TNO has created a digital learn & work environment called the Resilience Innovation Lab. The aim of the lab is to further the concept of resilience and thus provide for safer and more robust operations.


In its first newsletter, TNO gives information on the state of affairs of its lab.

The website has grown into an online community with a lot of functionalities. The functionalities that are now available are:

• Up- and download documents
• Share and add knowledge using wiki’s
• present yourself on the personal profile pages
• Forum
• Blog
• Agenda and news page

TNO tries to stimulate the growth of the concept of resilience as best as possible with those functionalities. You can find an explanation on the website about what it is and how to use it for each of those functionalities.

You can find the Resilience Innovation Lab at: www.resilience-innovationlab.org

The meeting, of the European Materials Research Society, which will take place in Warsaw at the Warsaw University of Technology in Poland, 14-15 September, will include 15 parallel symposia:

A	- Carbon dioxide a raw material for sustainable development
B	- Semiconducting oxides
C	- Materials, devices and economics issues for tomorrow’s photovoltaics
D	- Multidimensional electrical and chemical characterization at the nanometer-scale of organic and inorganic semiconductors
E	- Nanoscaled Si, Ge based materials
F	- 10th International symposium on electrochemical/chemical reactivity of metastable materials
G	- Phase transitions in functional ABO3 perovskites
H	- Novel materials for alternative energy sources: Hydrogen technology, fuel cells and Lithium batteries
I	- Computer modelling in nanoscience and nanotechnology: an atomic-scale perspective
J	- New materials and homeland security
K	- Second generation (Al.,In)GaN laser diodes and complex optoelectronic devices
L	- Novel materials, coats and nanoengineering
M	- Nanosurface layers on metals and ceramics
N	- Inhomogeneous and hybrid magnetic semiconductor systems
O	- Smart growth of II-VI compounds with emphasis on CdTe and related Cd-rich mixed systems, and ZnO

You will find the Programme, here.

Fore more information: http://www.emrs-strasbourg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=334&Itemid=1

Scientific Impact Questionnaire

The annual ObservatoryNANO questionnaire is another element of our expert engagement process with the aim of involving a wide range of experts interested in nanotechnology developments across Europe.

About the questionnaire:

Engagement with the expert community is vital to allow the ObservatoryNANO to provide the most up-to-date and accurate information to European policy makers Therefore experts from different scientific, technical, and economic fields are invited to complete sections of this questionnaire appropriate to their expertise.

The questionnaire has been designed in a decision tree format. After answering general questions on background and expertise, it is proposed to select different themes from ten broad technology sectors: Aerospace, Automotive, & Transport; Agrifood; Chemistry & Materials; Construction; Energy; Environment; Health, Medicine and Nanobio; ICT; Security; and Textiles.

The second stage of the questionnaire explores general topics appropriate to each of these sectors (such as drivers and challenges) before posing specific thematic questions. For most respondents the questionnaire will take approximately 20 minutes to complete (dependent on the number of sectors and themes chosen).

There is also the opportunity to answer questions on the Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) and Ethical, Legal & Social Aspects (ELSA).

Outcomes:

The data from this questionnaire will be used to enrich the ObservatoryNANO report outputs including:

• Briefing documents tailored to the needs of European policy makers;
• Annually updated technology sector general reports;
• Economic and market analysis; and
• EHS and ELSA analysis.

Although not mandatory, experts who complete the questionnaire will be invited to take part in further expert engagement activities and become part of the ObservatoryNANO expert community.

You are invited...

The ObservatoryNANO online questionnaire is available here. This information will be used by the project partners in their analysis of developments in ten key technology sectors; you can complete the questionnaire for as many sectors as your experience and interest allows.

If you are interested in further engagement with the ObservatoryNANO analysis your completion of relevant sections of the questionnaire, and provision of contact details, will allow the project partners to invite you to engage in further activities, such as interviews or expert workshops, relevant to topics currently under investigation.

For further information on any aspect of the ObservatoryNANO please contact Eleanor.orourke@nano.org.uk

19^th World Congress on Occupational Health and Safety at Work

Istanbul, 11-15 September 2011

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Turkey (MLSST) will co-host the XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work from 11-15 September 2011 in İstanbul, Turkey, together with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Social Security Association (ISSA).

The global financial and economic crisis has had adverse effects on employment and working life, and also on occupational safety and health all over the world. Global challenges necessitate global cooperation and one of the most effective and efficient ways is to invest jointly in a safe working environment which will promote well-being and boost productivity by means of eliminating injuries and illnesses.

The object of World Congress is ensuring opportunity of exchange of new information on occupational health and safety among related ones for the aim of introducing culture of prevention worldwide.
The target of the whome to be participated at World Congress is to get an idea about how the relations will be enhanced among governments, employers, non-governmental organizations, employer representatives, employees and their organizations and occupational health and safety professionals in order to eliminate occupational injuries and diseases in whole world.
It is also expected that occupational health and safety practicers will gain information on the practical ideas which could be immediately adapted and put into practice.

The programme will consist of an opening, plenaries, technical sessions and symposia as well as a high-level closing session, to elaborate on the motto and the themes of the World Congress. Speaker's corners, Poster sessions, a safety and health exhibition and the international Film and Multimedia Festival round up the conference programme.

You will find the first announcement of this event here.

For further information visite the website of the event: http://www.safety2011turkey.org/index.php

In operational terms, INNO[SAFE&CLEAN] will focus on the following objectives:

• Identify through a survey the most innovative industrial sectors where new risks are expected because of new materials (nanomaterials, advanced composites…), new chemicals or bio-substances, new processes or important changes in existing known processes.

• Map the anticipated industrial risks, for the sectors identified.

• Elaborate a concerted definition of the needs to improve risk control (tools, data, services…)

• Propose an action plan and a roadmap with business scenarios in terms of R&D, dissemination and training, and services to industry (including certification or labels).

On 7, 8 and 9 September 2010, a major conference in the area of Industrial Technologies will be organised in Brussels by the European Commission in cooperation with the Belgian EU Presidency. The focus will be on nanotechnologies and nanosciences, materials and production technologies, which are the key areas of the FP7 NMP Theme.

The European Industrial Technologies Conference will address:

• The need for innovation within European industry and major obstacles hindering innovation;
• Future perspectives for industry with newly developed manufacturing technologies, materials and nanotechnologies;
• The social, environmental sustainability and competitiveness perspectives of the European manufacturing industry.

The conference will give you the possibility to meet major actors in the field. It will be an international forum where industry, research organisations, universities as well as policy makers will meet and discuss possibilities for cooperation and proposals for improved integration in the near future.

In addition to the Commission NMP Theme and the Belgian EU Presidency, the conference is also supported by the Manufuture European Technology Platform which represents the major European industries and research organisations in the field of manufacturing. The Platform is promoting the use of new enabling technologies in Factories of the Future.

Moreover, there is a dedicated session, called “Research & innovation and industrial safety” (B.2) on the 7^th of September in the afternoon presented by:

Chair

•     Richard Gowland, European Process Safety (UK)

Speakers

•     H. Wenzel, Vienna Consulting Engineers (Austria)
•     Knut Øien, Senior Scientist at SINTEF Safety and Reliability, Trondheim (Norway)
•     Emmanuelle Brun, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work – EU-OSHA (EU) on ‘Making Europe a safer, healthier, and more productive place to work.

You can see the programme of this workshop, here.

 REGISTRATION and more information on : http://www.industrial-technologies2010.eu/

Public Health Public consultation: Definition of "nanomaterial"

The European Commission's independent Scientific Committee for Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) launches a public consultation on a pre-consultation opinion on the scientific basis for the definition of "nanomaterial"

With the increasing use of nanotechnology, we need a common basis to define the term "nanomaterial" in different EU legislative areas. The most important terms that need to be clearly defined to avoid misunderstanding and misuse have to do with size. For example, what is meant by "nanoscale" and "nanomaterial"?

A key issue addressed in the opinion is the arbitrary nature of the nanoscale which is currently commonly assumed to range from 1 to 100 nanometres. SCENIHR points to the absence of a scientific basis for the scale's upper limit of 100 nanometres. Since an increasing number of products contain components in this size range, a clear definition is important to avoid problems within a regulatory setting.

Once finalised, this Opinion will provide advice on the essential scientific elements of a working definition for the term "nanomaterial" for regulatory purposes.

In line with its procedures for stakeholder dialogue, published on 15 September 2007, the European Commission is launching a public consultation (the pdf is available on SCENIHR web-page) on the pre-consultation opinion  approved by written procedure on 6 July 2010.

All interested parties are invited to submit their comments on the scientific basis and conclusions proposed by the SCENIHR by Wednesday, 15 September 2010, via the consultation webpage:

http://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/consultations/public_consultations/scenihr_cons_13_en.htm.

The Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) is one of the three independent non-food scientific committees managed by Directorate Health and Consumer Protection of the European Commission. It provides scientific advice to the Commission on issues related to e.g. new technologies, medical devices, physical risks and methodologies of risk assessment. Community scientific advisory procedures are based on the principles of scientific excellence, independence and transparency. For more information on the SCENIHR please consult the following web-page:

http://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/emerging/index_en.htm

The rapidly developing field of nanotechnologies presents many opportunities and benefits for new materials with significantly improved properties as well as revolutionary applications in the fields of energy, environment, medicine, etc... The industrial production and use of nanoparticles will be the driving force for the emerging new materials industry of the 21st century. In terms of economics, analysts have estimated that the worldwide market for nanomaterials will be 2,600 billion Euros in 2014. However, the potential impact of these new materials on human health and the environment is viewed with apprehension. This new industry can only develop dynamically if these preoccupations are satisfactorily allayed.

Following the successful outcome of the past International Conference on Safe production and use of nanomaterials Nanosafe 2008 that took place in Grenoble (France), the Organizing Committee has decided that the next edition will take place in MINATEC again in November 2010.

Topics concerned by this call: 1.   Exposure assessment 2.   Characterization, Detection and Monitoring 3.   Nanomaterials life cycle 4.   Toxicology 5.   Environmental impact 6.   Nanoparticles release from consumer products 7.   Personal protection equipment 8.   Secure industrial production 9.   Safety parameters evaluation 10.   Standardization, Regulations

The abstract submission deadline for the Conference is July 30^th.

Abstract submission details can be found on the website: http://www.nanosafe.org

ETPIS and EU-VRi: partners of the Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2010-2011

The main theme of the campaign, which is organised by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), is the Safe Maintenance.

For the fifth time during FP7, DG Research is about to launch a major batch of calls open for participants from Member States, Associated countries, International Cooperation Partner Countries, and other countries.

The Environment theme covers topis such as climate change, environment and health, biodiversity, environmental technologies and earth observation, among others. Under the overarching theme " Transformation to Sustainable Societies in a Changing Environment" this year's areas of focus will be adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, eco-innovation and governance. Geographically-speaking, special emphasis is put on Latin America.

 

The International Conference on Reliability, Safety and Hazards 2010 in Mumbai

Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, along with Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering, University of Maryland, USA and Society for Reliability and Safety are jointly organizing an ICRESH with the theme "Risk-besed Technology and Physics-of-failure methods" during 14-16 December 2010.

One of the new paradigms in Life and Reliability prediction, which is catching every organization's attention, is development and application of Physics-of-Failure approach. That is why the conference will offer several topics such as Reliability Prediction, Quantitative Methods, Software reliability, Physics of Failure Models, Passive System Reliability,... All of these topics have applications in many areas such as Nuclear Power Plants and Research Reactor, Chemical and Processing Plants, Aerospace and Navigation System,...The ojective of this conference is to provide a forum for technical discussions on recent developments in the area of risk-based approach and role of physics-of-failure methods in decision making. For more information, you will find the brochure (pdf) of the ICRESH 2010 here.

Innovation in technology, in the design process, in manufacturing and distribution, in the organization of socio-technical systems is a source of uncertainty. It raises new questions concerning the safety of new products, processes and organizations. Innovation is also required in risk management activities, in order to meet stakeholders' expectations of continuous improvement of the level of safety. The uncertainty which is inherent in innovation raises questions as to the guarantee of progress in safety.

The 3rd International Forum on Industrial Safety will deal with "Innovating in Safety".
Further information including the programme are available on the web site:
http://www.icsi-eu.org/english/event/2010/IFIS/

Two “Fast-track” sessions shall allow people to propose new ideas, even if they are not finalized. Undoubtedly, some of these ideas will tomorrow form the foundations of conventional wisdom. Come to present your ideas! Registration is free for contributors selected for a lightning talk. Moreover, you will be a co-author of the Cahier de la Sécurité Industrielle which will collect these novel ideas.
http://www.icsi-eu.org/english/event/2010/IFIS/CfP-IFIS-2010.pdf

For futher information, please contact: Gilles Motet, Scientific Director of the Foundation for an Industrial Safety Culture

The 3rd International Forum on Industrial Safety will take place on July 6-7th, 2010, in Toulouse (France).

