Wim Beek and Stefan Weigel · The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh FrameworkProgramme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement n° 604347

The EU FP7 NanoDefine Project

Development of an integrated approach based on validated and standard-

ized methods to support the implementation of the EC recommendation

for a definition of nanomaterial

First dissemination event

NanoDefine Technical Report D8.10

Wim Beek and Stefan Weigel

The NanoDefine Consortium 2015

NanoDefine Technical Report D8.10: First dissemination event

© 2015 The NanoDefine Consortium Page 2 of 11

NanoDefine in a nutshell

The EU FP7 NanoDefine project was launched in November 2013 and will run until October 2017. The pro-ject is dedicated to support the implementation of the EU Recommendation on the Definition of Nanomaterialby the provision of the required analytical tools and respective guidance. Main goal is to develop a noveltiered approach consisting of (i) rapid and cost-efficient screening methods and (ii) confirmatory measure-ment methods. The "NanoDefiner" eTool will guide potential end-users, such as concerned industries andregulatory bodies as well as enforcement and contract laboratories, to reliably classify if a material is nano ornot. To achieve this objective, a comprehensive inter-laboratory evaluation of the performance of currentcharacterisation techniques, instruments and software is performed. Instruments, software and methods arefurther developed. Their capacity to reliably measure the size of particulates in the size range 1-100 nm andabove (according to the EU definition) is validated. Technical reports on project results are published toreach out to relevant stakeholders, such as policy makers, regulators, industries and the wider scientificcommunity, to present and discuss our goals and results, to ensure a continuous exchange of views,needs and experiences obtained from different fields of expertise and application, and to finally integrate theresulting feedback into our ongoing work on the size-related classification of nanomaterials.

Bibliographic data

NanoDefine Technical Report D8.10

Report title: First dissemination event

Author(s): Beek, W., Weigel, S.1

Affiliation(s): RIKILT, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands

Publication date: 30/06/2015

Publisher: The NanoDefine Consortium

© Copyright 2015: The NanoDefine Consortium

Place of publication: Wageningen, The Netherlands

Citation: Morrison, M.: First public workshop on project goals and outcomes, NanoDefine TechnicalReport D8.13, NanoDefine Consortium, Wageningen, 2015

URL: http://www.nanodefine.eu

Contact: [email protected], www.nanodefine.eu

1 Corresponding author: [email protected]



1 SummaryThe first large scale NanoDefine dissemination event was held on June 10-12, 2015 during the Euro-NanoForum 2015 in Riga/Latvia. Within the Future Flash competition in the framework of the confer-ence, NanoDefine was selected as one of the 10 best projects and given the opportunity to present it-self with a booth during the exposition of the conference. In addition, NanoDefine was presented in de-tail within the NanoSafety seminar within the conference with a presentation as well as a poster anddissemination material (flyers, brochures, handouts). Furthermore, a NanoDefine poster was shownduring the scientific poster presentation.

2 IntroductionThe EuroNanoForum was selected as the frame for the first large NanoDefine dissemination event be-cause a large variety and amount of stakeholders from industry, regulators, risk assessors and aca-demia were expected at the conference. Therefore, the original due date of this deliverable (M18) wasshifted to M20. For the project this was an unique opportunity to very efficiently reach all relevantstakeholders and thus to maximise the impact. NanoDefine was represented at the conference at threedifferent levels:

(i) Future Flash: NanoDefine booth at the exhibition

(ii) NanoSafety joint seminar: NanoDefine presentation, poster and information table

(iii) Scientific poster exhibition: NanoDefine poster on goals and first results

3 Activities

3.1 Future flashPrior to the conference, NanoDefine was selected for the ten best projects within the EuroNanoForum.The project was invited to showcase with a mini stand at the Nanotech Europe exhibition (included inthe ENF2015) to demonstrate activities and results to a wider audience. Posters and handouts showingthe concept and objectives of the overall project as well as the goals and results of the individual workpackages were prepared by the coordinator and the work package leaders. During the 3-days confer-ence, members of the NanoDefine consortium were present at the booth (Annex I) and gave infor-mation orally as well as by posters / flyers and handouts (Annex II). The booth was visited by approxi-mately 60 stakeholders that originated from different countries, representing industry, research organi-zations, universities or public bodies. There was much interest in the information presented, and the in-formal nature of this dissemination event stimulated mutual interactions among visitors and projectmembers. Visitors were invited to come to the presentation at the seminar on June 12.

