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An intensive training course for nanobiotechnology researchers on public communication and the ethical implications of nanobiotechnology. The course consists of an alternating programme of expert lectures, case studies, media training, role play, group discussions and debate.

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• Published: 05-Nov-2006

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This briefing paper reviews some of the main issues in this long and continuing debate – risk assessment and management, the precautionary principle, sectoral or technology-specific regulation, and the related regulatory developments – particularly within the European Union, but also internationally, over the past quarter-century.

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• Published: 05-Nov-2006

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This five-day Advanced Course for nanobiotechnologists will enable the participants to carry out a wide variety of public communication activities discussing the social and ethical implications of their work with confidence.

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• Published: 04-Sep-2006

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Theme of the meeting: "Biotechnology: From Bench to Market." Or: how to translate a good idea into a successful product. The different aspects of this theme including intellectual property and technical aspects will be dealt with.

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• Published: 17-Mar-2005

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This report provides an analysis of the online questionare launched by Nanoforum in direct response to the wide consultation on the EC's Communication “Towards a European Strategy for Nanotechnology”.

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• Published: 11-Feb-2005

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Europass is a new way of travel identification and presenting one's skills and qualifications clearly in a way that can be easily understood in European Union, EFTA/EEA and candidate countries.

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• Published: 11-Feb-2005

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The Commission has launched a wide consultation on its Communication “Towards a European Strategy for Nanotechnology” in which it proposed an integrated and responsible approach for developing nanosciences and nanotechnologies in Europe. This consultation will help to shape future initiatives in Europe, always with an eye on applications and implications at global level. Nanotechnology is anticipated as the possible key for a next industrial revolution.

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• Published: 01-Nov-2004

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One developing-country member of the task force on hunger, for example, said she was disappointed that its recommendations made no mention of the potential for biotechnology in achieving food security..

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• Published: 07-Oct-2004

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By presenting their plans on producing green diesel from algae in Mozambique, 17 year old Sonja Boas and Chang Liu of the Baarnsch Lyceum in Baarn (the Netherlands) have won this year's Imagine 2003 - 2004 school competition award. The girls from Baarn will pay a visit to Mozambique in 2005 to assist in carrying out their winning project. Their presentation was one of five Imagine-presentations being held during the international conference Genomics Momentum in congress centre 'de Doelen' in Rotterdam.

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• Published: 10-Sep-2004

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Imagine... tries to put the science to the test. This project aims to bring life scientists and high school students together to apply concrete ideas in the life sciences for the benefit of developing countries.

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• Published: 16-Jun-2004

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On 6-7 May 2004, the European Commission Directorate "Science and Society" - "Ethics and Science" is organising in Brussels a citizens' and stakeholders' conference on "Human genetic testing, what implications?"