WORKSHOP on Manufactured Nanoparticle Environmental Impacts and Behavior to be held March 9-10, 2009 in Houston, TX

[903936] kulinowskirice大学将主办一个关于环境纳米技术的国际研讨会，以促成一份健全的、基于科学的文件，确定评估和减轻工程纳米粒子（NPs）在环境中的潜在影响所需的工具和实践，并为生态负责任的设计和处置提供信息。本次研讨会暂定于2009年3月9日至10日举行，将由英国休斯顿总领事馆、TX-UK合作组织和国际纳米技术理事会提供部分赞助。研讨会将通过整合经验，以有意义和重点的对话方式解决研究和教育问题，为这一快速发展领域的新兴领导者提供宝贵的指导和国际交流机会。本次研讨会的目标是将关于新物质的环境影响的信息提炼成一种格式，以便指导研究工作，以解决未来五到十年最关键的问题，并得出预测其环境影响的方法。随着各国政府克服国际合作的障碍，有兴趣与国外同行合作的研究人员正在获得新的资金流。因此，研讨会将明确强调促进跨大西洋和跨太平洋的研究合作，并将招募有才华的青年教师参加研讨会，既受益于他们的新观点，又将他们与美国和国外的潜在合作者联系起来。这个工作坊的外在价值来自于它的设计和参与。本次研讨会将通过独特的、综合的和整体的经验，让环境、毒理学、纳米技术和法律界的成员进行有意义和重点的对话。这一经验将促进不同参与者之间围绕理解工程核反应堆影响的最紧迫问题进行对话。研讨会参与者的积极参与将产生更广泛的影响。这种参与将增进和加强在新物质和环境方面开展国际跨学科合作的机会和兴趣。此外，该研讨会将为学术界未来在研究和教育计划、项目和活动方面的更大、更紧密的合作提供坚实的基础。拟议的工作将通过提供关于纳米材料的环境健康和安全的最新、高质量信息，从而能够制定和实施健全的风险管理做法，从而为社会带来实质性利益。

0903936KulinowskiRice University will host an international workshop on environmental nanotechnology, to contribute towards a sound, science-based document that identifies the tools and practices needed to assess and mitigate the potential impacts of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) in the environment and inform eco-responsible design and disposal. This workshop, tentatively scheduled for March 9-10, 2009, will be partially sponsored by the British Consulate General-Houston, the TX-UK Collaborative, and the International Council on Nanotechnology. The workshop will address issues of research & education in a meaningful and focused dialogue through an integrated experience that will provide valuable mentorship and international networking opportunities to emerging leaders in this rapidly growing field. The goal of this workshop is to distill information on environmental impacts of NPs into a format that candirect research efforts toward the most critical issues in the next five to ten years and lead to methodologies to predict their environmental impacts.As governments overcome barriers to international collaboration, new funding streams are becoming available to researchers interested in engaging with their counterparts abroad. Therefore the workshop will have an explicit emphasis on stimulating trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific research collaboration and will recruit talented junior faculty to the workshop, both to benefit from their fresh perspectives and to connect them with potential collaborators here in the US and abroad.The extrinsic merit of this workshop emanates from its design and participation. This workshop will engage members of the environmental, toxicological, nanotechnology and legal communities in a meaningful and focused dialogue through a unique, integrated, and holistic experience. This experience will foster dialogue among diverse participants around the most pressing questions related to understanding the impacts of engineered NPs. The broader impacts will result from the active engagement of the workshop's participants. This engagement will enhance and strengthen the opportunities for and interest in international, interdisciplinary collaboration on NPs and the environment. In addition, the workshop will provide a solid foundation for the academic communitys future collaboration in research and education programs, projects, and activities at greater and closer levels than was previously possible. The proposed work will have substantial benefit to society by providing current, high quality information on environmental health and safety of nanomaterials which will enable the development and implementation of sound risk management practices.