Participate in the 13th Venice Training School
"Innovating with Purpose: A Hands-on Journey into Functional, Safe, and Sustainable Advanced Materials."
Held from June 9–13, 2025, at the Auditorium Santa Margherita, Università Ca’ Foscari, this event invites you to delve into the world of Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design innovation.
Co-organized by multiple EU-funded projects, this event is essential for anyone committed to advancing sustainable materials and fostering innovative solutions.
Agenda
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Registration
The School attendance is free of charge.
The number of attendees to be accepted is limited to 80. The registration will open very soon!
Topics
Setting the scene: SSbD policy context in the EU
Environmental, health and safety assessment (Steps 1-3 of EC-SSbD framework), including:
Intrinsic hazard properties
New Approach Methodologies
Relevance of in vivo studies (invertebrate and vertebrate models)
Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (ILCSA) (Steps 4-5 of the EC-JRC SSbD framework), including:
Environmental Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Social LCA
Lifecycle Costing
Integrating functionality considerations into SSbD workflows: the role of material characterization and the assessment of functional performance
Addressing the complexity of advanced materials and their interactions: Multiscale modelling and multidimensional analysis
Enhancing the uptake of SSbD by industry, especially SMEs: user-friendly decision support tools