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Table of Contents

1 Abbreviations and acronyms .......................................................................................................................5

2 Summary .....................................................................................................................................................6

3 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................7

4 The Workshop on Nanotechnology for Industry ..........................................................................................8

4.1 Preparatory phase & Methodology ......................................................................................................9

4.2 Identification and nomination of experts ........................................................................................... 10

4.3 Implementation .................................................................................................................................. 13

4.4 Workshop phase ............................................................................................................................... 14

5 Conclusions and recommendations ......................................................................................................... 18

6 Annex ....................................................................................................................................................... 20

6.1 Annex 1 Agenda ................................................................................................................................ 20

6.2 Annex 2 - Dissemination ................................................................................................................... 23

6.3 Annex 3 – Invitation ........................................................................................................................... 24

6.4 Annex 4 – Biography of Experts ....................................................................................................... 25

6.5 Annex 5 General Programme Information ........................................................................................ 33

6.6 Annex 6 - List of Participants ............................................................................................................ 34

6.7 Annex 7 Links to Presentations ........................................................................................................ 39

6.8 Annex 8– Focus Group led by Martina Lindorfer .............................................................................. 40

6.9 Annex 9- Selected photos of presentations and audience ............................................................... 44

6.10 Annex 10 - Press release .............................................................................................................. 46



1 Abbreviations and acronyms

ASCAMM Fundación Privada ASCAMM, Spain

CIMAV Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S.C, Mexico

CEDENNA Centre for de Development of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology

CIMAT Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research in Materials Science

CYTED Iberoamerican Program of Science and Technology for Development

CONICYT National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research

CORFO Chilean Economic Development Corporation

CONAMA National Corporation of Environment

CSIC Superior Council of Scientific Investigations

EU-LAC European Union Latin American and Caribbean

EUROCHILE Eurochile Business Foundation, Chile

ETPs European Technology Platforms"

FONDECYT National Fund for scientific and technological development

IAPRI International Association of Packaging Research Institutes

ION Institute of Nanotechnology, UK

MCP Mediterranean Partner Countries

MEC Ministry of Education and Culture, Uruguay

MINCyT Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Argentina

MOP Ministry of public infrastructure

MTV Malsch TechnoValuation, Netherlands

NMP Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

REDINN Rete Europea dell’Innovazione, Italy

RELANS Latin American Nanotechnology and Society Network, Brazil

R&D Research and Development

R&D&I. Research and Development and Innovation

SOM Senior Official Meeting

UdelaR University of the Republic of Uruguay

USACH University of Santiago de Chile

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

ZSI Zentrum für Soziale Innovation, Austria



2 Summary

This report describes actions taken in order to develop the Expert Workshop on "Nanotech-

nology for Industry" which took place on December 3-4, 2014, in the city of Santiago, Chile.

This Workshop was realized as part of the activities of Task 3.3 (Expert´s workshop Method-

ology development and Preparation of four Expert workshops) of the Work Package 3 (EU-

LAC Networking, consultation dialogue and open innovation platform).

The “Nanotechnology for Industry” Workshop was the third of four workshops, which are:

Workshop on Nano Health (Argentina), May 19-20 2014

Workshop on Nanowater and Nanoenergy (Mexico), November 9-11 2014

Workshop Nanotechnology for Industry (Chile), December 3-4 2014

Workshop Nanowater and Nanoenergy (Brazil), first half of 2015

Following the results of the mappings that took place within the framework of the WP2 (Map-

ping, Strategy development and recommendations), the enrolment of stakeholders at NMP-

DeLA Community of Interest and the identification of experts for interviews, relevant experts

and stakeholders have been invited to present cases and country experiences from Europe

and Latin America. The workshop served as well as a moment for validation of results of the

project, meaning the roadmap, and for information gathering by means of focus group inter-

view.

A total of 115 people attended the workshop, including 32 experts from EU and LA, of which

18 were from Chile. By stakeholders group the Chilean audience represented by 27 partici-

pants from universities, 9 from government and 47 from industries, representing an important

potential local impact of the workshop, besides the enhancement of interactions with EU and

other LAC countries.



3 Introduction

The main objective of NMP-DeLA project is to develop a series of activities between European

and Latin American countries, aiming at strengthening the local research and training potential

as a way of facilitating the deployment of nano- and advanced materials technologies in areas

of major social challenge in Latin America: Energy, Water and Health.

The objective of Work Package 3 is to mobilize, set-up and engage the NMP-DeLA commu-

nity. The target is to engage international experts and stakeholders in real and virtual hearings

and collaborative workshops on the continuous elaboration and assessments of the innovation

strategy and roadmap. These experts are expected to offer a full coverage of the entire value-

chain, including research and development (R&D) organizations, educational organizations,

industrial stakeholders, policy makers and government and civil-society.

This will provide support to researchers, scientists and concerned organizations to facilitate

their engagement with business and industrial partners and policy makers. It will support the

development of a long-term sustainable platform through which collaborative relationships can

be formed, leading to an increase in the deployment of technologies that address societal

challenges in healthcare, clean energy and the environment. Partnership formation for R&D&I

between EU and LA partners should be expected as well.

The goal of the Deliverable 3.4 “Expert Workshops “Nanotechnology for Industry” - Report on

implementation & follow-up” is to report on the development and conclusions of the workshop,

with the aim of providing a useful tool for guiding the implementation of this type of activity

within the project as well as by other interested parties. It presents the methodology adopted

for the realization of the workshop, main findings and results achieved.



4 The Workshop on Nanotechnology for Industry

The “Nanotechnology for Industry: Health, Water and Energy” workshop was organized by

EUROCHILE Foundation and co-organized by Centre for Development of Nanosciences and

Nanotechnology (CEDENNA) and Fundación Chile, and in the close collaboration with Tech-

nology Research Institute of Finland (VTT), the Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) and Malsch

Technovaluation (MTV) and the Project Coordinator ASCAMM Foundation. Its main objectives

were:

Understand the current state of research and development in NMP in the fields of health,

water and energy worldwide, with special focus on Latin America;

Identify new opportunities for technology transfer from R&D organizations to business and

industrial stakeholders of both regions;

Promote industry-academia interaction between Latin American and European actors, in

order to increase the deployment of NMPs that address societal challenges in healthcare,

energy and water;

Develop a long-term, sustainable platform to facilitate networking, which leads to new col-

laborative enterprises.



4.1 Preparatory phase & Methodology

The workshops that are held by NMP-DeLA are structured so to show the results of the pro-

ject, of the mapping and roadmap of deployment of nanotechnologies in the focus-areas of the

workshops. This is made together with the general audience. To validate those results, some

of the stakeholders are invited to participate in a focus group session. Individual interviews

may be organized with experts as well.

Based on the objectives of task 3.3 and taking into account the results of the mapping exer-

cise (D2.1 of NMP-DeLA), realized by partners RELANS and ZSI in WP2, the organizers

started by discussing the structure of the workshop and indications of potential experts, both

from Europe and Latin America, to participate as presenters. For this purpose, internal discus-

sions by partners VTT, ZSI, MTV, ASCAMM, MINCYT, MEC and Eurochile started in June

2014. With the task leader, VTT, a discussion was held in Santiago on March 18th 2014 in or-

der to discuss possible partnerships that could be made with Chilean stakeholders. The main

objective of the workshop was to present an overview of Nanotechnology for Industry in Latin

America and Europe, and promote sharing of successful experiences and identifying opportu-

nities for cooperation and new initiatives.

The core group of partners organizing the workshop started drafting the agenda for the work-

shop based on this methodology. The final agenda can be seen in Annex 1.



4.2 Identification and nomination of experts

Selection of experts to hold presentations in the workshop was done in collaboration with pro-

ject partners, members of the advisory board, documents developed for the workshop and

recommendations requested from equivalent offices in Latin America.

