29 June 2017, Great news for BIORIMA!
Great news from the European Commission: the proposal BIORIMA has reached the stage of Grant Agreement preparation.
caLIBRAte Project Kickoff
The Project passed the second stage and will be funded by the EC with € 7.999.687,50
The key objective of the caLIBRAte project is to establish a state-of-the-art versatile Risk Governance framework for assessment and management of human and environmental risks of MN and MN-enabled products. The framework will be a web-based “system-of-systems” linking different models and methods for: 1) screening of apparent and perceived risks and trends in nanotechnology, 2) control banding, qualitative and fully integrated predictive quantitative risk assessment operational at different information levels, 3) safety-by-design and multi-criteria decision support methods, 4) risk surveillance, -management and -guidance documents. The risk management framework will support assessments of emerging and existing MN and MN-enabled products following the recent ISO31000 risk governance framework, as well as safety in innovation by matching models to the principle innovation steps in the “Cooper Stage-Gate®” product innovation model
Learning across communities of practice: risk assessment for disaster risk reduction and climate risk management
Understanding Risk Forum 2016 side event
17 May 2016
Aula Baratto, Ca’ Foscari Palace – Venice, Italy
Measured in economic damage and losses, natural hazard risks are both high and increasing. The combination of increasing intensity and frequency of natural hazards, continuing conversion, homogenisation and simplification of (semi-)natural ecosystems, and the increasing footprint of built infrastructure may be contributing to the observed rapid increase in the costs and damage from natural hazards. A better understanding of natural hazard risk and ensuing economic losses is important for preventing macroeconomic imbalances, coordinating responses to shocks and crises, post-disaster recovery, and for a better understanding of natural handicaps which hold up economic, social and territorial cohesion. Empirical and evidence-based risk analysis and assessment are a vital part of the disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) efforts. This side-event, co-organised by the European research projects Placard and Enhance, aims at reviewing and comparing quantitative and qualitative methods and tools for risk assessment in DRR and CCA. While encouraging dialogue across different communities of practice, it will explore options for addressing gaps and fragmentation challenges in current CCA and DRR research, policymaking and practice.
Session organizers: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC), Ca’ Foscari University ECRAUNIT
NanoFASE Project – Nanomaterial FAte and Speciation in the Environment
The Project passed the second stage and will be funded by the EC with € 9.954.475,5
Concept: NanoFASE will deliver an integrated Exposure Assessment Framework, including methods, parameter values, model and guidance that will allow Industry to assess the full diversity of industrial nano-enabled products to a standard acceptable in regulatory registrations. Methods to assess how use phases, waste streams and environmental compartments (air, soil, water biota) act as “reactors” in modifying and transporting ENMs will be developed and used to derive parameter values. Our nanospecific models will be integrated with the existing multi-media fate model SimpleBox4Nano for use in EUSES and also develop into a flexible multi-media model for risk assessment at different scales and complexities. Information on release form, transformation and transport processes for product relevant ENMs will allow grouping into Functional Fate Groups according to their “most probable” fate pathways as a contribution to safe-by-design based on fate.
Methodology: Inventories of material release forms along the product value chain are established. We then study how released ENMs transform from initial reactive states to modified forms with lower energy states in which nanospecific properties may be lost. Transport studies assess material fluxes within/between compartments. The experimental work underpins models describing ENM transformation and transport. Open access is provided to the models suitable for incorporation into existing exposure assessment tools (e.g. SimpleBox4Nano) and for more detailed assessment. Framework completeness is validated by case studies.
Impact: Identified links between ENM material properties and fate outcome (e.g. safe-by-design). Improved representation of nanospecific processes in existing key fate and exposure assessment tools (e.g. SimpleBox4Nano in EUSES). Contribution to standardization. GIS framework to support predictive assessment, catchment and point source management of ENM releases. Project website http://www.nanofase.eu/
Ca’ Foscari University is involved as a partner and the ECRAUNIT will contribute in WP 8 – Effect of ENM form on environmental fate in water and sediments.
NANORESTART Project – NANOmaterials for the REStoration of works of ART
The project passed the second stage and will be funded by the EC with € 7.918.397 – contract number 646063
Currently there is a lack of methodologies for the conservation of modern and contemporary artworks, many of which will not be accessible in very short time due to extremely fast degradation processes. The challenge of NANORESTART (NANOmaterials for the REStoration of works of ART) will be to address this issue within a new framework with respect to the state of the art of conservation science. NANORESTART is devoted to the development of nanomaterials to ensure long term protection and security of modern/contemporary cultural heritage, taking into account environmental and human risks, feasibility and materials costs. The new tools and materials developed will represent a breakthrough in cultural heritage and conservation science and will focus on: (i) tools for controlled cleaning, such as highly-retentive gels for the confinement of enzymes and nanostructured fluids based on green surfactants; (ii) the strengthening and protection of surfaces by using nanocontainers, nanoparticles and supramolecular systems/assemblies; (iii) nanostructured substrates and sensors for enhanced molecules detection; (iv) evaluation of the environmental impact and the development of security measures for long lasting conservation of cultural heritage. Within the project the industrial scalability of the developed materials will be demonstrated. NANORESTART gathers centres of excellence in the field of synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, world leading chemical Industries and SMEs operating in R&D, and International and European centres for conservation, education and museums. Such centres will assess the new materials on modern/contemporary artefacts in urgent need of conservation, and disseminate the knowledge and the new nanomaterials among conservators on a worldwide perspective. More info: http://www.nanorestart.eu/
Ca’ Foscari University is involved as a partner and the ECRAUNIT will contribute in Work Package 6 – Environmental impact assessment
From Nano Risk Management to Risk Governance: Methods and Tools
Society for Risk Analysis – EU NanoSafety Cluster Round Table
28 January 2016
Sala W. Dorigo Ca’ Foscari Palace, Venice, Italy
2° Sustainable Nanotechnology School
A practical approach for understanding the environmental, health and safety implications of manufactured nanomaterials to foster their sustainable applications: A SUN, MODENA COST and ECONANOSORB training school
University Ca’ Foscari Venice (Italy) – campus Via Torino
Sunday 24th – Friday 29th January 2016
Lifecycle impacts of Copper nanomaterials released from timber preserving impregnations
An international workshop among experts from Europe, Russia and USA, organized by the EU FP7 SUN and ECONANOSORB projects
22 January 2016
Aula M. Berengo – Ca’ Foscari Palace, Venice, Italy
Ca’ Foscari University and Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES) joint Workshop
Exchanging competences on contaminated groundwater management in Italy and China
24 November 2015
Campus Scientifico Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy
SUN Project 2° Annual Meeting
8-9 October 2015
Campus Scientifico Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy
http://www.sun-fp7.eu/events/previous-events/2nd-sun-annual-meeting/
SUN Project Stakeholders Workshop
7 October 2015
Campus Scientifico Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy
Corso di formazione specialistica ambientale in Carbon Management
in collaborazione con ECIPA e Regione Veneto
Piano GARANZIA GIOVANI rivolto a giovani inoccupati di età compresa tra i 19 e i 29 anni
http://www.ecipa.eu/leggi-tutte-le-news/752-garanzia-giovani-opportunita-di-tirocini-per-laureati-neolaureati-dottorati-neodottorati-per-specializzazione-ambientale-in-carbon-management.html
EU-U.S.: Bridging NanoEHS Research Efforts – A Joint Workshop
12 – 13 March 2015, Aula Magna S. Trentin, Ca’ Dolfin, Venice, Italy
MARINA NanoMICEX SUN Knowledge Foundation Workshop
March 11, 2015 Ca’ Foscari University – Campus scientifico di via Torino, Venice, Italy
http://www.sun-fp7.eu/events/previous-events/marina-nanomicex-sun-workshop/
Sustainable Nanotechnology Conference 2015
Monday 9th – Wednesday 11th March 2015
NH Laguna Palace Hotel , Venice (Italy)
http://www.sun-fp7.eu/events/previous-events/eu-us-sustainablenanotechnologyconference2015/
http://www.susnano.org/conferenceOverview2015SNO-SUN-GN.html
1° Sustainable Nanotechnology School
Understanding the environmental, health and safety implications of manufactured nanomaterials to foster their sustainable applications:
A COST MODENA, SUN and GUIDEnano training school
Ca’ Foscari University Venice (Italy)
Sunday 11th – Friday 16th January 2015
http://www.sun-fp7.eu/events/previous-events/1st-sustainable-nanotechnology-school/