Innovation Anthology #246:
With the advent of nanotechnology and nanomaterials, the International Standards Organization is taking the unprecedented step of creating standards before the nano products or materials even exist.
This is to avoid a repeat of developing negative perceptions around nanotechnology the way they arose around the introduction of biotechnology.
Dr. Clive Willis convenes the International Working Group for Terminology and Nomenclature for ISO Technical Committee Number 229.
DR. CLIVE WILLIS: There is agreement around the world that this time on nanotechnology, because nanotechnology is going to so pervasive in the industrial economy of the world but the industrial economy of the world, that we need to make sure that, the need to be secure, the need to be manage risk in this has to be as good as we can get. We need to put in place a transparent activity so that the general public, so that industry, so that government, so that the scientists are comfortable that these aspects are being managed.
The first step in this process, says Dr. Clive Willis, is to standardize individual nano terms mean so there is no confusion.
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Established in 2000, the Alberta Ingenuity Fund supports science and engineering research of the highest calibre, to create a prosperous future for the province of Alberta. It draws funding from a $1 billion endowment established in 2000 and managed by the Government of Alberta to build the capacity for innovation, especially in areas with long lasting social and economic impact.
Among its many programs, Alberta Ingenuity supports graduate students and university researchers, industrial research and commercialization partnerships, and has established several Centres and Institutes.
In January 2010, under the new Alberta Innovation Framework, Alberta Ingenuity was restructured and absorbed in the new agency Alberta Innovates Technology Solutions.
Program Date: 2009-07-30