Wednesday, June 20
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
8.00Registration
9.00 - 10:30Plenary session:
"Obstacles for Industrial use to be overcome"

Chairs:
Harald Fuchs, University of Münster (Germany)
Cornelis Brekelmans, European Commission, Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry

09:00 - 09:30:Needs for and status of standardization for nanotechnologies
Peter Hatto, IonBond Ltd., Durham (UK) 
09:30 - 10:00:Possibilities for a Global Governance of Nanotechnology
Mihail C. Roco, National Science Foundation (NSF), Arlington (USA)
10:00 - 10:30:NanoDialogue: Recommendations to achieve Sustainable Governance and Social Acceptance
Wolfgang M. Heckl, Deutsches Museum, Munich (Germany)
10.30 - 11:30Industrial and Poster Exhibition with coffee break
11.30 - 13:00Parallel sessions:

Session B1: Nanomaterials I
Session B2: Nanotechnology for Industrial Application
Session B3: Nanotechnology in Life Science and Medicine II
Session B4: Environmental, Health and Safety Aspects II
13.00 - 14:00Lunch
14.00 - 15:30Session C1:Nanomaterials II
Session C2:Future Applications and New Ideas
Session C3:Nanotechnology in social perception
Session C4:Environmental, Health and Safety Aspects III
15.30 - 16:30Industrial and Poster Exhibition with coffee break
16.30 - 18:00Panel discussion "Nano Labeling?"

  • Which requirements are necessary for consumer trust?
  • Is a Nano Label for products appropriate?
  • Transparent life cycles for nano products - Which information and arrangements are needed?

Moderator: Antje Grobe, Stiftung Risiko Dialog, St. Gallen (Switzerland) and University of Stuttgart (Germany)

Panel:
Kathy Jo Wetter, ETC Group, Carborro, NC (USA)
Gerald Renner, European Industry Association Cosmetics (COLIPA), Brussels (Belgium)
Uwe Lahl, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin (Germany)
Jan Beringer, Forschungsinstitut Hohenstein, Boennigheim (Germany)
Holger Krawinkel, Federation of German Consumer Organisations, Berlin (Germany)
from 18.30Reception of the German EU-Presidency (Cruise on the River Rhine with dinner, music and programme)