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Keeping certain categories from being bumped after new posts?
Hi all. I tried searching for this info, but was unable to find it. Sorry if I missed it.
Anyway, I just installed version 2.0.2. I have added about 15 different categories to the board. What I would like to know is, if somebody starts a new topic, how do I keep that thread from being bumped to the top whenever there is a new post? Also, I only want this feature in maybe 5 of the 15 categories I have added. The others I have no problem having topics bumped to the top after each new post.
Any ideas?
I think what your asking is fixed by making your topic "Sticky"
Complete your topic and then go back to it, looking at the taps below your topic for the tap "set topic sticky"
this allows your topic to always stay at the top ;)
Thanks for responding, but sticking the topic is not what I have in mind. I want the topic to fall when a new topic is posted in that section; I just don't want it to be bumped to the top whenever someone else makes a new post in that topic.
edit: Found exactly what I was looking for here... http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=298643.msg2537811#msg2537811
Thanks to smp420 for that mod. Very much appreciated.
Glad you found the mod then :) best of luck!
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Tag Archives: lionhead
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 | 10:03 BST
Molyneux hoping to talk first 22 Cans effort "within a few months"
Peter Molyneux has said he'd like to talk about the first project from the newly-founded 22 Cans "within a few months," adding he'd "hope" to see it in a playable state by the end of the year.
Thu, Apr 05, 2012 | 16:43 BST
Lionhead and Random House to release Fable novels and digital shorts
Lionhead Studios and Random House have announced an agreement to create a "broad line of products set to expand the universe of Fable", via two novels, multiple digital shorts, a world bible, and a strategy guide.
Wed, Mar 28, 2012 | 20:10 BST
RedBreast announces its iOS space combat-trading is titled Rogue Star
Former Lionhead developer, James Duncan, has announced his new iOS game will be titled Rogue Star. It is currently in development at the studio he founded, RedBreast. He hopes the title will draw renewed interest from the public in the "much missed" space combat-trading genre. Details are still a sparse at the moment, but Eurogamer has one new shot of it through here. Still no date.
Tue, Mar 20, 2012 | 02:39 GMT
Fable: Heroes may be the first of many spin-offs
Fable Heroes is the first stand-alone title to emerge from Lionhead's Creative Days – but probably not the last.
Wed, Mar 14, 2012 | 22:21 GMT
Molyneux: Kinect critics expected "way too much, far too soon"
The man behind Fable: The Journey, Peter Molyneux, has said we're only now beginning to see what Kinect can really do.
Wed, Mar 14, 2012 | 19:24 GMT
Molyneux: industry wasn't ready for Milo's "concept"
Speaking in one of his last interviews as creative director of Microsoft's European studios, Peter Molyneux's has told VG247 that technological ambition had nothing to do with Milo's demise: it was all about the concept.
Tue, Mar 13, 2012 | 07:48 GMT
Ex-Lionhead staffers: Fable "in safe hands" post-Molyneux
Although the Microsoft-owned Lionhead is keeping quiet about Peter Molyneux's departure, ex-staffers have assured fans the Fable franchise is in no danger.
Fri, Mar 09, 2012 | 14:19 GMT
Molyneux "bored to death with fucking controllers"
Departed Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has had it with "fucking controllers", saying he's "bored to death" with them.
Mon, Mar 05, 2012 | 14:02 GMT
Fable: The Journey emerges underground from Xbox Showcase
Microsoft has revealed new assets of Fable: The Journey, the first since it was debuted at E3 last June. New screens of the Kinect spin-off shows a look of desperation around Albion. Get it below the break. It launches later this year.
Mon, Mar 05, 2012 | 14:01 GMT
Fable Heroes is rumour no more – first screens, video
Following leaks over the weekend, Microsoft's officially made Fable Heroes a real thing, announcing it at the Xbox Spring Showcase in San Francisco last week.
Tue, Feb 28, 2012 | 17:50 GMT
Lionhead countdown heading towards GDC end
Lionehead's launched a countdown clock for something. What for, we have no clue.
Mon, Feb 27, 2012 | 23:16 GMT
Lionhead recruiting points to next-gen hardware
More next-generation hardware rumours have been fired thanks to a job opening at the Microsoft-owned Lionhead Studios.
Wed, Dec 14, 2011 | 17:55 GMT
Fable developer Lionhead seeking MMO programmer
Famed development studio Lionhead Studios has put on a call for an experienced MMO programmer to work with them on an upcoming new project.
Unfortunately, Lionhead is unwilling to share even a tiny detail about the project just yet. When Eurogamer inquired about the nature of the project, Lionhead responded with a somewhat cheeky retort, ""Thanks for checking in with us! We're happy to tell you all about what we're working on. Just apply, get hired, and we promise to spill our guts!"
Quick! Somebody go get a computer science degree! Via Eurogamer.
Fri, Nov 04, 2011 | 20:15 GMT
Lionhead "was on its knees" before Microsoft buyout, says former environmental artist
James Duncan, a former Lionhead artist who worked on Fable 2 and 3, has said the firm was literally "on its knees" before Microsoft purchased the studio in 2006.
Tue, Oct 04, 2011 | 15:05 BST
Rumour: Rare working on "mature" next-gen Xbox game, Lionhead and Turn 10 also making titles
Rare is prototyping a "mature" launch title for the next-generation Xbox, UK magazine Xbox World 360 has claimed.
