Symposium A-2
International Symposium on the Social Acceptance of Engineered Nanomaterials
Organizers
Representative
- Kun'ichi MIYAZAWA
- National Insitute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Co-Organizers
- Lang TRAN
- Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM)
- Masaru TACHIBANA
- Yokohama City University
- Shuichi ADACHI
- Sagami Women's University
- Takahiro KOBAYASHI
- Association of International Research Initiatives for Environmental Studies (AIRIES)
- Gaku ICHIHARA
- Nagoya University
- Daisuke FUJITA
- National Insitute for Materials Science (NIMS)
- Akiyoshi TANIGUCHI
- National Insitute for Materials Science (NIMS)
- Takatsugu WAKAHARA
- National Insitute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Correspondence
- Kun'ichi MIYAZAWA
- National Insitute for Materials Science (NIMS)（miyazawa.kunichi@nims.go.jp）
- Takatsugu WAKAHARA
- National Insitute for Materials Science (NIMS)（WAKAHARA.Takatsugu@nims.go.jp）
Scope
Well-designed engineered nanomaterials are now indispensable for the promotion of nanotechnology in chemical, mechanical, electrical and electronic industries as well as medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and agricultural industries, since the nanomaterials exhibit various unique properties owing to their small sizes that cause coloring, enhanced catalytic activities, a significant increase in mechanical strength and so forth. However, the hazardous aspects of nanomaterials should be clarified for their wide use in our daily life, since it has remained still unclear what influence the nanomaterials exert on the health and environment. The risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials in the health and environment is requisite for the sound development of nanotechnology. Hence, this symposium focuses on the influence of nanomaterials upon the health and environment. This symposium, however, also focuses on the advanced technologies for the utilization of engineered nanomaterials that are crucial for the nanotechnology development. Hence, this symposium will offer a forum of active discussion to promote the nanotechnology using engineered nanomaterials. A lot of papers are encouraged to be submitted from the wide area of basic science, engineering, medicine, pharmacy, toxicology and the other fields concerning the symposium scope.
Topics
- Nanotechnology
- Nanomaterial
- Health
- Environment
- Nano Risk
Invited Speakers
- Lang TRAN
- Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM)
- Ilmari PYYKKÖ
- Tampere University Hospital
- Toshihiro ANDO
- National Institute for Materials Science(NIMS)
- Hiroyuki TAKEYA
- National Institute for Materials Science(NIMS)
- Lok Kumar SHRESTHA
- National Institute for Materials Science(NIMS)
- Ratna TANTRA
- National Physical Laboratory
- Costas CHARITIDIS
- National Technical University of Athens
- Sandra VRANIC
- Nagoya University
- Jun KANNO
- National Institute of Health Sciences