The OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (ENV) and OECD Working Party on Nanotechnology (STI) jointly present an OECD Conference on Potential Environmental Benefits of Nanotechnology: Fostering Safe Innovation-Led Growth.

The conference will cover both the opportunities and the challenges of the use of nanotechnologies for potential environmental benefit. The aim is to learn from international expertise and to identify ways in which to improve in a timely manner policies with the potential to enhance both short- and long-term economic growth.

The conference will provide an opportunity for governments, academia and industry to consider the state-of-the-art of nanotechnologies, their potential to bring environmental benefits and any potential human health and environmental safety concerns at the same time.

• Pollution Reduction;
• Cleaner production;
• Other benefits including environmental remediation; and
• Societal drivers such as policy innovations, and business/NGO leadership.

Key areas for case studies will include:

• Energy generation, storage and conservation 
• Catalysis;
• Cleaner production;
• Water treatment and purification;
• Remediation;
• Environmental monitoring; and
• Green chemistry – synthesis and processing of chemicals.

Registration: by 30 June 2009

Attendance at this conference is by invitation only.

Follow these links to find out more about the conference, or to download a conference flyer.