Workshop on: The Regulatory Challenge of Nanotechnology

Programme

09:30-10:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee

10:00-10:30 Thomas Cottier (Director NCCR / WTI): NCCR Project “International Trade Regulation: From Fragmentation to Coherence”Relevant WTO Agreements: GATT, TBT, SPS, TRIPS

10:30-10:45 Georg Karlaganis (NCCR): The Regulatory Challenge of Nanotechnology:Background and aim of the research project

10:45-11:15 Muhammed Omotola (SAICM Secretariat, Geneva): Introduction to SAICM

11:15-12:00 Rob Visser (Paris): Nanomaterials: Applications, Implications and Safety Management in theSAICM context; Conclusions of the SAICM OEWG1 Belgrade 2011Conference

12:00-12:15 Peter Gehr (NRP 64): Counting nano particles

12:15-12:35 Ambassador Franz Perrez (BAFU): Nano Regulation as a Challenge for the Synergy Process

12:35-12:45 Georg Karlaganis: Organisation of the afternoon sessions

12:45-13:45 Standing Lunch

13:45-15:15 Discussion in two working groups on: • Need for nano regulation? • Optimal level(s) of regulation (global, regional, national)? • Relevant international agreements including GATT, TBT, SPS, TRIPS?

15:15-15:45 Chairs of the working groups: Summary and conclusions of the working groups

15:45-16:00 Director Thomas Cottier: Perspectives

16:00-17:00 Farewell drinks