The 5th edition of the Sustainability Talks Istanbul (STI) took place on 3 December 2024, focusing on raising awareness and taking solution-oriented steps towards sustainability in the fashion and textile industry.
On 14 September 2024, as part of Slovenia’s Cleaning Action “Clean Coasts” (Čista obala), linked to the International Coastal Cleanup, our colleagues from the Slovenian’s National Institute of Chemistry (NIC) organized a special workshop “Secrets of Plastic” aimed at raising awareness among young people about plastic pollution and potential solutions. The workshop welcomed children to actively engage in the classification of plastic waste.
The Open Innovation and Digitalization of Materials and Manufacturing Conference (OIP Conference 2024) took place from 21 to 23 October 2024 in Kaiserslautern (Germany). Organised by Fraunhofer ITWM as part of a series of events by the EU projects VIPCOAT, MUSICODE and OpenModel.
The 11th International Conference on NanoToxicology – NanoTox 2024 – took place from September 23 to 25, 2024, in the historic centre of Venice at Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli. The conference attracted more than 230 participants from research and academic institutions, as well as from industry, governmental agencies, and experts from 30 countries around the world.
Presentation video of the project with background information, an overview of the project and partners, strategic goal, case studies and expected impact.
The 2024 edition of the Austrian Chemistry Days (ChemieTage 2024) took place from 23-25 September in Graz, Austria. The biennial Austrian Chemistry Days is an essential event for the national and international chemistry community, offering a unique opportunity for stakeholders to come together, exchange ideas, and promote advancements in sustainable chemical practices. It featured presentations, discussions, and poster sessions aimed at advancing the field of chemistry, with a special emphasis on innovation and sustainability.
With the objective of give some insight into plastic pollution, solutions, and good practice examples regarding biodiversity (especially water) and how to effectively communicate information among different stakeholders, our colleagues of NIC organised the event “Scientific and business approaches for effective communication on microplastics and biodiversity” on 7 June 2024 in Ljubljana (Slovenia) and hybrid.
During the exciting “Week of the National Institute of Chemistry (NIC)“, a series of fascinating science-related events for the general public, our NIC colleagues hosted the workshop Skrivnosti Plastike (Secrets of plastics) workshop on 6 June 2024, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The event aimed to enlighten the younger generation about plastic pollution, explore potential solutions, and highlight the relevance of the SSbD4CheM project’s cosmetics case study in tackling this issue.
From 5 to 7 June 2024 took place in Würzburg (Germany) the 1st International Conference of the Würzburg Initiative 3R (WI3R).
The Würzburg 3R Initiative bundles Bavarian 3R activities from academia, regulatory authorities and industry and networks with existing 3R centres in Germany, Europe and worldwide. The conference provided a platform for discussion and exchange between research and industry on biofabrication and 3D printing, human iPSC and organoids, emerging technologies, NAMs, disease modelling, and regulatory acceptance. About 200 people, mainly from research and scientific community joint the event!
The 23rd edition of the International Symposium on Field- and Flow-based Separations (iSFFF 2024) took place on 3-6 June 2024 in Nantes, France. The symposium offered an ideal opportunity to discuss recent technical and scientific developments in Field-Flow Fractionation and related techniques, and to take a look at all the fields of application: human health, environment, polymer sciences…