Events

4th Tri-National Workshop on Standards for Nanotechnology: Measurement and Characterization in Support of Toxicology R & D

Date: 2010/02/03 - 2010/02/04
Language: English

We invite you to join us for the 4th Tri-National Workshop on Standards for Nanotechnology which will take place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's National Capital.

This two-day workshop will allow researchers from Canada, the United States and Mexico to explore new collaborative research ideas and ways of working together towards harmonized standardization and characterization methods. Lectures will include a variety of research and development topics focusing on measurement and characterization methods supporting toxicological research, health, safety and the environment. The workshop will be arranged along themes consistent with the ISO/TC229 Task Group ‘Measurands for Toxicology Research and Development’, namely: constitution (what is it made of?), appearance (what does it look like?), and factors influencing interactions. Topics will have interest to a broad spectrum of stakeholders involved in nanotechnologies, including academia and government. Invited speakers will be leading researchers from laboratories in Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Please stay tuned for more information regarding registration, the program and speakers.

Registration

Coming soon.

Venue

Meetings will be held at the Auditorium of the National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa.

Please click here for driving directions.

Hotels

Accommodations in close proximity to the venue include the Courtyard by Marriott Ottawa, the Westin Ottawa and Lord Elgin Hotel. For a list of Ottawa hotels please visit http://www.ottawatourism.ca/.

Program

A complete schedule of planned meetings and social events will be available soon and posted to our website.

Speakers

E Clayton Teague (US National Nanotechnology Coordination Office)
G Botton (McMaster University)
B Eves (NRC-INMS)
N Gonzales (CENAM)
G Goss (University of Alberta)
A Hitchcock (McMaster University)
S Hooker (NIST)
C Kingston (NRC-SIMS)
P Kumarathasan (Health Canada)
M Malac (NINT)
Z Mester (NRC-INMS)
P Rasmussen (University of Ottawa, Health Canada)
G Smallwood (NRC-ICPET)
M Terrones (IPICYT, Mexico)
A Hight Walker (NIST)
R Bruce Weisman (Rice University)
M Zheng (NIST)

Previous workshops:

Ottawa, Canada
The 1st Tri-National Workshop on Standards for Nanotechnology was held in February 2007 at the National Research Council Canada (NRC), Ottawa, Canada. For presentations please click here.

Gaithersburg, USA
The 2nd Tri-National Workshop on Standards for Nanotechnology was held in February 2008 at the National Institute of Standards and technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. For more information and presentations please click here.

Querétaro, Mexico
The 3rd Tri-national Workshop on Standards for Nanotechnologies was held in February 2009, in the Centro Nacional de Metrología (CENAM) facilities in Querétaro, Mexico. For presentations please click here. To read the CENAM report, please click here.

Related Information

Institutes

• NRC Institute for National Measurement Standards
• NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences