The Institute of Nanotechnology is pleased to announce the line-up for the panel discussion to take place on the second day of Nanoparticles for European Industry II.

Individuals have been selected to ensure a comprehensive and lively debate, and comprise a wide selection of authorities from government, regulatory and standards agencies, legal bodies, and industry:

• Dr John Garrod, DEFRA, chair of UK’s Nanotechnology Research Coordination Group.
• Dr Trudy Phelps, Standards Director Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI) and chair CEN TC 352 (Nanotechnologies).
• Ms Lynn Bergeson, Managing Director, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C..
• Dr Derek Graham, ICI, Electronic and Engineering Materials.
• Dr Kamal Hossain, Director, Science and Innovation, National Physical Laboratory (NPL).
• Mr Del Stark, CEO, European Nanotechnology Trade Alliance (ENTA).
• Dr Eva Hellsten, DG Environment, European Commission (tbc).

The panellists will discuss topics relating to manufacturing scale-up, regulations and standards, and potential risks including:

• the need for new infrastructure and pilot plants for scaling up laboratory processes, greater access to existing facilities and how these should be supported.
• the need for an internationally agreed set of reference nanoscale materials, and how and when this will be implemented.
• the impacts of REACH and voluntary reporting schemes (such as that in the UK) on nanoscale material manufacturing and consumer industries, and the need for sharing of data on an international scale.

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