Innovation in technology, in the design process, in manufacturing and distribution, in the organization of socio-technical systems is a source of uncertainty. It raises new questions concerning the safety of new products, processes and organizations. Innovation is also required in risk management activities, in order to meet stakeholders' expectations of continuous improvement of the level of safety. The uncertainty which is inherent in innovation raises questions as to the guarantee of progress in safety.

The 3rd International Forum on Industrial Safety will deal with "Innovating in Safety".
Further information including the programme are available on the web site
http://www.icsi-eu.org/english/event/2010/IFIS/

Two “Fast-track” sessions shall allow people to propose new ideas, even if they are not finalized. Undoubtedly, some of these ideas will tomorrow form the foundations of conventional wisdom. Come to present your ideas! Registration is free for contributors selected for a lightning talk. Moreover, you will be a co-author of the Cahier de la Sécurité Industrielle which will collect these novel ideas.
http://www.icsi-eu.org/english/event/2010/IFIS/CfP-IFIS-2010.pdf

Foresight of New and Emerging Risks to Occupational Safety and Health Associated with New Technologies in Green Jobs by 2020

This project is being carried out for the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work by the Health and Safety Laboratory, SAMI Consulting and Technopolis. The aim of the project is to produce a set of scenarios covering occupational safety and health (OSH) risks arising from new technologies in green jobs in 2020. These scenarios will be used to inform EU decision makers, Member State governments, trade unions and employers in order to help policy makers to take decisions to shape the future of OSH in green jobs towards safer and healthier workplaces.A brief summary of the project is available (Project Overview).

Part of the process of developing scenarios is the identification of drivers of change that will influence health and safety in green jobs. The drivers of change are an important component in the development of scenarios.
The drivers of change presented below have been identified by the project team via a search of the literature and other sources.  You are invited to give your views on which are the most important drivers of change in the context of the project and to offer your suggestions for anything we might have missed.
Taking part in this research is entirely voluntary.  You may withdraw from the research at any time without giving a reason.  You do not have to answer any questions that you do not want to.  The information given is both confidential and anonymised and will be considered as part of a group, not an individual response.

In this Web Consultation Exercise Project Team is looking for drivers, not just for green job creation, but also for health and safety implications of new technologies in green jobs.

TO TAKE PART IN THE SURVEY, CLICK HERE (open until 30th June 2010)

2^nd iNTeg-Risk Conference 2010:
New Technologies & Emerging Risk

Annual Topic: Dealing with multiple and
interconnected emerging risks

Main purpose of the conference is provide a forum at which the topics relevant for the EU "flagship project" iNTeg-Risk (“Early Recognition, Monitoring and Integrated Management of Emerging, New Technology Related, Risks”, www.integrisk.eu-vri.eu), involving a budget of almost 20 million €, more than 80 leading European companies and more than 400 professionals working on the project directly, can be openly and thoroughly discussed among all interested parties. It is, therefore, a unique opportunity for project partners to communicate their results to the “outside world” and an opportunity to interested professionals, not participating in the project, to learn “from one hand” about the project. Hence, all professionals working in the areas of risk/safety related emerging, communication, legislation and policy making are encouraged to contribute.

This year the conference will be focused but not limited onto the issues related to dealing with multiple and interconnected emerging risks of New Technologies. The conferences will be accompanied (see the program below) by 10 specialized workshop and courses devoted to major topics dealt with in iNTeg-Risk, by an exhibition and series of project meetings.

High-level representatives from government, regulatory and standardization bodies, EU and EU agencies, industry, press and other organizations will participate, too, and this will provide a unique opportunity to meet and exchange experiences among different stakeholders groups.

For further information, please visit: http://www.integrisk.eu-vri.eu

The 13th International Symposium on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Process Industries will take place in Brugge, Belgium.

For more information, visit: www.lossprevention2010.com

In 2009, the Members of the ETPIS High Level Group have selected as a TOP 5 priority the following topic:

"Methods to maintain safety of aged and repaired structures and provide technologies for life extension
& Reliability based design and structural health monitoring (SHM) and risk based inspection technologies"

At the same time, several Member States have expressed their interest in initiatives that can help to better manage aging of the industrial facilities and infrastructures.

In France, a national action plan has been launched on January 13, 2010 to invite the industry to prepare the modernisation of the industrial facilities to minimize the impact of aging of the industrial installations (see http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/Plan-de-modernisation-des.html).

As a contribution to this challenge, ETPIS with the collaboration of IMDR and the industrial partners represented in the High Level Group has organised a technical workshop entitled: New challenges in Structural Safety in the context of the EU2020 Strategy and EU Grand Challenges.

The workshop will take place in Paris, on May 31st, 2010.

The objective of the workshop are to:

- share information on  current challenges involving structural safety knowledge
- define the content of possible projects and initiatives
- identify leaders for new projects and new initiatives

If you want to participate, please visit the event dashboard (in the ETPIS Project Calendar) or register directly here.

You can find the agenda and the conditions for participation here.

You can submit a project idea using the project idea template and present it during the afternoon.

Please send your contribution before May 17th.

 

The 5th ETPIS General Assembly will be held in
Prague, Czech Republic, 19-20th May, 2010.

The red line of this event is the identification of synergies between ETPIS and other Technology Platform or European initiatives,  to address the Grand Challenges as identified by the European Commission and dealt with in the EU2020 Strategy (see http://ec.europa.eu/eu2020/)

Information for the General Assembly are available here:
- Agenda (final version)
- Hotel Registration Form (special discount until 19/04/2010)
- Project idea form (for the brokerage event on May 20th, please send your contribution by May 7th, 2010).


Online registration is available until May 7th, 2010.
From now on, to register you please contact info@industrialsafety-tp.org.


The events that you can attend are:
. 18 May afternoon: 5th meeting of the National Technology Platform on Industrial Safety
You should attend this event if you are a leader of a national TPIS or if you are an active member of your national TPIS. It will be the occasion to undertake activities to enhance the cooperation between the NTPIS.


. 19 May: 5th General Assembly of ETPIS Members with a focus on the collaboration with other ETPs and initiatives to address the EU Grand Challenges as identified in the Stategy 2020 adopted on March 3, 2010.
In the morning, you will learn about the activities of ETPIS partner organisations in the field of industrial safety and see where you could support or collaborate.
Then, after the presentation of the HLG priorities summarising the vision of the industry regarding industrial safety, 2 representatives of other ETPs will introduce their vision to address the European Grand Challenges and describe where industrial safety plays an important role.
Later in the afternoon, EU projects initiated or linked to ETPIS will be presented by their leadership.
Finally, the Executive Board will report about the activities in 2009 and present the plans for 2010.