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 | 08:25 BST
OXM: Fable IV set for 2013 release
Fable IV will release as a fully-fledged title in 2013, according to the latest issue of the Official Xbox Magazine. The rumour section of the mag said: "Look for the Fable cycle to continue with a proper, controller-based Fable IV in 2013, says The Ball." The last main title in the series, Fable III, released last year. The next edition in the series The Journey, a Kinect-only title, releases next year.
Via LMG.
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 | 12:39 BST
Molyneux rules out melee combat in Fable: The Journey
Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has ruled out melee combat for Fable: The Journey, citing the lack of recoil possible from Kinect and the game.
Mon, Jul 18, 2011 | 11:06 BST
Fable: The Journey is about "freedom"
Peter Molyneux has reiterated that Fable: The Journey, once suspected of being an on-rails shooter, is actually all about player choice.
Thu, Jun 30, 2011 | 17:10 BST
Molyneux: "Secret project" being developed at Lionhead
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Following its 2nd General Assembly, NanoMILE is hosting a NanoSafetyCluster meeting on 20/9. This meeting is open for registration.
This call for papers is intended to contribute towards making scientific foundations more explicit to the community of safety scientists.
The SHB/iNTeg-Risk course I-R02 PETRO: Risk Analysis in Petrochemical Industry was held Sept. 24-28, 2012 in Stuttgart, Germany.
The course on Life Cycle Analysis and Assessment was successfully concluded in Stuttgart, Germany.
The second instance of the iNTeg-Risk course Introduction to Risk Management took place at the Stuttgart Institute of Management and Technology.
In order to understand European Standardization and be able to use it, CEN and CENELEC are organizing the StandarDays on April 17-18, 2012, in Brussels.
Risk Based Inspection - Petro was part of a course series organized through the joint effort of iNTeg-Risk project, University of Stuttgart and STI Advanced Risk Technologies.
(excerpt from the e-mail of the project officer)
Dear R-Tech PPP-China-Project-Team,
(...) The interim report is excellent. It is very well structured, contains all necessary information and nicely sum up all relevant activities / findings or the project up to today.
The last call for proposals for the Cooperation NMP Programme of FP7 has been published on July 20, 2011. It includes the topic "NMP.2012.3.0-2 Total Safety Management for industrial organizations" promoted by ETPIS. To prepare the call, a workshop and brokerage event has been organized on September 19, 2011 in Brussels.
The EU NMP Project MUST (respective responsible partners: IST and Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies) is organising, with the support of EU-VRi EEIG, KMM-VIN and EuMaT, a Specialist Brainstorming and Coordination Meeting on "Life cycle Assessment (LCA) and Risk Analysis in Nanomaterials-related NMP projects", which will take place in Brussels, March 2, 2011.
For additional information and access to the available material, please click on the following link
3rd International Conference on Fires in Vehicles (FIVE)
The 3rd Conference on Fire in vehicles will be held in Berlin, Germany, October 1-2, 2014.
This event will bring together expertise in the field of Fires in Vehicles for 2 days of presentations and exhibits. The previous conferences in Gothenburg and Chicago were both a success with more than 160 delegates from countries all over the world. Each day is opened by invited Keynote Speakers, leaders in their field, providing an overview of their topic of expertise as an introduction to the themes of the day.
FIVE 2014 has the following confirmed Keynote Speakers:
You are welcome to submit a manuscript for presentation. Manuscripts will be reviewed on the basis of an extended abstract of not more than two pages.
European Conference HRO
In November, a HRO event connecting researchers and practitioners of High Reliability Organizations with the aim to exchange ideas and solutions across enterprises and industries will be organized in France.
High Reliability Organizations (HROs) are a subset of organizations that exhibit continuous, nearly error-free operations, even in multifaceted, turbulent, and dangerous task environments. The Conference's purpose is to disseminate the most recent findings in HRO theory, find cross-pollinations with related disciplines and share practical experiences, in order to provide new avenues for research and new long-term solutions for practice.
This Conference invites interaction between researchers, practitioners (from front-end operators to top managers), and regulators to characterize, deepen and spread these approaches. Members of organizations not operating in dangerous task environments can also benefit from the lessons learned by HROs, in order to become more reliable, to reach for higher quality standards and, more broadly, to develop capacities for detecting and responding to situational changes.
Highly interactive presentations and discussions will address key issues of high reliability organizing, such as learning from near misses, making sense of early warnings, real-time response, humans as the last barrier, and HRO based change. Discussions will be consolidated from the following perspectives:
Sitting in the "hot seat:" Top Executives as Incident Commanders
SDIS13 will host the Conference in its newly-built training facilities. They include a virtual reality based training platform, used by France's civil protection to train the highest levels of Incident Management Teams. We will give the opportunity to top executives to successively stand in the shoes of an Incident Commander (IC) during a high tempo, risky and complex operation. In a plenary session, all participating executives will reflect on their experience and, more broadly, the lessons they learned about Crisis management.
Technology and Services for High Reliability
A permanent exhibition room will showcase innovative products and services that contribute to helping individuals and teams operate more reliably. Examples include eye tracking systems, biosensors, training simulators or situational awareness enhancing tools. This exhibition room is seen as a venue to encourage researchers and larger industries to engage with startup entrepreneurs and to think of innovative projects.
Poster session Research posters from both academia and industry will be displayed during the conference. They will describe findings of recently completed projects, encouraging preliminary results of ongoing projects and innovative ideas for future research, to be discussed with other researchers or potential SME/Industry partners.
website: http://hro.pole-risques.com/
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com / firstname.lastname@example.com
Location: University of Birmingham.
