Sustainable Nanotechnology in the 2020's

纳米技术被认为是一种变革性的方法，将改善许多经济部门的产品和工艺，并有望改善食品、水和能源系统的可持续性。然而，这些好处对活体和环境都有实际和感知的潜在风险，部分原因是公众普遍缺乏对纳米技术的理解。可持续纳米技术组织(SNO)下属的可持续纳米技术大会将于2019年11月7日至9日在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥举行，题为2020年的可持续纳米技术S。会议将努力实现性别平等，至少30%的与会者是代表不足的少数族裔，资金将部分用于支持学生参与和扩大参与。SNO现在是一个自给自足的组织，其使命如下：i)支持可持续纳米技术的发展，以改善社会、环境和人类健康；ii)促进与纳米技术有关的科学研究的进步和应用，促进环境、健康和安全的可持续纳米技术的实施，并在政策和决策中使用纳米技术；以及iii)提供一个论坛，让科学家、工程师和其他专业人员就纳米技术的开发和使用交流信息和想法，以实现全面可持续发展。这次会议的重点是向前看，而不是向后看，了解纳米技术在哪里取得了最重大的环境科学突破，并展示了如何在2020至2030年间可持续地发展使用纳米技术的应用程序。这次名为2020年可持续纳米技术的会议，S，可持续纳米技术组织(SNO)的一部分，将于2019年11月7-9日在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥举行。最近的其他科学会议，包括美国化学学会、戈登会议、环境毒理学和化学学会，以及纳米颗粒和纳米材料的环境影响国际会议，都确定了有关工程纳米结构材料的使用、安全、生物和环境转化的几个问题。因此，这次会议的动机是(1)提请注意需要积极管理纳米技术进入社会的必要性，以避免早期产品如滴滴涕、含铅汽油、多氯联苯和许多其他物质出现的问题，以及(2)促进利用纳米技术解决邪恶问题的可持续技术--传统方法具有重大缺陷的地方。这样的问题需要思想、技能和人员的汇聚，2019年年度SNO会议将把这些不同的人聚集在一起，分享他们对2020年至2030年纳米技术对可持续发展的影响的愿景。会议将由教授共同主持。维基·格拉西安和保罗·韦斯特霍夫，他们都是可持续纳米技术领域的领导者。已有六名公认的全体发言者，并聘请了一批充满活力的年轻专家协助协调会议。预期的主题包括：用于可持续能源的新兴纳米技术、教育、食品和农业、水处理和补救、命运和交通、环境健康研究中纳米材料的测量和影响、绿色合成或制造、纳米材料和室内环境。联席主席正在授权会议主席根据需要逐步从资深会议组织者那里招募摘要，并提供指导。这些主题是纳米技术可以实现重大突破的关键领域，这次会议为大约150名与会者提供了一个论坛，以分享想法、发展合作并表彰该领域领导者的成就。该会议为突破性研究提供奖项，是少数几个提供环境纳米技术社区认可的形式之一。除了空气、人类健康和制造业外，通过关注食品、水和能源主题，本次会议支持关键的研究优先事项，并提供创造新产业和高科技工作的机会。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Nanotechnology is recognized as a transformative approach that will improve products and processes across numerous sectors of the economy, and holds promise to improve the sustainability of food, water and energy systems. However, these benefits have potential risks both actual and perceived - to living organisms and the environment, in part due to a general lack of public understanding regarding nanotechnology. This conference entitled Sustainable Nanotechnology in the 2020's, part of the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO) will be held from November 7-9, 2019 in San Diego, CA. The conference will strive to achieve equal gender representation, and at least 30% attendees being underrepresented minorities, and funding will be used in part to support student involvement and broaden participation. SNO is now a self-sustaining organization with the following mission: i) Support the development of sustainable nanotechnology for the improvement of society, the environment and human health; ii) Promote the advancement and application of scientific research related to nanotechnology, implementation of sustainable nanotechnology for environment, health, and safety, and the use of nanotechnology in policy and decision-making; and iii) Provide a forum where scientists, engineers, and other professionals exchange information and ideas for the development and use of nanotechnology leading to overall sustainability. The conference focuses on looking forward, instead of backward, to understand where nanotechnology is making the most significant environmental scientific breakthroughs and demonstrate how applications using nanotechnology can be sustainably developed between 2020 to 2030.This conference entitled Sustainable Nanotechnology in the 2020's, part of the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO) will be held from November 7-9, 2019 in San Diego, CA. Other recent scientific conferences including American Chemical Society, Gordon Conference, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, and International Conference on the Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials have identified several issues concerning the use, safety, biological and environmental transformation of engineered nanostructured materials. Hence, the motivation for this conference is to (1) draw attention to the need to proactively manage the emergence of nanotechnology into society so as to avert such problems that arose with earlier products such as DDT, leaded gasoline, and PCBs and numerous other substances, and (2) advance sustainable technologies that utilize nanotechnology to solve wicked-problems where traditional approaches have significant drawbacks. Such-problems require a convergence of ideas, skillsets and people and the 2019 annual SNO conference will bring together these diverse people to share their vision for the nanotechnology impacts on sustainability in 2020 to 2030. The conference will be co-chaired by Profs. Vicki Grassian and Paul Westerhoff, both leaders in the field of sustainable nanotechnology. There are six accepted plenary speakers and a young group of dynamic experts have been recruited to assist in conference coordination. Anticipated session topics include: Emerging nanotechnologies for sustainable energy, education, Food and Agriculture, Water Treatment and Remediation, Fate and Transport, Measuring Nanomaterial Exposure & Effects in Environmental Health Research, Green Synthesis or Manufacturing, and Nanomaterials and Indoor Environments. The co-chairs are empowering the session chairs to progressively recruit abstracts with mentoring as needed from senior conference organizers. These topics are critical areas where nanotechnology can achieve major breakthroughs and this conference provides a forum for approximately 150 attendees to share ideas, develop collaborations and recognize accomplishments of leaders in the field. The conference provides awards for groundbreaking research, and is one of the few formats where such community recognition of environmental nanotechnology is provided. By focusing on food-water-energy topics, in addition to air, human health, and manufacturing, this conference supports critical research priorities and provides an opportunity to create new industries and high-tech jobs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.