The combination of technological promises, speculation about safety, and lack of public awareness of the consequences of nanotechnologies can easily lead to mistrust and opposition. The debate on the risks and opportunities of nanotechnologies has been going on for more than a decade, but has been limited to a small circle of specialists and institutions. Therefore, few people understand what nanotechnologies are, or even know that nano materials are already used in consumer products. In March 2009 the Dutch government decided to stimulate societal dialogue on nanotechnologies and implemented a broad discussion in which viewpoints and opinions could be expressed by all kinds of stakeholders and publics. Dutch people perceive the innovation potential of nanotechnologies as positive provided there is an adequate system for risk research, assigning permits, and nano oversight. In this respect reliability and responsibility of nano actors (risk assessors, regulators and innovators) will be decisive.
Responsible nano innovation will be strongly influenced by both public perceptions of the promises and risks of nanotechnologies, and the expectation that there are responsible parties addressing remaining uncertainties. Nano actors require insight into what information is pivotal to determine whether a nano material is safe. Meanwhile, the interaction between nano actors, stakeholders and publics should be improved in order to allow discussions on safety and wider issues to keep better pace with the innovation processes. We are in need of approaches ensuring safe and responsible use of nanotechnologies that enable open routes to addressing risk and wider issues - whether these are technological, social, economic or political. Two concepts are further discussed: Safe-by-Design and Societal Incubator. Responsible nano innovation will largely depend on the willingness of nano actors to define responsibility wider than just regulating risks.
Designing Software with a Sustainability Intent - The Software Sustainability...Patricia Lago
This talk explains the SoSA method and how it can scope the complexity of the problem of designing for software solutions to realize sustainability goals.
Green Software: Architecture Decision-making for SustainabilityPatricia Lago
Sustainability is one of the most obvious ethical quality attributes for IT systems.
Patricia Lago is a professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and leads the Software and Services research group, with a special focus on sustainability and green IT. In this talk at the LAC 2018 (https://www.laccongres.nl), she will explain the notion of sustainability and the choices that architects can make to increase the sustainability of their design.
The document discusses sustainable consumption and production (SCP) and the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in promoting SCP. It provides background on SCP and outlines the objectives of a CSO Platform project, which aims to identify consumption trends, discuss policy actions, and create an online platform to foster dialogue around SCP issues. The document also discusses the key role CSOs can play in areas like raising awareness, supporting technologies, and influencing policy to drive behavioral changes needed for SCP.
ATLAS & DEMETER Webinar "H2020 Agri-Tech Research in Europe"
18 June 2020
Marianna Faraldi (Project Manager & Senior Researcher - Tecnoalimenti, OPEN DEI Agri-food Ambassador
Presentation by Dr Steffi Friedrichs, AcumenIST, NanoEarth, Virginia Tech, 8....Steffi Friedrichs
Title: The ‘Rise and Fall’ of Technologies (on the Example of Biotechnology and Nanotechnology)
Biotechnology has often been referred to as the bigger sister of nanotechnology. Indeed, the difference between the two technologies is often reduced to a mere two-decade time warp between the technologies’ hype cycles, and both technology analysists, policy-makers and pressure groups continue to entertain each other with numerous stories about the exchangeability of the two technology names in meeting agendas, expert panel discussions, public debates and policy documents.
This talk by Steffi Friedrichs, however, highlights the difference between the two technologies and outline the potential pitfalls (for both the public and the private sector) in reducing the expected trajectory of any technology’s development to a mere copy of a previous experience.
Steffi discusses the evidence recently published in two in-depth reports on the development of biotechnology and nanotechnology and their resulting impacts:
1. The Report on statistics and indicators of biotechnology and nanotechnology brings together the latest available patenting and bibliometric activity data on biotechnology, nanotechnology and related emerging and converging technologies. In order to achieve a comparison between the two technology fields, the selected indicators and measurement methodology for these multidisciplinary and partially overlapping technologies were re-confirmed and stress-tested with a view to establishing uniquely accurate and relevant datasets.
2. The Trend-analysis of science, technology and innovation policies for BNCTs studied the policies pertaining to nanotechnology and biotechnology over the past three decades and analysed them with regard to their directionality (i.e. the characteristics differentiating “technology-push” from “application-pull” policies) and their generality (i.e. the antonym of a technology-specificity that limits a policy to be applicable to a specific technology field only).
(NOTE: this PDF of the original presentation has been annotated for sharing.)
Based on an in-depth analysis conducted for the Gov4Nano Project, Dr Steffi Friedrichs delivered a seminar entitled 'Nanotechnology & the Insurance Industry' as part of the Environmental Health Sciences Seminar Series (Fall 2020) at the University of South Carolina.
Sustainability - The Software PerspectivePatricia Lago
This document summarizes a presentation by Patricia Lago on software and sustainability. The key points are:
1) Software can both help and hinder sustainability depending on how it is designed and deployed. The software architecture perspective can provide a "big picture" view of sustainability impacts.