Please register to the meeting by using this link.
Please find here the Agenda of the NSC meeting.
The meeting of the Working Group 7 (Dissemination) will focus on standardization: landscape, process, improvement through the nanoSTAIR service: please find the agenda here.
22nd SRA-Europe annual conference
The 22nd SRA-Europe annual conference will be held 17-19 June 2013 at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway.
The special theme of the conference is «Safe societies – coping with complexity and major risk», concerning challenges related to our society's vulnerability to major risk of natural and industrial disasters, malicious attacks, financial breakdowns, and epidemic diseases.
The conference endeavors to facilitate cross-disciplinary research and collaboration across actors in the risk field to create safer societies by strengthening our ability to govern major risks and ensuring balanced development in a complex and uncertain world.
The conference is open to all interested researchers and experts in the various fields of risk analysis. Industry representatives are also encouraged to participate. The Society for Risk Analysis - Europe SRA-Europe aims to bring together individuals and organisations interested in risk assessment, risk management and risk communication in Europe. SRA-Europe is a regional section of the Society for Risk Analysis, which is an international society that provides an open forum for all those who are interested in risk analysis, including risk assessment, characterization, communication, management, and policy across all sectors and societal levels. The 22nd Annual conference of SRA-E in 2013 is arranged by the ROSS Geminisenter which is a strategic network between the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and SINTEF. ROSS endeavors to develop knowledge, methods, and tools to prevent major accidents through interdisciplinary studies on risk and vulnerability. Key note speakers The following have tentatively accepted to give keynote presentations:
Book of abstracts The book of abstracts can now be downloaded at http://www.srae2013.no/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=abstracts_v2.pdf
Further information available at the following web address: http://srae2013.no/
The OECD Working party on nanotechnology developed a guide for planning outreach and public engagement in nanotechnology.
This guide identifies key issues to be considered by policymakers involved as organisers, commissioners, or funders of public engagement activities in nanotechnology.
Lecturer: Prof. Aleksandar S. Jovanovic, STI R-Tech
Venue: Steinbeis Transfer Institute Advanced Risk Technologies, Haus der Wirtschaft, Willi-Bleicher-Str. 19, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany
At the end of the course, students are expected to have basic knowledge about:
Course content by Units
Unit 1: Introduction to the ISO 31000 philosophy and principles
Duration (minutes)
Explanation on the philosophy and basic principles of ISO 31000
Review and conclusions of the Unit 1. Questions and answers.
Unit 2: ISO 31000 Framework
Overview of the ISO 31000 framework for risk management
Review and conclusions of the Unit 2. Questions and answers.
Unit 3: Implementation principles of ISO 31000
Explanation on implementing the ISO 31000 risk management framework
Review and conclusions of the Unit 3: Questions and answers
Unit 4: Practical aspects of implementation
Elaboration on the practical aspects of implementing ISO 31000
Review and conclusions of the Unit 4: Questions and answers
Unit 5: Review and final discussion
Review of main course issues and final discussion
Closing the course
Register before April 15, 2013 and you will receive a 10% discount from the registration fee! Final application deadline: May 6, 2013.
The course is intended for:
Direct contact: firstname.lastname@example.com Mr. Andras Veres Tel: +49 711 1839 647 email@example.com Ms. Roswitha Kokejl Tel: +49 711 1839 616 email@example.com
Lecturer: Dr. Chabane Mazri, INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (France)
Venue: Internationales Zentrum für Kultur- und Technikforschung (IZKT), Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 24, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany
Decision making is a process where multiple factors interact to shape the final outcome. Those factors can be technical, informational, emotional/psychological, cultural… Nevertheless, the limited rationality of economic operators makes the decision exercise more and more difficult in a more and more complex world. Safety management requires short, mid and long term decisions that may highly influence the ability of the organization to cope with its risks.
Title & contents in brief
Introduction to decision making in risk management
Reference models
A global presentation of the way decision making is considered through different disciplines and theoretical frameworks. At the end of this second phase, the students will develop a good overview of the reference models and theories related to decision making.
Methods and tools
The scope of decision support tools is large. This section will introduce the most frequently used tools and methods within organizations dealing with risks.
Highlights will be given to:
Announcement / Course Profile / Registration
The registration is free of charge, anyone interested in the topic are welcome on the course. Please note, however, that the course is intended for 20-25 participants. The registrations will be processed on the first-applied-first-served basis. Final application deadline: April 15, 2013.
The course targets attendees with inimum mathematical background and openness to psychological and behavioral approaches of decision makin.
The purpose of this course is exactly to assure that engineers, managers and IT experts can understand the importance of these aspects for the success of their collaboration with partners from other cultural background. It will address issues such as
Unit 1: Successful management of cultural differences as factor of success of IT and other projects
Unit 2: Multicultural contexts – what you should know, what you should do, what you should not do…
Unit 3: Multilingual environments in international projects
Unit 4: Essentials of Business communication & Elements of Human Resources Management in multinational projects
Among others, the course is intended to promote the results of PROMISLingua project among SMEs. Due to these promotional purposes, the registration for PROMISLingua members and for SMEs is free of charge. For any other individuals and organizations (not SMEs), the registration fee is EUR 500.
Register before March 27, 2013 and you will receive a 10% discount from the registration fee! Final application deadline: April 14, 2013.
Lecturers: Prof. Valerio Cozzani, University of Bologna; Dr. Ernesto Salzano, CNR - Combustion Research Institute; Dr. Alessandro Tugnoli, University of Bologna
Venue: Stuttgart Institute of Management and Technology (SIMT), Filderhauptstraße 142, 70599 Stuttgart (Plieningen), Germany
The course presents an introduction to Quantitative Risk Analysis, thus illustrating the necessary steps for the calculation of risk indexes. Practical approach to frequency calculation and consequence assessment, including vulnerability models, will be discussed. A specific focus on domino effect and accidents triggered by Natural-Technological (Na-Tech) events will be presented.
Definitions and risk metric
Basic elements for risk calculation: scenario selection, frequency and consequence assessment
Risk calculation
Quantitative assessment of domino effect
Assessment of the industrial risk induced by natural events (Na-Tech)
The main steps of the procedure developed for the assessment of Na-Tech accidents will be presented:
Case-studies and use of risk results
Register before March 22, 2013 and you will receive a 10% discount from the registration fee! Final application deadline: April 1, 2013.
The aim of the course is the introduction to transportation risk analysis. The risk assessment of road, rail and pipeline transportation of hazardous substances will be illustrated. The approaches to frequency calculation, consequence assessment and risk assessment will be discussed. Case-studies will be analyzed to illustrate the calculation and the use of individual, societal and other advanced risk indexes.
(UNIT 1) Hazards in the land transportation of hazardous substances
5 h
Prof. Maschio
(UNIT 2) Basic elements for risk calculation: scenario selection, frequency and consequence assessment
2 h
(UNIT 2 - continued)
(UNIT 3 – part 1) Risk for the environment and tunnel fires
3.5 h
(UNIT 3 – part 2 continued ) Risk for the environment and tunnel fires
(UNIT 4 - introduction)
Dr. Antonioni
(UNIT 4 – continued) Basic elements for risk calculation: scenario selection, frequency and consequence assessment
(Unit 4 – continued)
(Unit 5) Use of risk results
5.5 h
1.5 h
Dr. Landucci
Register before April 1, 2013 and you will receive a 10% discount from the registration fee! Final application deadline: April 8, 2013.
Both courses are dedicated to participants interested in advanced applications of risk assessment:
This course took place in Paris from January 14 - 17, 2013 and was hosted by the iNTeg-Risk partner, INERIS. The course was led by Mr. Olivier Salvi (INERIS/EU-VRi) as the main lecturer.
Check out also our calendar of courses to find other topics which may be of interest for you!
SafeChina project: Commencement ceremony Jan. 12, 2013
Beijing Municipal Institute of Labour Protection No. 55 Taoranting Road, Beijing, 100054
The SafeChina project (http://www.safechina.risk-technologies.com) approaches its planned end in February 2013. The project main aim has been to build a sustainable education service in China offering the engineers and relevant professions the possibility to learn about the EU safety practices and regulation, and qualify as Environmental- and Safety engineers according to EU criteria, guidelines and practice. The project has been financed by DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (German Investment and Development Agency) and realized by Steinbeis University Berlin (SHB) represented by Steinbeis Transfer Institute Advanced Risk Technologies and Beijing Municipal Institute of Labor Protection BMILP (www.bmilp.com), as the main strategic partner of Steinbeis in China.
The SafeChina project has created:
a) a curriculum of courses in Risk Engineering and Management adapted to the needs of Chinese beneficiaries, b) a pattern for on-the-job training in EU/Germany and c) a certifications scheme for Chinese professionals.
a) a curriculum of courses in Risk Engineering and Management adapted to the needs of Chinese beneficiaries,
b) a pattern for on-the-job training in EU/Germany and
c) a certifications scheme for Chinese professionals.
So far, the project has already achieved most of its goals, so far namely:
performed a large-scale survey of Chinese needs in the area of industrial safety signed cooperation agreements with 17 Chinese partners signed cooperation agreements with INERIS, France and DEKRA, Germany prepared the curriculum of 12 full courses, fully translated in Chinese organized 14 instances of the above courses, attended by almost 500 participants certified over 400 professionals (passed various levels of exams) had already 14 short and 3 long on-the-job-trainings for Chinese professionals in Germany qualified 18 Chinese trainers in the framework of the train-the-trainer measures incorporated courses from the project in the curricula of one of the Chinese top-class universities, CUEB negotiates incorporation of the courses into one of the Chinese top universities, Tsinghua negotiates incorporation of the courses into the professional education in Chinese companies (Sinopec, Ping An, etc.) prepares an independent German-Chinese joint venture ("Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies Beijing") which will continue project activities after the official DEG-project end, i.e. after February 2013.
The project activities performed so far have been evaluated as "excellent" or "very good" by approx. 90% of all the Chinese stakeholders/participants in the project.
The event of January 12, 2013 was the occasion to award certificates to the Chinese professionals who have earned them as Risk Examiners and Risk Assessors, as well as Chinese trainers for the Safe-China courses (certified in the train-the-trainer program).
Draft Agenda
8:30 – 9:00
9:00 – 9:40
9:00 – 9:20
Brief introduction of the speakers attending the ceremony and welcome address (Prof. Zhang Bin, General director of BMILP)
9:20 – 9:30
Welcome DEG officer (Ms. Veth [ytbc])
9:30 – 9:40
Welcome Steinbeis (Prof. Johann Löhn, President of Steinbeis University Berlin and former Government Commissioner for Technology Transfer in the State of Baden-Württemberg / Prof. Aleksandar Jovanovic, SafeChina Project Coordinator)
9:40 – 11:00
Presentations / Guest and keynote speeches
9:40 – 10:00
Presentation of the SafeChina project and its results / Presentation of the joint venture "Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies Beijing" (A. Jovanovic)
10:00 – 10:15
Keynote speech (Officer of Beijing Administration of Work Safety)
10:15 – 10:30
Keynote speech (Officer of State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs)
10:30 – 11:00
Guest speech: Globalized Innovation and the Role of BRIC Countries (Prof. Manuel Heitor, former Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education in the Government of Portugal)
11:00 – 11:15
Short break
11:15 – 12:30
Guest and keynote speeches
11:15 – 11:30
Keynote speech (Officer from one department of State of Administration of Work Safety)
11:30 – 11:45
Keynote speech (Officer from another department of State of Administration of Work Safety)
11:45 – 12:15
Guest speech: Global education for global risks (Prof. Ortwin Renn, Member of the German Federal Government Ethics Committee on Energy Future)
12:15 – 12:30
Keynote speech (Mr. Ding Hui, President of Beijing Academy of Science and Technology)
12:35 – 13:00
Awarding the certificates
In two tracks (A-M and N-Z, handed out by Prof. Ding Hui, Prof. A. Jovanovic, DEG officer and Mrs. M. V. Florin [IRGC])
Closing announcement (Prof. Zhang Bin)
1. The event will be take place in conjunction with the IRGC International Conference in Beijing, on the topic of "From crisis management to risk governance" on 9-11 January 2013.
2. Possibility of establishing a cross-link to the EU project 2011/S 112-183587 will be explored.
About the hosting institution:
SAFETY SCIENCE: CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue on the foundations of safety science
Safety as a particular science can be claimed to have emerged in relation to social ambitions for increased safety and security – developing, experimenting and testing practical methods, tools and models with the aim of understanding and managing unwanted actions or events. However, being "applied" in nature does not mean that safety science is philosophy-free. All knowledge claims about safety are based on some form of foundational assumptions, rationality and logics. The 'science' part of 'safety science' seeks to ensure rigorousness of theories and methods for research, while providing credibility for the field and the community of people contributing to the domain.
This call for papers is intended to contribute towards making scientific foundations more explicit to the community of safety scientists. The aim of this special issue is to facilitate an understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of safety science and the construction of a more systematic view on the foundations of safety science. Original contributions are invited that deal, for example, with the following questions:
Further information is available at the following link: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/safety-science/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-the-foundations-of-safety-science/
The certification process, per candidate, went as the following:
In addition to the certification, oral exams were organized for the candidates who have passed the written exams in order to become a SafeChina trainer. The oral part of the train-the-trainer exam consisted of:
The NANOSAFE project will organize the next edition of the International Conference on Safe production and use of nanomaterials Nanosafe 2012 on November 13-15, 2012, in Grenoble (France).
Following the successful outcome of the past International Conference on Safe production and use of nanomaterials Nanosafe 2010 that took place in Grenoble (France), the Organizing Committee has decided that the next edition will take place in MINATEC again in November 2012.
The three-day programme for this conference will comprise:
Call for papers (Deadline for abstracts: August 30, 2012)
Papers will be presented in oral and poster sessions. To submit a paper, please go at the following link: http://www.nanosafe.org/scripts/home/publigen/content/templates/show.asp?P=134&L=EN&ITEMID=57
The participants of the course have particularly benefited from the lecturing done by Prof. Aleksandar Jovanovic from STI Advanced Risk Technologies/EU-VRi, who is leader of some of the most important research and development projects in the EU dedicated to emerging risks (e.g. iNTeg-Risk).
For further information, see the announcement of the course.
STOA Workshop on E2R2 Click on the image to view enlarged version Click on the image to view enlarged version
The STOA workshop on European Emerging Risk Radar (E2R2) Initiative, which took place on November 6, 2012 at the European Parliament in Brussels, successfully concluded with very positive support from the industry, academia and public sector. EU-VRi (www.eu-vri.eu) and the iNTeg-Risk Consortium (www.integrisk.eu-vri.eu) prepared this workshop together with Science and Technology Option Assessment Committee of the European Parliament (STOA, http://europarl.europa.eu/stoa) as an important follow-up to ensure the sustainability of the iNTeg-Risk results. Below are some of the key results from this workshop:
* Full summary report comprising results of this workshop can be downloaded on the STOA website at: http://europarl.europa.eu/stoa/cms/home/events/workshops/integ.
"EU-U.S. Bridging NanoEHS Research Efforts - A Joint Workshop2012"
The "EU-U.S. Bridging NanoEHS Research Efforts - A Joint Workshop2012" will take place on 25–26 October 2012 in Helsinki.
The Workshop is organized by the European Union (European Commission / NanoSafety Cluster) and the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), and it is hosted by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (local organizer). The purpose of this second Joint Workshop between the European Union (EU) and the U.S. is to further promote and deepen the EU-U.S. collaboration on nanosafety research. The aim is also to continue developing the Communities of Research (CoR) and to bring them to a concrete level of organization and activity. This Joint Workshop is aimed at administrators and policy makers, decision makers and scientists from the EU and the U.S.
For more information: http://us-eu.org/
Programme and registration: http://www.ttl.fi/partner/nanoehs_workshop/Sivut/default.aspx
JRC Reference Report - Review of measurement methods for nanoparticle sizing
The JRC (authors Gert Roebben, Francois Rossi, Douglas Gilliland, Neil Gibson, Christoph Klein, Luigi Calzolai and I) has just released a reference report on the "Requirements on measurements for the implementation of the European Commission definition of the term 'nanomaterial'".
A JRC report, published today, presents an in-depth review of methods available to measure the size of nanoparticles. Following the adoption of the definition of the term 'nanomaterial' in October 2011, it identifies relevant measurement methods and key challenges for measuring nanoparticle size in the regulatory context. The report underlines that no single measurement method can be used for all materials to determine if each of them falls within the regulatory definition. Different methods will be required depending on the material under investigation.
The report gives an overview of the capabilities of currently available measurement methods, including techniques such as electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering and centrifugal liquid sedimentation, among others. It also identifies measurement issues that remain to be solved.
The conclusions highlight the practical challenges of measuring materials with widely varying properties. None of the currently available methods can determine whether all kinds of potential nanomaterials meet the regulatory definition or not. Therefore, a proper combination of measurement methods is required. The reliability of each of the measurement methods used in such combined, tiered approaches will need to be thoroughly checked in dedicated method validation studies.
Please follow this link to the JRC website containing the press release and the link for downloading the report: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm?id=1410&obj_id=15310&dt_code=NWS&lang=en&ori=MOR
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EEAC and Rli organize the international conference "Keep Moving Towards Sustainable Mobility". This event will take place on October 11th, 2012, in Rotterdam.
This international conference will offer topical and inspiring insights into sustainable mobility, approached from various disciplines including economics, governance, psychology and technology. Fascinating presentations, the findings of a comparative study of European policy, a book of inspiring essays and an interactive 'knowledge market' will offer new information and encourage attendees to help plan the route 'towards sustainable mobility'. Join in the discussion and become part of the (often surprising) solutions!
Further information is available on the conference website: http://www.rli.nl/eeac/intro
This course presented the current global and regional issues in petrochemical industries. During the course the participants learned about
ENISFER is the European Network of Industrial Systems and Facilities for Exploration of Emerging Risks within the EU-VRi organization and tools. The aim of ENISFER is to have a network of relevant and representative organizations/companies, departments/facilities or persons to continuously innovate and improve management of emerging risks. Therefore, this network will have a structuring effect for all the stakeholders concerned by technology related emerging risks at a regional, national, European or international scale (read more about ENISFER).
* Please note that registration to ENISFER is not a membership and at this stage there are no obligations and/or financial contribution foreseen. In addition, the main benefits at this stage are as described above.
The course was open both for students of the universities participating in the project and for the external participants.
In the course the participants gained a comprehensive overview of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Costing (LCC), International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) and European Reference Life Cycle Data System (ELCD).
The course is part of the European Master and Certification Program in Risk Engineering and Management, therefore as such, it enabled the participants to earn European ECTS credit points (see http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-policy/ects_en.htm).
The coordinator of iNTeg-Risk project, Aleksandar (Sasa) Jovanovic, gave a presentation on iNTeg-Risk project at WCR in Sydney Australia. The presentation informed participants from all over the world about the main results achieved thus far before the project ends in May 2013. Furthermore, the presentation addresses follow-up initiatives, in particular, the "European Emerging Risk Radar (E2R2)" (click here for more information about E2R2).
Details of the SRA event:
World Congress on Risk (WCR) Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre Sydney, Australia July 18-20, 2012
The overall theme of the WCR 2012 was Risk and Development in a Changing World, and the three daily sub-themes were: 1. Disasters and Resilience; 2. Global and Emerging Risks; and 3. Risk and Sustainable Development.
Alternatively, visit the SRA WCR webpage at http://sra.org/worldcongress2012 for more information.
Tecnalia is pleased to announce the Workshop "MANAGING OCCUPATIONAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH NANOMATERIALS" taking place on 24th May 2012 at Euskalduna Conference Centre, Bilbao (Spain).
The Workshop is organised by TECNALIA and the University of the Basque Country in the framework of the 10th International Conference on Occupational Risk Prevention (ORP2012) and under the umbrella of the European Project SCAFFOLD.
The Workshop focuses on the industrial needs of companies and aims to provide a practical overview of the results of current research in the field of management of exposure to nanomaterials. The ultimate objective of the Workshop is to provide companies a set of skills that enable them - with the available evidence - proper management of the nano-risks.
The Workshop will include technical presentations from very well known speakers from the different disciplines involved in occupational nanosafety (USA, France, Finland, Spain); experiences in industry, a round table with involved stakeholders (Industry, Administration, Prevention Services, Research Organisations, Certification Bodies) and finally, a demonstration session to show equipments and devices for exposure measurement. Due to the international nature of the event, the language of the Workshop will be in English. There will be a simultaneous translation system to facilitate the participation of industry and other interested organizations.
The programme is available here.
For further information and registration, please use the following link: http://www.tecnalia.com/en/divisions/industry-transport/industrial-systems/events/risks-associated-with-nanomaterials.htm
This first ever event entirely dedicated to Natech was organized by the OECD Working Group on Chemical Accidents and sponsored as well as hosted by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety of Germany (BMU) and the Government of Saxony. The German Federal Minister of BMU, Ms. Ruth Oldenbruch, and the Minister for the Environment and Agriculture of the free State of Saxony, Mr. Frank Kupfer also participated at the event.
The workshop represented the culminating event of a four year OECD Natech project to which also the DG Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has participated.
The workshop investigated specific elements related to the prevention of, preparedness for, and response to chemical accidents caused by natural hazard or natural disaster. The venue of the workshop was at the Internationales Congress Center Dresden of the Maritim Hotel.
