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Overview of NANOfutures
Approach and Activitieshttp://www.nanofutures.eu
NANOfutures
association
NANOfutures is an European Integration and Innovation Platform of which
main objective is to facilitate the nanotechnology development and
commercialization by connecting all relevant nanotechnology stakeholders
(e.g. European Technology Platforms that require nanotechnologies in their
industrial sector and products, industries, research institutions, universities,
associations, regional and national clusters etc.).
NANOfutures will act as a “Nano-Hub” by linking ETPs, JTIs, associations with
expert groups in a collaborative environment.
NANOfutures is an open platform with free access to any nanotechnology
stakeholder.
NANOfutures Initiative
NANOfutures activities are partially sustained by the CSA project funded by
European Commission and entitled “NANOfutures: A cross-ETP Coordination
Initiative on nanotechnology” (Contract No.: NMP4-CA-2010-266789). The
project started in October 2010.
NANOfutures Structure
• The platform is guided and steered by the NANOfutures Steering
Committee (SC), formed by:
• Chair: Paolo Matteazzi, MINAM ETP
• Two co-chairs: Professor Kiparissides (CERTH) and Peter Krüger (Bayer)
• 11 ETP representatives, officially appointed by the ETPs;
• 10 Horizontal working groups chairs.
Steering
Committee
Chair
Two Co-Chairs
FTP Representative
Member
FTP Representative
Member
ETP Representative
MemberScientific Board
Representative
Horizontal group
leader
Scientific Board
Representative
Horizontal group
leader
Scientific Board
Representative
Horizontal group
leaderHorizontal group chair
MemberMember
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The aims of NANOfutures CA within the next two years are:
1. to identify and optimize synergies between European and National
Platforms, research programmes, JTI, ERA-NETs and other CSAs
and research projects related to nanotechnology, in order to reduce the
fragmentation of the European nanotechnology and coordinate future
strategies.
2. to identify key strategic nanotechnology nodes addressing issues of
cross-sectional and nano-specific relevance for the innovation and rapid
uptake of nanotechnologies in order to increase EU competitiveness .
3. to construct and disseminate an integrated Industrial and Research
Roadmap for European Nanotechnology, including a medium term
detailed implementation plan.
NANOfutures Strategic Aims
The identification and development of the strategic key nodes will be achieved
by means of close interactions between horizontal groups and ETP
representatives
NANOfutures horizontal working groups are:RESEARCH / TECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRIALIZATION/ nano-MANUFACTURING
COMMUNICATION
SAFETY RESEARCH
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY STRATEGY
INDUSTRIAL NANOSAFETY STRATEGY GROUP
STANDARDIZATION
REGULATION
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER and INNOVATION FINANCING
NETWORKING
SKILLS AND EDUCATION
NANOfutures Working Groups
WG Groups
ETP representatives in NANOfutures
11 ETPs signed the Memorandum of Understanding, in order to declare their
support to NANOfutures. These ETPs are representative of several industrial
sectors:
Textiles (FTC);
Nanomedicine (NANOMEDICINE);
Chemistry (SusChem);
Construction (ECTP);
Nanoelectronics (ENIAC);
Nanomanufacturing (MINAM and MANUFUTURE);
Transportation (ERTRAC);
Advanced engineering materials and technologies ( EUMAT);
Photonics (PHOTONICS21);
Industrial Safety (ETPIS).
ETP representatives
Links to other EU nano initiatives
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NANOfutures established connections with different nanotechnology initiatives
(e.g. Nano safety Cluster, nano impact net, SIINN Eranet etc.) and the following
Coordination and Support Actions:
What NANOfutures could bring?
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NANOfutures can help for example by:
• Aligning policies;
• Connecting regional stakeholders with experts on
nanotechnology;
• Increasing networking possibilities,in order to carry out business
or projects together
• Raising awareness of needed actions for a rapid
commersialization of nanotechnology
• Joining forces avoiding duplicity and actions dispersion…
As NANOfutures Community member you can:
•… with three clicks run your own polls and get feedback from the NANOfutures members?
•… search for companies by keywords and other criterias?
•…learn about the members and their background?
•… invite new members by just one click?
•… discuss in the WG forums with other members?
•…keep informed about the activities in the community you are interested in via email?
NANOfutures today has > 600 members from 29 different countries, ~31% of them are industry
Horizontal
Working Groups
(e.g. NANOSAFETY,
STANDARDISATION
, REGULATION etc.)
ETP needs (e.g. SUSCHEM , MANUFUTURE,
PHOTONICS 21, EUMAT, FTC, MINAM etc. )
KEY NODES:
Nanotechnology
nodes related to
several sectors and
different horizontal
issues.
