NIN - QNano

Programme (download) updated February 22, 2012

Abstract Book (download) March 13, 2012

NanoImpactNet – QNano conference

“From theory to practice - development, training and enabling nanosafety and health research”

27 February to 2 March 2012

Dublin, Ireland

Now closed:

Registration : Please register for the conference, the banquet and the training schools. The training schools on Thursday and Friday are already full. For all three conference days (payment must be made before February 15).

Abstract submission is closed. Contributors were informed of acceptance by e-mail.

Programme at a glance

The event in Dublin last five days and consisted of a three-day Integrating conference (including a special stakeholder session) and two one-day Training schools.

Sessions

Opening session: Setting the scene – From NanoImpactNet to QNano.

Chair: Michael Riediker (NIN) and Kenneth Dawson (QNano)

Session 1: Materials for the future
Chairs: Hans Bouwmeester (NIN) and Sergio Moya (QNano)

This session will look out to future nanomaterial generations and how we control the quality of these, and the additional challenges they represent for safety assessment. We can also look back on lessons learnt from NIN and other past EU funded projects.

Session 2: Eco-Hazard Assessment
Chairs: Bernd Nowack (NIN) and Tamara Galloway (QNano)

This session will present the state of the art and look towards the future in eco-hazard assessment (hazard as being broader than toxicity).

Session 3: From Production to Exposure
Chairs: Markus Berges (NIN) and Terry Wilkins (QNano)

This session will cover the many stages during a product development, the life cycle of a product containing manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs) and the life of a MNM itself plus how this links to various human and environmental exposures.

Session 4:Characterisation in situ following exposure
Chairs: Peter Wick (NIN) and Stéphane Lucas (QNano)

This session will address the challenges of detecting, identifying, quantifying and further characterising nanomaterials in situ in (sometimes very complex) matrices. It can be a combination of current work in method development, future needs and relevant characterisation endpoints.

Session 5: Beyond non-specific hazards
Chairs: Lucienne Juillerat (NIN) and Diana Boraschi (QNano)

This session will address issues that go beyond non-specific toxicity and addresses questions like immune-activation or suppression, interaction with cellular signalling pathways and the hormonal and / or developmental systems. Also the question of how we can address issues of chronic or delayed impacts is of interest.

Session 6:Stakeholder needs and Risk Assessment
Chairs: Anders Baun (NIN) and Andreas Luch (QNano)

This session will address the duality in risk assessment where industry stakeholder needs sometimes match those of research and regulatory risk assessors and sometimes are perceived as being opposed, contradictory or onerous. This session will include presentations from two invited persons from small to medium enterprises (one production, one using MNM), and one from regulators and researchers.

Training School - Thursday 1 & Friday 2 March

Thursday 1 : "Modelling nanomaterial interactions with living systems - tools, techniques and approaches"

Friday 2 : "Applying the principles of Good Laboratory Practice to research on the interactions of nanomaterials with living systems"

Hotels In Dublin

There are many nice hotels and bed-and-breakfasts in Dublin. We recommend taking either a hotel in the city centre or near the UCD Campus Belfield.

City Centre
Jurys Inn Custom House
Custom House Quay,
Dublin 1, Ireland
Tel: +353 1 854 1500
Fax: +353 1 829 0400
http://dublinhotels.jurysinns.com/jurysinn_customhouse

O’Callaghan Stephen's Green Hotel
1-5 Harcourt Street (off Stephen’s Green),
Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel: +353 1 607 3600
Fax: +353 1 661 5663
http://www.stephensgreenhotel.ie/

Near Campus
Radisson Blu St. Helen's Hotel
Stillorgan Road
Dublin 4 Ireland
Tel: (+353 1) 218 6000
Fax: (+353 1) 218 6010
http://www.radissonblu.ie/sthelenshotel-dublin

Other possibilities
The D4 hotels and Bewleyshotels are based in Ballsbridge which is slightly out of the City Centre (based between UCD and the City Centre) and is about a 10 minute bus ride from UCD, they have varying rates for the 4 hotels - the second link below shows the prices for different room options at the D4 hotels:

http://www.d4hotels.ie/ballsbridge-inn.html
http://www.avvio.com/portals/www.d4hotels.ie/bookings/client.php
http://www.bewleyshotels.com/ballsbridge/

There are a number of B&B's in Ballsbridge and Donnybrook which are both about 20 minutes from UCD and 6-7 minutes by bus. They range from €38.50 - €45 per night for a single room to between €56-€69 for a double.
http://www.baggotcourt.com/book%20online.htm
http://www.morehamptontownhouse.com/
http://www.donnybrookhall.com/

Venue

University College Dublin, Ireland

http://www.ucd.ie/gettingtoucd.html

Scientific committee

Organizers

Michael Riediker (Institute for Work and Health, CH)
Iseult Lynch (University College Dublin, IE)
Mila Bender (Institute for Work and Health, CH)
Darren Hart (Institute for Work and Health, CH)
Aine Moore (University College Dublin, IE)
Eva Valsami Jones (Natural History Museum, UK)
Albert Duschl (external partner PLUS, NanoTOES coordinator)