. 20 May: Brokerage event to identify projects and initiatives among ETPIS members
This event is the occasion to present a project idea and collect interest, or to join initiatives and consortia in development.

If you want to submit a poster for the exhibition during breaks and lunch, or if you want to submit a project idea for the brokerage event, please use the "project idea form" and send it by May 7th, 2010 to info@industrialsafety-tp.org.


NB:
A registration fee of 95 € for each day (for 19-20 May) is required to cover costs related to the organization of the event (venue, catering including breaks and lunch…).
The registration fee for the NTPIS meeting is 80 € (including lunch and break in the afternoon).

In addition, the annual fee for participation in ETPIS activities (200 €) will be collected for year 2010.
By registering to the event you accept the conditions specified above.

The 5th Meeting of the National Technology Platform Industrial Safety will be held in
Prague, Czech Republic, 18th May, 2010 (from 12:00 to 17:30).

The objective of the meeting is to define synergies and common activities among the National Technology Platforms on Industrial Safety, in the context of the preparation of the ERANET Industrial Safety.

The draft agenda is available here.

Online registration is now available.
Register here


NB: a registration fee to cover the organisation of the meeting will be required (about 80 €).

The 4th International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security (ISTSS) will be held in Frankfurt, Germany, 17-19th March, 2010.

See the website for the full program.

Online registration is now available. The facility can only accommodate 350 delegates -- be sure to register soon!
Register here.

TOWARDS A STRATEGIC NANOTECHNOLOGY ACTION PLAN (SNAP) 2010-2015

The Commission intends to publish in 2010 a new strategic plan for EU actions related to nanotechnologies in the next five years.

A Public Consultation is currently open in which experts as well as the public at large are invited to give their views on the needs for such EU action.

This consultation is accessible via http://ec.europa.eu/research/consultations/snap/consultation_en.htm

ETPIS is a partner of the European Responsible Care programme supported by CEFIC.

In that context, ETPIS was involved in the project prisme²

prisme² has been initiated by Cefic together with ECEG and EMCEF, the chemical industry partners in the European Social Dialogue, and the UK based Centre for Tomorrow’s Company in November 2008. The project is designed to better involve small and medium sized companies in Responsible Care® and to generate added value to their business through improved environmental, health and safety management. prisme² stands for Promoting Responsibility In SMEs, where the squared symbol implies the redoubled effort through the involvement of employers and workforce.

You can find more information at on the CEFIC website, visiting: http://www.cefic.be/en/Responsible-care.html

Background

Goal-oriented regulations seem to be an attractive regulatory framework both for the authorities and for industry.
It provides flexibility where the requirements cannot be totally prescribed because of the complexity of the processes or systems dealt with. It gives the industry the opportunity to define the state-of-the-art and its quick evolution in particular when innovation is a driver some industry sectors. The role of the authorities is a role of endorsement of the good/best practices and control of implementation. When a goal-orientated regulation is accompanied with agreed guidance documents or norms, it helps the industry operators to demonstrate to the authorities the conformity with the regulations.

To gain knowledge and understand the level of implementation of goal-orientated regulations in the control of industrial risks INERIS in partnership with EU-VRi decided to launch a project and analyze the current practices in several countries and understand the difficulties faced by the authorities and the industry.
The scope of the analysis relates to the following regulations, relating to the control of industrial risks:
·    Seveso Directive
·    IPPC Directive
·    ATEX Directive and the Parent Directive for the Occupational Health and Safety at Work.

As part of the project, this workshop is organised in Brussels, on 20 November 2009, at CEN premises (17 Rue Marnix, Brussels, Belgium).


Agenda and background information

The final agenda is available here.
The Discussion Document, prepared by the Programme Committee is available here.
Comments are welcome until 10 December 2009, at info@industrialsafety-tp.org.


Presentations

 9:30  Welcome addresses:  
          Welcome from CEN, P. Ziethen (CEN - DIN, DE) [no presentation available]        
          Objectives of the workshop and the initiative, V. Laflèche (INERIS, FR)

10:00  Analysis of the Practices of Goal-Oriented Regulations to Control Industrial Risks: The legal perspective, A. Alemanno (HEC, FR)
11:00  Coffee break 

11:20  Towards Goal-Oriented Regulations:  An IPPC Case Study, A. Farid (Air Liquide, FR)

11:40  Current practices and examples of implementation in two EU Member States
           Experience in UK, L. Cusco (HSE-HSL, UK)
           Experience in NL, P. Uijt de Haag (RIVM, NL) & C. Pietersen (Hazardous Substances Council, NL)

12:30  Lunch break
   
13:40  Current practices and examples of implementation in non EU countries       
          Canada, Korea (video contribution) and international initiatives

14:00  Update on developments in the European standards environment (the Commission’s EXPRESS panel on
          future standardization), P. Ziethen (CEN - DIN, GE)

14:20  Round table on implementation issues: benefits or requirements      
          Moderators: O. Salvi (EU-VRi, DE) and M-A. Kordek (INERIS, FR)       
          Participants: C. Pietersen, M-J. Masson, M. Hailwood, P. Ziethen
   
15:30  Wrap-up and conclusions
 
16:00  Adjourn

Conditions for registration and registration fee
A registration fee of 150 € (excluding VAT) is asked to cover the costs related to the organisation and catering.
Registration is mandatory and was open until 16 November 2009.

To register, please click here.

After registration, you will receive an invoice from EU-VRi secretariat (the ETPIS Operating Agent).
By registering to the event you accept the conditions specified above.


If you have any question, please contact info@industrialsafety-tp.org .

List of the Programme Committee Members

Name	First Name	Company	Country
Alemanno	Alberto	HEC	France
Cusco	Laurence	Health and Safety Laboratory	United Kingdom
Farid	Amro	Air Liquide	France
Hailwood	Mark	Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg, Section Environmental Technology	Germany
Ketchell	John	CEN	Belgium
Kordek	Marie-Astrid	Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques	France
Kwon	H M	Korean OSHA	Korea, Republic Of
Lacoursière	Jean-Paul	Lacoursière Inc.	Canada
Masson	Michel-Jean	Air Liquide	France
Pawulski	Richard	Air Liquide	France
Pietersen	Chris M.	Hazardous Substances Council	Netherlands
Pirlet	André	CEN - European Committee for Standardization	Belgium
Reiss	Robert	Environnement Canada	Canada
Salvi	Olivier	European Virtual Institute for Integrated Risk Management	Germany
Tokai	Akihiro	Osaka University	Japan
Uijt de Haag	Paul A.M.	RIVM-National Institute for Public Health and Environment	Netherlands
Van Xanten	N.H.W.	Hazardous Substances Council	Netherlands
Wiener	Jonathan	Duke University	United States
Ziethen	Ernst-Peter	CEN - European Committee for Standardization	Germany

