Nanotechnololgy Expert Group

Chair
Karin Wiench

Lead
Dominik Kümmerle
Policy Director and Strategic Communications

Lead
Rokas Morkūnas
Policy Manager and Strategic Member Engagement
Vice-Chair
Scott Brown
The Chemours Company (United States)
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Overview
Our Nanotechnology Expert Group contributes strong, fact–based business input to the activities related to safety assessments of manufactured nanomaterials and pursues efforts to create an innovation–friendly business environment for nanotechnology.
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Business engagement at OECD
Nanotechnology provides a growing range of opportunities for industry to improve product performance beyond what could be achieved using conventional technologies. The tools and information necessary for assessing product safety often lag behind the dynamic pace of innovation. The OECD leads international efforts to improve global understanding of the responsible development of nanotechnology, and is an effective forum within which industry and governments exchange on the right nanotech policies going forward.Our Nanotechnology Expert Group contributes to the work of the following OECD bodies:- OECD Chemicals and Biotechnology Committee
- OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials
- OECD Working Party on Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and Converging Technologies
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2023 priorities
- Ensuring appropriate testing methods (abiotic, in vivo & in vitro)
- Developing guidance on exposure measurement and exposure mitigation
- Promoting co-operation on voluntary schemes and regulatory programs
- Facilitating international co-operation on risk assessment strategies
- Fostering the exchange on research activities and safety strategies
- Demonstrating the societal benefits of using nanomaterials in applications
Documents & Releases
1 September 2020
Key Messages to the OECD Ministerial Council Roundtable on Economic Recovery - Strong, Resilient, Green and Inclusive
1 February 2020
Key Messages on Trade and Circular Economy
1 September 2021
Key Messages on the OECD Horizontal Project - Building Climate and Economic Resilience in the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy
1 March 2020
Key Messages on Sustainable Finance Taxonomies
1 March 2020
Key Messages on Preventing Single-Use Plastics Waste - Implications of Different Policy Approaches
1 March 2021
Key Messages on Designing and Implementing Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery Plans