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Overview
Conference
at a Glance
Technical Sessions & Abstracts
Exhibitors
Sponsors
Presenter
Information
Poster
Information
Continuing Education Credits
Scientific
Advisory Board
Directions
and Lodging
Registration |
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Preliminary Program at a Glance
Spreadsheet of concurrent Technical Sessions
Please Note: In Technical Sessions
1-26 Topics Link to More Detailed Information and Abstracts
Tuesday,
June 9 |
7:30 - 9:00 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast
(Preregistration open June 8 - 2-5 pm, 9th Floor) |
All Day |
Exhibit Hall and Posters |
9:00 |
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Paul Kostecki, Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement,
University of Massachusetts Amherst and Conference Co-Director
Robert Maxfield, Deputy Director,
U.S. EPA New England Regional Laboratory
Carol Rowan West, Director, Office of
Research and Standards, Mass DEP
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9:20 |
Nanotechnology Challenges Ahead
Jeff Morris, National Program Director for Nanotechnology
Office of Research and Development
, U.S. EPA |
9:45 - 10:00 |
Break |
10:00 –12:00
10:00
10:45
11:15 |
Plenary Session
Detection, Analysis, and Characterization and of Engineered Nanomaterials in Environmental Samples
Martin Hassellöv, Associate Professor, Chemistry/Environmental
Nanoparticle Research Group, University of Gothenburg International
Physical-Chemical Transformations of Nanomaterials in Environmental
Systems: Implications for Risk Assessment
Mark Wiesner, Director, Center for the Environmental Implications
of NanoTechnology and Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Duke University
Interactions of Engineered Nanomaterials with Biological
Systems
Vincent Rotello, Charles Goessmann Chair and Professor,
Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
12:00 – 1:30 |
Lunch |
1:30 - 3:00 |
Concurrent Sessions
Session 1. Characterization, Detection and Analysis
Session 2. Environmental Fate and Transport
Session 3. Pollution Control and Remediation
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3:00 - 3:30 |
Break |
3:30 - 5:00 |
Concurrent Sessions
Session 4. Characterization, Detection and Analysis
Session 5. Bioavailability and Toxicity
Session 6. Nanotech Regulation and Policy
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5:00 - 6:30 |
Welcome Social |
6:30 - 8:30 |
Barbeque Dinner |
Thursday,
June 11 |
Morning |
Exhibit Hall and Posters |
8:15 - 8:30 |
Opening Remarks and Announcements |
8:30 - 10:00 |
Concurrent Sessions
Session 21. Human
Health and Environmental Exposure -
Part One
Session 22. Environmental Fate and Transport
Session 23. Nanotech Regulation and Policy
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10:00 -10:30 |
Break |
10:30 -12:00 |
Concurrent Sessions
Session 24. Human
Health and Environmental Exposure - Part
Two
Session 25. Environmental Fate and Transport
Session 26.Nanotech Regulation and Policy
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12:00 - 2:30 |
Plenary Panel Discussion and Lunch |
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Looking Forward: Using Science
in Decision Making for the Safe Use of Nanotechnology
Moderator
Jeff Morris, National Program Director
for Nanotechnology, ORD/EPA
Panelists:
Jennifer Kuzma, Associate Professor, Center
for Science, Technology, and Public Policy, University
of Minnesota
Michael Ellenbecker, Director, Toxics Use Reduction Institute
and Professor, Department of Work Environment, University of
Massachusetts Lowell
Seth Coe-Sullivan,
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, QD Vision, Inc.
Martha Otto,
EPA Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
Q & A
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Conference Concludes |
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