Why ISO, CSA, and OECD nanotechnology health and safety standards are relevant to you?

INTRODUCTION
Marie D’Iorio, President, NanoCanada

APPLYING STANDARDS IN INDUSTRY
Dr. Scott C. Brown, The Chemours Company

ISO/TC 229 – CANADIAN MIRROR COMMITTEE & ISO/TC 229 JWG2
Dr. Greg Smallwood, National Research Council Canada

OVERVIEW OF ISO/TC 229 & JWG1
Brian Haydon

CSA PRESENTATION

ISO/TC 229 WG3 OVERVIEW
Brent Bryan, Xerox Research Centre of Canada

OECD OVERVIEW
Dr. Linda Johnston, National Research Council Canada

PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator: Mark Teo, WorkSafeBC
Panelist: Sabina Halappanavar, Health Canada
Bernadette Quemerais, University of Alberta
Janice Warkentin, NanoCanada

CLOSING REMARKS
Marie D’Iorio, President, NanoCanada

Dr. Scott C. Brown

'Applying Standards in Industry'

Scott is a Senior Principal Scientist in the Chemours company where he leads the Particle Science and Characterization Laboratory. Within Chemours, Scott serves several roles across the organization spanning from new product development to product stewardship and external outreach and innovation.  Outside of Chemours, Scott serves as Vice Chair for the Business at the OECD (BIAC) Nanotechnology Expert Group, Convener of the Liaison Committee for ISO TC 229, and JWG1 chair for the ANSI accredited US TAG to ISO TC 229. Scott has published more than 10 book chapters, and over 45 peer review journal articles involving a diverse range of particle (and nanomaterial) science and technology topics ranging from advanced material applications, particle and surface characterization, particle toxicology, to policy considerations for emerging technologies.  Dr. Brown has a PhD from the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Florida, where he also served as faculty at the Particle Engineering Research Center until joining industry in 2011.

Dr. Greg Smallwood

'Introduction to ISO/TC 229 – Nanotechnologies, and Overview of ISO/TC 229 JWG2'

Brian Haydon

'Overview of ISO Standards and JWG1 (Terminology & Nomenclature), including how it all got started'

Brian Haydon has been with CSA Group (Canadian Standards Association) for 20 years in project management for national, regional, and international standards specializing in electrical, health care, and nanotechnologies. Brian additionally has 22 years’ experience in administration, engineering, and quality assurance in electrical distribution and system protection. From 2005 to 2019, he served as International Secretary for the JWG1 Working Group, Nanotechnologies – Terminology and Nomenclature of ISO/TC229 and IEC/TC113, and as Standards Development Organization (SDO) Administrator for Canada’s national mirror committee of ISO/TC229, Nanotechnologies, and IEC/TC113, Nanotechnology for electrotechnical products and systems. Authored publications include Nanoengineering: A Toolbox of Standards for Health and Safety, and co-author for Nanomaterials and their Applications in Textiles – Standards and Nanoparticle size and 3D shape measurement by electron tomography: An Inter-Laboratory Comparison. Brian Haydon, now non-practising, is a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in the Province of Ontario, Canada. He received a BASc in Electrical Engineering at the University of Waterloo and a Certificate in Quality Assurance at Ryerson University.

Brent Byrant

'Overview of ISO WG3 and CSA Standards.'

Brent is currently the Manager, Operations and EHS at the Xerox Research Centre of Canada.  He oversees and implements all the Environment, Health and Safety policies, procedures and programs at the Xerox Research Centre of Canada and Xerox Canada to ensure compliance with Xerox Corporate standards and government regulations.  Brent received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from McMaster University, a M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Waterloo and his MBA from Athabasca University. He currently serves as the Vice-Chair of Working Group 3 of the SCC Mirror Committee of ISO/TC229 on Nanotechnologies and the Committee Chair of the Canadian Standards Association TC S369 Nanotechnology and holds more than 10 US patents.

Dr. Linda Johnston

'Introduction to OECD Test Guidelines and Guidance Documents'

Linda Johnston obtained a BSc in Chemistry from Acadia University and a PhD in Chemistry from Western University. She has spent her career at the National Research Council, for the last decade as part of the Metrology Research Centre. Recent research projects focus on the characterization of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), the development of CNC reference materials and standards and quantification of nanomaterial surface functional groups. She is an adjunct professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa and has co-authored over 175 refereed publications. As a member of ISO Technical Committee (TC) 229- Nanotechnologies she has led two projects on standardization of methods for characterization of cellulose nanomaterials, is currently co-lead on a third project, and serves as Canada’s Mirror Committee Vice-Chair for ISO TC 229. She is a Canadian representative on several OECD projects and committees and a titular member of IUPAC Division VII – Chemistry and Human Health.

Dr. Mark Teo
Moderator

Mark Teo is a Senior Policy Advisor at WorkSafeBC’s Policy, Regulation and Research Division, and currently chairs WorkSafeBC’s Exposure Limit Review Committee. He has over 20 years of academic, regulatory and industrial research and work experience in nanotechnology and occupational health & safety; this includes being an Occupational Hygiene Officer at WorkSafeBC’s Prevention Field Services for over 9 years. Mark obtained his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of British Columbia. He also has integrated hands-on experience in synthesizing and characterizing engineered nanomaterials for industrial applications including surface coatings, thin films and fuel cells. Mark is an active member of the CSA Nanotechnology Occupational Health & Safety Technical Committee and a Vice-Chair of the Canadian Mirror Committee for ISO/TC 229 Nanotechnologies JWG1. Mark currently sits on review and steering committees on several research groups involved in nanotechnology and developing analytical sampling methods.

Dr. Sabina Halappanavar
Panelist

Sabina Halappanavar, PhD. is a Research Scientist at Health Canada and an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Biology of University of Ottawa, Canada. She is employing systems biology tools for investigating the early molecular origin of cardio-pulmonary diseases induced by inhalation toxicants, supporting the development of animal reductive testing strategies for hazard and risk assessment of nanomaterials. She serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of several European Union nanotoxicology consortia and has been an active contributor to the initiatives led by World Health Organisation and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, concerning nanomaterials testing.

Bernadette Quémerais
Panelist

Janice Warkentin
Panelist

Janice Warkentin is the Director of Business Development, Corporate Board Secretary for NanoCanada, and is Secretary of the International Standards Organization for Standardization’s Terminology and Nomenclature joint working group (TC/229 and IEC/TC113).  Janice started her career working for non-profit organizations. She moved to the federal government and now has over a decade of experience working for both the Canadian House of Commons and the National Research Council. Her experience includes communications, stakeholder engagement and consultation, public relations, and business development.  Janice has been with NanoCanada since the launch of the program in 2015 and has been instrumental in building and developing a global network of industry, government, and academic connections.  She travels regularly to Asia, Europe, and North America, leading delegations that showcase Canadian excellence in emerging technologies. Janice also has volunteered on several community boards and served as corporate secretary and chair of church and school councils