ETPIS is a partner of the Healthy Workplaces European Summit 2009

LEIA, as active member of ETPIS, has organised a Workshop “Risk Assessment: the role of Large European Companies on Subcontracting” on November 16th in Bilbao (Spain).
This event is integrated in the “Network Day 2009” organized by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) in the context of the European “Risk Assessment” campaign and its Closing Event (November 17th, Bilbao). This Workshop has been promoted by the European Technology Platform on Industrial Safety (ETPIS), as a partner of the EU-OSHA campaign.
Official website of the event: http://www.leia.es/RAS/index.html

ETPIS will be represented at the Closing event of the Healthy Workplaces Campaign on Risk Assessment, that will take place on 17 November 2009 at the Euskalduna Centre, Bilbao.
Programme and registration at: http://osha.europa.eu/en/campaigns/hw2008/europeansummit

Message from the organisers:


Dear Sir, dear Madam,
 
 
accelerating eco-innovation is an important aim of ETAP for the environment, the European economy and Europe in a global market. Proving that new technologies are working through Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) is one way to achieve the goal.
 
Therefore, the European Commission intends the implementation of a EU ETV system. ETV is an independent assessment of the performance of a specific environmental product or technology and provides quantitative information on the performance of innovative technologies.
 

• Investors and customers can have confidence that new technologies meet the claimed performance.
• Technology providers can speed up the market acceptance of innovative products.
• An ETV scheme at EU level can open markets within Europe following the principle 'verified once, accepted everywhere'
• International recognition and mutual acceptance with non EU ETV schemes supports European technologies in a global market.

 
In projects all over Europe, first experiences with ETV in pilot technology sectors such as air pollution abatement, water monitoring and treatment, cleaner production and contaminated site remediation have been collected.
 
The conference ‘Accelerating Eco-innovation through Environmental Technology Verification’ addresses technology providers, industry representatives and associations, politicians and regulators, with the aims to:
 

• Introduce ETV as a tool for technology promotion
• Show results of pilot verifications
• Open a gate for participants to present their views to the European Community and decision makers
• Actively discuss the pros and cons of EU ETV in a global market

 
The participation is free of charge!


The link to the conference programme is: http://www.eu-etv-strategy.eu/pdfs/Announcement&registration.pdf
 
Please find more information about the conference and how to register under www.airtv.eu or www.eu-etv-strategy.eu.
 
We hope the conference is of interest for you!
 
We are looking forward to seeing you in Brussels!

The conference will take place on 2 & 3 June 2009 in Stuttgart (Germany).
It is organized with the support of ETPIS and EU-OSHA, by EU-VRi and the iNTeg-Risk project.

More information is available here.

ESIG Product Stewardship Award is organized to showcase and reward best practices in the safe handling of solvents.

You are encouraged to submit best practice projects until 31 May 2009.

Detailed information: 
The application process for the 2009 round is now open.
ETPIS encourage the members to submit their best practice projects to us until 31 May 2009.
 
The winner will be invited to a glittering prize-giving ceremony in the framework of the Cefic Responsible Care Forum and ICCA Congress in Prague end of October and receive a high level of promotion on a European as well as on a national level.
ETPIS leadership will play a leading role in this ceremony.
 
More details, e.g. about the jury composition as well as the one-page application form in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian you will find using this link
 
http://www.esig.org/content.php?level1=3&level2=25&page=102&mode=1
 
 
In case of further questions, please do not hesitate to contact: Sandrine Philips on sph@cefic.be

This General Assembly is organised in collaboration with European associations and societies addressing risk and safety issues.
The following association will be rerepresented:

• EPSC, European Process Safety Center
• EFCE, European Federation of Chemical Engineering (G. Suter, Working Party Loss Prevention)
• SRA Europe, Society for Risk Analysis
• ESReDA, European Safety and Reliability Data Association
• ESRA, European Safety and Reliability Association
• ENERO, European Network of Environmental Research Organisations

The main objective is report on ETPIS activities and to develop synergistic collaboration with European Associations in particular to revise the Strategic Research Agenda.

Registration: (for organizational reasons please register before 2 March 2009 )
To register, click here

Venue:
Fondation Universitaire, Rue d'Egmont 11,
B - 1000 Brussels
Belgium
(www.universityfoundation.be)

Draft agenda: click here

Participation in the poster exhibition and networking:
If you intend to present a poster related to a project with European interest (funded by FP7) please send your intention to info@industrialsafety-tp.org
If you intend to present project ideas and find partners, please send your intention to info@industrialsafety-tp.org, with the completed project form.

Please note:
A registration fee of 100 € will be asked to cover costs related to the venue and catering.
In addition, the annual Membership fee of 100 € will be collected and the participant will become a ETPIS member for year 2009.
By registering to the event you accept the conditions specified above.
Registration is possible only until 9 March 2009.

The 1st meeting of the High Level Group will be hosted by BASF, in Ludwigshafen.
Indeed, the HLG was constituted in 2008 as a priority action of the Executive Board.

The members of the HLG are:

EDF
Philippe Klein
Head of Risk Management Department in EDF R&D

IBERDROLA
Antonio Moreno
Director HSE

BASF
Wolfgang Gerhardt
Vice President and Director HSE

EXXON Mobil
Theo van der Smeede
European HSE director

THE EUROPEAN AGENCY FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK
Terry Taylor
Head of Working Environment Information Unit

SWISS RE
Reto Schneider
Director and Head of Risk Engineering Services Casualty

SEAT SA
Ramon Paredes Sanchez-Collado
Human Resources Executive Vice President

The annual ESREL Conference stem from a European initiative merging several national Conferences into a major yearly conference under the auspices of the European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA). The conference will provide a forum for presentation and discussion of scientific papers covering theory, methods and applications in the fields of risk, safety and reliability to a wide range of sectors and problem areas. Abstracts and papers are invited for submission through this conference web page. Manuscripts will be reviewed by the Technical Programme Committee in accordance with standard practice and the criteria for the conference. Final acceptance of the papers is based on review of the full papers. The congress official language will be English.         Prague has been selected as the venue for upcoming ESREL 2009. Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic, lies in the heart of Europe and ranks amongst the most impressive historical cities in the world. Prague was established as a town when Prague Castle was built in 870. In the 11th century, the fi rst Czech King, Vratislav I, chose Prague as his capital. The city has always played an important part in the history of the nation, country and Europe. Since medieval times, Prague has been distinguished as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Prague is not only a centre of cultural movements dating back for centuries (Art from every period in history can be found here), it also exhibits a unique collection of historical monuments, dominated by Prague Castle. New ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE:   15 December 2008 Notification of Abstracts:                         by 16 January 2009 To submit your abstract online please click: www.esrel2009.org/callforpapers.aspx CONFERENCE WEBSITE www.esrel2009.org REGISTRATION for the Conference will open in January 2009. Early registration deadline: 29th May 2009. In case of any questions please kindly contact: Scientific programme related queries: Radim Bris - Conference Chairman, radim.bris@vsb.cz Phone: +420 597 323 334, Fax: +420 596 919 597 Other queries: CZECH-IN, s.r.o. ESREL 2009 Conference Secretariat 5. kvetna 65 - 140 21 Prague 4, Czech Republic Tel: + 420 261 174 304, + 420 261 174 301 Fax: + 420 261 174 307 Email: info@esrel2009.org

