{"id":6250,"date":"2019-03-21T15:37:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T15:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dana.ggiants.de\/calibrate-closing-conference-nanosafety-cluster-week-2019\/"},"modified":"2021-05-12T14:45:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T14:45:13","slug":"calibrate-closing-conference-nanosafety-cluster-week-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/calibrate-closing-conference-nanosafety-cluster-week-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"caLIBRAte Closing Conference @ NanoSafety Cluster Week 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>From <strong>07-10 October 2019<\/strong>, the caLIBRAte Closing Conference will be taking place as a part of the NanoSafety Cluster Week in Copenhagen, Denmark. The closing conference is relevant for researchers, industry, policy makers and regulators who are interested in nanosafety, risk governance as well as <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Nanomaterial&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;The European Commission updated the common definition of the term &amp;quot;nanomaterial&amp;quot; in 2022:&amp;lt;br \/&amp;gt;&lsquo;Nanomaterial&rsquo; means a natural, incidental or manufactured material consisting of solid particles that are present, either on their own or as identifiable constituent particles in aggregates or agglomerates, and where 50% or more of these particles in the number-based size distribution fulfil at least one of the following conditions:\n&amp;lt;ol&amp;gt;\n \t&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;one or more external dimensions of the particle are in the size range 1 nm to 100 nm;&amp;lt;\/li&amp;gt;\n \t&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;the particle has an elongated shape, such as a rod, fibre or tube, where two external dimensions are smaller than 1 nm and the other dimension is larger than 100 nm;&amp;lt;\/li&amp;gt;\n \t&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;the particle has a plate-like shape, where one external dimension is smaller than 1 nm and the other dimensions are larger than 100 nm.&amp;lt;\/li&amp;gt;\n \t&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;In the determination of the particle number-based size distribution, particles with at least two orthogonal external dimensions larger than 100 &mu;m need not be considered.&amp;lt;\/li&amp;gt;\n&amp;lt;\/ol&amp;gt;\nHowever, a material with a specific surface area by volume of &amp;lt; 6 m&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;\/sup&amp;gt;\/cm&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;3&amp;lt;\/sup&amp;gt; shall not be considered a nanomaterial.&amp;lt;br \/&amp;gt;https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/chemicals\/nanotech\/pdf\/C_2022_3689_1_EN_ACT_part1_v6.pdf&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>nanomaterial<\/span> and product development. During the 5-day-event, participants will learn about the results from the project calibrate and take part in both the training event on the NanoRisk governance portal as well as the NanoSafety Cluster conference &ldquo;Towards <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;in silico&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Latin &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;in silicio&amp;lt;\/em&amp;gt; - in Silicium. Means the simulation of biological and biochemical processes using computer programs.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>in silico<\/span> nanosafety assessment &ndash; integrating experimental and computational approaches&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The caLIBRAte project has developed a web-based nano-risk governance portal with safety guidance, a horizon scanning tool and different tested tools to perform occupational, consumer, and environmental risk assessment and management during innovation, production and use of nanomaterials and products containing nanomaterials. Stakeholders have been surveyed to define stakeholder requirements and understand stakeholders&rsquo; nanosafety concerns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Comprehensive work has been made to collect and evaluate existing characterization and toxicological test data on a larger suite of nanomaterials as well as human <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Exposure&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Means to expose an object to a particular influence: In the case of nanomaterials, in particular, the contact of humans, animals or the environment with the possibility of incorporating nanomaterials. Both the quantity and the period of ingestion are of concern. For more information, see Basics - How do you get in contact with nanomaterials? .&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>exposure<\/span> scenarios. New data has been generated to test toxicological hypothesis and close data gaps to<br>\n<span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;REACH&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Short for&amp;lt;em&amp;gt; Registration, Evaluation, Authorization of Chemicals. &amp;lt;\/em&amp;gt;REACH is the novel EC regulation no. 1907\/2006 that has been in force since June 1, 2007. For further information see https:\/\/echa.europa.eu\/regulations\/reach\/understanding-reach&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>reach<\/span> a comprehensive set of data to be used for model testing. The nano-risk governance portal is expected to be publicly available from September 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conference Topics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>October 7:<\/strong> caLIBRAte final workshop on risk assessment and governance<\/li>\n<li><strong>October 8-9:<\/strong> NanoSafety Cluster conference &ldquo;Towards in silico nanosafety assessment &ndash; integrating experimental and computational approaches&rdquo; supported by the NanoCommons research infrastructure, and the nanoinformatics projects NanoSolveIT and NanoInformaTIX. Abstract submission (oral and poster) deadline <strong>04.05.2019<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>October 10:<\/strong> NanoSafety Cluster Open meeting and caLIBRAte NanoRisk Governance Portal training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More information on this event will be available online via http:\/\/www.nanocalibrate.eu\/calibrate-closing-conference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN:<\/strong> 07-10. Oct 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE:<\/strong> Copenhagen, Denmark<\/p>\n<p><strong>Participation &amp; Registration:<\/strong> The meeting is free of charge and interested participants can submit an expression of interest to attend online via http:\/\/www.nanocalibrate.eu\/calibrate-closing-conference. Deadline for Abstract submission (NSC Conference) is<strong> 04. May 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 07-10 October 2019, the caLIBRAte Closing Conference will be taking place as a part of the NanoSafety Cluster Week in Copenhagen, Denmark. The closing conference is relevant for researchers, industry, policy makers and regulators who are interested in nanosafety, risk governance as well as nanomaterial and product development. 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