WorkShop I

ROOM 11
WS.I INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR PREVENTION THROUGH DESIGN IN NANOMATERIALS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS PRODUCTION PROCESSES 17 September
*Co-organised with:*

WORKSHOP COMMITTEE: Fabio BOCCUNI, INAIL
The INAIL research program promotes the safe and responsible development of nanotechnologies and new materials. The primary objective is to integrate safety and health principles from the very beginning of production, prioritizing the early elimination of risks in the design phase of new plants, processes, or products involving engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and new and advanced materials (AdMa). The result is the identification and recommendation of safety and prevention measures to minimize workers' exposure and promote responsible nanotechnology-based innovation. The cooperation with IIT and production companies enhanced opportunities for exploitation of results. The workshop will address various aspects, including methodologies for risk assessment, exposure measurement and characterization of exposed workers, risk management, control strategies, and potential future developments and applications.

17 September
11:30 - 13:00 Impacts of nanomaterials and new advanced materials on health and safety in the workplace WS.I.1 - TT.VI.G - FE.I.12
Chairs: Fabio BOCCUNI, INAIL
The manufacturing and use of new and advanced materials introduces emerging sources of emission of nanoscale particles in the work environment. The concerns are closely linked to the potential health effects of ultrafine particles for exposed workers, although the scientific evidence should be still improved to support this relationship. New safe and sustainable by-design approaches have been developed by application of the precautionary principle, to support enterprises in reducing the gap between the rapid growing of products marketplace and the risk management actions needed for the regulatory requirements. In parallel, opportunities provided by the application of the innovative properties of nanotechnologies may contribute to improving occupational health and safety levels, also in applications to the traditional risks. In this view materials with new and enhanced properties could be integrated into sensors and new technological devices to support the early detection of harmful substances in the work environment (i.e. chemical, carcinogenic and biological agents). The scope of the session is to explore new methodological approaches and innovative risk assessment and monitoring tools to guarantee a healthy and safe workplace in the near future.
WS.I.1.1 FE.I.12.1 TT.VI.G.1	Introductive Keynote Francesca SEBASTIANI IIT Integrated approaches for occupational risk assessment of nanomaterials and advanced materials: challenges, case studies and future perspectives
WS.I.1.2 FE.I.12.2 TT.VI.G.2	Taljinder SINGH - CV INAIL Micro and nanoplastics emissions during car body repair activities
WS.I.1.3 FE.I.12.3 TT.VI.G.3	Marco CONTI - CV INAIL Airborne wood dust exposure scenario characterization
WS.I.1.4 FE.I.12.4 TT.VI.G.4	Sajjad RASMI - CV Sapienza University of Rome CFD modelling of nanoparticles emissions in a laboratory experimental set up: preliminary results and simulations
WS.I.1.5 FE.I.12.5 TT.VI.G.5	Michele DE ROSA Sapienza University of Rome Integrating Drosophila melanogaster and NMR metabolomics for nanotoxicology studies of TiO₂ exposure
WS.I.1.6 FE.I.12.6 TT.VI.G.6	Eleonora MONTI - CV IIT Smart electrochemical sensor for pathogen detection in healthcare structures

14:00 - 15:30 Integrated approach for prevention through design in nanomaterials and advanced materials production processes WS.I.2 - TT.VII.A
Chairs: Fabio BOCCUNI, INAIL & Stefania SABELLA, IIT
The INAIL research program promotes the safe and responsible development of nanotechnologies and new materials. The primary objective is to integrate safety and health principles from the very beginning of production, prioritizing the early elimination of risks in the design phase of new plants, processes, or products involving engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and new and advanced materials (AdMa). The result is the identification and recommendation of safety and prevention measures to minimize workers' exposure and promote responsible nanotechnology-based innovation. The cooperation with IIT and production companies enhanced opportunities for exploitation of results. The workshop will address various aspects, including methodologies for risk assessment, exposure measurement and characterization of exposed workers, risk management, control strategies, and potential future developments and applications.
WS.I.2.1 TT.VII.A.1	Stefania SABELLA IIT & HIAS-UCAS University, Zhejiang, P.R. China Introduction on the INAIL-IIT research framework “Nanokey”
WS.I.2.2 TT.VII.A.2	Fabio BOCCUNI - CV INAIL Prevention-through-design for nanomaterials and advanced materials production processes
WS.I.2.3 TT.VII.A.3	Riccardo FERRANTE - CV INAIL Critical issues for measuring workers exposure to nanomaterials by multiparametric approach
WS.I.2.4 TT.VII.A.4	Francesca TOMBOLINI - CV INAIL Workplace exposure scenarios characterization of bi-dimensional airborne materials
WS.I.2.5 TT.VII.A.5	Claudio NATALE and Saverio CAPORALINI IIT From exposure to risk prevention: an integrated, data-driven approach to testing and assessing occupational risks of inhaled nanomaterials
WS.I.2.6 TT.VII.A.6	Questions & Answers

Further insights are available in the related posters, addressing early biomarkers of occupational exposure to nanomaterials and the evolution of EU-funded research on occupational health and safety in nanotechnologies. PS.11. Delia CAVALLO, INAIL No-invasive biomarkers of early effects for long-term monitoring of workers employed in a nanomaterials research laboratory. PS.69. Paola TASSONE, INAIL Evolution of EU-Funded Research on Occupational Health and Safety in Nanotechnologies: Insights from Framework Programmes (from FP5 – to Horizon 2020).