2) Lago's research group at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam focuses on topics like software architecture for digital sustainability, architectural technical debt, and the software energy footprint.
3) Effective decision making around software and sustainability requires informed strategies using tools like the Sustainability Assessment Framework, which includes decision maps to explore design options and their impacts over time.
The document discusses the NanoFabNet Hub, which aims to create a sustainable international collaboration platform for nanofabrication. The Hub will provide a registered secretariat and be a one-stop-shop for matters related to sustainable nanofabrication. It will bring together governmental laboratories, academics, large industries, and SMEs. The document also summarizes workshops that were held to discuss concepts of sustainable nanofabrication and mapping areas of research at the intersection of nanotechnology and sustainability.
Designing Software with a Sustainability Intent - The Software Sustainability...Patricia Lago
This talk explains the SoSA method and how it can scope the complexity of the problem of designing for software solutions to realize sustainability goals.
Green Software: Architecture Decision-making for SustainabilityPatricia Lago
Sustainability is one of the most obvious ethical quality attributes for IT systems.
Patricia Lago is a professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and leads the Software and Services research group, with a special focus on sustainability and green IT. In this talk at the LAC 2018 (https://www.laccongres.nl), she will explain the notion of sustainability and the choices that architects can make to increase the sustainability of their design.
The document discusses sustainable consumption and production (SCP) and the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in promoting SCP. It provides background on SCP and outlines the objectives of a CSO Platform project, which aims to identify consumption trends, discuss policy actions, and create an online platform to foster dialogue around SCP issues. The document also discusses the key role CSOs can play in areas like raising awareness, supporting technologies, and influencing policy to drive behavioral changes needed for SCP.
ATLAS & DEMETER Webinar "H2020 Agri-Tech Research in Europe"
18 June 2020
Marianna Faraldi (Project Manager & Senior Researcher - Tecnoalimenti, OPEN DEI Agri-food Ambassador
Presentation by Dr Steffi Friedrichs, AcumenIST, NanoEarth, Virginia Tech, 8....Steffi Friedrichs
Title: The ‘Rise and Fall’ of Technologies (on the Example of Biotechnology and Nanotechnology)
Biotechnology has often been referred to as the bigger sister of nanotechnology. Indeed, the difference between the two technologies is often reduced to a mere two-decade time warp between the technologies’ hype cycles, and both technology analysists, policy-makers and pressure groups continue to entertain each other with numerous stories about the exchangeability of the two technology names in meeting agendas, expert panel discussions, public debates and policy documents.
This talk by Steffi Friedrichs, however, highlights the difference between the two technologies and outline the potential pitfalls (for both the public and the private sector) in reducing the expected trajectory of any technology’s development to a mere copy of a previous experience.
Steffi discusses the evidence recently published in two in-depth reports on the development of biotechnology and nanotechnology and their resulting impacts:
1. The Report on statistics and indicators of biotechnology and nanotechnology brings together the latest available patenting and bibliometric activity data on biotechnology, nanotechnology and related emerging and converging technologies. In order to achieve a comparison between the two technology fields, the selected indicators and measurement methodology for these multidisciplinary and partially overlapping technologies were re-confirmed and stress-tested with a view to establishing uniquely accurate and relevant datasets.
2. The Trend-analysis of science, technology and innovation policies for BNCTs studied the policies pertaining to nanotechnology and biotechnology over the past three decades and analysed them with regard to their directionality (i.e. the characteristics differentiating “technology-push” from “application-pull” policies) and their generality (i.e. the antonym of a technology-specificity that limits a policy to be applicable to a specific technology field only).
(NOTE: this PDF of the original presentation has been annotated for sharing.)
Based on an in-depth analysis conducted for the Gov4Nano Project, Dr Steffi Friedrichs delivered a seminar entitled 'Nanotechnology & the Insurance Industry' as part of the Environmental Health Sciences Seminar Series (Fall 2020) at the University of South Carolina.
Sustainability - The Software PerspectivePatricia Lago
This document summarizes a presentation by Patricia Lago on software and sustainability. The key points are:
1) Software can both help and hinder sustainability depending on how it is designed and deployed. The software architecture perspective can provide a "big picture" view of sustainability impacts.
2) Lago's research group at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam focuses on topics like software architecture for digital sustainability, architectural technical debt, and the software energy footprint.
3) Effective decision making around software and sustainability requires informed strategies using tools like the Sustainability Assessment Framework, which includes decision maps to explore design options and their impacts over time.
The document discusses the NanoFabNet Hub, which aims to create a sustainable international collaboration platform for nanofabrication. The Hub will provide a registered secretariat and be a one-stop-shop for matters related to sustainable nanofabrication. It will bring together governmental laboratories, academics, large industries, and SMEs. The document also summarizes workshops that were held to discuss concepts of sustainable nanofabrication and mapping areas of research at the intersection of nanotechnology and sustainability.