The general criterion for both regions was to invite experts with experience, preferentially par-

ticipating in projects that imply technology transfer from academia to industry. Invitations to

experts to participate as speakers were made directly by the partners who have indicated

them, following the invitation model shown in Annex 2, which was sent as well as to the target

audience of the workshop. The experts selected and invited to participate are mentioned be-

low. A detailed list of experts with their short biography is presented in Annex 4

Chile – Dr. Marcelo Kogan, Associate Professor of Pharmacological Chemistry at the

University of Chile and Researcher of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Mate-

rials Science (CIMAT) of the University of Chile. His scientific interest is directed to the

field of nanobiomaterials applications, particularly in the field of conformational diseases.

Chile - Dr. Bernabé Rivas, Vice President for Research and Development, Universidad

de Concepción, Chile. He has been active in promoting scientific development and in his

specific field of action, biochemistry, he has contributed in several lines of research such

as: Polymers with biological activity, macromolecular chemistry and resins extractants.

Chile - Dr. Dora Altbir, CEDDENA Director, PhD in Physics from the Pontificia Univer-

sidad Católica de Chile. Her area of study is magnetic nanostructures.

Chile - Dr. William Gacitúa, Director of Biomaterials and Nanotechnology Center (CBN)

at Universidad del Bío Bío and director of the Department of Wood Engineering, Faculty

of Engineering, at the same university. His main area of interest is the development of

nanotechnology as a tool for genetic selection for the manufacture of cellulose Premium.

Chile - Dr. Maria Angélica Rubio, head of Chemistry and Physics at CEDENNA, she

has conducted research projects funded by different institutions mainly in environmental

chemistry subjects.

Chile - Dr. Juan Pablo García Huidobro, Profesor at Universidad Santiago de Chile.

Since 15 years he has studied allosteric modulation of nucleotide receptors and extracel-

lular signals.

Chile - Dr. Maria Jose Galotto, Professor and Responsible at Packaging Laboratory,



Universidad de Santiago. She works mainly with the development of new and innovative

packaging for the food industry.

Chile – Dr. Viviana Montecinos, Assistant professor at Hematology-Oncology, at

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Currently, she is studying the potential use of

human platelet containing metal nanoparticles as anticancer agents.

France – Dr. Francoise Roure, Chair of the Committee “Safety, Security and Risks” at

Ministry of Economy, Industry and Digital Officer, France. PhD in Industrial International

Economics, University Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. Among her major publications in-

cludes: "New Ethics for nanoscience and the future of information technology" (published

by the European Science Foundation) and "Industrial economics of nanotechnology: hy-

per choice and milestones for the manufacturing world at the nanoscale" (an essay for

the France-Stanford Foundation).

Italy - Dr. Nicola Tucci, Rete Europea dell 'Innovazione (Redinn-IT) Senior Govern-

ance, Legal and Environmental Policy Advisor. Dr. Tucci has more than 10 years experi-

ence as Project Manager with specialization in EU environmental, governance and inno-

vation transfer projects.

Mexico - Dr. Edgar Zayago Lau, Technical Secretary of the Red Latinoamericana de

Nanotecnología y Sociedad (ReLANS) based in of Zacatecas and Research Professor of

the Doctorate in Development Studies at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas. His

research is related to the social implications of nanotechnology in Latin America (espe-

cially Mexico) and the link between development theory and public policy in science and

technology.

Spain - Meritxell de la Varga, Deputy General Manager and Strategic Projects Director

at Leitat Technology Center. Graduated in Chemistry from the University of Barcelona

and pursuing an MBA from the Business School Euncet, she is an expert in applied re-

search, transfer of research results to the company, internationalization and manage-

ment of R&D&I.

Spain - Josep Lluis Checa, Deputy General Manager y Managing Director LATAM at LEITAT,

he has a wide reputation for innovation, change management and transformation of or-

ganizations and processes.

Uruguay - Santiago Botasini, Representative of the Ministry of Education and Culture

of Uruguay, Doctorate Candidate in Chemistry at the Biomaterials Laboratory at the



Chemical Biology Institute of the Faculty of Sciences/University of the Republic

(UdelaR), Uruguay. His area of interest consist in the synthesis of silver nanoparticles

resistant to aggregation in real media and their applications in mercury analysis.

Uruguay - Ivana Resnichenko, National Directorate of Industries/Ministry of Industry,

Energy and Mining, she is an economist working in shaping the Nanotechnology Sector

Council under the Cabinet productive of Uruguay, which coordinates.

United Kingdom - Jessica Ocampos, Director of Cambridge Platform of Knowledge

and Tech Transfer for Latin America, PhD (c) in Chemical Engineering, at the Depart-

ment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge. Her areas of

interest include biopreservation, cryopreservation and lyophilization, cell therapy and

biobanks.

In addition to the experts presented above, a number of 4 Chilean entrepreneurs from the

nanotechnology sector presented the application of nanotechnology in the industry in the

areas of health, energy and water treatment. They were:

Chile - Patricio Jarpa, Founder and CEO Nanotec Chile S.A.

Chile - Alvaro Ortiz, Director Hidroinfra Tecnologies Chile S.A

Chile - Felipe Pacheco, Founder and CEO of Adrox

Chile - Dr. Felipe Oyarzún, Founder, partner and CEO at ABAM



4.3 Implementation

Based on the consensus about the structure of the workshop the following actions took place

in order to make it viable:

- Elaboration of the agenda (Annex 1);

- Dissemination of the workshop information through an special webpage designed for

the event (http://forum.eurochilevirtual.cl/) and the co-organizer webpages

(www.cedenna.cl and www.fundacionchile.com) as well as the NMP-DeLA website;

(Annex 2)

- Elaboration of registration form for registrations directly through the specific webpage;

- Dissemination of the event;

- Sending of invitations (Annex 3);

- Sending General Programme Information (Annex 5) for the international registered at-

tendees and speakers.

The target audience for the workshop was comprised with special emphasis by industry rep-

resentatives, as well as experts, policy-makers, students and representatives of civil organiza-

tions, with interest and/or expertise in the nanotechnologies for heath, water and energy, from

both regions. A detailed list with the list of name and institutions of all audience is presented in

Annex 6



4.4 Workshop phase

The Nanotechnology for Industry was attended by a total of 115 people, including 32 experts

from EU and LA, of which 18 were from Chile. From the Chilean side, by stakeholders group

they represented by 27 participants from universities, 9 from government and 47 people from

industries .The workshop was structured so that: firstly a welcome section took place with the

participation of Vicente Caruz (President of Eurochile) in which he stated, among others:

"It is important to underline that the issues discussed in this conference are in line with the guidelines that the Government of Chile has manifested in support of the development of new technologies and applications, as a strategy to overcome the dependence on natural re-sources and open opportunities in sectors that can add value and produce new goods and services, develop industries and create centers for innovation and competitiveness. The cur-rent growth base may no longer be the sole basis for future development. We must advance in the field of innovation; we need to overcome knowledge gaps among regions, sectors and business segments".

Moreover, he was followed by Marcela Angulo, Manager for Technological Capabilities Devel-

opment at CORFO, Chilean Economic Development Corporation, from whose speech we

quote:

"We are witnessing in Chile a clear situation that our economy calls needs to incorporate new technologies and diversify the productive chain. Nanotechnology in Chile can help improve in-dustrial productivity and diversify our product. We are registering a depletion of our economy, based on natural resources, and we must have an inflection based on knowledge, quality, and human capital, considering environmental issues at same time."

To finalize the inauguration statements, Andres Pesce, Investment and Business Manager at

Fundación Chile, mentioned in his speech:

"Fundación Chile aims to make a better country, promoting the increased competitiveness of the economy through innovation as a progress engine. In this scenario, the congress on "Nanotechnology for industry" represents the motivation to involve innovation in the society productive chain, together with other actors."

In a second moment an opening session took place and focus on the following:

Overview of the NMP-DeLA Project, conducted by Liceth Rebolledo representative of

ASCAMM, leader of the project;

Presentation about Cedenna and its current projects at applied research level by Dora Altbir,

CEDENNA Director;

Presentation of the roadmap and innovation strategy approach for Latin American countries

concerning nanotechnologies for societal Challenges in the areas of health, energy and water,



by Maria Lima Toivanen, from VTT of Finland;

Presentation about technology transfer methodologies implemented by ASCAMM, by Marc

Capellades, Director for technology transfer at Ascamm;

Presentation of the importance of responsible development and deployment of nanotech-

nology, by Ineke Malsh, founder of MTV from The Netherlands;

Presentation about the shared challenge that implies expanding commercialization of

nanotechnology, by Francoise Roure, Chair of the Committee «Safety, Security and Risks»

at Ministry of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs, France.

From this part, it can be concluded the importance of nanotechnologies for the improvement

of industrial performance of countries, potentially allowing them to develop more advanced

products and getting liberated from dependence on exports of natural resources. Just to illus-

trate the importance of this topic, particularly Chile (country that has established itself as the

world's largest copper producer) the metal Nanotechnology can open a new era for the uses

of copper.

At same time, there is a claim for responsible development and deployment and the need to

implement governance structures that guide the R&D of nanotechnologies and the formation

of capabilities by countries and benefiting their citizens.

Joint R&D seems a useful strategy for companies and governments to share the risk related

to developments in this emerging field, as well as means of speeding up solutions and reach-

ing of success in the commercialization of nanotechnologies, incorporated in processes and

products. It is noteworthy the need for specific management capabilities to bring these possi-

ble joint projects to fruition. This is preceded by the establishment of a managerial culture that

allows for implementation of joint projects, considering the many possibilities of joint agree-

ments for R&D.

However, even when there are some efforts done by the Chilean Government which foresees

joint R&D between industry and academia, for instance with the funding by Corfo, for the in-

stallation of an International Excellence Center for applied R & D in partnership with local

partners (Leitat + CEDENNA), there is still a lack of interaction between research groups of

applied R&D working on nanotechnologies. In this sense, it would be interesting and highly

recommended to launch initiative to create an effective network among all stakeholders re-

lated to nanotechnologies, to increase their connection and hence the applications and impact

of their researches.



Moreover, there are certain challenges for the establishment of an innovative culture: Critical

Mass to innovate (human capital advanced and technological infrastructure), companies will-

ing to innovate and develop new products and capacity of local production.

In a third moment, the congress was divided into two sessions that continued simultaneously.

The first session was Nanotechnologies for health, meanwhile in the second one the main fo-

cus was on nanotechnologies for water. The first one was moderated by PhD Mauricio Es-

cudey, Director of Institutional Relations at Cedenna, meantime the second was led by Ulrike

Broschek, Director of Water and Industry at Fundación Chile. Both sessions were held in a

format of 10-12 minutes presentation by 6 experts in the field (see Annex 1). At the end of

each session, a discussion, question and answers panel took place.

Concerning Nanotechnology for health one of the main conclusions from the session was re-

lated to the importance of nanotechnology as an alternative to develop drugs that are less tox-

ic and better managed, through the ability to control the release of drugs and their active mol-

ecules.

Regarding the water session, some of the main conclusions are the common problems found,

and the challenge to seek for alternative solutions through the use of nanomaterials, either

through: nanomembranes designed specifically for the retention of water pollutants, so as to

obtain nanoadsorbents and nanocatalysts, such as iron oxides in the case of removal of arse-

nic. Just to illustrate the importance of this topic, arsenic contamination is endemic of regions

of Chile and Argentina. The showing of nanotechnologies solutions to address this problem

revealed some of the relevance of the workshop.

After lunch break, the audience convened again in two parallel activities. One of them was a

focus group led by Martina Lindorfer, from the Zentrum Fuer Soziale Innovation (ZSI-Austria),

and the other was the Nanotechnology for Energy session led by Guido Goñi, Director of In-

novation at Eurochile.

Concerning the energy session, it was developed in the same format as the two previous ses-

sions with 10-12 minutes presentation by 6 speakers (see Annex 1) and a discussion, ques-

tions and answers panel. Noteworthy, in this panel, there were two speakers coming from two

of the most important Chilean enterprises, pioneers in the deployment of nanotechnology in

different products related to energy. Both presentations showed that even when the linkage

between science–business –society is especially weak, as it is the case of Chile, it can be



strengthened by providing the right incentives. These companies are benchmark in the pro-

duction and deployment of nanotechnology nowadays in the country.

In parallel happened the focus group session, which aimed to promote a critical discussion

with representatives of different stakeholder groups about the needs and existing means to

produce nanotechnology solutions, technologies and applications for meeting societal chal-

lenges in the future. In the focus group were gathered twelve scientists and political decision

makers (mostly Chilean, but also from other countries) (listed in Annex 8) that were distributed

according to main area: 6 in industry/manufacturing, 4 in research and teaching, 5 in

ELSA/risk management, 4 in policy/funding. There were thematic main fields: 3 participants in

health, 4 in water and 2 in energy. All participants had at least some experience in EU-LAC

cooperation, but most of them not really much. Half of participants felt rather close to Nano-

technologies deployment for societal challenges. Some key findings of the discussion were:

Most importantly participants articulated the need that Chile should have a regulatory

framework for nanotechnology which should address issues of the whole value chain (from

research to commercialization) as well as aspects of responsible research;

There is demand for more research and measures in the area of nana safety;

A nationally coordinated information and awareness raising campaign on nanotechnology

would support a better diffusion of knowledge and promote responsible consumption of

nano materials;

Multidisciplinary of research groups is very important in order to reach multi-dimensional so-

lutions;

The linkage between science – business –society is especially weak in Chile and could be

strengthened by providing the right incentives;

In order to address local needs nano-based solutions need to become more affordable and

better targeted to groups with special needs;

Concluding the workshop there was a final session in which main conclusions for each ses-

sion were presented, and Jose Aravena, executive director of Eurochile, gave the closing

words of the event. Some pictures of the event can be seen in the annex 9.



5 Conclusions and recommendations

Taking into account the primary objectives of NMP-DeLA project and the organizers had es-

tablished for the workshop: to present the actual state-of-art of nanotechnology in health, en-

ergy and water and generate a discussion on the applied research field, to facilitate technolo-

gy transfer to business and industrial stakeholders; it can be concluded that it was highly sat-

isfactory. Moreover, the workshop was a unique opportunity for the scientific community and

stakeholders, in LAC and EU, to increase their knowledge base in the deployment of ad-

vanced materials for: smart therapeutic and diagnostic solutions (in Nanomedicine area), solar

photovoltaic solutions and fuel cells (energy) and environmental solutions as well, such as wa-

ter purification and water recycling. The presentations and debates which happened in the

workshop, met its objective of generating a meaningful dialogue between representatives of

research and development centers, universities, industry, public sector and civil society as it

was covered by the press (See examples in Annex 10)

The workshop organizers have managed to gather a significant number of relevant actors in

terms of research on nanotechnology applied in the focus areas in health, energy and water,

expert evaluators, researchers, policy makers, managers, government agencies, students,

etc., in Santiago de Chile, initiative that contributes to the work done earlier in Argentina and

Mexico, getting ahead in the path to reach the goal of creation of a bi-regional network, joining

efforts between institutions, creating the environment to build potential research consortia and

identify new initiatives.

Being specific about the benefits to the hosting country, the workshop was an interesting op-

portunity to compare where Chile is, in terms of the deployment of nanotechnologies, applied

research in general, and how technology transfer between academia and industry is going on.

In this matter, Chile should have a regulatory framework for nanotechnology which should ad-

dress issues of the whole value chain (from research to commercialization) as well as aspects

of responsible research. Moreover, a nationally coordinated information and awareness rais-

ing campaign on nanotechnology would support a better diffusion of knowledge and promote

responsible consumption of nanomaterials. Finally, providing the right incentives could be a

proper way to increase and strengthen the linkage between science–business-society which is

especially weak in Chile if compared to other countries in Latin America, and especially to

Europe.

In conclusion, the workshop achieved its objective, the project NMP-DeLA has served as a

link between the different actors working in the field of the nanotechnologies in health, energy



and water, being an important step for future activities in order to continue increasing the par-

ticipation of Latin America in European and bi-regional initiatives and projects.

6 Annex

6.1 Annex 1 Agenda

PROGAMME

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS & EXPERTS WORKSHOP

“Nanotechnology for Industry: Nanomedicine, Energy & Water” December 3th 2014

8:30-9:00

Accreditation and Coffee

9:00-10:00

Welcome & Inauguration Statements

Vicente Caruz, President, Eurochile

Marcela Angulo, Development Manager Technological Capabilities at CORFO

Andrés Pesce, Business Manager at Fundación Chile

10:00-11:15

Opening Session Liceth Rebolledo, European Project Management at ASCAMM-Spain: “ Presentation of NMP-De LA Project”

Dora Altbir, Cedenna Director; “Industry-Academia Interaction in Nanotechnology”

María Lima-Toivanen, Senior Scientist at Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT); “Nanotechnologies for Societal Challenges health, energy and water: a roadmap and innovation strategy approach for Latin American countries”

Marc Capellades, Transfer Director at ASCAMM -Spain: “Technology transfer methodologies”.

Ineke Malsch, Founder of Malsch Tech Valuation (MTV-ND): “Responsible Development and Deployment of Nanotechnol-ogy”

Françoise Roure, Chair, Committee «Safety, Security and Risks» at Ministry of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs – France: “Expanding Commercialization of Nanotechnology: a Shared Challenge?”

11:15-

Coffee Break



11:45-13:45

Congress Session 1: Nanotechnology for health. Place: Room B (“Embarque”)

Moderator: Mauricio Escudey, Director of Institutional Re-lations at Cedenna Juan Pablo García Huidobro, Professor at Universidad Santiago de Chile Nanoparticles with antineoplastic activi-ty, CEDENNA’s progress

Marcelo Kogan, Researcher at Universidad de Chile "Nanotechnology for theranosis (diagnosis and treatment of diseases with a single procedure) in the treatment of Cancer”

Jessica Ocampos, PhD Candidate Chemical Engineering and Biotecnology University of Cambridge UK. Director of Cambridge Platform of Knowledge and Tech Transfer for Latin America UK. " Bio-polymer based delivery system for mammalian cell biopreservation”

Ivana Resnichenko, Coordinator at Sector Council for Nanotechnology Uruguay “Nanohealth in Uruguay”

Viviana Montecinos, Assistant professor at Hematology-Oncology, at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: “Tro-jan platelets containing metallic nanoparticles as a thera-peutic alternative for cancer patients"

Felipe Oyarzún, Founder, partner and CEO at Austral Bi-oactive Materials (ABAM), Austral Bioactive Materials an academic joint venture available to the regional industry Panel Discussion, Q&A + identification of relevant conclusions

Congress Session 2: Nanotechnology for water Place: Auditorium

Moderator: Ulrike Broschek, Director of Water and Industry at Fundación Chile Bernabé Rivas, Vice President for Research and Development at Universidad de Concepción. "Removal of contaminants such as heavy metals from aqueous media by the use of synthetic and nat-ural polymers and based nanocomposites using membrane filtra-tion techniques and batch processes.

Edgar Zayago Lau , researcher at the Latin American Nanotech-nology and Society Network (ReLANS-Brazil) "Nanotech Compa-nies in Mexico: towards a sector diagnosis”

María Angélica Rubio, PhD in Chemistry, head of Chemistry and Physics at CEDENNA, Researcher and Lecturer at Universidad de Santiago, Chile, "Application of nanotechnology in removing con-taminants"

Meritxell De la Varga, Deputy General Manager y Strategic Pro-jects Director at Leitat Technology Center-Spain “Nanomaterials for Water Remediation: Highly efficient systems for the up-take of me-tallic pollutants from water”

María José Galotto, PhD in Science, Engineering and Food Tech-nology, Professor and Responsible at Packaging Laboratory Uni-versidad de Santiago, Chile “NanoMaterials in containers to mini-mize contamination y underground water”

Alvaro Ortiz, Director Hidroinfra Tecnologies Chile S.A," Hydro Nano Gas, a solution to neutralize emissions from fossil fuels".

Panel Discussion, Q&A + identification of relevant conclusions



14:00-15:00

Lunch

15:15-17:15 Focus Group Activity Place : Room B (“Embarque”) Moderator: Martina Lindorfer: Zentrum Fuer Soziale Innovation (ZSI-Austria)

Congress Session 3: Nanotechnology for Energy

Place: Auditorium

Moderator: Guido Goñi L. – Director of Innovation at Eurochile

Patricio Jarpa, Founder and CEO Nanotec Chile SA, "Development and application of nanotechnologies for energy efficiency"

Josep Lluís Checa, Deputy General Manager y Managing Director

Latam at Leitat Technology Center-Spain “Advanced Nanomaterials

for Energy Application: Study of Lithium-Air battery technology for the electric car industry”

Felipe Pacheco, CEO and founder of Adrox, " Increased energy generation and decreased water consumption to maintain solar pan-els with + PowerSun"

William Gacitúa, Director of Biomaterials and Nanotechnology Cen-ter (CBN) at University of Bio Bio: “Development of nanomaterials for energy efficiency”

Santiago Botasini, Representative of Uruguayan Delegation: “ Use of nanotechnology Dye- Sensitized solar cell (DSSC)”

Nicola Tucci, Rete Europea dell 'Innovazione (Redinn-IT) Senior Governance, Legal and Environmental Policy Advisor) " European Innovation Partnerships (EIP) and technology platforms: instruments to enhance SMEs participation in eu policies".

Panel Discussion, Q&A + identification of relevant conclusions 17:15-17:45 17:45-17:55

Conclusions Presentations. Selected international experts shall make a presentation to the Congress about identified conclusions, next steps, etc. Congress Closing Euorchile – Executive Dirctor Mr José Aravena

6.2 Annex 2 - Dissemination

SITE Dissemination articles

EUROCHILE http://www.eurochile.cl/index.php/es/actualidad/eventos/item/congreso-internacional-y-seminario-de-expertos-nanotechnology-for-industry-santiago

EUROCHILE http://forum.eurochilevirtual.cl/



6.3 Annex 3 – Invitation

NANOSCIENCES, NANOTECHNOLOGIES, MATERIALS AND NEW PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES DEPLOYMENT IN LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES (NMP-DeLA)

International Congress and Experts Workshop

“NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRY:

Nanomedicine, Energy & Water”

December 2nd

– 4th

, 2014- Santiago, Chile

Santiago, 1st October 2014

Dear Dr./Mr./Mrs./Miss

[Name of Institution/Organization]:

It is with great pleasure for me to invite you to attend at the forthcoming International Congress and Expert Workshop entitled ‘Nanotechnology for Industry: Nanomedicine, Energy & Wa-ter” taking place in Santiago, Chile on December 3

rd 2014, in the premises of Fundación Chile,

located at Av Parque Antonio Rabat Sur 6165, Vitacura. The event is organized by the Business Foundation Eurochile (www.eurochile.cl), within the framework of the NMP-DeLA project (http://www.nmp-dela.eu), financed by the European Commission, with the participation of “Fundación Chile” (www.fundacionchile.com) and the “Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Cedenna” (www.cedenna.cl), as Co-Organizers.