SRA Europe 2009 Annual Meeting

Title: From the everyday to the extraordinary: challenges for risk analysis and management 

The SRA Europe Meeting in 2009 will be held from 28th June – 1st July in Karlstad, Sweden. The conference theme will span across the broad range of risk issues from everyday risks to extraordinary events. The conference aims to facilitate exchange of experiences from different disciplines, fields and application areas.

Authors wishing to present their work at the conference in the form of an oral presentation, poster, round table discussion or symposium are requested to submit an abstract no later than January 12th 2009. The submission of material must be in electronic form only, to the local organiser at .

More information under: http://www.sraeurope.org

Date and location: 1&2 December 2008, in Twente (NL)

Mrs Elena Turco (Grado Zero Espace Srl, www.gzespace.com) and Mr. Lorenzo Fiore (Aero Sekur S.p.A., www.aerosekur.com, Italy) will intervene as speakers in the round table discussion at the PPE Conference, on behalf of ETPIS.

Because ETPIS is a partner of the Conference, ETPIS members have a rebate at 500 Euro entry instead of 625 Euro.

More information at: http://www.efsm.nl/ppeconference,
Registration: www.efsm.nl/registration.

Date and location: 19-21 October, 2009 in Beijing, China.

Abstracts (no more than 300 words) and papers are invited for submission by 1 December 2008 for special sessions, or 1 January for independant papers.

For more infos: http://iee.pku.edu.cn/racr2009

Announcement can be downloaded here.

Note that prior to this event, the First China-Europe Risk Forum is beeing organised with the support of SRA Europe (www.sraeurope.org) and ETPIS.
The objective of the Forum is to promote sharing of knowledge and start of new initiatives. For more information on this Forum, please contact: info@industrialsafety-tp.org

NANOSAFE 2008, international conference, 3-7 Novembre 2008 in Minatec (Grenoble, France)

More information is available on the related project web site: http://www.nanosafe.org

Topics

• Exposure issues
• Characterization, Detection and Monitoring
• Filtration and personal protection
• Toxicology
• Life cycle analysis
• Secure industrial production
• Safety parameters evaluation
• Standardization, Regulations

European Week aims at cutting workplace accidents and diseases

Reducing the number of work-related accidents and illnesses is the target for the European Week for Safety and Health at Work from 20-24 October 2008. Organised by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), the week's campaign activities will highlight the importance of assessing health and safety risks. EU-OSHA has also produced a new report on 'Risk Assessment' to showcase practical ways in which workplace risks can be managed and reduced. ETPIS, with 8 other major organisations, is supporting EU-OSHA to promote safe and healthy workplaces.

Nine pan-European and multinational organisations have signed up to be part of the first wave of official partners of the Healthy Workplaces campaign. Organised by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), the campaign focuses on the evaluation of health and safety risks and aims at reducing work-related accidents and illnesses. Improvements in this area are urgently needed. To give just one example figure: It is estimated that every three-and-a-half minutes somebody in the EU dies from work-related causes*.

Among the participating organisations are European employers’ and workers’ federations, multinational companies from various industry sectors, research platforms and NGOs. By signing up as official partners, these organisations get substantially involved in the campaign and promote risk assessment as the first essential step for good workplace safety and health management.

“We are very proud that so many renowned organisations decided to help us raise awareness on this important topic”, Jukka Takala, Director of EU-OSHA said. “Risk assessment is the key to preventing accidents and ill health at work. It is a legal obligation throughout Europe, but there are still companies that do not assess their risks regularly. This is reflected in figures of accidents and diseases at work which show that improvements are still needed, especially in SMEs. Partnerships with these nine organisations allow us to further increase the impact of our Healthy Workplaces campaign, already now one of the world’s largest information campaigns on occupational safety and health. And this is only the start since we are in touch with many more organisations that will join soon.”

In practical terms, the official partners promote the Healthy Workplaces campaign through their information channels, disseminate campaign material to their networks and organise their own activities such as conferences, workshops, training sessions, media events and poster competitions. In return, EU-OSHA rewards them with extensive promotion via its website and newsletter to more than 38,000 subscribers. In addition, every participant receives a Partner Certificate and is acknowledged when the Agency presents and promotes the campaign to stakeholders at EU level and to the media.

 

The lecture of the DIN director Dr. Bahke on the Steinbeis Day was the first step towards a close cooperation, which was established in the summer of 2008 between the Chairman of Steinbeis Foundation Prof. Dr. Trasch and Dr. Bahke. At a following stage and during the next years, CEN-Workshop Agreements (CWA) are going to be prepared through a European research project with subject "Early recognition and management of new technology related risks", under direction of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Aleksandar Jovanovic.

As stated at the web-site of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN), on the 19th of September during his lecture Dr. Bahke has informed the audience about “Standardization as prerequisite for the success and sustainability of new technologies” and stressed out the positive collaboration between Steinbeis and DIN. “An early care for standardization in the research process and especially for the interpretation of results concerning state-of-the-art technologies can offer an advantage to Germany”, said Dr. Bahke. The audience was particularly interested in the use of standardization in research projects and new innovative fields, as well as in the value of standards in technology transfer.

Steinbeis day is the meeting point of colleagues, students and project partners of the Steinbeis Foundation (http://www.stw.de). Most of the directors of transfer centers are professors at universities.  

1st International Symposium for Process- and Explosion Protection
Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2008
Nürnberg
Messe Nürnberg

more information: www.vdi.de/explosion
 

2nd NTPIS meeting on 25th of September 2008: Starting to work together

Next 25^th of September the second meeting of the National Technology Platforms on Industrial Safety (NTPIS) with the theme "Starting to work together" will take place in the Universidad Politécnica of Valencia (Spain) where the ESREL 2008 and the 17^th SRA-Europe Conference (www.esrel2008.com) is hold that week.