Slides of the inaugural speech of Patricia Lago as full professor at the VU University Amsterdam. You can find the accompanying text at: http://dare.ubvu.vu.nl/handle/1871/53978
Software Sustainability: The Challenges and Opportunities for Enterprises and...Patricia Lago
This is the opening keynote presentation to the 14th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM) 2021. See at https://poem2021.rtu.lv/program
SoSA: A Software Sustainability Assessment MethodPatricia Lago
This document introduces the Software Sustainability Assessment (SoSA) method. SoSA is a multi-dimensional framework for evaluating software with sustainability intents across technical, economic, social and environmental impacts over time. These impacts can be immediate or enabling of further impacts. The document provides examples of sustainable software strategies and their impacts, such as efficient database queries reducing energy consumption by 25%. It also outlines research needs like a knowledge bank of sustainable software practices and new assessment methods.
Adopting sustainability in ICT industry: from the trenchesPatricia Lago
This presentation was given at the 2017 National Sustainability Day in Higher Education, in collaboration with GreenIT Amsterdam.
It presented preliminary results of the GreenServe project, where we measured the sustainability impact of software-intensive systems of IT and software companies and built decision maps to help informed decision making.
All rights reserved (c) Patricia Lago.
This magazine issue from the Asian Institute of Technology features several articles on innovations and trends in engineering and technology. The issue includes articles on innovations in seismic design philosophy, institutions that nurture innovators and entrepreneurs, replicating a wildlife enforcement monitoring system in Asia, smart systems for smart structures, and innovative engineering technologies seen in famous bridges in Japan. The issue also provides a special feature on how innovation can help save the oil industry and an opinion piece on the importance of writing press releases.
The document discusses how sea animals get tangled in trash in oceans and how long it takes different materials to biodegrade in water. It encourages readers to help keep oceans clean by picking up trash at beaches, using less fossil fuels which pollute oceans, and that keeping oceans clean will benefit sea life and the environment.
Me ket dokument porosia ishte se cfardo mareveshje potenciale, te aritur mes ketyre kater aktereve, pa u permbushur parakushtet e lartpermendura, nuk do te miratohet nga xhemati i lagjes Dardania–Gjilan dhe do te vazhdohet me bojkotim te aktiviteteve fetare ashtu si edhe gjer me tani.
Turn your students into first time authorsjacuzzizen
This document provides information and instructions for teachers to have students create their own books or ebooks. It discusses using random pictures to spark students' creativity and language skills. Teachers are given lesson plans and tips to adapt the project for different levels, including choosing the format (paper book, PowerPoint, ebook), incorporating book elements, and providing grammar guidelines tailored to each student. The project aims to build confidence and literacy skills while being engaging and memorable for students.
Erica Chepy completed a two-day training course called 975 - DataMigrator Essentials from July 28-29, 2016. The course provided 1.2 continuing education units. The document certifies Erica Chepy's successful completion of the DataMigrator Essentials training course.
Pjesetaret e Xhemati Dardania Gjilan, kan vendosur te ankohen per pengesat, qe po i shkakton Sh.Murati, per ta pamundesuar te drejten e pjesetareve te Xhemati Dardania Gjilan, zhvillimin e namzeve perkatese (ceremonive fetare). Keto pengesa, Sh.Murati, i ben per shkak se edhe pas tri e me shume viteve bojkotohet nga pjesetaret e Xhemati Dardania Gjilan.
Ky dokument e beri te kjarte konfrontimin mes xhematit dhe BIK&KBI, nderlidhur me te drejten per të shfrytëzuar hapesirën e mbrendëshme të xhamisë. Njeherit ishte dokumenti i pare, ne te cilin u vendos llogoja me xhematin duke u falur ne oborin e Xhamise.
This 3 sentence document introduces the student Isaías Robles Frías and indicates he is addressing his teacher in a notebook. The brief document provides only the student's name and salutation to the teacher without any other context or details.
Este documento describe la posición de la sílaba tónica en palabras españolas y cuándo llevan tilde. Explica que las palabras agudas llevan tilde si terminan en vocal o consonante -n o -s, las palabras llanas o graves llevan tilde si terminan en consonante excepto -n o -s, las palabras esdrújulas siempre llevan tilde, y las palabras sobresdrújulas siempre llevan tilde antes de la antepenúltima sílaba. Proporciona ejemplos para cada categoría.
The document provides an orientation for the F.A.C.E.S. training program at Indiana University School of Medicine and Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. The goals of the program are to promote community engagement among medical students, expose students to vulnerable populations, and teach self-advocacy skills for homeless adults. Students will learn about the needs of the homeless population and fulfill competencies in social/community health care and moral reasoning/ethical judgment. The training overview outlines modules on the homeless population and mental health, safety guidelines, and information delivery.
Преимущества «горячей линии» для бизнеса:
-Клиенты охотнее обращаются в службу поддержки по бесплатному номеру
-Автоматизированная справочная для ответов на частые вопросы клиентов
-Возможность оказывать некоторые услуги без участия оператора (узнать текущий баланс, срок следующего платежа и т.д.)
