SABYDOMA’s 2nd Legal Workshop on Safe-by-Design
The SABYDOMA project, funded by the EU H2020 programme, is delighted to invite you to its 2nd legal workshop on Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD), taking place on 5th June 2023 from 14:00 until 18:00h CEST at Minatec (Grenoble, France), on the first day of the nanoSAFE 2023 conference. Online participation will also be possible.
While the by-design paradigm now seems to be integrated in regulatory policies, legal challenges have yet to be addressed. This workshop will be the first to focus on potential liability issues (Asia/EU/US) and the global regulatory dimension of the by-design approach.
With expert lawyers and scientists from different regions of the world among the speakers, the workshop will cover the legal aspects of the SSbD approach in the nanotechnology sector, expanding out to “by-design” approaches relevant in other technological industries.
The workshop is open to scientists, industry and commercial managers, public policy stakeholders, lawyers (in-house, in a public administration or in private practice), compliance officers, patent attorneys, trade associations and NGOs representatives and all other stakeholders having interest in the safe design of (nano)technologies.
Attendance (in-person or online) is free upon prior registration. Please register by 26th May at the latest.
For the in-person attendance, don’t forget to register for the nanoSAFE 2023 conference.
Meet our speakers
Anthony Bochon
Anthony Bochon is a member of the Brussels Bar since 2011. A business attorney with experience as seconded in-house counsel, he assists companies, public institutions and non-governmental organisations on economic, IP and regulatory issues. Involved for many years in EU-funded projects, he is currently involved in two H2020 projects (Sabydoma and Bionanopolys). He also pursues an academic career since 2011 at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) where he is currently an associate lecturer in EU law and Economic Law. Since 2018, he is a part-time Ph.D. candidate at the same university with a thesis on a holistic theory of innovation law. He has authored more than 20 legal publications, including recently the “Code of R&D laws” published in April 2023 (in French).
Hubert Rauscher
Dr. Hubert Rauscher is project leader for safe and sustainable advanced materials and senior scientist at the European Commission’s (EC) Joint Research Centre (JRC), where he started to work on nanomaterials and nanosafety in 2005. He did postdoctoral research on physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials at the Universities of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) and, as a Lecturer, at the University Ulm (Germany). At the JRC Hubert leads the activities on the EC’s nanomaterial definition, provides scientific support to make EU legislation fit for advanced materials including nanomaterials and works with international fora such as the OECD’s Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials. Current focus of the activities is the JRC framework for safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) chemicals and materials, the scientific basis of the EC Recommendation on SSbD and its implementation.
Muhammad Nizam Awang
Dr. Nizam is Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Syariah and Law, Islamic Science University of Malaysia. His research expertise looks at law and regulation of new and emerging technologies typically but not exclusively involving health technologies, AI, machine learning and data protection in multiple industries such as healthcare and life sciences, food and agriculture, telecommunications, and platform economy. His doctoral thesis investigated on the legal standards and flexibilities of the nano-based products from comparative international law perspectives. Current projects focus on legal standards for nanotechnology lifecycle, regulation of algorithmic personalisation and legal standards for automated decision making from data protection law perspectives. He is actively involved as an expert technical committee member for nanotechnology safety at the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in Malaysia, and rapporteur at various nanotechnology events, including the EU-Asia Nanoforum, EU-Asean Forum on Food Safety.
Paul V. Majkowski
Paul V. Majkowski is a partner in the Complex Torts & Product Liability group of Rivkin Radler LLP in New York. Paul’s practice includes defending claims for personal injury and property damage purportedly arising out of alleged exposure to herbicides, pesticides and other chemicals, in addition to other tort litigation. Paul acts as the lead coordinating counsel for a US client in disputes involving a legacy chemical, which matters over the years have been venued in France, South Korea, Canada and New Zealand, in addition to the United States. Paul is active in the International Association of Defense Counsel and the American Bar Association Litigation Section’s Mass Tort Committee; has published on a variety of issues involving mass torts, toxic torts and related science, international toxic tort litigation and the recognition of foreign judgments; and is a former Editor in Chief of the St. John’s Law Review.
Leonie Reins
Leonie Reins is Professor for Public Law and Sustainability at Erasmus School of Law. Prior to joining ESL she worked as an Assistant Professor at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT) at Tilburg University. She obtained her FWO-financed PhD on “the coherent regulation on energy and environment – using shale gas as a case study” from KU Leuven, where she subsequently also worked as a Post-Doctoral Researcher. In addition Leonie worked as Legal Advisor at a Brussels-based environmental law and policy consultancy, where she was involved in projects on environmental, energy and climate change law and policy. Leonie holds and LL.M. in International, European and Comparative Energy and Environmental Law.
Ignasi Gispert Pi
Ignasi Gispert has a Bachelor Degree in Law from the UB (Universitat de Barcelona) and a Master Degree in European Studies from the UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). He co-founded the only law Firm in Spain specialized in environmental jurisdiction. He works as researcher at the Institute of Law and Technology at the Laws Faculty of the UAB, and he is the administrator of Applied Nanoparticle S.L Company.
Andrew Nelson
Andrew graduated in Chemistry and Zoology and carried out PhD and Post-Doc in environmental geochemistry. Subsequently he worked in the Water Industry as an Analytical Chemist. He moved to Plymouth Marine lab where he developed a core interest in the electrochemistry of thin lipid films. He pioneered the biosensor concept to simplify toxicity screening of marine and estuarine waters. In connection with this work, he spent several Fellowships in The Netherlands, Italy and Spain respectively carrying out collaborative studies. In 2001, he moved to University of Leeds where he continued to develop this area. In 2009 he won the Royal Society Brian Mercer Award for his innovations in the biosensor and toxicity screening field. Since then he has co-ordinated three EU Framework programmes including SABYDOMA and he is a partner on the Horizon Europe Bio-SUSHY programme.
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