 

The exact location of the meeting room is:

 "Sala Innova" (Innova Room)

8G building, A Entrance and 4^th floor

Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación

Camino de Vera s/n  Street

46002 Valencia.

The meeting will start at 15.00 with the presentation of Mr. Antonio Moreno, chairman of the Spanish Technology Platform on Industrial Safety and will be closed by Mr. Román Ceballos, Labour General Director of the Autonomous Community of Valencia, around 19.30.

Important information: meeting agenda and the map of the University.

If you want to attend the meeting, please contact: Estibaliz Crespo (estibalizc@leia.es), Fundación LEIA.

 

The joint ESREL and SRA-E 2008 Conference on Risk, Safety and Reliability, will be held in Valencia, Spain, September 22-25, 2008.
Information for participation is availble at:
http://www.esrel2008.com/

The Conference Website is updated regularly.
You will find information for the registration and the programme.

The Foundation for an Industrial Safety Culture shall organize from July the 8^th to July the 10^th 2008 a Forum providing an understanding of the issues and of the methods associated with industrial risk. During the forum, speakers from various disciplines shall cover issues related to the management of technological risks, arbitration between multiple concerns and acceptability of industrial hazards.  The forum is organized in collaboration with the European Technology Platform on Industrial Safety and the Politecnico di Milano.
 
More information on http://www.icsi-eu.org/english/news/2008/IFIS/ or contact: Gilles Motet, Scientific Director of ICSI.

2nd World Congress on Risk
sponsored by the
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)
and other international organizations

see www.sra.org


Held every five years, the 2nd World Congress on Risk is now fast approaching - don't miss it!

• Date: 8-11 June 2008, in Guadalajara, Mexico.
• Discounted early bird registration ends on May 1st.
• The Hilton Guadalajara is offering a special rate of $140 per night to attendees until May 4th.

Great location!
Located on the west side of Mexico near the Pacific Ocean, Guadalajara is the country's third largest city and the birthplace of Mexico's most famous traditions: tequila, charreadas (Mexican-style rodeo), and mariachi music. Guadalajara is blessed with great climate: Temperatures in June range in the 80's during the day and in the 60's in the evening (or 16 to 29 degrees Celsius).

In addition to a beautiful and culturally rich setting, we have planned a very exciting program for the Second World Congress. Highlights include:

Featured Speakers:
Vicki Colvin, Director, Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology,
Rice University
Carlos F. Corvalan, PAHO-Brazil
Adrián Fernández, President of the National Institute of Ecology, Mexico
David Franz, Director, National Agricultural Biosecurity Center, Kansas State University
David Frediani, Marsh & McLennan Companies International
Chongfu Huang, President, Risk Analysis Council of China Association for Disaster
Prevention
Howard Kunreuther, Director, Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center
Hermann Stamm, Unit Head, Nanotechnology and Molecular Imaging, Institute for
Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission (invited)

Special Sessions:
Agriculture, biotechnology, & food safety
Assuring the use of good science in risk-based public policy
Emerging sources of risk
Environmental justice in Latin America
Global climate change
Information management for risk regulations
International disasters and critical infrastructure
Public health priorities: infectious disease & safe drinking water
Risks to biodiversity & human health from invasive species
Sustainable energy

Present your work
We are still considering submissions for the afternoon program of mini-symposia and postern sessions.
Please visit the Second World Congress website (linked at www.sra.org ) to submit a proposal. If you have questions about a proposal idea or the process, please contact co-chairs Robin Cantor at rcantor@navigantconsulting.com and/or Javier Urbina-Soria at jaurso@gmail.com .

The 3^rd General Assembly has been hosted by Rosa Nomen and her team from IQS-URL in Barcelona, on 11 April 2008.


Find here the important information:
Detailed agenda

The presentation will be available soon on this page.

Election process

Elections of Executive Board were organised to legitimate the management of ETPIS, and therefore assure the sustainability of the operation of the Platform.

During the period between 7 March to 20 March, five candidates have applied to stand for election.

• E. Gainza, Managing Director of LEIA
• C. Jochum, Director of EPSC
• A. Jovanovic, Director of R-Tech GmbH and CEO of EU-VRi
• J. Meulenbrugge, Coordinator Industrial Safety at TNO
• O. Salvi, International Development Manager at INERIS

You can download the 5 application forms here.

The votes have taken place between 25 March and 8 April.
Every registered member of ETPIS were able to take part in the election and select the candidates he/she wants to elect.


Who to elect?

Executive members of the Management Board are elected according to the paragraphe 5.2.2 of the Terms of Reference (version 9).
Executive members of the Management Board shall represent a fair and balanced profile of stakeholders up to a maximum of 6 persons corresponding to the following functions :

• Chairperson
• General Secretary
• Financial Officer
• Officer for communication and co-ordination with other ETPs and national TPs
• Officer for the co-ordination of the Focus Groups
• Officer for the co-ordination of specific missions (implementation of the strategy)

Results

The 5 candidates were elected, plus R. Nomen who was nominated 11 times.
The distribution of the tasks presented at the 3rd General Assembly is as follows:

• E. Gainza (LEIA): Coordination of National TPIS, link with Mirror Group, preparation of ERANET
• C. Jochum (EPSC): Creation of a High Level Group
• A. Jovanovic (R-Tech, EU-VRi): Scientific Coordination and link with other ETPs
• J. Meulenbrugge (TNO): Financial issues to establish a membership fee
  
• R. Nomen (IQS): Specific missions, focus on the involvement of SMEs and implementation of the research results
  
• O. Salvi (INERIS): General Secretary

The representatives of the Member States will be informed about the activities of ETPIS, the project granted under FP7 and other intiatives. Discussions on the creation of an ERA NET+ will also take place.

The presentations will be available soon.

The European Commission is planning the revision of the Seveso II Directive (96/82/EC) starting in 2008. To monitor the implementation of the Seveso II Directive, and its amendments, the Commission Services establish a report every 3 years, based on the information provided by the Member States. But this information doesn't enable a qualitative analysis of the effectiveness of the directive and of its impact.

Therefore, to complement the regular triennial reports, which are essentially quantitative, the Commission Services have launched a study to assess the effectiveness of the directive and identify improvements that could be incorporated in a new version.

The European Virtual Institute for Integrated Risk Management (EU-VRi) is the coordinator of the study on the effectiveness of the Seveso II Directive.

