May 13, 2025
 
 
 
  
   | 11.00 a.m. |  
   Welcome by the ISC Institute’s Director Prof. Dr. Miriam Unterlass |  
  
 
 
 1 Challenges in risk assessment and regulation 
 
 
 
  
   | 11.10 a.m. |  
   Session 1 - Introduction (Dr. Peter Laux, BfR) |  
  
 
 
 Regulation and challenges
 
 
 
  
   | 11.15 a.m. |  
   »Nano on various regulations (REACh, food contact materials, cosmetics, biocides, PPPs)«  PD Dr. Andrea Haase, BfR |  
  
 
 
 Test methods and challenges
 
 
 
  
   | 11.40 a.m. |  
   »Adaptation and development of OECD Test Guidelines for nano and advanced materials (Malta Initiative)«  Dr. Anna Pohl, BAUA   |  
  
  
   | 12.05 p.m. |  
   »From Regulation to Application – Ensuring Nano Compliance at Fraunhofer ITEM«  Dr. Gustav Bruer, Fraunhofer ITEM |  
  
  
   | 12.30 p.m. |  
   »A new tool for the generation of e-liquid emissions for toxicological assessment«  Dr. Stefanie Scheffler, Fraunhofer ITEM |  
  
  
   | 12.55 p.m. |  
   Lunch break |  
  
  
   | 1.45 p.m. |  
   »Dynamic Dissolution - Assessing long-term release from tattoo pigments in simulated body fluid«  Dr. Ralph Sperling, IMM & Frank Bierkandt, BfR |  
  
  
   | 2.10 p.m. |  
   »In-vitro tissue models as alternatives to laboratory animals«  Dr. Christian Lotz, Fraunhofer ISC |  
  
 
 
 A look into the future
 
 
 
  
   | 2.35 p.m. |  
   »Review on nano-specific NAMs (new approach methodologies)«  Dr. Shirin Usmani, BfR |  
  
 
 
 
 
2 Materials 
 
 
 
  
   | 3.00 p.m. |  
   Session 2 - Introduction (Prof. Dr. Günter Tovar, FNT)   |  
  
 
 
 2D/3D-Printing
 
 
 
  
   | 3.05 p.m. |  
   »Biofabrication: status of the field and research highlights from Würzburg«  Prof. Dr. Jürgen Groll, University of Würzburg |  
  
  
   | 3.30 p.m. |  
   »Application-oriented fabrication of tissue models«  Dr. Tobias Weigel, Fraunhofer ISC |  
  
  
   | 3.55 p.m. |  
   Coffee Break |  
  
  
   | 4.15 p.m. |  
   »Printing the Future – 2D Materials for Next-Gen Devices and the Path to Safe Innovation«  Dr. Jakob Heier, EMPA |  
  
  
   | 4.40 p.m. |  
   »Nanoscale Alloy Inks for Aerosol Jet Printed Sensors«  Dr. Volker Zöllmer, Fraunhofer IFAM   |  
  
 
 
 Outlook on material developments
 
 
 
 
  
   | 5.05 p.m. |  
   »Towards sustainable and accelerated discovery and synthesis of nanomaterials«  Prof. Dr. Miriam Unterlass, ISC |  
  
  
   | 5.30 p.m. |  
   End of lectures day 1 |  
  
 
 
 
 
May 14, 2025
 
Carbon based materials
 
 
 
  
   | 9.00 a.m. |  
   Re-opening Session 2 (Dr. Karl-Heinz Haas, FNT) |  
  
  
   | 9.05 a.m. |  
   »Graphene Roadmap«  Dr. Henning Döscher, Fraunhofer ISI |  
  
  
   9.30 a.m.     |  
   »Tailoring Nanodiamond Surfaces for Advanced Coatings: From Dispersion to Functionalization«   Dr. Jörg Opitz, Aidee Itandehui Garcia Zintzun, Alexandr Zibert, Ankit Mazumder, Anita Stoppel, Natalia Beshchasna, Fraunhofer IKTS |  
  
  
   9.55 a.m.      10.20 a.m. |  
   »Results of a recent carcinogenicity study with different CNTs and a carbon fiber«  Dr. Florian Schulz, Fraunhofer ITEM    »CNT risk assessment«  Ivica Kolaric, Fraunhofer IPA |  
  
  
   10.45 a.m.   |  
   Coffee break |  
  
 
 
 
 
Batteries, battery materials
 
 
 
  
   | 11.00 a.m. |  
   Re-opening Session 2 (Prof. Dr. Günter Tovar, FNT) |  
  
  
   | 11.05 a.m. |  
   »Battery Roadmap 2030+«  Dr. Axel Thielmann, ISI |  
  
  
   | 11.30 a.m. |  
   »Interface Optimization of Battery Materials«  Dr. Guinevere Giffin, ISC |  
  
 
 
 
 3 Material Innovation Approaches
 
 
 
 
  
   | 11.55 a.m. |  
   Session 3 – Introduction (Dr. Carsten Gellermann, FNT) |  
  
 
 
 Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD)
 
 
 
  
   | 12.00 p.m. |  
   »Review of SSbD for Nanotechnology«  Prof. Dr. Steffen F. Hansen, Technical University of Denmark DTU |  
  
  
   | 12.25 p.m. |  
   »Circular battery design - investing in sustainability and profitability«  Dr. Andreas Flegler, Fraunhofer ISC |  
  
  
   | 12:50 p.m. |  
   Lunch break |  
  
 
 
 Sustainable Replacement
 
 
 
  
   | 1.35 p.m. |  
   »Structure-property relationships by AFM techniques: from fossil-derived to sustainable polymers«  Dr. Hubert Gojzewski, University of Twente |  
  
  
   | 2.00 p.m. |  
   »Practical experiences in PFAS substitution«  Dr. Diana Lau, Fraunhofer ISC |  
  
  
   2.25 p.m.   |  
   »How automation, agentic AI and linked data help researchers to find substitutes (example PFAS)«  Dr. Matthias Popp, Fraunhofer ISC |  
  
  
   | 2.50 p.m. |  
   »Industrial scale nanomaterials and their applications – titania (TiO2) and synthetic amorphous silica (SiO2)«  Prof. Dr. Frank Menzel, Evonik |  
  
 
 
 Outlook concerning regulation
 
 
 
  
   | 3.15 p.m. |  
   »When you're nano and you know it: dealing with uncertainty regarding the nanomaterial definition in regulatory frameworks «  Dr. Sean Kelly, NIA |  
  
  
   3.40 p.m.   |  
   End of the event |  
  
 
 
 
 
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