NanoBusiness Alliance Washington DC Roundtable-March 15-17th-Agenda
Posted on February 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »
Today, I would like to announce that on Tuesday, March 16th at 4:30, we are invited to meet with Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR). Senator Pryor introduced the Nanotechnology Safety Act of 2010 on January 21, 2010 http://www.pryor.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=92f252e2-7d7c-453d-8be8-f80c3f764ec8
RESERVE HOTEL TODAY – ROOM BLOCK CLOSING
We have a room block at the Hotel Rouge, rate $229 per night. Please reserve your room today by contacting our Event Manager, Alisa Kronshage at alisa@nanobusiness.org.
Hotel Rouge
1315 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-232-8000
Reservations: 800-738-1202
http://www.rougehotel.com/
PROGRAM
Our DC event begins on Monday evening, March 15th with our Opening Dinner (details to follow)
Tuesday, March 16th
8:30am – 1:00pm Meeting at the Offices of K&L Gates, Legislative Meetings
2:00pm Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus
Moderator: Senator Ron Wyden, (D-OR) http://wyden.senate.gov/
4:30pm Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) http://www.pryor.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Home
Wednesday, March 17th – NanoBusiness Alliance Federal Roundtable
Location:
Offices of Foley & Lardner Conference Center
3000 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
AGENDA
MEETING OBJECTIVES
– Stimulate dialogue between NanoBusiness Alliance Members and Federal Agencies
– Find out the latest on regulatory policy/impending regulatory actions and federal research
initiatives
– Familiarize NanoBusiness Alliance members with federal product approval authorities and
processes and innovation strategies, with an emphasis on pending developments
8:00am – 8:30am Coffee/Registration
8:30am – 8:45am Welcoming Remarks – Purpose of Meeting
Vincent Caprio, Executive Director, NanoBusiness Alliance
8:45am – 9:45am Regulatory policy movement for nano – Cross-agency and international perspectives
Moderator: Richard A. Canady, PhD DABT, Senior Advisor, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Travis Earles, Assistant Director for Nanotechnology, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
Clayton Teague, Director, National Nanotechnology Coordinating Office, Executive Office of the President
Shaun Clancy, PhD, Director of Product Regulatory Services, Evonik, Chairman of ACC Nanotechnology Panel
9:45am – 10:15am
Celia Merzbacher, PhD, Vice President – Innovative Partnerships, Semiconductor Research Corporation
– The Nanoelectronics Research Initiative: How Industry Gets Value from the NNI through Public-Private Partnership
10:15am – 11:15am Chemical and consumer product risk management policy and regulatory actions
Moderator: Charlie Auer, Charles Auer & Associates, LLC
Lynn L. Bergeson, Founder, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Jeff Morris, National Program Director for Nanotechnology, EPA/ORD
– Sustainable development and EHS research priorities supporting risk management
Mary Ann Danello (invited), Associate Executive Director for Health Sciences, Consumer Product Safety Commission
– Nano research at CPSC: Supporting risk management
11:15am – 12:15pm Policy and guidance developments for FDA
Moderator: David Rosen, Partner and Co-chair of the Life Sciences Industry Team, Foley & Lardner LLP. Member of the firm’s Government & Public Policy, and Corporate Compliance & Enforcement Practices and the Health Care, Nanotechnology and Food Industry Teams.
Mitchell Cheeseman, Deputy Director of the Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA
– Food additive and cosmetics guidance
Subhas Malghan, Deputy Director for Program Policy and Evaluation, Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories FDA/CDRH
– Science and regulatory issues relevant to review of products containing nanoscale materials
12:15pm – 1:15pm Lunch
1:15pm – 2:00pm Workplace and Worker Protection Issues
Moderator: Phil Lippel, PhD
David O’Connor, Director, Office of Chemical Hazards (Non-metals) presenting for OSHA
Chuck Geraci, PhD, Coordinator, Nanotechnology Research Center, NIOSH
Kristen M. Kulinowski, PhD, Dept of Chemistry, Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology International Council on Nanotechnology, Rice University
2:00pm – 2:20pm
Lynn L. Bergeson, Founder, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
– Effectively Navigating Your Business around Uncertainties: Making the most from careful planning, regulatory awareness, and smart planning.
2:20pm – 2:40pm
Richard A. Canady, PhD DABT, Senior Advisor, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
– What did we hear today and what does it mean for business? – Views on compliance, liability and investment based on the regulatory policy movements, from a former insider.
2:40pm – 3:00pm BREAK
3:00pm – 4:00pm Panel Discussion, NNI EHS Research Priorities and their relationship to risk management decision support: Taking a look at the PCAST Working Group on Nanotechnology and National Research Council’s Advisory Committee on “A Research Strategy for Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials.”
Moderator: Vincent Caprio, Executive Director, NanoBusiness Alliance
Terry Medley, Chair, Expert Group on Nanotechnology, The Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (and Global Director, Corporate Regulatory Affairs DuPont), and Member of the PCAST Nanotechnology Working Group
Jenifer Sass, Group,Senior Scientist, National Resources Defense Council and member of the PCAST Nanotechnology Working Group
Ray Wassel, Senior Program Officer, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council
4:00pm – 4:30pm Keynote finale – Innovation focus at the Obama Administration
4:30pm Adjourn
More details on the Agenda to follow and please make your DC plans soon with alisa@nanobusiness.org.
Regards,
Vincent Caprio “It’s Green, It’s Clean, It’s Never Seen – That’s Nanotechnology”
www.vincentcaprio.org
Executive Director
NanoBusiness Alliance
203-733-1949
vincentcaprio@nynanobusiness.org