More details about the programme and other practical information on the venue, accomodation and travelling can be found at the following links:
OECD workshop outline OECD draft workshop programme OECD workshop registration form Congress center workshop venue Hotel Maritim accomodation
The course is part of the series of courses which all belong to joint effort of iNTeg-Risk project (represented by EU-VRi and other partners), University of Stuttgart (ZIRN) and Steinbeis University Berlin (STI Advanced Risk Technologies) to set a modern, modular and distributed model of education and certification in the area of Risk Engineering and Management with particular emphasis on the issue of emerging risks, in particular those related to new technologies.
The event took place on May 2-5, 2012 at the Stuttgart Institute of Management and Technology (SIMT). This specialist course was organized in conjunction with the 4th iNTeg-Risk Conference 2012.
Participants of the course had opportunity to extend their knowledge in the area of industrial safety, starting with different aspects of risks and terminology used in the field, with special focus on major accident prevention and related process safety risk assessment methodology. The participants came from different countries (Spain, Serbia, Germany, China, France, etc.) possessing different profiles (PhD, MSc and BSc students, professionals), thus allowing them to enjoy and profit from a real international environment during the course.
2012 edition of the Compendium
The 2012 edition of the Compendium is now available.
For several years now, the research community has responded by launching very valuable projects under the Sixth Framework Programme FP6 and Seventh Framework Programme FP7, marking significant technological progress both in the technology and in its safety management. About fifty projects are either completed or running and represent a total RTD investment of €137M, from the NMP and other programmes, under FP6 (13 projects, €31M) and FP7 (34 projects, €106M). These projects together with a significant number of projects supported by government resources in the EU member states and the FP7 associated states, and other projects addressing safety as side objective,represent the valuable efforts of the scientific and industrial research community for progress.
Please click on the link below to view the recently published European NanoSafety Cluster Compendium, which contains information on all running or recently completed projects funded under the Seventh Framework Programme FP7. Information on older projects can be found in the previous editions.
European NanoSafety Cluster Compendium 2012
The previous edition (2011) of the compendium is available here.
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StandarDays - Open info days on European standardization
CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, and CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, are continuing their efforts to provide the public with the information they need in order to understand European Standardization, and be able to use it to their advantage.
'StandarDays' is a two day information session aimed at newcomers to European Standardization, as well as those who would like to understand CEN and CENELEC better. The info days give a clear and structured overview of the European Standardization System, of the CEN and CENELEC products and processes, as well as the benefits of involvement in European Standardization to potential stakeholders. 'StandarDays' will take place on 17 and 18 April 2012 at the CEN-CENELEC Meeting Centre, Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels.
Format: 'StandarDays' consists of an introductory plenary meeting, which explains the different aspects and tasks of CEN and CENELEC (day 1) and interactive, in-depth workshops (day 2). This structure gives participants the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the overall European Standardization System (day 1) and then take advantage of the CEN and CENELEC expertise to obtain further clarification and explanations (day 2). Programme
For whom? 'StandarDays' are aimed at all actors interested in the European Standardization System: industry, consumers, administrations and government, European institutions, research centres, national standards institutes, etc.
Participation: Participation is free. Since there is a limited number of places, registrations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis and will close when the maximum number of participants is reached. To participate in the 'StandarDays', please complete and return the registration form.
More information can be found on: http://www.cencenelec.eu/news/events/Pages/StandarDaysApril2012.aspx and http://www.cen.eu/cen/News/Events/Pages/StandarDaysApril2012.aspx and http://www.cenelec.eu/pls/apex/f?p=104:300:725173836789168:::::
The iNTeg-Risk Course II-R4a "RBI-PETRO: Risk Based Inspection - Petro", which is part of the announced series of SHB/iNTeg-Risk courses, took place on March 27-30, 2012 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
During the 4-day course, 12 participants from Germany, Romania, China, Italy, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and Serbia had opportunity to learn more about Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) in general, its application in industry using different tools as well as to understand RBI technologies, procedures, and working processes in compliance with the main reference documents.
This series of courses is proudly organized through the joint effort of iNTeg-Risk project, University of Stuttgart (ZIRN) and Steinbeis University Berlin (STI Advanced Risk Technologies) to set a modern, modular and distributed model of education and certification in the area of Risk Engineering and Management with particular emphasis on the issue of emerging risks, especially those related to new technologies.
Furthermore, the course is a part of the European Master and Certification Program in Risk Engineering and Management.
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The WEF's Global Risks Report 2012 has identified chronic fiscal imbalances and severe income disparity as the most prevalent risks over the next 10 years. These risks in tandem threaten global growth as they are drivers of nationalism, populism and protectionism at a time when the world remains vulnerable to systemic financial shocks, as well as possible food and water crises. These are the findings of a survey of 469 experts and industry leaders, indicating a shift of concern from environmental risks to socioeconomic risks, compared to a year ago.
Read more about the Global Risks Report here.
One of the main results, so far, would be the involvement of the EU-VRi/iNTeg-Risk partners into the first global survey of ISO 31000–Risk Management Principle and Guidelines set to kick off on the 17th of October this year. The aim of the survey is to gauge how ISO 31000 is perceived by risk practitioners across all sectors and to provide input for the preparation of the ISO 31004 guide, due out in 2013.