The objective of this International Congress is to present the actual state-of-art of this technolo-gy, and generate a discussion on the applied research field, to facilitate technology transfer to business and industrial stakeholders. With a format including presentations, collaborative work-shops and discussions, the congress aims to ensure a substantial dialogue between R&D organi-zations, educational organizations, industrial stakeholders, policy makers as well as government and civil-society. As a result, we expect to develop a long-term sustainable platform, through which collaborative relationships can be formed, leading to an increase in the deployment of technologies that address societal challenges in healthcare, clean energy and the environment. Further on, research priorities, industrial challenges and technology gaps will be defined.

This is a unique opportunity for the scientific community and stakeholders, in LAC and EU, to in-crease their knowledge base in advanced materials utilization for: smart therapeutic and diagnos-tic solutions (in nanomedicine area), solar photovoltaic solutions and fuel cells (energy) and envi-ronmental solutions as well, such as water purification and water recycling.

The event will welcome high-level national and international personalities, including experts, researchers, policymakers, leading academics, business and civil society representatives. Is in this framework where we are interested in having your invaluable contribution.

Looking forward to meet you here in this event, get my best regards

Yours sincerely,

Vicente Caruz

President Eurochile

http://www.eurochile.cl/

http://www.nmp-dela.eu/

http://www.fundacionchile.com/

http://www.cedenna.cl/



6.4 Annex 4 – Biography of Experts

Chile – Dr. Marcelo Kogan, Associate Professor of Pharmacological Chemistry at

the University of Chile and Researcher of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in

Materials Science (CIMAT) of the University of Chile

Dr. Marcelo Kogan leads a research group of nanobiotechnology for the diagnosis and

therapy of diseases such as Alzheimer's, diabetes and Chagas. He is coordinator of the

Master in Biochemistry Toxicology and a member of four cloisters PhD at the University

of Chile. In 1989 he obtained the title of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical in 1991 at the

University of Buenos Aires. He earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1995 from the

same university. He completed postdoctoral studies at the University of Wisconsin

(1996) and the University of Barcelona (1999-2002) in the laboratory of Dr. Ernest Giralt.

His scientific interest is directed to the field of nanobiomaterials applications, particularly

in the field of conformational diseases.

Chile - Dr. Bernabé Rivas, Vice President for Research and Development, Univer-

sidad de Concepción, Chile

Bernabé Rivas studied Biochemistry and earned a Doctorate in Sciences with a major in

Chemistry, in the Specialty Polymers at the University of Concepción. He also has post-

docs at the universities of Tubingen and Mainz, Germany. He has been active in promot-

ing scientific development. In his specific field of action, biochemistry, he has contributed

in several lines of research such as: Copolymerization Via Zwitterion, Polymers with Bio-

logical Activity, Macromolecular Chemistry and Resins Extractants. Between 2000 and

2003 he served as President of the Superior Council of the National Fund for Scientific

and Technological Development (FONDECYT) of the National Commission for Scientific

and Technological Research (CONICYT) and between 2002 and 2012 was Dean of the

Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Concepción. In 2011 he assumed as Vice Pres-

ident of Research and Development at the University of Concepción

Chile - Dr. Dora Altbir, Director CEDDENA

Dora Altbir holds a PhD in Physics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In



2005 she joined the Department of Physics at the Universidad de Santiago, Chile, where

she is currently professor. Her area of study is magnetic nanostructures. She has pub-

lished more than 90 papers in ISI indexed journals and presented three applications for

international patents. She maintains collaborations with researchers in the United States,

Germany, Spain, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil. She has continuously received funding

through FONDECYT since 1998. She directs the Millennium Nucleus "Basic and Applied

Magnetism" and the "Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology"

(CEDENNA), both projects that bring together researchers from different universities in

the country around magnetism.

Chile - Dr. William Gacitúa, Director of Biomaterials and Nanotechnology Center

(CBN) at Universidad del Bío Bío

William Gacitúa, he is also director of the Department of Wood Engineering, Faculty of

Engineering, University of Bío Bío. In 1996 he graduated in Civil Engineering at Forest

Industries, University Bío Bío, Concepción, Chile. In 2001 he earned the degree of MSc

in Science and Technology of Wood, from the same university and in 2007 he obtained

the PhD in Environmental Engineering, Washington State University Pullman WA, USA.

Currently he heads the Fondef project "Development of nanotechnology as a tool for ge-

netic selection for the manufacture of cellulose Premium" and he is professor of the Fac-

ulty of Engineering of the University of Bío Bío.

Chile - Dr. Maria Angélica Rubio, head of Chemistry and Physics at CEDENNA

Dr. Rubio holds a degree in Chemistry and a PhD in Chemistry at Universidad de Chile.

Professor at the Chemistry Faculty at Universidad de Santiago de Chile, she has con-

ducted research projects funded by different institutions mainly in environmental chemis-

try subjects. She has 64 publications in refereed journals and 3 book chapters. She has

guided 53 thesis of undergraduate students, 6 of master’s students and 3 of PhD’s stu-

dents. Administrative tasks she has performed as Vice Dean of Teaching, Director of the

PhD Chemistry Program, Head of Career Degree, Faculty Advisor, and Member of

DiCYT-USACH Committee. She is still referee in national and international projects and

internal and external scientific journals and expert consultant at: CONAMA (National

Corporation of Environment) RM (Metropolitan Region) and MOP (Ministry of public in-

frastructure)



Chile - Dr. Juan Pablo García Huidobro, Profesor at Universidad Santiago de Chi-

le

Juan Pablo García-Huidobro Toro, Doctor of Pharmacology, University of California, San

Francisco Medical Center, 1978. He is professor at the Universidad de Santiago/Faculty

of Chemistry and Biology and president of the Chilean Society of Pharmacology. Since

15 years he has studied allosteric modulation of nucleotide receptors and extracellular

signals. He began pioneering studies in Chile of Molecular Pharmacology, synthesizing

and expressing a number of receptors mutated in one or more amino acids in various

cell models, characterized these receptors by ATP and its affinity to trace metals sensi-

tivity.

Chile - Dr. Maria Jose Galotto , Professor and Responsible at Packaging Labora-

tory, Universidad de Santiago.

During her career Dr. Galotto has been director of several projects: at national level

funded by FONDEF, FONDECYT, and at international level funded by CYTED INNOVA,

CSIC. She works mainly with the development of new and innovative packaging for the

food industry. With a background in Chemistry and Pharmacy and MA and PhD in Sci-

ence, Engineering and Food Technology in Spain, Galotto has studied specific topics on

physical properties and packaging at Cornell University (New York, USA) and at the

Fraunhofer Institute in Munich (Germany). For her recognized leadership in the packag-

ing industry, she is often invited as a speaker at national and international congresses

with over one hundred presentations to date. She also has numerous publications in in-

ternational scientific journals. Since 2000 she is an active member of IAPRI (Internation-

al Association of Packaging Research Institutes). Prior to her career at the Universidad

de Chile, she served for four years as Director of the Technical Unit of Packaging be-

longing to the Agrifood Technological Institute of Valencia (Spain).

Chile – Dr. Viviana Montecinos, Assistant professor at Hematology-Oncology, at

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Dr. Viviana Montecinos holds a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the Univer-

sity of Concepción and did her postdoc in cell biology of cancer at Roswell Park Cancer

Institute in Buffalo, NY. Her research group pioneered the development of custom xeno-



graft models of cancer patients for the evaluation of anti-cancer drugs, the development

of biomarkers and personalized cancer treatment. Currently, she is studying the potential

use of human platelet containing metal nanoparticles as anticancer agents.

France – Dr. Francoise Roure, Chair of the Committee “Safety, Security and

Risks” at Ministry of Economy, Industry and Digital Officer, France

PhD in Industrial International Economics, University Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. From

2009 to 2014 she was chair of the Committee "Technology and Society" at the French

High Council for Industry, Energy and Technology. Between 2006 and 2009 she was

president of the "Legal and Economic" French Committee of the High Council for Infor-

mation and Communication Technologies. During 2011 and 2012 she was chair of the

Working Party of the OECD on "Nanotechnology" and vice president from 2007-2010

and since 2013 (rotating presidency). She is also a research associate in Social and

Human Sciences (Techniques, knowledge and practice) since 2012. She has been

awarded the title of Knight of the Legion of Honor and Officer of the National Order of

Merit. Among her major publications includes: "New Ethics for nanoscience and the fu-

ture of information technology" (published by the European Science Foundation) and

"Industrial economics of nanotechnology: hyper choice and milestones for the manufac-

turing world at the nanoscale" (an essay for the France-Stanford Foundation).

Italy - Dr. Nicola Tucci, Rete Europea dell 'Innovazione (Redinn-IT) Senior Gov-

ernance, Legal and Environmental Policy Advisor

Dr. Tucci has more than 10 years experience as Project Manager with specialization in

EU environmental, governance and innovation transfer projects. Since 2004, he has

been working with University of Pisa and with several other R&D Centers and companies

as project manager in technology, innovation and knowledge transfer in environmental

and energy areas and is managing different FP7 projects in water, food and energy-

related fields in Europe and in MCP (Mediterranean Partner Countries) Countries (Pales-

tine, Tunisia, Algeria and Libya). Nicola is graduated in Political Science (2003), has a

Master of Arts in Political Governance (2007) and a PhD in Geopolitics (2008).

Mexico - Dr. Edgar Zayago Lau, Red Latinoamericana de Nanotecnología y So-

ciedad, ReLANS

Edgar Zayago Lau is a Research Professor of the Doctorate in Development Studies at

the Autonomous University of Zacatecas. He is the Technical Secretary of ReLANS,



based in of Zacatecas. In 2008 he was a Fellow at the Europe-Latin America Forum on

Nanotechnology (NANOFORUMEULA), and visiting researcher at the Mesa Laboratory

of the University of Twente in Enschede, Netherlands. He did a postdoctoral stay at the

Center for Nanotechnology and Society at the University of California in Santa Barbara

(CNS-UCSB) in the period 2012-2013. His research is related to the social implications

of nanotechnology in Latin America (especially Mexico) and the link between develop-

ment theory and public policy in science and technology.

Spain - Meritxell de la Varga, Deputy General Manager and Strategic Projects Di-

rector at Leitat Technology Center

Graduated in Chemistry from the University of Barcelona and pursuing an MBA from the

Business School Euncet, Ms. La Varga has completed a Masters in Experimental Chem-

istry and a Diploma of Advanced Studies in the area of General Chemistry at the same

university. She began her scientific career in 1996 at the University of Barcelona, and

has since conducted research at the University of Barcelona at the IrsiCaixa Foundation,

Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol. Since joining the world of research she has led and par-

ticipated in projects of national and international research consortia consisting of compa-

nies and R&D institutions. In these years she has conducted university teaching, has lec-

tured internationally and has publications in international scientific journals in the field of

chemistry, medicine and the environment, among others.

In 2005 she joined the LEITAT Technology Center as a researcher, position she stayed

until 2013. She was then Scientific Director General and now is Deputy Manager and

Strategic Projects Manager. Meritxell of Varga is an expert in applied research, transfer

of research results to the company, internationalization and management of R&D&I.

Spain - Josep Lluis Checa, Deputy General Manager y Managing Director LATAM at

LEITAT

Until 2011, Josep Lluis was the Managing Director of the Centre for Telecommunications

and Information Technology Agreement (FRA) while Director and Director of Information

Systems (CIO) of the Generalitat de Catalunya. He has served on the board of several

public and private institutions, and member of various boards, boards of directors and

advisory boards. He was part of the American company Digital Equipment Corporation

(DEC) for 11 years, and the Spanish multinational company Grupo Gas Natural (with

presence in Europe and Latin America) for 9 years. Josep Lluis has a wide reputation for

innovation, change management and transformation of organizations and processes.



Uruguay - Santiago Botasini, Representative of the Ministry of Education and Cul-

ture, Uruguay

Santiago Botasini is a Doctorate Candidate in Chemistry at the Biomaterials Laboratory

at the Chemical Biology Institute of the Faculty of Sciences/University of the Republic

(UdelaR), Uruguay. He has graduated in Biochemistry in the topic of synthesis and char-

acterizations of non spherical silver nanoparticles. He is now involved in the synthesis of

silver nanoparticles resistant to aggregation in real media and their applications in mer-

cury analysis.

Uruguay - Ivana Resnichenko, National Directorate of Industries/Ministry of Indus-

try, Energy and Mining

Ivana Resnichenko is an economist working at the National Directorate of Industries, at

the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay since 2008. Since 2012 she has

worked in shaping the Nanotechnology Sector Council under the Cabinet productive of

Uruguay, which coordinates. Previously she worked in the Trade Policy Advisory at the

Ministry of Economy and has served as a consultant on issues of international and in-

dustrial economy.

United Kingdom - Jessica Ocampos, Director of Cambridge Platform of

Knowledge and Tech Transfer for Latin America

Jessica Ocampos, Civil Engineer in Biotechnology, University of Chile. PhD (c) in

Chemical Engineering, BioScience Engineering Group at the Department of Chemical

Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge. She is co-founder of Cam-

bridge Platform of Knowledge and Tech Transfer for Latin America. As a civil engineer in

biotechnology in Chile, Jessica specialized in cell culture for the pharmaceutical industry

and process modeling. She has several years of international experience in both Ameri-

ca and Europe, including Bayer Corp, Procter & Gamble, 3M and Air Liquide GmbH,

working as a project engineer, and manager of business and product development. Cur-

rently she is doing her doctorate in BioScience Engineering Group in Cambridge. Her

area of research is related to the development of new animal cell biopreservation meth-

ods using synthesized biopolymers "in house" to facilitate the permeability of the cell

membrane. Her areas of interest include biopreservation, cryopreservation and

lyophilization, cell therapy and biobanks.

Chile - Patricio Jarpa, Founder and CEO Nanotec Chile S.A.



Mr. Jarpa is a commercial engineer, founder and CEO of NANOTEC SA. Mr. Jarpa, has

been panelist on the National Congress of Nanotechnology 2014 in Puerto Varas Chile.

To date he participates in thirty-eight development projects deploying nanotechnology,

twelve of which are already available in the market. With initiation of activities in the

USA, Peru, Brazil and Colombia, Nanotec SA is is the first company in Chile dedicated

to research, production and marketing of both processes and applied nanotechnology

products, delivering added value and contributing to improving the quality of life of peo-

ple. Nanotech wsa founded in 2010, and has asniche nanotechnology metallic nanopar-

ticles. The aim of Nanotec is to be a partner and strategic advisor in the application of

nanotechnology projects for companies in different industries, creating value-added

products for customers and profitability through technology developed 100% in Chile.

Nanotec engages in joint R&D with its customers in sectors, such as health, energy and

environment, nutrition, textile, construction materials, industrial hygiene, retail, aquacul-

ture, biotechnology, pharmaceutical andautomotive, among others.

