past event

Chicago Nano Forum -
Brave New Nano: Regulating the Future
January 30, 2006

news release
webcast
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In the nano arena, the science has left the development of law and policy in the proverbial nanodust. As we enter the nanoage, although recent studies on the public perception of nano call for government to take an active oversight role, questions abound about whether regulations that predate nano apply to nanomaterials and how to govern novel issues related to the nascent technology. So, just how are nanoregulation and nanopolicy taking shape?

Learn more - View the webcast of the Center on Nanotechnology and Society's Chicago Nano Forum panel presentation:

• Sonia E. Miller, foremost emerging technologies attorney and nanoregulation authority, and Founder and President of the Converging Technologies Bar Association;
• Kristen Kulinowski, leading nanopolicy and civil society expert, and Executive Director for Education and Public Policy of the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology and the International Council on Nanotechnology at Rice University; and
• Michael Bremer, business productivity and quality measurement expert, and President of The Cumberland GroupÐChicago, a performance improvement consulting organization; and
• Dawn Willow, Legal Fellow and coordinator of the Center on Nanotechnology and Society's electronic bank of nano-related ELSI (i.e., ethical, legal and social issues) resources.
Introductory remarks were shared by nationally recognized commentator on technology and human dignity Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Associate Dean and Research Professor of Bioethics at Chicago-Kent College of Law and Director of the Center on Nanotechnology and Society.

This event was co-sponsored by: the Converging Technologies Bar Association and the Chicago Microtechnology and Nanotechnology Community.