- Оперативное информирование клиентов о текущих акциях и предложениях
Kliendilugu: Office 365 – üleminek pilveplatvormile, väiksemad kulud nii lits...Primend
Oma kogemusest Office 365-le üleminekust räägib Amserv. Miks otsustati üle minna pilveplatvormile? Millised olid peamised murekohad Office 365-e juurutamisel ning kuidas on teenuse kasutamine töövoogu lihtsustanud ja parendanud.
Winning ITNs with RRI - Relevant sources and further readingJobenco
Here is some more background on the notion of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), how it has been operationalised in Horizon 2020 and how it can be relevant for writing MSCA ITN proposals. We have included the academic and policy background and concrete sources/best practices to inspire others to take it up in their proposal.
Facing the future: Sense-making in Horizon ScanningTotti Könnölä
The document summarizes a conference on horizon scanning and sense-making. It discusses how horizon scanning involves collecting observations of potential future developments and deriving policy implications. Sense-making is inseparable from scanning and involves perceiving, interpreting and constructing meaning from emerging trends. The case study described a horizon scanning exercise where 381 issues were identified, assessed, and synthesized into cross-cutting challenges to inform EU policymaking recommendations on sustainability, social changes, and governance.
This document summarizes a conference on Policy Making 2.0. It discusses the challenges of modern policy making, such as dealing with unknown unknowns and distributed governance. It outlines the goals of developing a research roadmap to strengthen the policy making community. The proposed method is open and recursive. The document envisions a third way of policy making that is open, evidence-based, and addresses the full policy cycle from anticipating issues to evaluation. It acknowledges challenges in ensuring technology leads to real policy impacts and cultural changes. Next steps include collaboratively curating examples and continuing discussion through online groups.
Slides of the inaugural speech of Patricia Lago as full professor at the VU University Amsterdam. You can find the accompanying text at: http://dare.ubvu.vu.nl/handle/1871/53978
Software Sustainability: The Challenges and Opportunities for Enterprises and...Patricia Lago
This is the opening keynote presentation to the 14th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM) 2021. See at https://poem2021.rtu.lv/program
SoSA: A Software Sustainability Assessment MethodPatricia Lago
This document introduces the Software Sustainability Assessment (SoSA) method. SoSA is a multi-dimensional framework for evaluating software with sustainability intents across technical, economic, social and environmental impacts over time. These impacts can be immediate or enabling of further impacts. The document provides examples of sustainable software strategies and their impacts, such as efficient database queries reducing energy consumption by 25%. It also outlines research needs like a knowledge bank of sustainable software practices and new assessment methods.
Adopting sustainability in ICT industry: from the trenchesPatricia Lago
This presentation was given at the 2017 National Sustainability Day in Higher Education, in collaboration with GreenIT Amsterdam.
It presented preliminary results of the GreenServe project, where we measured the sustainability impact of software-intensive systems of IT and software companies and built decision maps to help informed decision making.
All rights reserved (c) Patricia Lago.
This magazine issue from the Asian Institute of Technology features several articles on innovations and trends in engineering and technology. The issue includes articles on innovations in seismic design philosophy, institutions that nurture innovators and entrepreneurs, replicating a wildlife enforcement monitoring system in Asia, smart systems for smart structures, and innovative engineering technologies seen in famous bridges in Japan. The issue also provides a special feature on how innovation can help save the oil industry and an opinion piece on the importance of writing press releases.
The document discusses how sea animals get tangled in trash in oceans and how long it takes different materials to biodegrade in water. It encourages readers to help keep oceans clean by picking up trash at beaches, using less fossil fuels which pollute oceans, and that keeping oceans clean will benefit sea life and the environment.
Me ket dokument porosia ishte se cfardo mareveshje potenciale, te aritur mes ketyre kater aktereve, pa u permbushur parakushtet e lartpermendura, nuk do te miratohet nga xhemati i lagjes Dardania–Gjilan dhe do te vazhdohet me bojkotim te aktiviteteve fetare ashtu si edhe gjer me tani.
Turn your students into first time authorsjacuzzizen
This document provides information and instructions for teachers to have students create their own books or ebooks. It discusses using random pictures to spark students' creativity and language skills. Teachers are given lesson plans and tips to adapt the project for different levels, including choosing the format (paper book, PowerPoint, ebook), incorporating book elements, and providing grammar guidelines tailored to each student. The project aims to build confidence and literacy skills while being engaging and memorable for students.
Erica Chepy completed a two-day training course called 975 - DataMigrator Essentials from July 28-29, 2016. The course provided 1.2 continuing education units. The document certifies Erica Chepy's successful completion of the DataMigrator Essentials training course.
Pjesetaret e Xhemati Dardania Gjilan, kan vendosur te ankohen per pengesat, qe po i shkakton Sh.Murati, per ta pamundesuar te drejten e pjesetareve te Xhemati Dardania Gjilan, zhvillimin e namzeve perkatese (ceremonive fetare). Keto pengesa, Sh.Murati, i ben per shkak se edhe pas tri e me shume viteve bojkotohet nga pjesetaret e Xhemati Dardania Gjilan.
