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- Environmental Nanoparticles: Science, Ethics and Policy
- 2008 SBIR/STTR National Fall Conference
- EPA–Venture Capital Community Summit: Exploring Programs to Commercialize Environmental Technology
- Endocrine Disruptors in the Environment: A U.S. EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Progress Review
- Interagency Workshop on the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
2009 Events
| Title: | Future Air Quality with Projected Global Changes: A Progress Review Meeting Presented by EPA Global Change STAR Grantees |
| Date: | Monday, October 27 - Tuesday, October 28, 2008 |
| Location: | EPA Building Room C111A-C, Research Triangle Park, NC |
| Contact: | Bryan Bloomer (bloomer.bryan@epa.gov), 202-343-9078 |
| Purpose: | NCER's Global Change and Air Quality STAR Grantees will be presenting on progress and results from grants investigating Global Change impacts on Air Quality. Presentations will include modeling results of new methods for predicting the extent and amount of emissions from wildfires, impact of land use and transportation changes resulting from global change considerations, and the predicted changes to air quality that result. |
| Registration: | Contact Bryan Bloomer (bloomer.bryan@epa.gov) via email or telephone 202-343-9078 to register |
| Logistics: | Meeting will be held in the EPA facilities located in Research Triangle Park, NC | Directions |
| Agenda: | View Agenda |
| Title: | Environmental Nanoparticles: Science, Ethics and Policy |
| Date: | November 10-11, 2008 |
| Location: | Clayton Hall University of Delaware Newark, DE 19711 |
| Purpose: | The workshop will include presentations by nationally and internationally recognized scientists, engineers, ethicists and science policy experts on the fate, transport and human and environmental health effects of nanoparticles.
Experts on the fate and transport of nanoparticles will discuss what happens to these particles in soils, water and plants. Toxicologists will discuss the possible harmful effects of ingesting, inhaling or otherwise coming into contact with nanoparticles. Engineers will discuss ways in which nanoparticles might be used to sense and possibly remediate adverse environmental conditions, such as pollution, in air, water and soil. Ethicists and policy experts will make recommendations about future policy directions. Speakers will include six of NCER's funded grantees: Ted Henry, Vicki Grassian, Linsey Marr, Wei-xian Zhang, C. P. Huang, and Robert Tanguay. For more info: http://sepp.dbi.udel.edu/nanoconf2.html |
| Registration: | http://sepp.dbi.udel.edu/registration.html (CLOSED)  |
| Title: | 2008 SBIR/STTR National Fall Conference |
| Date: | Tuesday, November 11 - Friday, November 14, 2008 |
| Location: | Connecticut Convention Center Hartford, Connecticut |
| Contact: | James Gallup (gallup.james@epa.gov), 202-343-9703 |
| Purpose: | The 2008 SBIR/STTR National Fall Conference in Hartford will bring together not only federal program administrators from all of the 11 SBIR participating agencies, but also venture capital and angel investors, secondary market and traditional lenders, university and federal laboratory representatives and other experts who provide assistance with the scale-up of early-stage ventures.
For more info: http://www.ccat.us/sbir_conference_08 |
| Registration: | http://www.ccat.us/sbir_conference_08 |
| Logistics: | http://www.ccat.us/sbir_conference_08 |
| Agenda: | http://www.ccat.us/sbir_conference_08 |
| Title: | EPA–Venture Capital Community Summit: Exploring Programs to Commercialize Environmental Technology |
| Date: | Wednesday, November 12, 2008 (10:00 am - 4:30 pm) |
| Location: | Ronald Reagan Building International Gateway Room on the Mezzanine Level 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20004 |
| Contact: | Paul Shapiro (shapiro.paul@epa.gov), 202-343- 9801 |
| Purpose: | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold an EPA-Venture Capitalist Summit on New Financial Programs to Commercialize Environmental Technology to follow up the National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT) report on EPA and the Venture Capital Community: Building Bridges to Commercialize Technology (April 2008). The report recommends that EPA create programs, similar to those of the US Department of Energy, to provide financial support (e.g., loan guarantees, grants, revolving loan funds) to encourage venture capital investment in environmental technology commercialization. The Summit will bring together senior career EPA managers (Deputy Assistant Administrators and Deputy Regional Administrators) with senior venture capitalists who were part of the Venture Capital Study. |
| Registration: | View Registration |
| Logistics: | TBD |
| Agenda: | View Agenda |
| Other Info: | Related NACEPT Reports and Articles
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| Title: | Endocrine Disruptors in the Environment: A U.S. EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Progress Review |
| Date: | Sunday, November 16, 2008 |
| Location: | Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel and Marina
700 S Florida Avenue Tampa, FL 33602 Affiliated Meeting of the SETAC North America 29th Annual Meeting being held 16-20 November at the Tampa Convention Center, and the Interagency Nanotechnology Grantees Workshop being held 19-21 November at the Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel. Room block reservations at the Courtyard by Marriott Tampa Downtown. Room block closes on October 17, 2008. Please see logistics link below. |
| Contact: | Susan Laessig (laessig.susan@epa.gov); 202-343-9617)
Dalma Martinovic (martinovic.dalma@epa.gov; 218-529-5115) Tina Conley (conley.tina@epa.gov), 202-343-9829) |
