: Translation tools, project funding and networking. o Live sessions of the Translation advisory Board o Info Day & Brokerage event to search for partners for 2016-2017 calls in
H2020 o Workshop on Regenerative Medicine o SME² (SME Square) meeting
Many new Nanomedicine products are currently under advanced clinical trials and, as a
result, a major theme of ETPN is how to accelerate and support the translation from re-
search innovation to product-to-market introduction. These aspects has been notably dis-
cussed in Dublin under the Translation Advisory Board, an innovative initiative driven by
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the EU funded project ENATRANS, providing free strategic advice, support and concrete
recommendations from a group of experts to the promising nanomedicine projects. TAB is
part of ETPN Translation Hub as well as other initiatives including EU-NCL (Nanomedicine
Characterization Lab), GMP pilot lines and SME instrument. Ten applicants to the TAB has
successfully participated to the first individual live sessions of advisory during Day 3 of
ETPN annual event.
The ambitious Action Plan voted during the General Assembly of ETPN in Trinity Col-
lege of Dublin will be the framework of a new decisive era of structuration of the Eu-
ropean Nanomedicine ecosystem, offering a clear vision on how to bring faster inno-
vation from nanotechnologies to patients.
ABOUT ETP Nanomedicine – http://www.etp-nanomedicine.eu/public
The European Technology Platform Nanomedicine was established in 2005 as a joint ven-
ture of the European Commission and CEOs of large industrial companies, SMEs and aca-
demic research institutions to investigate and advance joint activities in the area of nano-
technology in medicine. Since 2005 the ETPN published a number of strategic documents
outlining the needs and roadmaps for nanomedicine research in Europe. The ETPN con-
tributed to set up numerous European funded projects providing a first impression of the
conditions for a suitable social and economic environment and the structural requirements
for an efficient translation of R&D results into innovative nanomedicine. The ETPN supports
its members in coordinating their joint research efforts and improving communication
amongst the members as well as towards the European Commission and the European
Member States.
BioNanoNet is member of the Executive Board of the ETPN, vice-chair of the working group
“Toxicology & Characterisation”, and the Austrian contact point as “Nanomedicine-Austria”
in the European wide nanomedicine-network structure.
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Systems Biology in Nanosafety Research Conference
When? 9 – 10 November 2015
Where? Stockholm, Sweden
An international conference on systems biology in nanosafety research took place at
the Nobel Forum at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden on November 9-10,
2015, marking the third in a series of mini-conferences on nanotoxicology at the No-
bel Forum. The conference was chaired by Professor Bengt Fadeel of the EU funded
NANOSOLUTIONS project.
Systems biology, defined as the computational and mathematical modelling of complex bio-
logical systems, is increasingly being applied in the field of nanosafety research for observ-
ing and predicting the biological perturbations inflicted by exposure to engineered nano-
materials. The aim of this two-day meeting was to provide an overview of the state-of-the-
art of systems biology approaches in nanosafety research.
The conference was organised by Professor Bengt Fadeel with Professor Juha Kere within
the EU funded project FP7-NANOSOLUTIONS and in collaboration with the Working Group
on Systems Biology in the EU NanoSafety Cluster, and took place at the Nobel Forum,
which is part of the world renowned Karolinska Institutet.
The meeting was the third event in a series of miniconferences on nanotoxicology at the
Nobel Forum organised by Professor Bengt Fadeel, the first of which was organised in
2006 and the second in 2010 in the context of the FP7-NANOMMUNE project. The 2015
meeting was the first meeting to focus specifically on systems biology, a topic that is of cen-
tral importance for the FP7-NANOSOLUTIONS project. The project coordinator, Professor
Kai Savolainen (Finland), provided the introductory remarks.
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Professor Olli Ikkala (Finland) presented the opening keynote
lecture oriented towards material sciences and emerging na-
nomaterial applications, including an elegant presentation on
the many virtues of nanocellulose, a versatile material with po-
tential applications in biomedicine and in the clinic.
