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GSRS19 — Italy

 

 

 

GSRS19 Review Paper:

• Global Summit on Regulatory Science 2019 Nanotechnology and Nanoplastics (Abstract and Article)

Summary of GSRS19 — Lago Maggiore, Stresa, Italy

The 9th Global Summit on Regulatory Science (GSRS19) on Nanotechnology and Nanoplastics was held from 24-26 September 2019, at Lago Maggiore, Stresa, Italy. The ninth annual summit was co-organized by the Global Coalition for Regulatory Science Research (GCRSR) and Joint Research Center (JRC), European Commission. GCRSR is co-chaired by Drs. William Slikker (FDA) and Marta Hugas (EFSA). The summit had over 200 scientists in attendance from 36 countries representing regulatory and research institutes along with academic and industry participants to present on the regulatory science perspective, current status, knowledge gaps and future outlook. The summit topics and sessions were developed by the scientific program committee composed of GCRSR member agencies co-chaired by Drs. Anil Patri (FDA) and Birgit Sokull-Kluettgen (JRC/EC) and included plenary sessions on perspectives from regulatory agencies and others with parallel sessions on drugs, foods, devices, nanotoxicology, and standards.

The summit was a huge success with presentations from appropriate regulatory/research authorities with in-depth scientific presentations on current nanotechnology applications and panel discussions. A limited number of academic and industry presenters were invited to showcase cutting edge research, successes, ongoing clinical trials and challenges. The scientific content of the summit is unique, different from traditional scientific conferences, with a focus on regulatory science, knowledge gaps, and how to address these gaps through global collaborations and specific mechanisms utilized for this purpose. The plenary session on Nanoplastics brought together current state of the art in microplastics, the concerns, research efforts, potential health effects, emphasizing the lack of information and data on nanoplastics. There were pre- and post-meeting training sessions sponsored by JRC at their facility in Ispra, lab tours of the Nanobiotechnology Center, and an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International E56 ASTM E56 meeting on Nanotechnology standards. The scientific program committee will work on a draft summary report from the meeting and come up with summary recommendations on potential global collaborations to address the knowledge gaps.

GSRS19 Point of Contact

Justin Wiencek
Conference Coordinator
[email protected]

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