F-SEVESO project focus on:

• the adequation of the requirements imposed by the Directive to the operators of Seveso II Establishments and the objectives to prevent major accident and mitigate their consequences ;
  

• the real impact of the requirements and the most effective way to measure it ;

• the effectiveness of the implementation, in terms of compliance in the various Member States and industrial sectors, and the assessment of possible market distortion.

The project is performed through a detailed survey, based on questionnaires and interviews. It will last until July 2008.

Registration is required to take part in the survey.

For more information visit http://www.f-seveso.eu-vri.eu/

Title : Implementing the Strategic Research Agenda of ETPIS

ETPIS is organising a 2 days seminar on January 24-25, 2008 in Berlin to :
1) enable meetings of the Focus Groups to update the Strategic Research Agenda
2) develop a vision regarding the use of research infrastructures for safety and security, in particular to perform experiments.

Agenda is available here.

ETPIS and the Textile ETP organise jointly on December 3, in Brussels (EURATEX premises) a brokerage event for the 2nd FP7 call on the topic :
 
NMP-2008-4.0-9 Reducing the risk of injury in complex systems through advanced personal protective equipment.

The agenda is now available : click here.

To register, you can already send an email with your name and details to info_at_industrialsafety-tp.org before November 23 (registration after this date will not be possible).
See the annex of the agenda for the registration form.

To submit a project idea, please download the form and send it to info_at_industrialsafety-tp.org by November 26 at the latest.

EuroNanoForum 2007 which will take place on June 19^th-21^st 2007, at the Congress Center of Dusseldorf, in Germany.
ETPIS will be represented by Frederic Schuster (CEA) who will present the Strategic Research Agenda on NANOSAFETY.
For more information, visit :
http://www.euronanoforum2007.de/content/view/12/26/

or

http://www.nanosafe.org/node/810

The number of active national TPIS is growing with the official launch of Romanian TPIS (on 28 May 2007, in Buccarest) and Czech TPIS (on 13 June 2007, in Ostrava).

Please visit the section on "National TPIS".

The launch of the Romanian Technology Platform Industrial Safety took place in Bucarest on 28 May 2007, at the IVN "Stefan S. Nicolau".
This event was organised by INCDPM "Alexandru Darabont", coordinator of R-TPIS, and other active members :

• ICEMENERG S.A.
• INC-DTCTI.C.S.I
• I.V.N. "Stefan S. Nicolau"
• INCDT COMOTI
• ISP
• ICECON S.A.
• ASE
• UPB
• OVM ICCPET S.A.
• INIMM
• "Lucian Blaga" University

For more information, please contact Stefan Kovacs (stefan_agk@yahoo.com)

In cooperation with the European Commission, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) invites to the second “European Conference on Security Research” SRC '07, which takes place within the framework of the German EU Council Presidency. At the same time, SRC '07 serves as the starting-conference for the “European Security Research Programme” which was / will be implemented as a specific programme for the first time within the Seventh Research Framework Programme 2007-2013. Besides this Community Security Research Programme, presentations will also cover several national programmes and initiatives in the field of security research including the launch of the new national security research programme of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The conference follows up the themes developed during the first “European Conference on Security Research” SRC '06, which was held in 2006 under the Austrian EU Council Presidency.

More information at : http://www.src07.de

During the day, information related to the state of the art regarding  risk issues has been shared, and ideas for new projects or initiatives have  been presented.

Agenda and presentations are available here.

 

Dear Colleague,


we are pleased to inform you herewith about the General Assembly of the European Technology Platform Industrial Safety (ETPIS -
www.industrialsafety-tp.org) in Stuttgart on February 13, 2007. The event might offer you an excellent opportunity to learn more about ETPIS and its plans and activities in the European Research Area, as well as about current situation and actions regarding the EU 7th Framework Programme (FP7).

Please note that only the first part of the event is exceptionally open also to those who are not members of ETPIS, primarily due to the strategic importance of the broad EU collaboration needed in the area of safety.
In the second part of the Assembly, reserved to ETPIS members only (You can apply for membership using the application form at http://www.industrialsafety-tp.org/downloads/TPIS_membership.doc), the organizational issues important for the ETPIS activities in relation to the current FP7 calls, EUREKA, ERA-Net+ and other activities will be discussed and some important decision made.

Looking forward to welcoming you in Stuttgart.

The application details are
available in the attached documents and under
http://euvri.risk-technologies.com/events/default.aspx?EventID=2.

Regards



EU-VRi Information Center (A. Jovanovic)

Attachments:
1. Agenda
2. Invitation Letter

 The NEW OSH ERA project will help to combine the strengths of the different EU Member States in occupational safety and health (OSH) research.

Until now, the EU Member States have had their own separate OSH research programmes, dealing with what are often very similar subjects. At the same time, the problems that OSH researchers face are increasingly complex, with many different factors involved.

NEW OSH ERA, which is funded within the ERA-NET scheme under the Sixth EU Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development, will help to overcome this fragmentation and duplication in EU OSH research.

By increasing cooperation and coordination between different research programmes, NEW OSH ERA will help increase the overall scale and effectiveness of the research carried out in the EU. The networking and integration of national programmes will help EU researchers understand the increasingly complicated OSH issues that we face, and so contribute to the productivity and well-being of Europe's workers.

The NEW OSH ERA Consortium includes 18 leading public agencies, ministries and research organisations. The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health coordinates the New OSH ERA project. The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (the Agency) is playing a full part in the project.

For more information : http://www.newoshera.eu.

Implementing the Strategic Research Agenda: the ETPIS seminar will be held in Paris on 27-28 November 2006.

2 days seminar to aim at presenting ideas on project initiatives within the FP7 work programme and presenting progress at national level with the national TPIS.

Please download draft agenda and registration form.

If you wish to submit a project or ideas for FP7 or national reserach, please upload the form and complete it with your project description for presentation.

Please send forms back to sylvie.gualdo@ineris.fr by November 16, 2006.


Attachments

• Draft agenda
• Registration form
• Project Template
  • List of projects (to be presented)
  
  

For more information, please visit : www.industrialsafety-tp.org/de

You are warmly invited to participate in the survey on harmonisation needs in the risk assessment field. Please visit our Downloads section to obtain the survey document.

ETPIS will join the "Mentoring Group" of the INNET Project at the Kick-Off meeting on 21st September 2006 near Paris. The "Mentoring Group" is an external group of high level experts established with representatives of major stakeholder groups in the field of concern, i.e. SME and innovation financiers, SME professional organisations, representatives of clusters as well as innovation/SME policy specialists. This group will meet periodically with INNET partners, around major project milestones, to provide substantial input on strategic positioning of the project, support and evaluate the progress and feasibility of the project. In our case, ETPIS will support the project regarding safety aspects and development.