Chile - Alvaro Ortiz, Director Hidroinfra Tecnologies Chile S.A

Mr. Ortiz is partner and director of Hydro Infra Chile SA representing the Swedish parent

company, dedicated to the study and application of Hydro Nano Gas, which forms from

the separation of hydrogen from oxygen in water and can remove toxic and particulate

matter emitted from fossil fuels in various applications. Mr. Ortiz began his career in

1978 in construction and civil engineering, working in companies like Neut Latour,

Bitumix, Geomaq among others. He has participated and led major civil works and rec-

ognized at a national level. In the mining area, is associated in the production of iron

crushing and concentrate on exports to Asian markets. In the area of clean energy, the

company maintains a joint venture with GTherm USA Inc. for geothermal power genera-

tion with application of gechnology GTherm SWEGS

Chile - Felipe Pacheco, Founder and CEO of Adrox

Felipe Pacheco has a preparation in commercial engineering and international business,

which allowed to import nanoparticles after hard work with a couple of partnership from

China, Germany and Spain. With these trade and transfer of know-how agreements,

new formulas were developed successfully. This was validated with clients in develop-

ment with a strong focus on cost savings. Being in the engineering industry he detected

a huge problem by the high costs in maintenance and cleaning that the companies must



incur annually. It could not be the same industry with great technologies such as nano-

technology. For months he began a journey to learn about experiences in the world and

so then transfer those experiences along with his team, PhD in physics and chemistry to

assist in the development of special formulas for Chilean reality.

Chile - Dr. Felipe Oyarzún, Founder, partner and CEO at ABAM

Felipe Oyarzún graduated as Pharmaceutical Chemistry and received a "Diploma of Ad-

vanced Studies" and a "Doctorate in Drug R&D". Subsequently, he got a postdoc in the

field of new materials. He is a founding member of Austral Bioactive Materials (ABAM)

and is currently its CEO. ABAM is a company generated initiative of researchers from

the Universidad Austral de Chile, which, coming from the field of scientific research offer

innovative solutions to issues raised by the public and private productive sector. ABAM

® is a service provider in the field of design, implementation and validation of vehicles

for the transport of molecules with biological activity of high value.



6.5 Annex 5 General Programme Information

Practical Information was presented in the special webpage of the event: http://forum.eurochilevirtual.cl/

NANOSCIENCES, NANOTECHNOLOGIES, MATERIALS AND NEW PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES DEPLOYMENT IN LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES (NMP-DeLA)

International Congress and Experts Workshop

“NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRY:

Nanomedicine, Energy & Water”

December 2nd – 4th, 2014- Santiago, Chile

GENERAL SCHEDULE

December 2nd – 2014

Arrival of international panelists, guests and members of the NPM-DeLA Consortium; Coordination of arrival/reception at the airport and / or hotels

20:00 - 21:30 Social event (Cocktail) at Eurochile premises Galvarino Gallardo 1690, Providencia

3th December

8:00 Departure from the Hotel to the Congress Venue: Park Antonio Rabat

Sur 6165

8:30 - 19:30 Congress of Nanotechnologie (see details in the Congress Agenda)

19:30 Departure from Fundación Chile to the hotel

21:00 Dinner (at your own)

Chilean typical location is suggested. Prior confirmation is required to reserve place.

4th December

09:00 - 12:00 Internal NMP-DeLA Consortium Workshop/Panel Discussion at

Eurochile

12:30 Departure from Eurochile to Santa Rita Winery

13:30 - 16:30 Lunch at Santa Rita Winery

16:30 Departure from Santa Rita Winery to the Hotel

End of the Event

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6.6 Annex 6 - List of Participants

Expert Speakers

Members of the NMP-DeLA

Institution Name Country

Ascamm Liceth Rebolledo Spain

VTT Maria Lima Toivanen Finland

Ascamm Marc Capellades Spain

MTV Ineke Malsh Netherlands

Consejo Sectorial de Nanotecnología de Uru-guay

Ivana Resnichenko Uruguay

ReLans Edgar Zayago Lau Mexico

ZSI Martina Lindorfer Austria

Consejo Nanotecnología Uruguay Santiago Botasini Uruguay

Redinn Nicola Tucci Italy

Durango-CIMAV Maria Teresa Alarcón Herrera

México

International Experts

Committee «Safety, Security and Risks» at Ministry of Economy, Industry and Digital Af-fairs, France

Francoise Roure France

University of Cambridge UK Jessica Ocampos UK

Leitat Meritxell de la Varga Spain

Leitat Josep Lluís Checa Spain



Chilean researchers

Institution Name Country

Cedenna Dora Altbir Chile

Cedenna Mauricio Escudey Chile

Cedenna Juan Pablo García Huidobro Chile

CIQ UCH, Chile Marcelo Kogan Chile

Hematology-Oncology Department, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Viviana Montecinos Chile

Universidad de Concepción Bernabé Rivas Chile

Cedenna Maria Angélica Rubio Chile

Cedenna María José Galotto Chile

Biomaterials and Nanotechnology Center (CBN) , Universidad Bio Bio

William Gacitúa Chile

Chilean Enterprises

Austral Bioactive Materials (ABAM) Felipe Oyarzun Chile

Hidroinfra Tecnologies Chile Alvaro Ortiz Chile

Nanotec Chile S.A Patricio Jarpa Chile

ADROX Felipe Pacheco Chile



General Audience

Name Last Name Institution

Amaya Abad F-Iniciativas Chile

Jessica Abad Veterquimica S.A

Fernando Aguilera Cupro SpA

Patricia Aillapan Eurochile

Patricio Alday Desarrolladora Spa

Raul Alvarez COLEGIO DE INGENIEROS

Alejandro Amenabar Inversionista

Waldo Aracena F-Iniciativas Chile

Nicolas Arancibia Universidad de Santiago

José Aravena Eurochile

Rocío Artigas Laboratorio de Oncología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Robert Barroux G-EECH

Tomás Bascuñán Harriet Hydroinfra Technologies Chile

Florencia Benitez Eurochile

Norman Blanchard Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Hugo Callejas Callejas AGRO CALLEJAS Y FUENTES

Diego Candia Universidad de Chile

George Cargill Cupro SpA

Eileen Castillo Universidad de Concepción

Paulina Cerda Laboratorio de Oncología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Adela Cerón Cerón y Orellana Limitada

Catalina Chávez Universidad de Concepción

Ricardo Cifuentes watersolutions Tecnologias

Ricardo Cifuentes Garfias Watersolutions Ltda

Luis Constandil Universidad de Santiago

Patricio Cox Correa Codelco

Matias Del Campo QUIMICA DEL CAMPO LTDA

Nicolas Diaz CONICYT

Jacqueline Fry Laboratorio de Oncología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Ignacio Gajardo Larrañaga G-Tech

Jose Garcia Nanotech Innovation SpA

Nina Gascoin EUROCHILE

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Danielle Gilson Fischer & Gilson

Francisca González Vega Servicio De Salud Metropolitano Norte

Edison Guevara Villaseñor Universidad Mayor

Rafael Hernández Lineablu

Ricardo Hormann motomarina sa ( Acoustic Cleanings- Chile)

José Huepe Crearedes ltda.

María Del Carmen Icaza Fundación Para La Innovación Agraría

Miguel Kiwi Universidad de Chile

Beatriz Lazo Independiente

Daniel López USACH

Felipe Mancini Independiente

Fernando Mardones Universidad de California, Davis

Ernesto Mardones Seyler M y H

María José Maturana Laboratorio de Oncología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Hugo Mena Universidad Gabriela Mistral

Dhyana Montenegro Ministerio de Salud

Octavio Montero Cupo SpA

Francisco Montero Silva Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Ma-ria

Wilhelm Müller Metalfix

Giovanna Muñoz F. INICIATIVAS

Daniela Muñoz Lira Universidad Santiago de Chile/CEDENNA

Teodor Nikolov DELEGACIÓN DEL PAÍS VASCO

Simona Obreja Eurochile

Nancy Olea Rosson Universidad de Chile Fac. Medicina

Alejandra Olivares Veterquimica

Wilda Olivares Laboratorio de Oncología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Alejandra Ortiz González BPraxis

Gustavo Ortiz Vistoso Esorop Ltda

Marcos Pardo Codelco División Andina

Erica Pavez Intedya

Veronica Perez CEDENNA

Ruben Pino Codelco División Andina

Rayén Pinto Universidad de Concepción

Rodrigo Prado ACCIO

Hector Ramirez Desitec

Paulina Ramírez Universidad de Santiago




























Roberto Ravanales REK

Leon Rois R&V Consultores

Francisco Sanchez Quintana CDTI

Pamela Sepúlveda Universidad de Santiago de Chile-CEDENNA

Friederike Toepfer CONICYT

Cristina Troncoso Veterquímica S.A.