Methodology
Activities performed so far: Timeline
September, Start NANOfutures CSA
19 October, Kick off, Working Group Leaders, collection of ETP needs
November, complete list of ETP-needs disseminated to WG
20 January, Working Groups Meeting, Clusterisation
Definition, Evaluation Grids disseminated to the
WG participants
15 March, WG Technical Meeting, Definition of Key-Nodes
14 April, Steering Commettee, Approval of Key-Nodes
May, Definition of Inventive Sessions Groups
Brussels, 15 March 2011
WG Technical Meeting
Industrialization
and Manufacturing WG
Clustering of inputs – potential nodes
November 2011
ETP representative direct
input:
50 ETP needs from
FTC
ECTP
ENIAC
ERTRAC
ETPIS
EUMAT
MANUFUTURE
MINAM
NANOMEDICINE
PHOTONICS 21
SUSCHEM
11 Working Groups, Identification of actions
to address clustered ETP needs :•RESEARCH / TECHNOLOGY
•INDUSTRIALIZATION/ nano-MANUFACTURING
•COMMUNICATION
•SAFETY RESEARCH
•INDUSTRIAL SAFETY STRATEGY
•STANDARDIZATION
•REGULATION
•TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER and INNOVATION
FINANCING
•NETWORKING
•SKILLS AND EDUCATION
Working Group Meeting
20 January, Brussels
Activities performed so far: Scheme
Contribution from analysis of
ETP SRA
Clustering of inputs, potential
nodes
Industrialization
and Manufacturing WG
Identification of actions to address
clustered ETP needs :
Discussion and short list of
potential key nodes
Design, modelling and testing of materials
(including design and modelling, analitical
techniques, knowledge sharing and intellectual
properties)
Nano-micro scale manufacturing (including cost-
effective processes)
Safe & Sustainable (including Safer processes and
products, Regulation, Environment)
NANO-Structures and Composites
NANOenabled Surfaces (including Surface
Performance and Surface Manufacturing)
WGs Technical Meeting
15 March, Brussels
Final approval of nanotechnology
Key nodes
The 14° April 2011 the Steering Committee approved the following
key nodes:
Design, modelling and testing of materials
(including design and modelling, analitical
techniques, knowledge sharing and intellectual
properties)
Nano-micro scale manufacturing (including cost-
effective processes)
Safe & Sustainable (including Safer processes and
products, Regulation, Environment)
NANO-Structures and Composites
NANOenabled Surfaces (including Surface
Performance and Surface Manufacturing)
• Design, Modelling and Testing of materials: includes design of
nanomaterials from concept to disposal and recycling, modelling, characterization,
toxicity tests. Knowledge management including patenting, availability of knowledge
repository on nanomaterial safety etc. From ETP needs: ENIAC, Photonics21,
MANUFUTURE, EUMAT, ETPIS, FTC, NANOMEDICINE, SUSCHEM.
• Nano-Micro scale manufacturing: includes low cost and high efficient
production of nanomaterials, nanoobjects, nanoparticles multi scale fabrication and
scale-up processes. From ETP needs: EUMAT, MANUFUTURE, MINAM,
Photonics21, ECTP, ENIAC, SUSCHEM, NANOMEDICINE
• Safe & Sustainable: includes standards & best practise guidelines for
handling nanomaterials (nanoparticles, nanopowders), measurement protocols for
nanomaterials; risk assessment and risk management; environmentally friendly and
sustainable nanomaterials production processes. From ETP needs: MANUFUTURE,
ETPIS, SUSCHEM, FTC, ENIAC, MINAM, NANOMEDICINE.
Final approval of nanotechnology
Key nodes
• Nano structures and composites: High yield, low dispersion, high
accuracy manufacturing of nanostructures; up-scaling from lab to industrial
processes; ultra-high performance composites with smart properties for different
applications. From ETP needs: ENIAC, Photonics21, ECTP, FTC, ERTRAC,
MANUFUTURE, NANOMEDICINE.
• Nano-enabled surfaces: nanocoating technologies and manufacturing for
smart surfaces (energy efficient, high performance, active, sensing etc.). From ETP
needs: ECTP, ENIAC, ERTRAC, EUMAT, MINAM.
The proposed key nodes are interconnected and there are horizontal actions which
should link together such needs: e.g. communication and networking,
standardization, cost optimization, research on smart properties of nanomaterials.
Final approval of nanotechnology
Key nodes
What to do next: the
perspective
Final list of key nodes
Inventive Sessions
Workshops on each key node
(June2011 -January 2012)
Targets
and Challenges
Industrial and Research
Roadmap
(March- June 2012)
Dissemination, Exploitation and
networking activities
Approval of a list of
key nodes Definition of the expert groups
One Group for each
Key-Node
Future Events
• NanotechItaly 2011, November 23-25, 2011, Venice, Italy: next SC
Meeting. NANOfutures WG meetings will be probably organised there.
In the plenary session of the 23rd a 1h session (4 presentations)
dedicated to EU and IT NANOfutures platform is foreseen.
For information on NANOfutures activities, please contact the
NANOfutures CSA Coordinator:
Margherita Cioffi, D’Appolonia S.p.A.
Margherita.cioffi@dappolonia.it
www.dappolonia.it
Overview of NANOfutures
Approach and Activitieshttp://www.nanofutures.eu
NANOfutures
association