Second Harmonisation & Standardisation of Test Methods for Nanomaterials and Advanced Materials Workshop
18 November 2024Online, 18-19 November 2024
Two days focussed on next generation risk assessment, computational methods and the assessment of complex samples along the life cycle
Internationally harmonised and standardised test methods are a prerequisite for safety and sustainability assessments of chemicals and materials. Join the Horizon Europe projects iCare, MACRAMÉ, nanoPASS and ACCORDs, along with the Malta Initiative, at the 2nd Harmonisation of Test Methods Workshop to explore the latest advances in regulatory risk assessment and imaging techniques for the characterization and evaluation of advanced materials.
Intended Audience
- Scientists– who are developing new methods and approaches for chemical safety and sustainability or developing new materials that may require development of new testing methods
- Regulators– who are interested in incorporating new methods into regulatory frameworks
- Industry / CROs / SMEs– who need to use Test Guidelines to comply with regulations
- Standardisation bodies– who are developing new standards for nano and advanced materials
- OECD/ ECVAM representatives– to have the opportunity to learn about new methods being developed that could be used in future Test Guidelines
Agenda
All times are in CET
Day 1 – 18 November 2024
10.00-10.10 Welcome and introduction, Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno (INL)
10.10-10.30 Status of nano Test Guideline developments, Mar Gonzalez (OECD)
10.30-10.50 Needs Assessment of (Regulatory) Frameworks for Advanced Materials, Eric Bleeker (RIVM)
Next generation risk assessment – Challenges of its applicability for AdMas, Session Chair: Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno (INL)
10.50-11.10 Roadmap on phasing out animal testing - towards a future chemicals safety assessment, Elisabeth Berggren (JRC)
11.10-11.25 Towards an overarching NGRA framework (PARC), Matthias Herzler (BfR)
11.25-11.40 Activities in PARC on Nanomaterials, Iseult Lynch (UoB)
11.40-12.00 Challenges and steps of validating NAMs (Updating OECD Guidance Document 34), Joao Barroso (EURL ECVAM)
12.00-12.40 Lunch Break
12.40-13:00 How to cover tox. endpoints without animal testing?, Robert Landsiedel (BASF)
13:00-13:20 The Bridging Model C. elegans as a NAMs Tool in Neuronanosafety: Updates from iCare, Nivedita Chatterjee (INL)
13.20-13.40 Proposal for a qualification system for NAMs, Andrea Haase (BfR)
13:40-14:50 Round table: Next generation risk assessment and the specific challenges for AdMas, Moderator: Tommaso Serchi (LIST)
14:50-15:00 Closing of the day, Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno (INL)
Day 2 – 19 November 2024
10.00-10.10 Welcome
Standardising testing along the life-cycle of advanced material-enabled products for risk assessment, Session Chair: Blanca Suarez-Merino (TEMASOL)
10.10-10.30 Guidance on release testing of nanomaterials, Anna Pohl (BAuA)
10.30-10.50 Experience from the assessment of graphene in cementitious and rubber based composites, Stephen Hodge (Versarien)
10.50-11.10 Regulatory Compliance: Progress and Hurdles, Kai B. Paul (Blue Frog Scientific Group)
11.10-11.40 Q+A and Discussion
Essential use of advanced computational methods to support risk assessment of nano and advanced materials
11.40-12.00 Read across and grouping, Agnieszka Gajewicz-Skretna (Uni Gdansk)
12.00-12.20 Advanced computational methods for automated correlative microscopy of AdMas, Asmus Meyer-Plath (BAuA)
12.20-13.00 Lunch Break
13.00-13.20 Challenges in Correlative imaging of Advanced Materials, Dan Hodoroaba (BAM)
13.20-13.40 Automated time-evolved microscopy, automated image quantification and automated in-vitro-to-in-silico translation for High-throughput Mode-of-Action determination and associated long-term Hazard assessment, Janez Štrancar (Infinite Biotech)
13.40-14.00 The use of modelling in OMICs and how to use OMICs for regulation, Roland Grafström (KI)
14.00-14.20 Standardisation challenges for AI-ready and trustworthy (meta)data provision Thomas Exner (7Past9)
14.20-14.50 Q+A and Discussion
14:50-15:00 Closing of Day 2 and the 2nd Joint Workshop, Steffi Friedrichs (AIST)
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