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Project Title: A Research Strategy for Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials

PIN: BEST-K-08-01-A         

Major Unit:
Division on Earth and Life Studies

Sub Unit:
Board on Environmental Studies & Toxicology
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology
DEPS National Materials Advisory Board

RSO:
Abt, Eileen

Subject/Focus Area:



A Research Strategy for Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials
May 3, 2010 - May 4, 2010
National Academy of Sciences Building
2100 C St. NW
Washington D.C.


If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:


Contact Name: Orin Luke
Email: oluke@nas.edu
Phone: 202-334-2034
Fax: 202-334-1393


Agenda:

Monday, May 3rd (Lecture Room)
Public Session

8:30 AM Welcome, Purpose of Public Session and Introduction of
Committee Members
Jonathan Samet, Committee Chair

8:40 Overview of the Nanomaterials Value Chain
Jurron Bradley, Committee Member

Panel on Informatics and Pathway Modeling

9:00 Overview of Mathematical Tools and Systems for
Bioinformatics
Giovanni Parmigiani, Harvard University

9:30 The Foundation for Predictive Modeling of Nanomaterial
Dosimetry for EHS Assessments
Justin Teeguarden, Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory

10:00 Break

10:20 Informatics Approaches Relevant to Predicting Toxicity
of Nanomaterials
Richard Judson, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency

10:50 Informatics Systems for Nanomaterials Research
Martin Fritts, Science Applications International
Corporation

11:20 Panel Discussion with Committee

12:00 Lunch Break

1:00 Presentation from the U.S Food and Drug Administration
Subhas Malghan, FDA

Panel on Measurement of Nanomaterials

1:35 Nanomaterials Measurement Introduction
Vicki Colvin, Committee Member

1:50 Analysis of Carbonaceous Nanomaterials in
Environmental and Biological Samples
P. Lee Ferguson, Duke University

2:20 Detection and Characterization of Metal and Metal
Oxide Nanomaterials in Environmental and Biological
Samples
Jason Unrine, University of Kentucky

2:50 Break

3:05 Lessons learned from NCI's Nanotechnology
Characterization Lab
Scott McNeil, Science Applications International
Corporation

3:35 Measurement Panel Discussion with Committee

4:05 End of Public Session

Tuesday, May 4th (Lecture Room)
Public Session

8:30 AM Opening Remarks
Jonathan Samet, Chair

8:40 Life Cycle Assessment and Nanomaterials
Thomas Theis, University of Illinois at Chicago

Panel on Industry Perspectives on Nanomaterials

9:25 Shaun Clancy, Evonik

9:45 Raymond David, BASF

10:05 Aaron Madison, Nanoscale

10:25 Break

10:40 Seth Coe-Sullivan, QD Vision

11:00 Daniel Caldwell, Johnson & Johnson

11:20 Panel Discussion with Committee

12:00 End of Public Session



Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Jonathan Samet (Chair)
Tina Bahadori
Jurron Bradley
Vicki Colvin
Edward Crandall
Richard Denison
William Farland
Philip Hopke
James Hutchison
Rebecca Klaper
Gregory Lowry
Andrew Maynard
Gunter Oberdorster
Martin Philbert
Kathleen Rest
Mark Utell
David Warheit
Mark Wiesner


The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
1. Committee composition, balance, and potential sources of bias and
conflicts of interest
2. Issues to be addressed in the committee's report
3. Additional information needs
4. Plans of the third committee meeting

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
1. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. 2010. Report to the President and Congress on the Third Assessment of the National Nanotechnology Initiative. March 12.
2. National Nanotechnology Initiative Capstone Workshop Agenda. March 30-31, 2010
3. Erickson, Britt. 2010. Nanotechnology Investment. Chemical and Engineering News. Vol 88, No. 15: 22-24, April 12.
4. U.S. FDA. 2007. Nanotechnology: A Report of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Task Force, July 25.
5. Curran, M.A. et al. 2007. Nanotechnology and Life Cycle Assessment: Synthesis of Results at a Workshop in Washington, DC held on October 3, 2006. Date of publication: March 20, 2007.
6. Environmental Defense--DuPont Nano Partnership. 2007. Nano Risk Framework, June.
7. National Research Council. 2010. Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States, National Academy Press, Washington, DC.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary: May 6, 2010