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Public consultations on nanotechnology

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Current Public Consultations / Debates

- Proposal for a European regulation on novel foods [1]
20 June, 2008 - Council on novel foods & European Commission, EU
- Commission starts public dialogue on nanotechnologies – tapping economic and environmental potential through safe products [2]
2008 - European Commission, EU

Past Public Consultations / Debates

- Strategic Plan for NIOSH Nanotechnology Research [3]
March 4 to June 1, 2008 - NIOSH: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Healthn USA
- 2008 National Citizens’ Technology Forum on Human Enhancement [4]
March 2008 - Arizona State University, the University of California-Berkeley, the Colorado School of Mines, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of New Hampshire, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Environmental, Health, Regulatory and Educational Issues Regarding Nanotechnology [5]
December 2007 to March 28, 2008 - Legislative Council Standing Committee on State Development, Australia, New South Wales
- Interim Guidance for the Medical Screening of Workers Potentially Exposed to Engineered Nanoparticles [6]
December 2007 to February 15, 2008 - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), USA

- Citizens' Panel on the issue of Nanotechnologies and how these affect consumers [7]
November 29 to December 1, 2007 - Which?, UK
- Nanoparticles & Sunscreen Products [8]
August 23 to December 26, 2007 - Food and Drug Administration (FDA), USA
- Responsible NanoCode on Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials [9]
October 9 to December 7, 2007 - the Royal Society, Insight Investment, the Nanotechnology Industries Association, and the Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network, UK
- Environmental and Safety Impacts of Nanotechnology [10]
October 31, 2007 - U.S. House Science Committee, USA
- Consumers Talk Nano [11]
October 23-24, 2007 - Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies & Consumer Reports, USA
- Towards a Code of Conduct for responsible nanoresearch [12]
July 19 to September 21, 2007 - European Commission, EU
- Environmental, Health & Safety Priorities [13]
August 16 to September 17, 2007 - National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), USA
- Nanomaterials Stewardship [14]
July 12 to September 10, 2007 - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USA
- NanoCosmetics [15]
June to September 6, 2007 - European Commission, EU
- Research needs related to the environmental, health, and safety aspects of nanotechnology [16]
February 2007 - National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), USA
The Citizen's Coalition on Nanotechnology composed a list of comments [17] submitted online to the NNCO. You can read more about this here [18].

- NanoDialogue: Nanotechnologies and Nanosciences: a discussion on ethical, legal and social aspects [19]
February 2007 - the DG Research European Commission & the NanoDialogue Consortium, EU
- Citizens' conference on nanotechnologies [20]
January 2007 - Conseil Regional Ile de France, France
The citizen panel wrote a list of opinions and recommendations [21] translated in English.

- Nanodialogue 4: Engaging with corporate innovation [22]
December 2006 to January 2007 - Demos, Unilever, UK
- Public Meeting on Nanotechnology Materials [23]
November 2006 - Food and Drug Administration (FDA), USA
The International Center for Technology Assessment had drafted comments : http://www.icta.org/template/page.cfm?menu_id=54 [24]
- Cycle NanoViv Grenoble [25]
September-December 2006 - Vivagora, France
- Publifocus "Nanotechnology" [26]
Fall 2006 - TA-SWISS (The Centre for Technology Assessment), Switzerland
- Nanodialogue 3: The Role of New Technologies in Potable Water Provision [27]
July 2006 - Demos, Practical Action and the University of Lancaster, Zimbabwe
- Nanodialogue 2: Engaging Research Councils [28]
Summer 2006 - Demos, UK
- Consumer Conference on Perception of Nanotechnology [29]
June to December 2006 - the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Germany
- Cycle Nanomonde Paris [30]
January-June 2006 - Vivagora, France
- Nanodialogue 1: A people’s inquiry on nanotechnology and the environment [31]
January-February 2006 - Demos, Defra, the Environment Agency, UK

- Nano Jury [32]
April to September 2005 - Greenpeace, BBSRC, Norwich, University of East Anglia, the IRC in NT at the University of Cambridge, the Guardian and the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Center at the University of Newcastle, UK
- The Madison Area Citizen Consensus Conference on Nanotechnology [33]
April 2005 - University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

- Citizen´s attitudes towards nanotechnology [34]
June 2004 - the Danish Board of Technology, Denmark
- Nanotechnology : Views of the General Public [35]
January 2004 - the Royal Society / Academy of Engineering, UK

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