The invited lectures, with speakers from several European
countries, the US, Canada and China, were organised into ses-
sions covering nanosafety, transcriptomics, proteomics, epige-
nomics and metabolomics, and bioinformatics.
The conference comprised of almost two dozen lectures including a few short talks by
young scientists, and the talks spanned both environmental and safety human health.
Professor Mark Viant (United Kingdom), a member of the FP7-NANOMILE project, talked
about the impact zinc oxide nanoparticles have on Daphnia, making them unnoticeable to
algae.
Professor James Bonner (United States)
presented a comprehensive overview of
recent in vivo studies in mouse models of
environmental and genetic susceptibility
factors that determine nanoparticle-induced
lung disease.
Dr. Sabina Halappanavar (Canada) discussed how transcriptomics data may inform risk
assessment of nanomaterials, using multi-walled carbon nanotubes as a case study. Dr.
Dario Greco (Finland) talked about computational approaches in systems nanotoxicology,
highlighting some of the ongoing work in FP7-NANOSOLUTIONS.
The meeting provided a state-of-the-art view of this emerging field of research with numer-
ous exciting talks and vibrant discussions. For further information about the individual ses-
sions and more detail of the guest lectures, visit www.nanosolutionsfp7.eu.
Prof. James Bonner, North Carolina State University
Keynote speaker, Prof. Olli Ikkala, Aalto University
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6th NANoREG Consortium Meeting
When? 10 - 12 November 2015
Where? The Hague, Netherlands
The 6th NANoREG Consortium Meeting took place at the New Babylon Meeting Center in
The Hague - Netherlands. More than 150 representatives of Consortium Partners and rep-
resentatives of countries and organisations that collaborate with NANoREG attended the
event to discuss the success stories and forthcoming approaches within the project. The
meeting was subdivided into plenary sessions, thematic sessions, work package meetings,
task meetings and workshops.
After the success of the first Exploitation Strategy Seminar (ESS) which was held in Lisbon
this year, a second ESS training workshop was held on November 10th focusing mainly on
the planning stage where the results of the analysis phase (i.e.; identification of potential
stakeholders, identifying the main barriers for the industry, regulators and for the general
public to the implementation of NANoREG project results) are transcribed into a practical,
operational plan with the main objective of developing a commonly agreed strategy to ex-
ploit NANoREGs´s main outputs.
On November 11th the NANoREG Coordinator Tom van Teunenbroek opened the Consor-
tium meeting and gave an overview of "what is going on" under the umbrella of the
NANoREG project highlighting the progress of the project. Within a workshop fruitful dis-
cussions about the question and needs and foreseen answers from regulatory perspective
took place. This has been an excellent opportunity to get informed what scientific work has
been done to answer the regulatory questions.
Subsequently, participants had the chance to present latest scientific results by means of
posters. The posters invited all participants to inform themselves and discuss the state of
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the art and to further discuss and exchange information on the presented topics with task
leaders.
Now that the scientific experimental work is almost completed and a significant quantity of
results has been produced, the priority for the final period of the project will be the concep-
tual part of the NANoREG project: the development of a framework that will integrate the
results of the project, the NANoREG Toolbox for legislators and the establishment of a data
logging and exchange system which enables a standardised data flow – more precisely – to
gain sufficiently detailed, comparable, and good quality information that can be used among
partner researchers to compare/exchange assay results.
For more information please visit the project website.
Christa Schimpel (BioNanoNet), Mats-Olof Mattsson (AIT), Andy Booth (SINTEF), and Myrtill Simko (AIT) (from left to right) presenting “GALANT – Value Chain Case Study” at the poster session of the 6th NANoREG Consor-tium Meeting, on November 12th, 2015 in The Hague - Netherlands
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NanoTech ITALY 2015
When? 25 – 27 November 2015
Where? Bologna, Italy
From November 25th, 2015 to November 27th, 2015 the 8th edition of the conference
NanotechITALY took place in Bologna, Italy. The 3-day program, with oral and poster
presentations as well as various workshop sessions, covered topics with an impact on a
broad range of industrial sectors. With the contribution of experts from industry, government
and academic laboratories from all over the world, NanotechITALY2015 was designed to
showcase nanotechnologies and Key Enabling Technologies related innovations, with a
special focus on applications oriented to fields which are crucial for economic growth and
wellbeing.