Ky dokument e beri te kjarte konfrontimin mes xhematit dhe BIK&KBI, nderlidhur me te drejten per të shfrytëzuar hapesirën e mbrendëshme të xhamisë. Njeherit ishte dokumenti i pare, ne te cilin u vendos llogoja me xhematin duke u falur ne oborin e Xhamise.
This 3 sentence document introduces the student Isaías Robles Frías and indicates he is addressing his teacher in a notebook. The brief document provides only the student's name and salutation to the teacher without any other context or details.
Este documento describe la posición de la sílaba tónica en palabras españolas y cuándo llevan tilde. Explica que las palabras agudas llevan tilde si terminan en vocal o consonante -n o -s, las palabras llanas o graves llevan tilde si terminan en consonante excepto -n o -s, las palabras esdrújulas siempre llevan tilde, y las palabras sobresdrújulas siempre llevan tilde antes de la antepenúltima sílaba. Proporciona ejemplos para cada categoría.
The document provides an orientation for the F.A.C.E.S. training program at Indiana University School of Medicine and Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. The goals of the program are to promote community engagement among medical students, expose students to vulnerable populations, and teach self-advocacy skills for homeless adults. Students will learn about the needs of the homeless population and fulfill competencies in social/community health care and moral reasoning/ethical judgment. The training overview outlines modules on the homeless population and mental health, safety guidelines, and information delivery.
Преимущества «горячей линии» для бизнеса:
-Клиенты охотнее обращаются в службу поддержки по бесплатному номеру
-Автоматизированная справочная для ответов на частые вопросы клиентов
-Возможность оказывать некоторые услуги без участия оператора (узнать текущий баланс, срок следующего платежа и т.д.)
- Оперативное информирование клиентов о текущих акциях и предложениях
Kliendilugu: Office 365 – üleminek pilveplatvormile, väiksemad kulud nii lits...Primend
Oma kogemusest Office 365-le üleminekust räägib Amserv. Miks otsustati üle minna pilveplatvormile? Millised olid peamised murekohad Office 365-e juurutamisel ning kuidas on teenuse kasutamine töövoogu lihtsustanud ja parendanud.
Winning ITNs with RRI - Relevant sources and further readingJobenco
Here is some more background on the notion of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), how it has been operationalised in Horizon 2020 and how it can be relevant for writing MSCA ITN proposals. We have included the academic and policy background and concrete sources/best practices to inspire others to take it up in their proposal.
Facing the future: Sense-making in Horizon ScanningTotti Könnölä
The document summarizes a conference on horizon scanning and sense-making. It discusses how horizon scanning involves collecting observations of potential future developments and deriving policy implications. Sense-making is inseparable from scanning and involves perceiving, interpreting and constructing meaning from emerging trends. The case study described a horizon scanning exercise where 381 issues were identified, assessed, and synthesized into cross-cutting challenges to inform EU policymaking recommendations on sustainability, social changes, and governance.
This document summarizes a conference on Policy Making 2.0. It discusses the challenges of modern policy making, such as dealing with unknown unknowns and distributed governance. It outlines the goals of developing a research roadmap to strengthen the policy making community. The proposed method is open and recursive. The document envisions a third way of policy making that is open, evidence-based, and addresses the full policy cycle from anticipating issues to evaluation. It acknowledges challenges in ensuring technology leads to real policy impacts and cultural changes. Next steps include collaboratively curating examples and continuing discussion through online groups.
Research Policy Monitoring in the Era of Open Science & Big Data Workshop ReportData4Impact
Workshop on Research Policy Monitoring in the Era of Open Science and Big Data was a two day event, co-organised by OpenAIRE and Data4Impact, with support of Science Europe. The event explored mechanisms for research policy monitoring and indicators, and how to link these to infrastructure and services. The first day was focused on open science indicators as these emerge from national and EU initiatives, while the second day explored more advanced aspects of indicators for innovation and societal impact.
Science & Innovation 2014: Foresighting Trajectories for Advanced Innnovative...Innogen
The UK currently faces an unprecedented array of innovation opportunities. Many important initiatives are being designed to support the translation of basic science into practical outcomes, as well as to ensure we capitalise on the economic and societal benefit from the research we fund. To maximise this impact, there is a need for a radically new approach to innovation support from the social science and policy communities – one that helps us better understand the factors that determine which products and processes reach the marketplace, over what timescales, and in which industry sectors, regions or countries. Innogen works to effectively foresight future outcomes of specific policies, regulatory initiatives, innovation support mechanisms and investment decisions, and identify gaps in regulatory capacity to be responsive to the rapid pace of innovation in advanced technology sectors. This seminar will explore our approach to the analysis of innovation generation, focusing particularly on where our ideas are having most traction in innovation and policy communities.
