Stakeholder Perspectives on the Perception, Assessment, and Management of the Potential Risks of Nanotechnology

The National Nanotechnology Initiative’s planned Risk Workshop will facilitate stakeholder discussion of key elements needed to assess, manage, and communicate potential risks associated with use of nanomaterials and nanotechnology-enabled products. This one and a half day, 100 – 120 person public workshop will attempt to highlight practical tools that might be used by non-Federal decision makers in their consideration of potential risks, including quantitative and qualitative assessment and management methods.

This planned workshop will facilitate:

• Understanding of the state of practice for the consideration of risk used by industry, academia, and the general public;
• Analysis of the role of comparative risk assessment in these evaluations, including decision analysis tools and gap analysis tools;
• Identification, through case study presentations, of stakeholder values and risk perceptions that inform their decision making, and the potential integration of these values and perceptions into a practical framework for risk communication;
• Current risk management practices in the emerging technology communities; and
• Determination of steps to improve the linkage of risk assessment to risk management and risk communication.

USDA Patriot Plaza Conference Center, Washington DC

Contact:
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Stafford II Rm 405
Arlington, VA
22230
info@nnco.nano.gov