A great variety of different presentations on “Healthcare & Medical Devices”, “Smart Manu-
facturing & Robotics”, “Materials & Graphene-based Innovations”, “Bio-inspired & Bio-based
Technologies” and “Aerospace related Applications” were performed by international ex-
perts.
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The conference aimed to illustrate how Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) princi-
ples should guide the development of nanotechnologies, since societal demand for safe
and responsible innovations is rising. For this reason, innovations addressing societal chal-
lenges and needs where closely discussed.
BioNanoNet participated in Nano Diode’s workshop on the topic “Safe working: A straight-
forward precautionary approach for safe working with nanomaterials, with a focus on needs
of SMEs” and contributed an oral presentation about “Safety approach for companies work-
ing with nanomaterials”. Attending this workshop allowed an in-depth look to current
nanosafety strategies with high relevance for industrial dealing with nanomaterials.
For more information please visit the event website.
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MIOMI School Workshops
When? 2 December 2015
Where? Graz, Austria
On December 2nd, 2015 BioNanoNet performed two school workshops on the topic “Nano-
technology” as part of the Austrian education project MIOMI. Aim of the workshops was to
familiarize children at school age with figures and facts about nanotechnology and to pro-
vide information in a balanced way, covering benefits as well as possible risks. Therefore,
two local experts were invited to present their topic of research and to give pupils insight
into their ongoing nanotechnology related research activities.
The workshops, which took place at FH Joanneum Graz, also included hands-on activities.
Several experiments with the NanoSchoolBox® were performed, in order to impart
knowledge to pupils about practical applications of nanomaterials. A total number of 65
school children at the age of 12 to 14 years from NMS Jennersdorf and NMS Neuhaus am
Klausenbach participated in the workshop sessions. Pupils were very eager to learn more
about nanotechnology related issues and to carry out different instructed experiments.
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NanoDiode Governance Workshop
When? 4 December 2015
Where? Graz, Austria
The workshop “Engaging Societal Stakeholders in Nanotechnologies and other Key Ena-
bling Technologies” brought together European Commission staff, partners of the EU-
project NanoDiode and invited experts to discuss opportunities for organising stakeholder
engagement as a central key to Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) in nanotech-
nologies and other key enabling technologies. The workshop presented the findings from
NanoDiode and sought to find solutions to practical challenges in stakeholder engagement.
Within the discussion, four challenge areas were discussed:
1. The implementation odyssey: how to realise stakeholder engagement in the everyday practice of European research projects and programmes?
2. How to encourage project coordinators to engage stakeholders in their projects?
3. Engagement fatigue as a hurdle for stakeholder involvement: how to motivate CSOs and citizens to become involved in European research?
4. Focusing on societal challenges in a growth paradigm: how to realise a more responsive research and innovation system?
BioNanoNet participated in the workshop as one of the NanoDiode-project partners. Attend-
ing this workshop allowed an in-depth look to current engagement strategies. The strong
participation of European Commission staff and the intensive discussions made this event a
real success.
For more information about NanoDiode please visit the project website.
Left to right: Daan Schuurbiers, Christos Tokamanis, Erica Poot, Pieter van Broekhuizen, Doreen Fedrigo
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7th Meeting of the Austrian Nano Information Commission (NIK)
When? 4 December 2015
Where? Vienna, Austria
The primary impact area of the Austrian Nano Information Commission (NIK) is to inform
the consumers about the current state of knowledge with respect to relevant social aspects
of nanotechnology. Thus, the most important prerequisite for an unprejudiced society ad-
dressing the opportunities and risks of nanotechnologies and their consumer-related appli-
cations is an early and open communication.
