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 is enabled through NRC's membership in the North American Platform Program (NAPP) and 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.

Registration

Registration and payment closes 29 January, 2010. Please note that the workshop will be capped at 100 participants due to limited space so please be sure to register as early as possible.

• Click here to register
• Workshop fee $100 CAN + tax
• Visas

NRC-INMS will be pleased to issue visa invitation letters to participants requiring a visa to enter Canada. We recommend visa letters be requested before 31 December 2009.

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

A block of rooms has been reserved for participants at the Lord Elgin Hotel (http://www.lordelginhotel.ca/) at the cost of $155.00 + tax per night. Bookings must be made before January 8th. Please mention that you will be attending the Tri-National Workshop on Standards for Nanotechnology when reserving your room.

Other accommodations in close proximity to the venue include the Courtyard by Marriott Ottawa and the Westin Ottawa. For a list of Ottawa hotels please visit http://www.ottawatourism.ca/.

Program

For details on the sessions, please review the workshop agenda.

Speakers

E Clayton Teague (US National Nanotechnology Coordination Office)
G Botton (McMaster University)
B Eves (NRC-INMS)
J Gonzalez (CIMAV, Mexico)
G Goss (University of Alberta)
D Grainger (University of Utah)
V Hackley (NIST)
A Hitchcock (McMaster University)
S Hooker (NIST)
C Kingston (NRC-SIMS)
P Kumarathasan (Health Canada)
Z Mester (NRC-INMS)
P Rasmussen (University of Ottawa, Health Canada)
J Rodríguez-López (IPICYT, Mexico)
N Gonzales Rojano (CENAM)
G Smallwood (NRC-ICPET)
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