Kornelia Konrad-La empresa y las políticas de innovación transformadorasFundación Ramón Areces
El 25 de abril de 2017 organizamos en la Fundación Ramón Areces una mesa redonda sobre 'La empresa y las políticas de innovación transformadoras'. En este foro participaron, entre otros, Totti Konnola, CEO de Insight Foresight Institute; Luis Fernando Álvarez-Gascón Pérez, Director General GMV secure eSolutions; y Francisco Marín, Director General del CDTI. Esta actividad se celebró en colaboración con el Grupo de Investigación en Economía y Política de la Innovación de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (GRINEI-UCM) y el Foro de Empresas Innovadoras (FEI).
This document summarizes a workshop on methodology and indicators for assessing research and innovation held by the Data4Impact project. The project uses big data techniques to track the impacts of publicly-funded health research. In the morning, the project presented its analytical model and indicators for tracking outputs, academic impacts, economic impacts, and societal/health impacts. Discussion groups provided feedback on the indicators. In the afternoon, a panel of policymakers and funders discussed the relevance of the indicators and opportunities to improve the methodology. The workshop concluded by inviting participants to a future workshop on applying big data in scientometrics.
Françoise Roure_A possible research and innovation scheme for Nanotechnology?Ne3LS_Network
The document discusses nanotechnology regulation in the EU over the past 10 years. It makes three key points:
1) Early involvement of the European Parliament and responses from the European Commission including expertise, recommendations, databases, and legal frameworks.
2) Adaptation of regulations in France including public debates, mandatory reporting schemes, and risk/benefit assessments.
3) The importance of agreed definitions, descriptions, traceability and reporting for effective and harmonized regulations given challenges in clearly linking facts to causes.
Report on current policies and regulatory frameworksOles Kulchytskyy
The Report on current policies and regulatory frameworks for social media and content convergence: information disorder, human rights and regulatory implications (D2.1) provides a
comprehensive insight into regulatory and governance initiatives addressing the human rights concerns related to information disorder in social media and a better understanding of the
regulatory and governance implications, including their potential impact on the fragmentation of the single market.
The information is prepared by the team of the COMPACT project (http://compact-media.eu/).
COMPACT is a Coordination and Support Action funded European Commission under framework Horizon 2020.
The objective of the COMPACT project is to increase awareness (including scientific, political, cultural, legal, economic and technical areas) of the latest technological discoveries among key stakeholders in the context of social media and convergence. The project will offer analyses and road maps of related initiatives. In addition, extensive research on policies and regulatory frameworks in media and content will be developed.
PERSPECTIVESWhat is the problem A literature review on ch.docxJUST36
PERSPECTIVES
What is the problem? A literature review on challenges
facing the communication of nanotechnology to the public
Åsa Boholm & Simon Larsson
Received: 18 January 2019 /Accepted: 4 April 2019 /Published online: 23 April 2019
# The Author(s) 2019
Abstract Ethical and societal issues concerning justice,
safety, risks, and benefits are well-established topics in
the discourses of nanotechnology innovation and devel-
opment. That nanotechnology innovation should be so-
cially and ethically responsible is generally accepted by
scientists, policymakers, regulators, and industry, and
the idea of public involvement and communication is
part and parcel of the conceptualization of responsible
technology development. This paper systematically re-
views the social science research literature accumulated
between 2002 and 2018 on the communication of nano-
technology. A critical and constructivist perspective on
policy problems guides the analysis. Two questions are
asked of this literature: what problems are identified
regarding the communication of nanotechnology to the
public? How can these problems be managed and/or
resolved? Three different problem themes are identified:
the public, societal institutions, and nanotechnology
itself. While for some identified problems, there are
corresponding solutions; in other instances, there is little
alignment between problems and solutions. In conclu-
sion, the paper recommends that in communicating
nanotechnology to the public: (i) the objectives of com-
munication should be defined; (ii) previous research
should be used responsibly; (iii) communication strate-
gies should be adapted to the context; and (iv) effort
should not be spent trying to develop a generic frame-
work for communication.
Keywords Responsible innovation . Nanotechnology.
Science communication . Upstream engagement .
Literature review
Introduction
When nanotechnology hype began to mount almost two
decades ago, it was readily recognized that to reach its
full revolutionary potential, nanotechnology develop-
ment had to be Bresponsible^ (Macnaghten 2010;
Pidgeon et al. 2011). The gigantic National
Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), established in the year
2000 in the United States (US), declared that
Bnanotechnology is helping to considerably improve,
even revolutionize, many technology and industry sec-
tors: information technology, energy, environmental sci-
ence, medicine, homeland security, food safety, and
transportation, among many others^ (NNI 2018a). The
responsible development of nanotechnology that ad-
dresses the ethical, legal, and societal issues (ELSI) of
nanotechnology is one of the NNI’s four objectives,
understood to advance the other, i.e., research, commer-
cialization, worker education, and public engagement.
