International Council on Nanotechnology launches global research needs assessment

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What: ICON: Release of Nanotechnology Environment, Health and Safety Research Needs Assessment

Who: Confirmed speakers include:
Professor Vicki Colvin, Executive Director, ICON and Professor, Rice University
Dr. Sally Tinkle, Science Advisor to the Acting Director, NIEHS/NIH
Dr. Michael Thompson, Business Development Manager-Nanotechnology, FEI Company
Dr. Richard Denison, Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund
Dr. Andrew Maynard, Chief Science Advisor, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies

When: Thursday, May 1, 2008, 2:00pm – 3:00 p.m. (Light refreshments will be available)

Where: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 6th Floor Board Room. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004.

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies was launched in 2005 by the Wilson Center and The Pew Charitable Trusts. It is a partnership dedicated to helping business, governments, and the public anticipate and manage the possible health and environmental implications of nanotechnology.

The International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) is an international, multi-stakeholder organization based at Rice University. Our mission is to develop and communicate information regarding potential environmental and health risks of nanotechnology thereby fostering risk reduction while maximizing societal benefit. The council has evolved into a network of scholars, industrialists, government officials and public interest advocates who share information and perspectives on a broad range of issues at the intersection of nanotechnology and environment, health and safety. We maintain a public portal for information on nanomaterial environment, health and safety (EHS) at http://icon.rice.edu.

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