| Purpose: | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) is holding a public meeting in conjunction with the SETAC North America Annual Meeting to review progress on characterizing sources of exposure and environmental impacts of endocrine disruptors. Since 2005, the EPA STAR grant program has provided $7.6 million for 13 research studies to develop methods to monitor endocrine disruptors in complex mixtures and to characterize the impact of hormones in waste from animal feeding operations. Studies that are developing innovative behavioral, molecular, and biosensor methods for detecting endocrine disruptors and hormone activity in environmental media such as wastewater effluent are nearing completion. Studies on the transport, fate, and effects of natural and synthetic hormones from cattle, swine, and poultry waste along with the effects of different waste disposal practices on transport to soil and water are in progress. Several of the studies are being conducted in cooperation with scientists at USEPA, USGS, and USDA. This meeting provides the opportunity for researchers to discuss recent findings, common methodological issues, and upcoming investigations on endocrine disruptors in the environment. |
| Registration: | View Registration |
| Logistics: | View Logistics |
| Agenda: | View Agenda |
| Other Links: | SETAC North America Annual Meeting Website
EPA Endocrine Disruptors STAR Program Webpages Proceedings from previous EPA Endocrine Disruptors Program Progress Reviews EPA STAR Calendar of Events EPA STAR RFA Announcements |
| Title: | Interagency Environmental Nanotechnology Grantees Workshop |
| Date: | Wednesday, November 19 – Friday, November 21, 2008 |
| Location: | Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel 200 N. Ashley Drive Tampa, FL 33602 Telephone: (813) 223-2222 Affiliated Meeting of the SETAC North America 29th Annual Meeting being held 16-20 November at the Tampa Convention Center. Room block reservations at the Courtyard by Marriott Tampa Downtown will close on October 31, 2008. The room block at the Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel is now closed. |
| Contact: | Nora Savage, (202) 343-9858, savage.nora@epa.gov Elizabeth Williams, (202) 343-9735, williams.elizabeth@epa.gov Tina Conley, (202) 343-9829, conley.tina@epa.gov |
| Purpose: | The objective of this interagency nano grantees meeting is to highlight the latest research results on a variety of engineered nanomaterials. Grantees from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the National Institute of Environment Health Sciences (NIEHS) will present research results exploring the potential effects these materials may have on human health and the environment. A secondary objective of this meeting is to facilitate communication among stakeholders in this area and to stimulate researchers and other involved in this area to consider the potential environment impacts of their work. The grantees presenting at this meeting were awarded through EPA's Joint Nano solicitations with other agencies. |
| Registration: | View Registration |
| Logistics: | View Logistics |
| Agenda: | View Agenda |
| SETAC Link | http://www.setac.org |
| Other Links: | http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/nano/ http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/programs/nanohealth/index.cfm http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/ http://www.science.doe.gov/News_Information/News_Room/2006/nano/index.htm http://www.nano.gov |
| Title: | EPA Symposium on Groundwater-Borne Infectious Disease, Etiologic Agents and Indicators |
| Date: | December 2 – December 4, 2008 |
| Location: | The Carnegie Institute of Washington 1530 P ST. NW Washington DC |
| Contact: | Angela Page (page.angela@epa.gov); (202) 343-9826, Philip Berger (Berger.philip@epa.gov); (202) 564-5255 Tina Conley (conley.tina@epa.gov); (202) 343-9829, |
| Purpose: | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sponsoring a Symposium to discuss research being conducted on groundwater-borne infectious disease epidemiology and pathogen occurrence in groundwater. The meeting will consist of a series of presentations by EPA researchers, including researchers from the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) grant program and internationally recognized researchers. Additional presentations will be given by researchers from the U.S. Geologic Survey and those at academic institutions. This meeting is free and open to all who are interested. |
| Registration: | http://www.scgcorp.com/groundwater/Registration.asp |
| Logistics: | View Logistics |
| Agenda: | View Agenda |
| Hotel: | View Hotel Info |
2009 Events
| Title: | Remediation Technology Summit (REMTEC) 2009: The Future of Remediation Technology |
| Date: | March 5- 9 2009 |
| Location: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Purpose: | This forum will draw leaders from academia and the regulatory community, site owners and environmental professionals. Speakers and attendees will join interactive sessions covering advances in remediation science and technology, new and prospective regulatory policies, and other critical issues affecting contaminated site restoration. |
| Contact: | Nora Savage (savage.nora@epa.gov); (202) 343-9858 |
| Registration: | TBD |
| Logistics: | TBD |
| Agenda: | TBD |
| Other Info: | Call for Papers (PDF) (2 pp, 2.4 MB) |
| Title: | 237th ACS National Meeting Symposium on Nanotechnology and the Environment: Emphasis on Green Nanotechnology |
| Date: | March 22 - 26 2009 |
| Location: | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Purpose: | This meeting will provide 2 sessions : 1) Nanoecotoxicity; 2) Exposure of Engineered Nanomaterials |
| Contact: | Nora Savage (savage.nora@epa.gov); phone: 202-343-9858 |
| Registration: | TBD |
| Logistics: | TBD |
| Agenda: | TBD |
| Title: | 2009 International Conference on the Environmental Implications and Applications of Nanotechnology |
| Date: | June 9 - 11 2009 |
| Location: | Amherst, Massachusetts sponsored by USEPA OSWER, USEPA ORD, University of Massachussetts, NIEHS, and others |
| Purpose: | The conference will provide a valuable forum for scientists, regulators, and policy makers from academia, government, and industry to interact and share new knowledge on the health and environmental impacts of nanotechnology, green nanotechnology, and new environmental applications and help direct future research and regulatory needs.
For more info: http://www.clu-in.org/download/misc/NanoBrochure_4Pgs.pdf (4 pp, 5.07 MB) |
| Registration: | http://www.umass.edu/tei/conferences/nanoconference/registration.html |
| Logistics: | View Logistics |
| Agenda: | View Agenda |