The way ELSI is addressed is assumed to determine
J Nanopart Res (2019) 21: 86
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-019-4524-3
Å. Boholm (*)
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2. Topics
Societal dialogue nanotechnologies
Follow up in Dutch policy-making
Challenges for Risk and Technology Assessment
New approaches: Safe-by-design, Societal Incubator
Towards responsible nano innovations
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3. Societal Dialogue 3
The Dutch government decided to stimulate a
societal dialogue on nanotechnologies (SDN) and
implemented a broad discussion in which viewpoints
and opinions could be expressed by all kinds of
stakeholders and publics (2009 - 2011)
(www.nanopodium.nl)
4. Societal Dialogue
Discourses Top 10 Issues N
Risk Health risks
Environmental risks
Labelling
26
17
12
Innovation Sustainability
Opportunities
18
18
Socio-ethics Ethics
Privacy
21
15
Governance Good governance
Legislation
Public information
19
18
15
4
N = number of projects (out of 32) in which an issue was discussed
(Hanssen et al. 2013, Tijdschrift Comwet 41, 122-135)
5. Societal Dialogue 5
In a nut shell:
public perceptions of nanotechnologies would be
positive if there is an adequate system for:
risk assessment and risk management,
public information about nano products,
nano oversight (regulation and legislation)
6. Societal Dialogue 6
A reflection:
‘One may conclude that that the general public
is more fearful of authorities that hide the potential
risks of nanotechnologies than the actual risks
themselves - when monitored and understood well’
(Wiebe Bijker 2011)
7. Follow up in Dutch policy-making
To fill the knowledge gap on nano risks and wider issues the
government has allocated about 15 % of the budget in
NanoNextNL to risk assessment & technology assessment (RATA)
Regulatory issues preferable EU-level: definition of nanoparticles,
REACH nano annexes, nano labelling, nano register is covered
through mobilisation of relevant national institutions and
participation in EU FPs (NANoREG), SCs (SCENHIR), WGs (OECD)
Public information is provided by governmental and agency web
portals such as KIR nano (RIVM) and Kennislink (NCWT);
broader public dissemination is left to initiatives of industries
(position paper), CSO’s (website), EU FPs (NanoDiode)
7
8. Follow up in Dutch policy-making
Where are we standing in 2015 ?
Safety
Regulation
Governance
Engagement
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9. 2015: Lagging risk research 9
Risk research not informed enough by
exposure data of (novel) nanomaterials
To develop models and tools for general
approaches (overarching principles)
There’s still a lack of information on the use
of nanomaterials in products (CPI: 1600+)
To formulate directives for addressing
nanomaterials safety that do not hamper
innovation potential
RIVM report 2014 - 0157
10. 2015: Regulatory waiting games
Nano actors: risk assessors, regulators, entrepreneurial
innovators, are in need of insight into which information is
pivotal to address the question whether a nanomaterial or
nanotech application is safe
The interaction between innovators and regulators should
be improved - in continued consultation - in order to allow
discussions on safety and wider issue to keep better pace
with innovation processes
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11. 2015: Nano governance
Responsible Nano-Code (2008 !)
Guidance for safe working (OHS), company level,
use reference values that act as exposure limits
Oversight (EHS), national / EU level, hampered by
sharing of confidential business information
Public right to know: limited transparency
11
12. 2015: Nano governance
EU (slow political processes):
recommendation on the definition of nanomaterials; EU consultation;
no distinction natural, incidental, manufactured; change during LC
adaptation of REACH regulation to include the generation of data
and subsequent assessment of risks (data gap: volumes < 1 ton/year)
number of EU product regulations include labelling obligation
(cosmetics, food, biocides)
some member states developed national initiatives for a register of
consumer products containing nanomaterials (EU consultation)
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13. 2015: Engagement
Public engagement exercises allow members of
the public articulating their preferences which
may be taken up in decision making as
additional strategic intelligence
In codes of conduct there is an assumption that
there will be CSOs willing and able to call actors
into account, but these CSO’s may not be able
or willing to spend time and effort on this
13
14. 2015: Engagement
Traditional CSOs effort and influence hinges on two
factors:
decision makers readiness to reconsider policy
orientations (political and institutional uptake)
broader public response
In the end: critical public opinion constitutes the only
incentive to make concessions (GM did, Nano not)
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15. 2015: Engagement fatigue
Only 4 CSO’s in SDN, most were spin-offs of GM debate
New type CSO’s use different approach:
‘Using law as a tool for societal change’
BEUC ‘defender EU consumer’s interests’
CIEL, Client Earth ‘activist lawyers committed to a healthy earth’
(Urgenda: forcing the government to adopt stringent climate policies)
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16. Challenges RATA
Risk Assessment:
Smart approaches in nano risk research
for breaking the regulatory deadlock
Technology Assessment:
Keeping pace with nano innovations and
society’s ability to affirm this innovations
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17. Challenge for RA 17
Smart approaches in nano risk research
