Dear NSC community, It is our main objective to keep you continuously up-to-date with any NSC-related activities. Here you find a list of all NSC Updates published in 2025. Feel free to share the information with your colleagues and invite them to directly join the community by signing up to the NSC mailing list. Sincerely,…
On 23 June 2025, the NSC Working Group on Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD), Innovation & Regulation organised an online workshop on “SSbD scenarios for advanced and incremental innovations” as a collaboration effort among several EU-funded projects: AlChemiSSts, DESIDERATA, PLANETS and SUNRISE. Not all innovation scenarios in SMEs and industry are the same. Current JRC…
Dear NSC Community, I’m excited to join the NSC community and to take on the role of leading the Early Career Researcher (ECR) community. For the last two years, I have been actively working on Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD), which has given me the chance to connect with many scientists in this field.…
EUIndTech2025 is the new EU flagship event, in which the two cyclical events, “Conference on Industrial Technologies” and “EuroNanoForum” are merged. This year it was done during the Polish presidency of the EU Council in Krakow, Poland. The EUIndTech2025 brought together more than 800 stakeholders from academia, research organizations, industry, NGOs and policymakers to discuss…
The MACRAMÉ project invites you to contribute to the refinement of its draft recommendations on testing and assessment strategies for advanced materials and advanced material-containing products. These recommendations aim to support the development and standardisation of methods that address the specific challenges posed by advanced materials. Your input on relevance, challenges, and suggestions for improvement…
The NSC workshop on “SSbD scenarios for advanced and incremental innovations” will take place on 23 June 2025 (12:00-15:00h CEST, online) as a collaboration effort among several EU-funded projects: AlChemiSSt, DESIDERATA, PLANETS and SUNRISE. Not all innovation scenarios in SMEs and industry are the same. Current JRC SSbD guidance and also PSA / Cefic concepts leave room for tailoring the…
Dear NSC Community, We have entered the age of informatics, data, and digitalisation. With the enormous growth of computing power, data acquisition and processing, we are looking forward to discovery of new patterns and laws, deeper understanding of the laws of nature with the help of computing, and introduction of new ways of computer-aided material…
13th Venice Training School – “Innovating with Purpose: A Hands-on Journey into Functional, Safe and Sustainable Advanced Materials” 09-13 June 2025, Auditorium Santa Margherita of Universitá Ca’Foscari, Venice, Italy #VeniceSchool2025 Following a long tradition, the prestigious Venice Training School celebrates its 13th edition in June 2025! This edition is dedicated to advancing knowledge and…
NSC was included in the latest BNN QUARTERLY 01/2025 entitled “Collaborate to innovate: Success Stories from Scientific Cooperation”, with one article introducing the NSC (pages 8-9). Read now
Dear colleagues, members and supporters of the Network for Safety and sustainability of Chemicals and materials (NSC), I would like to inform you that we have an open position on Advanced Materials – Safety and Sustainability by Design at the JRC in Ispra. The position is for 3+3 years and to be filled as soon as possible.…