14:30 – 16:00                                                                       JUNE 13, 2019
SPIRU HARET Hall

The session will address the opportunities offered by advanced materials and nanotechnology to improve functionalities of the products we use in our everyday life while observing overall life cycle impact. Commercialisation issues, including reliability, robustness, functional safety and security of the new products will be considered, and examples of successful industrial implementations and the opportunities offered to industry and the public will be shown.

MODERATOR:

Soren Bowadt, DG Research and Innovation, Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission

INVITED SPEAKERS:

Nuria Garcia, Public Programmes Team at Eurecat
Nano -enabled multifunctional polymer components: from applied research research to market

Karl-Heinz Haas, Head of New Business Development – Managing Director of Fraunhofer-Alliance Nanotechnology, Fraunhofer-Institute for Silicate Research – ISC, Germany
Nanotechnology markets and value chains – selected examples

Nicolas Lafitte, Fluigent, Paris, France
Holistic approach for microfluidic system prototyping and production

Vladimir Rassushin, Scientific Consultant & Technology Scout, District Melnik, Czech Republic
Launching a technology platform in cosmetics

Flaviu Turcu, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Assessing the hazard of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT). A critical step to safe implementation of nanotechnologies

MODERATOR:

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (in alphabetical order)