for breaking the regulatory deadlock
Safe-by-Design approach
18. Safe-by-Design approach 18
Why ? Regulators urge nano businesses to invest
in safe-by-design, whereas industry request clarity
on data requirements to demonstrate safety
How? The approach combines activities on
safe-by-design with activities to timely regulatory
preparedness, based on the stage-gate model
Stage-gating splits R&D into discrete stages; decision-gates use
certain criteria for progression through the successive stages
20. Stage-gating in geoengineering 20
Decision-gate was constructed for the SPICE project to include
a set of responsible innovation criteria:
(Stilgoe et al. , 2013, Res Pol 42, 1568-1580)
1. Risks identified and managed
2. Compliant with regulation
3. Clear communication of nature and purpose project
4. Applications and impacts described and review put in place
5. Mechanisms to understand public and stakeholder views
21. Stage-gating in geoengineering 21
Stage-gate panel evaluated SPICE team’s response:
1. Testbed deployment was save and principal risks identified ●
2. Testbed deployment was compliant with relevant regulation ●
3. Develop a revised communication plan to inform public debate ●
4. Review risks & uncertainties of solar radiation management: SEPTEL ●
5. Organize a thorough process of engagement with stakeholders ●
In the end the SPICE team decided to cancel the testbed project due
to lack of good governance for geoengineering and a patent
application representing a ‘potentially conflict of interest’
22. Future of geoengineering 22
For geoengineering technology to progress, its
developers must be mindful of wider impacts from
the outset; and it must proceed under robust
governance mechanisms
Geoengineering patents of any kind could give
companies a vested interest in the continuation of
climate change. It seems conceptually wrong to
create conditions for enterprises that would
institutionally benefit from a stressed climate
23. Challenge for TA 23
Keeping pace with nano innovations and
society’s ability to affirm this innovations
Societal Incubator
24. Societal Incubator 24
Could act as a solution to ‘waiting games’.
Here the aim is not to develop a specific
product or a specific business, but to create a
space to assess and develop nano applications,
products and businesses. It provides:
(1) resources,
(2) protected space,
(3) collective coaching
(Van Lente 2015, S.NET Book series)
25. Protected Space 25
DuPont and Environmental Defend Fund (EDF)
developed a joint nano risk framework. In other to
stimulate interactivity they created a protected
space (2006-2009)
EDF had to sign a non-disclosure agreement
(other industries or CSOs couldn’t join the discussions)
A closed-confidential beginning or a safe house
could provide a productive space for interaction
and this is crucial for building mutual trust
26. Societal Interface Group 26
To inform CBSG’s governance practice and
strategy by an interactive learning process that
facilities the inclusion of societal concerns and
needs into plant genomics innovations
At the same time enable plant genomics actors
to search for more societal aims, meanings and
starting points s for their research agendas
(Hanssen & Gremmen 2013, PUS 22, 718-729)
27. Societal Interface Group 27
Issues discussed:
Using genomics tools in breeding for organic and
other low-input farming systems
IP, open-source and the public nature of science
and scientists in a public-private partnership
Food and space: metropolitan agriculture, urban
farming
Connected value development in supply chain
(new partnerships, MSP food security)
28. SIG Lessons learned 28
1. Issues are not limited to risk & safety
2. Developing trust and a common language
takes time
3. Explicit attention to societal embedding plant
genomics R&D results from the outset
4. Institutional uptake of outcomes deliberative
engagements is not obvious
29. Responsible nano innovations 29
A definition:
‘A transparent interactive process by which societal
actors and innovators become mutually responsive
to each other with a view to the acceptability,
sustainability and societal desirability of the
innovation process and its marketable products’
(René Von Schomberg 2011)
30. Responsible nano innovations 30
A reflection:
‘This perspective assumes too much harmony.
There are not only tensions and conflicting
interests, but there is also a basic political
problem in the whole notion of ‘responsible’
(Arie Rip 2015)
32. Responsible nano innovations ? 32
We need approaches ensuring responsible use of
nanotechnologies that enable open routes to
addressing risk and wider issues (SEPTEL)
Responsible nano innovations will largely depend
on the willingness of nano actors to define
‘responsibility’ wider than just regulating risks
33. Responsible nano innovations ? 33
How can responsibility be built in into the
innovation process without it stymieing the very
innovations it sets out to enable ?
Responsible nano-code has the potential to bridge
the gap between the concept of responsible
innovation and the practicalities of translating nano
research into business ventures
(Maynard 2015, Nat Nan 10, 199)
34. Principles of Responsible Nano-Code 34
1. Board Accountability
2. Stakeholder Involvement
3. Occupational Heath & Safety
4. Public and Environmental Health & Safety
5. Wider Societal Issues
6. Engaging Businesses in Supply Chain
7. Transparency and Disclosure
35. Responsible nano innovations 35
Principles of Nano-Code: Safe by Design Societal Incubator
1. Board Accountability +
2. Stakeholder Involvement +
3. Occupational Heath & Safety +
4. Public and Environmental H & S +
5. Wider Societal Issues +
6. Engaging Businesses in Supply Chain +
7. Transparency and Disclosure +
+ strength of approach or instrument