Moreover, the Austrian Nano Information Commission functions as guidance for policy
makers and public authorities in order to advise on health-, safety- and environmental-risks
in relation to nanomaterials within Austria. The challenge for legislators is therefore to cre-
ate suitable conditions for the responsible use of nanotechnologies and the protection of
human health without restraining product innovation and economic development.
Relating to this challenge BioNanoNet gave a presentation on their NanoSafety activities
within diverse EU projects and introduced a new intelligent NanoSafety Assessment Ap-
proach including various risk testing strategies to the team of experts from agencies, institu-
tions and organizations in the fields of health, environment, science and research as well as
business and consumers protection within the NIK. The development of such an integrated
testing strategy and the exploitation of appropriate solutions may help to lower the barriers
for rapid commercialization, facilitate communication and dissemination of research to key
stakeholders beyond the research community, including industry and regulatory bodies,
policy makers and national decision makers.
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Conference Calendar
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BIOTECH 2016 - 1st Annual International Conference on Bioscience and Biotechnology
When? 12 - 14 January 2016
Where? Colombo, Sri Lanka
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Auftaktveranstaltung zu "Beyond Europe"
When? 13 January 2016
Where? Vienna, Austria
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ H2020 European Health Brokerage Event – Paris 2016
When? 13 January 2016
Where? Paris, France
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FFG-Akademie: Projektentwicklung und Antragstellung in Horizon 2020
When? 18 – 19 January 2016
Where? Vienna, Austria
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nanotech 2016
When? 27 – 29 January 2016
Where? Tokyo, Japan
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From Risk Management to Risk Governance: Methods and Tools
When? 28 January 2016
Where? Venice, Italy
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GC-Veranstaltung "Life Sciences am Standort Salzburg"
When? 28 January 2016, 2:00 – 5:45 p.m.
Where? Salzburg, Austria
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Workshop "Industrielle Produktion von Nanomaterialien – Stand und ak-tuelle Herausforderungen"
When? 11 February 2016
Where? Frankfurt, Germany
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ nanoPT International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
When? 16 - 19 February 2016
Where? Braga, Portugal
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FFG-Akademie: Future and Emerging Technologies - was macht einen erfolgreichen Antrag aus?
When? 18 February 2016
Where? Vienna, Austria
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3rd Euro Bio-inspired Materials
When? 22 - 25 February 2016
Where? Potsdam, Germany
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2nd Annual World Congress of Smart Materials-2016 (WCSM-2016)
When? 4 - 6 March 2016
Where? Singapore, China
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pharmaceutica 2016
When? 7 – 9 March 2016
Where? Madrid, Spain
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Smart Systems Integration
When? 9 – 10 March 2016
Where? Munich, Germany
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Projektmanagement in Horizon 2020
When? 14 – 15 March 2016
Where? Vienna, Austria
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MECSPE - Reference fair for the manufacturing industry
When? 17 – 19 March 2016
Where? Parma, Italy
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EUROPT(R)ODE XIII 2016
When? 20 – 23 March 2016
Where? Graz, Austria
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Nanotechnology Conference & Expo
When? 4 – 6 April 2016
Where? Baltimore, United States
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12th microRNA as biomarkers and diagnostics
When? 4 – 6 April 2016
Where? Cambridge, Massachusetts
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10th WORLD MEETING on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Phar-maceutical Technology
When? 4 – 7 April 2016
Where? Glasgow, Scotland
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nanomedicine-Austria – Workshop
When? 5 April 2016
Where? Krems, Austria
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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BioNanoMed 2016
When? 6 – 8 April 2016
Where? Krems, Austria
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Aus dem Nähkäst-chen geplaudert: Österreichs Erfahrung mit dem KIC Raw Materials
When? 7 April 2016, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Where? Vienna, Austria
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7th International Technology Transfer Days "Biomaterial 2016"
When? 7 – 8 April 2016
Where? Erfurt, Germany
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LAB for Open Innovation Science
When? 15 April 2016