NanoDefine was also invited to participate in the ‘Nanotech Innovation challenge’ Pitching Workshop on12 June 2015 which was an event for the 10 best FutureFlash participating projects. The event was in-tended to connect entrepreneurs, researchers, investors and decision makers in the nanotech and ad-vanced materials industry. NanoDefine participated in the preparation workshop for the Innovation chal-lenge on 11 June. Within the workshop it became obvious that the Pitching with venture capitalists wasnot relevant for NanoDefine because the project had already built in its own mechanism to get the pro-ject innovations to the market by including the relevant companies as partners. Consequently,NanoDefine did not participate in the Pitching.

3.2 Joint seminar on NanoSafetyThis joint seminar was organised by NANoREG, SIINN, ProSafe to highlight the efforts and achieve-ments of European projects in the area of regulatory, environmental, health and safety issues of nano-technology (Annex IV). It comprised the whole day on June 12 and was very well visited with audience> 150 persons. NanoDefine was represented by a poster on the project objectives and a table with in-formation material. In the afternoon session the project coordinator Stefan Weigel gave a presentationentitled “Efficient characterisation and classification of materials according to the EC nano-definition:The EU FP7 NanoDefine project”. Despite being the last presentation of the conference late on Fridayafternoon it was still attended by ca. 60 delegates and triggered a vivid discussion as well as many bi-lateral talks afterwards.



3.3 Scientific poster sessionA NanoDefine poster on goals and first results of the project was exhibited throughout the conference.A large number of handouts was taken from the poster, indicating the high interest for the topic. Duringthe dedicated poster session, the coordinator was present at the poster to answer questions and ex-plain details of the project. Several visitors used this opportunity for discussions on the project and thesubject in general.

4 ConclusionsThe first large scale dissemination event of NanoDefine was very successful. A large variety of stake-holders was reached by the three-fold suite of dissemination activities during the EuroNanoForum con-ference. Several valuable new contacts were established. The feedback from visitors to the booth, theNanosafety seminar and the poster was very positive.

The presentations, posters and pictures of the dissemination event are available on the NanoDefinewebsite (www.NanoDefine.eu).



AnnexesAnnex I: NanoDefine booth at the Nanotech Europe exhibition



Annex II: NanoDefine posters / banner / flyer presented at the dissemination event

Table: posters and handouts

WP Title poster handout

An integrated analytical approach to implement theEC definition of nanomaterial

X

1 NanoDefine Work Package 1: Test and Reference Ma-terials

X X

2 NanoDefine Work Package 2: Sample Preparation,Dispersion & Sampling Methods

X

3 Work package 3: The methods evaluation hub X X

4 Work package 4: Screening methods X X

5 Work package 5: Developing Confirmatory Methods(tier 2)

X X

7 NanoDefine Work Package 7: Implementation: e-tool,methods manual

X X

Screening for nanomaterial identification based ontested applicability ranges of the volume specific sur-face area (VSSA)

X

Table: banner, flyer, article

Title

Banner Methods for the implementation of the EC nano-definition

Flyer Methods for the implementation of the EC nano-definition

Brochure NanoDefine: Development of an integrated approachbased on validated and standardized methods to sup-port the implementation of the EC recommendation fora definition of nanomaterial; reprint from the-NanoSafetyCluster - Compendium 2015, pp 99-110.









Annex III: NanoDefine poster at the scientific poster exhibition



Annex IV: Invitation to the Joint seminar on NanoSafety

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Wim Beek and Stefan Weigel · The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement