May 13, 2025
| 11.00 a.m. |
Welcome by the ISC Institute’s Director Prof. Dr. Miriam Unterlass |
1 Challenges in risk assessment and regulation
| 11.10 a.m. |
Session 1 - Introduction |
Regulation and challenges
| 11.15 a.m. |
»Nano on various regulations (REACh, food contact materials, cosmetics, bioagents, PPPs)«
PD Dr. Andrea Haase, BfR |
Test methods and challenges
| 11.40 a.m. |
»Adaptation and development of OECD Test Guidelines for nano and advanced materials (Malta Initiative)«
Dr. Anna Pohl, BAUA
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| 12.05 p.m. |
»From Regulation to Application – Ensuring Nano Compliance at Fraunhofer ITEM«
Dr. Gustav Bruer, Fraunhofer ITEM |
| 12.30 p.m. |
»A new tool for the generation of e-liquid emissions for toxicological assessment«
Dr. Stefanie Scheffler, Fraunhofer ITEM |
| 12.55 p.m. |
Lunch break |
| 1.45 p.m. |
»Tattoo pigments in the human body«
Dr. Frank Bierkandt, BfR, & Dr. Ralph Sperling, Fraunhofer IMM |
| 2.10 p.m. |
»In-vitro tissue models as alternatives to laboratory animals«
Dr. Christian Lotz, Fraunhofer ISC |
A look into the future
| 2.35 p.m. |
»Review on nano-specific NAMs (new approach methodologies)«
PD Dr. Andrea Haase, BfR
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2 Materials
| 3.00 p.m. |
Session 2 - Introduction
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2D/3D-Printing
| 3.05 p.m. |
»Overview Biofabrication«
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Groll, University of Würzburg |
| 3.30 p.m. |
»Application-oriented fabrication of tissue models«
Dr. Tobias Weigel, Fraunhofer ISC |
| 3.55 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 4.15 p.m. |
»Overview of polymer electronics«
tbd |
| 4.40 p.m. |
»Nanoscale Alloy Inks for Aerosol Jet Printed Sensorss«
Dr. Volker Zöllmer, Fraunhofer IFAM
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Batteries, battery materials, average
| 5.05 p.m. |
»Battery Roadmap 2030+«
Dr. Axel Thielmann, ISI |
| 5.30 p.m. |
»Overview of Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries«
Dr. Guinivere Giffin, Fraunhofer ISC |
| 5.55 p.m. |
»Safety of lithium ion batteries«
tbd |
| 6.20 p.m. |
End of lectures day 1 |
| from 7.30 p.m. |
Converence Dinner |
May 14, 2025
Carbon based materials
| 9.00 a.m. |
Re-opening Session 2 |
| 9.05 a.m. |
»Graphene Roadmap«
Dr. Henning Döscher, Fraunhofer ISI |
9.30 a.m.
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»Tailoring Nanodiamond Surfaces for Advanced Coatings: From Dispersion to Functionalization«
Dr. Jörg Opitz, Aidee Itandehui Garcia Zintzun, Alexandr Zibert, Ankit Mazumder, Anita Stoppel, Natalia Beshchasna, Fraunhofer IKTS |
9.55 a.m.
10.20 a.m. |
»Results of a recent carcinogenicity study with different CNTs and a carbon fiber«
Dr. Florian Schulz, Fraunhofer ITEM
»CNT risk assessment«
Ivica Kolaric, Fraunhofer IPA |
10.45 a.m.
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Coffee break |
3 Sustainable Replacement – Safe and Sustainable Innovation Approach
| 11.05 a.m. |
Session 3 - Introduction
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Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD)
| 11.10 a.m. |
»Review of SSbD for Nanotechnology«
Technical University of Denmark DTU |
| 11.35 a.m. |
»Circular battery design - investing in sustainability and profitability«
Dr. Andreas Flegler, Fraunhofer ISC |
Sustainable Replacement
| 12.00 a.m. |
»Overview on sustainable polymer chemistry approaches«
Prof. Dr. Frederik Wurm, Twente |
| 12.25 p.m. |
»Practical experiences in PFAS substitution«
Dr. Victor Trapp, Fraunhofer ISC |
12.50 p.m.
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»How automation, agentic AI and linked data help researchers to find substitutes (example PFAS)«
Dr. Matthias Popp, Fraunhofer ISC |
1.15 p.m.
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Lunch break |
| 2.00 p.m. |
»Selected applications of TiO2/SiO2«
Prof. Dr. Frank Menzel, Evonik |
Outlook on material development and risk assessment
| 2.25 p.m. |
»When you're nano and you know it: dealing with uncertainty regarding the nanomaterial definition in regulatory frameworks «
Dr. Sean Kelly, NIA |
| 2.50 p.m. |
»Outlook Materials«
Prof. Dr. Miriam Unterlass, Fraunhofer ISC |
3.15 p.m.
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End of the event |
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