| Time | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 | Registration, coffee & croissants | ||
| Perspectives on environmental assessment of nanotechnology | [Moderator: Arthur Haarman, Empa] | ||
| 9:00 | Welcome and introduction: State-of-art and challenges when applying LCA to nanotechnology DF65-01_Hischier.pdf | Roland Hischier | Empa, St. Gallen (CH) |
| 9:25 | Regulation of Nanomaterials – the relevance of LCA and RA DF65-02_Walser.pdf | Tobias Walser | Vereala, Zürich (CH) |
| 9:50 | Industrial perspective on nanotechnology development DF65-03_Hoehener.pdf | Karl Hoehener | TEMAS (CH) |
| 10:15 | Discussion | ||
| 10:30 | Coffee break | ||
| Prospective modelling for nanotechnology | [Moderator: Didier Beloin-Saint-Pierre, Empa] | ||
| 11:00 | Exploring prospective application of LCA to enhance Technological Development DF65-04_Villares.pdf | Marco Villares | Delft (NL) |
| 11:25 | Prospective LCA modelling: How to deal with uncertainties? DF65-05_Blanc_&_Beloin-Saint-Pierre.pdf | Isabelle Blanc & Didier Beloin-Saint-Pierre | MINES ParisTech, Nice (F) & Empa (CH) |
| 11:50 | Discussion | ||
| Short presentations | [Moderator: Roland Hischier, Empa] | ||
| 12:10 | A comparison of two methods for probabilistic modelling of ENM emissions along their life cycle DF65-06_Adam.pdf | Véronique Adam | Empa, St. Gallen (CH) |
| 12:20 | Decision-making concept on medical nanoparticles DF65-07_Weyell.pdf | Peter Weyell | University of Jena (D) |
| 12:30 | A network perspective reveals decreasing material diversity in studies on nanoparticle interactions with dissolved organic matter DF65-08_Sani-Kast.pdf | Nicole Sani-Kast | ETH, Zürich (CH) |
| 12:45 | Lunch | ||
| Impact assessment methods for nanotechnology | [Moderator: Beatrice Salieri, Empa] | ||
| 13:45 | Toxic effects from nanoparticles: limits and gaps in the assessment DF65-09_Chortarea.pdf | Savvina Chortarea | Empa, St. Gallen (CH) |
| 14:10 | Modelling of releases of nanoparticles into the environment DF65-10_Gottschalk.pdf | Fadri Gottschalk | ETSS, Scuol (CH) |
| 14:35 | Integrating fate and toxicity of engineered nanoparticles into LCIA DF65-11_Jolliet.pdf | Olivier Jolliet | Michigan State University (USA) |
| 14:50 | Discussion | ||
| 15:15 | Coffee break | ||
| Combining LCA and risk assessment (RA) for nanotechnology | [Moderator: David Turner, Empa] | ||
| 15:45 | GUIDEnano: A Tool for Risk Assessment of nano-enabled products considering the whole life cycle DF65-12_Vazquez.pdf | Socorro Vázquez-Campos | LEITAT, Barcelona (E) |
| 16:10 | LCA and RA for nanotechnologies: complementarities and challenges DF65-13_Igos.pdf | Elorri Igos | LIST, Luxembourg (L) |
| 16:35 | Discussion | ||
| Wrap-up and announcements | |||
| 17:00 | Wrap-up and announcements | Roland Hischier | Empa, St. Gallen (CH) |
| 17:15 | Farewell |
DF 65 – How suitable is LCA for Nanotechnology assessment?
Ten years ago, participants to an international workshop in Washington D.C. on “Nanotechnology and Life Cycle Assessment” concluded that, a priori, the LCA ISO framework is fully suitable for the assessment of nanomaterials and nano-products, despite notable shortcomings in the availability of inventory data and missing evaluation instruments for impact assessment. Since then, various actors have worked extensively on these aspects with the goal of ensuring that traditional and nano-specific environmental issues can be assessed within a unified, comprehensive and consistent framework.
This discussion forum will provide an overview of the key challenges that face practitioners and data providers when undertaking LCA of nanotechnology and will present possible solutions. The opening session will outline the need for environmental assessment of nanotechnologies in light of growing interest in nanomaterials for consumer and industrial applications and prevailing concern for the potential environmental impacts of nanoparticle emissions. The possible role of LCA in guiding environmentally-responsible innovation for emerging nanotechnologies will then be discussed. The second session will focus on prospective modelling of nanotechnologies and will consider how uncertainty should be dealt with in LCA of emerging technologies. A key question to be addressed is whether or not labscale data can or should be used as a basis to assess the potential impacts of intended future plant-scale production and, if so, what methods could be applied. Case studies will be presented to provide insights into how these issues have been dealt with in reality. The third session will outline why and how existing LCIA models must be modified (in terms of fate, exposure, and toxicity modelling) to enable more representative evaluation of the potential impacts of nanoparticle/nanomaterial emissions. In the fourth and final session, the potential added values of combining LCA with risk assessment (RA) approaches will be discussed, highlighting the potential for enhancing our knowledge of how nanotechnologies affect the environment, human health, and society.
This forum aims to provide a fertile ground for discussion between LCA researchers, practitioners and other people interested in the sustainable development of nanotechnologies.
Download: DF65-Programme_LCA_for_Nanotechnology.pdf
Livestream / Videorecordings: Access to the livestreamlng will be available at the day of the event (payment required).
Videos will be available for free after DF 65 (estimated from June 2, 2017) via this link: https://www.video.ethz.ch/events/lca/2017/spring/65th.html