Where? Vienna, Austria
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Global Nanotechnology Congress and Expo
When? 21 – 23 April 2016
Where? Dubai, United Arab Emirates
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Analytica 2016
When? 10 – 13 May 2016
Where? Munich, Germany
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18th Annual Nanotech 2016
When? 22 – 25 May 2016
Where? Washington DC, United States
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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International UPCON’16 Conference
When? 23 – 25 May 2016
Where? Wroclaw, Poland
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International UPCON’16 Spring School
When? 25 – 27 May 2016
Where? Wroclaw, Poland
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NanoDiode final conference
When? 31 May 2016
Where? Brussels, Belgium
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nano in Bio 2016
When? 31 – 8 June 2016
Where? La Creole Beach Hotel, Guadeloupe, France
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NanoMatEn 2016
When? 1 – 3 June 2016
Where? Paris, France
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nanotech France 2016
When? 1 – 3 June 2016
Where? Paris, France
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5th Annual World Congress of Advanced Materials-2016 (WCAM-2016)
When? 6 – 8 June 2016
Where? Chongqing, China
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Projektentwicklung und Antragstellung in Horizon 2020
When? 14 – 15 June 2016
Where? Vienna, Austria
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nanofair 2016 – New Ideas for Industry
When? 14 – 16 June 2016
Where? Dresden, Germany
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IDDST-South Korea 2016 - 14th Annual Congress of International Drug Discovery Science & Technology
When? 16 – 18 June 2016
Where? Gyeonggi
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids - DSL2016
When? 26 – 30 June 2016
Where? Split, Croatia
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CLINAM 2016
When? 26 – 29 June 2016
Where? Basel, Switzerland
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9th Nano Congress for Future Generation
When? 27 – 29 June 2016
Where? Valencia, Spain
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ nanoFIS 2016
When? 27 – 29 June 2016
Where? Graz, Austria
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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10th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting - ACE-X 2016
When? 3 – 6 July 2016
Where? Split, Croatia
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NN 16 - 13th International Conf. on Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies
When? 5 – 8 July 2016
Where? Thessaloniki, Greece
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5th International Symposium on Graphene Device -ISGD-5
When? 11 – 14 July 2016
Where? Brisbane, Australia
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ICANM 2016: International Conf. & Exhibition on Advanced & Nano Materials
When? 8 – 10 August 2016
Where? Montreal, Canada
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IEEE Nano - 16th International Conference on Nanotechnology
When? 22 – 25 August 2016
Where? Sendai City, Japan
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21st European Symposium on Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship
When? 4 – 8 September 2016
Where? Verona, Italy
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BioNanoNet Strategy Meeting & 10th Anniversary (for members only)
When? 15 September 2016
Where? Graz, Austria
Save the date! We will keep you informed as soon as further details are available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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BioNanoNet General Meeting (for members only)
When? 15 September 2016
Where? Graz, Austria
Save the date! We will keep you informed as soon as further details are available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FFG Akademie Training: AntragstellerInnen KMU Instrument
When? 5 October 2016
Where? Vienna, Austria
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5th International Conference NANOSAFE 2016
When? 7 – 11 November 2016
Where? Grenoble, France
For more information please visit the event website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NANoREG final conference
When? 29 November – 1 December 2016
Where? OECD/Paris, France
Save the date! We will keep you informed as soon as further details are available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Finally
We would particularly like to thank the following people for their contributions to this Bio-
NanoNet newsletter:
Dr. Alexandre Ceccaldi (ETPN), William Davis (Insight Publishers Ltd), Prof. Bengt Fadeel (Karolinska Institutet) and Mag.a Berna Windischbaur (FFG).
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to give us any suggestions or feedback!
Contact: BioNanoNet Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
Simone Jagersbacher [email protected] or [email protected]
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