Jaime Urrutia Energy harvest Ltda

Carolina Urzúa Ureta Independiente

Alfonso Valenzuela INTA, Universidad de Chile

Madeleine Vargas Unlimites

José Villagra Universidad de Concepción

Carlos Von Plessing Universidad de Concepción

Pedro Walker Eneraysén

Ignacio Wichman Laboratorio de Oncología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Carlos Osorio Recacci














6.7 Annex 7 Links to Presentations

Will be available at: http://forum.eurochilevirtual.cl/

Actually they are available at NMP-DeLA website and:

http://www.eurochile.cl/index.php/en/news/news/item/expertos-nacionales-e-internacionales-impulsan-el-uso-de-las-nanotecnologias-para-diversificar-la-productividad?category_id=9

http://forum.eurochilevirtual.cl/index.php/speakers





http://forum.eurochilevirtual.cl/index.php/speakers



6.8 Annex 8– Focus Group led by Martina Lindorfer

1. Participant list

Name Country Institute

1 Françoise Roure France Ministry of Economy

2 Meritxell de la Varga Spain/Chile Leitat Technology Center

3 Alvaro Ortiz Chile Hidroinfra Tecnologies

4 Ivana Resnichenko Uruguay Consejo Sectorial de Na-notecnología

5 Edgar Zagayo Mexico RELANS

6 Felipe Oyarzún Chile ABAM

7 Jessica Ocampos UK/Chile University of Cambridge

8 Mauricio Escudy Chile USACH-CEDENA

9 Adela Cerón Chile Cerón y Orellana limitada

10 Jorge de Pablo Chile F&L Chemical

11 Luis Herreros Chile F&L Chemical

12 Thomas Pablo Bascuñan Chile Hydroinfra

1. Summary

The aim of the focus group was to have a critical discussion with representatives of differ-

ent stakeholder groups about what is needed to produce nanotechnology solutions, tech-

nologies and applications for meeting societal challenges in the future. Twelve scientists

and political decision makers (mostly Chilean, but also from other countries) participated

in the focus group which was organized by Eurochile and the Centre for Social Innovation

(ZSI) and brought some interesting findings but also controversial debate.

Some key findings of the discussion are:

Most importantly participants articulated the need that Chile should have a regulatory

framework for nanotechnology which should address issues of the whole value chain

(from research to commercialization) as well as aspects of responsible research.

There is demand for more research and measures in the area of nana safety.



A nationally coordinated information and awareness raising campaign on nanotechnol-ogy would support a better diffusion of knowledge and promote responsible consump-tion of nano materials.

Multidisciplinarity of research groups is very important in order to reach multi-dinendial solutions.

The linkage between science – business sector – society is especially weak in Chile and could be strengthened by providing the right incentives.

In order to address local needs nano-based solutions need to become more affordable and better targeted to groups with special needs.

2. Description of participants:

Distribution according to main area: 6 in industry/manufacturing, 4 in research and teach-ing, 5 in ELSA/risk management, 4 in policy/funding.

Thematic main fields: 3 participants in health, 4 in water and 2 in energy

All participants had at least some experience in EU-LAC cooperation, but most of them not really much.

Half of participants felt rather close to NT deployment for societal challenges.

3. Exercise: Clustering of cards

Group1:

- We have security, in all areas: secondary or negative effects that nanoparticles could have, security with nano trash and residuals;

- What is also important is the regulatory framework: in Chile there does not even exist a regulatory framework; an associated topic is the topic of ethics; this is also about a cul-ture of conduct and not just about the monitoring of numbers

- Involvement of society: inform society about potential of nano; and even further: not on-ly distribute information, but also allow involvement;

- Financial mechanisms: there is a global problem of funding capacities; but there are al-so problems in passing through from research to a product; what costs most in the de-velopment phase is probably the phases of scaling like to transform research into



something that could be more attractive for an enterprise,

- Multidisciplinarity of working groups is a very important aspect; These are not topics which could be worked mono-dimensionally; In order to have a more global overview on risks and challenges, potentials you need a broad scope of people.

Group2:

- Multidisciplinarity: to reach multi-solutions; A solution may include different areas of ex-pertise;

- Technology Transfer is also important in the health and water topic: knowledge also from the entrepreneurial side – what could be done with the technology?

Group3:

- Regulation and unknown effects of nanomaterial; implies also to do an analysis to know the application for social challenges; which are the social needs in different con-texts?

- Metrología: to define what is and what is not nano. At the moment the question of the scale is very subjective; Maybe it is not just about scale, but we need an additional def-inition/standards.

Group4:

- As the new challenges are so sophisticated, in the first phase they are very expensive; so, not any person could have access and that seemed critical to us;

- What we all agreed is that there is a missing link: science – business sector – society (science and business have their different focuses and about society nobody takes care); In Chile we have a very weak link between university and market;

Discussion: this is also a problem od having the wrong incentives; the current incentives are on number of papers, patents, etc. So you have to put an incentive on technology transfer (even if the result is not a patent, but a real application).

The university does not solve the problems of nobody! In terms of social effect there is very little happening.

- Culture of development

- Competence

CARDS:

- Knowledge of the potential

- Knowledge flow science – business – social (IIII)

- Products are not accessible for poor (I)

- Financial mechanisms (II)

- Competence (I)

- Security

- Involvement of community (IIIII)

- Ethics (I)



- Regulatory framework (I)

- Regulation, Diagnostics, Metrology (III)

- Culture of development (I)

- Multi-disciplinarity (IIIIII)

- Technology Transfer (IIII)

4. Desired and measurable results in 10 years

Group 1:

10 years from now:

- Knowledge: Universities and Foundations diffusing solutions and knowledge (for us this is a very new technology, but there is little diffusion of knowledge); these should be immediate results: for example that people on the street know what NT is;

- Private sector: Business areas are being developed according to the requirements of the market

- Social: follow global topic of water shortage and reach (economically) feasible solutions ; new and cheaper developments

- Government: puts a regulatory framework and gives priority and incentives for devel-opments

Group 2:

- Supra-national regulatory framework: which regulates the research, development, pro-duction and commercialization and the nano residues

- Realization of nanoscience – meaning the application in health, energy and water with the objective to have social involvement in accordance with the regulatory framework

Discussion:

- It is interesting that both groups use the wording “regulatory framework”

- What was not said, but what is very important, is the multidisciplinarity

- When you make a regulatory framework you have to include how it effects on all differ-ent groups

- In most advanced countries in LAC they do already offer BAs/MAs in NT and have a multi-disciplinary orientation

- I think this is marketing: you have nano-electronics or nano-medicine, but not a course in nano itself; not the bigger philosophical orientation;



6.9 Annex 9- Selected photos of presentations and audience

Vicente Caruz, President of Eurochile

Liceth Rebolledo, Presenting NMP-DeLA Project

General view of the audience

Dora Altbir, Cedenna Director

Marcelo Kogan speaker at the nanoheath session




Panel Discussion of water session

Panel Discussion of Nanotechnology for health session

Panel Discussion of energy session


Focus Group

Accreditation process



6.10 Annex 10 - Press release

It is available in http://forum.eurochilevirtual.cl/

Some of the press release:







http://www.latercera.com/noticia/tendencias/2014/12/659-607557-9-congreso-de-nanotecnologia-abordo-los-avances-del-area-en-chile.shtml





http://www.emb.cl/electroindustria/noti.mvc?nid=20141205w9

http://www.emb.cl/electroindustria/noti.mvc?nid=20141205w9

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