Environmental Governance at the Leading Edge of Technology

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Robert Oszakiewski

The 2011 J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Environmental Law Conference will be held on March 23-24 2011 at George Washington University's Jacob Burns Moot Court Room. The subject of the conference, "Environmental Governance at the Leading Edge of Technology", will

explore the need for the possible structure of anticipatory governance systems that are capable of protecting the environment and public health in the context of emerging technologies such as geo-engineering to address climate change, hydro-fracturing  and deep water drilling to recover energy resources, synthetic biology to produce new fuels and other innovative materials, and expanding use of nanotechnologies.

Among the panelists is Porter Wright's own John Monica, sitting as part of the Day one panel titled "The Strengths and Limitations of Existing Goverance Structure".

For more information and to register for the conference, please go here.

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John Monica to present at nanotechnology conference

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Helen Kim

 

On March 21, 2011, Porter Wright partner John C. Monica, Jr. will participate as a presenter at the annual conference of Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. The conference, entitled "The Biggest Issues for the Smallest Stuff: Regulation and Risk Management of Nanotechnology," will focus on recent trends and challenges in regulations currently being considered by federal agencies and risk management and safety initiatives proposed or implemented in the nanotechnology arena. John will join other nanotechnology experts from various organizations, including government, industry, non-governmental organizations, the insurance industry and academia. He will speak specifically about stakeholder perspectives in the field from a legal practitioner angle.

 

To learn more about the conference, please visit: 

 

http://lsi.law.asu.edu/nanoregulation/ 

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Joint US-EU Workshop: Bridging NanoEHS Research Efforts

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Robert Oszakiewski

In the Federal Register for February 15, 2011, the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office announced it would hold a workshop on March 10 & 11 2011

to provide an open forum and engage in an active scientific discussion
about environmental health and safety questions for nanomaterials and
nanotechnology-enabled products, to encourage joint US-EU programs of
work that would leverage resources, and to establish communities of
research practice, including identification of key points of contact/
interest groups/themes between key US and EU researchers for near-term
and future collaborations.

The March 10, 2011 sessions, to be held at George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, is divided into two parts. Part 1, "Understanding Perspectives and Programs", will focus on an overview of EU and US EHS research plans and the different perspectives both bring to their research efforts. Part 2, "Data Needs for Regulatory Decision Making", focuses on

1 - Human health data

2- Environment data needed to make informed regarding regulations, particularly the regulation of nanoindustries.

The March 11, 2011 sessions will be held at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The first part of this days sessions focuses on "Tackling the Challenges of Producing Reliable and Reproducible data for nanoparticles assessment and risk management", while the final session, "Getting it done together", will look at establishing mechanisms for EU and US regulatory agencies to work together in the future.

Pre-registration is required and can be done at www.nano.gov . Registration closes at 4PM on March 9, 2011. Anyone interested in presenting short comments (3-5 minutes) also needs to register at www.nano.gov.

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