2nd joint online Workshop: Harmonisation & Standardisation of Test Methods for Nano- and Advanced Materials

Continuing the NanoHarmony NANOMET Journey:

Harmonisation & Standardisation of Test Methods
for Nanomaterials and Advanced Materials

Two day workshop focused on NAMs, imaging and testing of complex samples along the material lifecycle

*** ONLINE ***
18. – 19. November 2024

10:00 – 15:00 CET (both days)

(the dial-in link will be sent automatically to all registered participants)

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Synopsis

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, and nanoPASS, 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
Preliminary Agenda

*** NOTE: Session- and Presentation-Titles are wroking titles and may change. ***

DAY 1: 18. November 2024

(technical chair: Sean Kelly (NIA))

10:00 – 10:10

Welcome & Introduction by the Day & Session Chair Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno (INL)

10:10 – 10:30

Status of nano Test Guideline developments

TBC

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

Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno (INL)

10:50 – 11:10

Roadmap on phasing out animal testing

Elisabet Berggren (JRC)

11:10 – 11:25

Next generation risk assessment (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 Discussion: Next generation risk assessment and the specific challenges for AdMas

Moderator: Tommaso Serchi (LIST)

14:50 – 15:00

Closing remarks of Day 1

Ernesto Alfaro-Moreno (INL)

DAY 2: 19. November 2024

(technical chair: Elisabeth Heunisch (BAuA))

10:00 – 10:10

Welcome & Introduction by the Day Chair TBC

Standardising testing along the life-cycle of advanced material-enabled products for risk assessment

Blanca Suarez-Merino (TEMASOL)

10:10 – 10:30

Guidance on Release testing from nanomaterial (products)

Anna Pohl (BAuA)

10:30 – 10:50

Experience from the assessment of graphene in tires

Stephen Hodge (Versarien)

10:50 – 11:10

What are the needs/challenges of industry towards standardisation for testing along the life cycle?

TBC

11:10 – 11:40

Q&A Session & Discussion

Moderator: Blanca Suarez-Merino

Essential use of advanced computational methods to support risk assessment of nano and advanced materials

Chair: TBC

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 (7P9)

14:20 – 14:50

Q&A Session & Discussion

TBC

14:50 – 15:00

Closing of Day 2 and the 2nd Joint Workshop

Steffi Friedrichs (AIST)