Members of more than 70 risk management associations around the world are invited to participate in the study which is being run through an initiative by the LinkedIn discussion group on ISO 31000. Issued in November 2009, ISO 31000 provides principles and generic guidelines on risk management. It can be used by any public, private or community enterprise, association, group or individual and is not specific to any industry or sector. "This is the first time the global risk management community active across all fields, sectors, industries and services is being invited to participate in an international survey on ISO 31000. It is a great opportunity to share your thoughts and concerns about the ISO standard on risk management" said Alex Dali.
The survey will run from
Oct. 17, 2011 to Nov. 30, 2011. (extended deadline)
You will be encouraged to participate through EU-VRi/iNTeg-Risk sites or the LinkedIn group. You can join the discussion forum preparing the survey at: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=1834592.
(...) The interim report is excellent. It is very well structured, contains all necessary information and nicely sum up all relevant activities / findings or the project up to today. (...)
For me, the interim report shows that the project now is on a very good way and it looks like you are on a good way to surpass the overall number of participants. It is very good to see that we have already 138 participants successfully passing a final examination. (...)
In any case, i can already confirm the acceptance of the interim report which also contains all necessary documentation to "approve" the achievement of the relevant indicators. Supplemented by the excellent data bases in the internet the project process is perfectly documented. (...)
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What is a "nanomaterial"? European Commission breaks new ground with a common definition
Brussels, 18 October 2011 – "Nanomaterials" are materials whose main constituents have a dimension of between 1 and 100 billionth of a metre, according to a recommendation adopted by the European Commission today. The announcement marks an important step towards greater protection for citizens, clearly defining which materials need special treatment in specific legislation. European Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said: "I am happy to say that the EU is the first to come forward with a cross-cutting designation of nanomaterials to be used for all regulatory purposes. We have come up with a solid definition based on scientific input and a broad consultation. Industry needs a clear coherent regulatory framework in this important economic sector, and consumers deserve accurate information about these substances. It is an important step towards addressing any possible risks for the environment and human health, while ensuring that this new technology can live up to its potential." Nanomaterials are already being used in hundreds of applications and consumer products ranging from toothpaste to batteries, paints and clothing. Developing these innovative substances is an important driver for European competitiveness, and they have significant potential for progress in areas like medicine, environmental protection and energy efficiency. But as uncertainties remain about the risks they pose, a clear definition is needed to ensure that the appropriate chemical safety rules apply. The definition will help all stakeholders including industry associations, as it brings coherence to the variety of definitions that are currently in use in different sectors. The definition will be reviewed in 2014 in the light of technical and scientific progress. The recommendation also delivers on a commitment made in 2009 to the European Parliament to issue a single definition that is broadly applicable to all EU legislation concerned by nanomaterials. The definition adopted today is based on an approach considering the size of the constituent particles of a material, rather than hazard or risk. The wording describes a nanomaterial as "a natural, incidental or manufactured material containing particles, in an unbound state or as an aggregate or as an agglomerate and where, for 50% or more of the particles in the number size distribution, one or more external dimensions is in the size range 1 nm – 100 nm." The definition is based on scientific advice from the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC). A draft version of the definition was subject to a public consultation. Background Nanomaterials are currently governed by a variety of legislative instruments at EU and national level. However, definitions have been developed on a case-by-case basis and vary across sectors, creating unnecessary burdens for industry and hampering public debate about risks and benefits of these substances. This recommendation gives EU legislators a legal reference for nanomaterials, when adopting new or implementing existing legislation. The experience of the first registration deadline (30 November 2010) under REACH, the EU's overarching chemicals policy, showed that companies needed more clarity about their obligations with regard to nanomaterials. REACH has a key role to play in generating information about the properties of nanomaterials as chemical substances. With the adopted definition it will be easier for companies to assess their registration dossiers and determine exactly when they should consider their products as nanomaterials. Further information: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/nanotech/index.htm MEMO/11/704
The call text is now available at: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/cooperation#nmp
You can find more information about the call context by visiting the homepage of the Industrial Technologies Unit: http://ec.europa.eu/research/industrial_technologies/index_en.cfm
To facilitate the development of relevant projects, ETPIS has organized a workshop and a brokerage event on September 19, 2011 in Brussels.
In the morning the call "NMP.2012.3.0-2 Total Safety Management for industrial organizations" has been presented by the project officer in charge of the call. Then, results from recent projects and initiatives provided an overview of the remaining challenges in the field of Human and organizational factors in industrial safety.
In the afternoon, a brokerage event was organized in two parts. First, consortia and project initiators have had the opportunity to present their ideas, get a feedback and find possible additional partners. Then, partners interested by the call had the possibility to present their profile.
Agenda, link
Note that the draft agenda includes a list of potential partners describing their profiles and offering participation in a project (access reserved to ETPIS members).
The Summer Institute series is implemented in collaboration between the 111 Project/HRSB at Beijing Normal University and the IHDP/IRG-Project. Starting summer 2009, three consecutive summer institutes are to be organized (2009-2011), covering a different thematic focus each year in addition to the essentials in the filed of hazard and risk study. The primary goal is to attract and train young scholars who have both background and strong interest in the field of hazard and risk study, and through which, to improve and strengthen education, research, as well as international communication and cooperation capacity in China in the field of disaster and risk sciences. In the long-term, the summer institutes seek contribution to laying a solid foundation for a state-of-the-art hazard and risk science base in China.
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Correspondingly, the most important outcomes will be:
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The newly adopted Seveso III Directive The preparation of the next FP7 calls for proposals (to be published in July 2011)
November 24, 2010, Paris, France
Practically, the operational objectives that the workshop will fulfill are:
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In its annual report 2009 of INERIS which has been recently published, the INERIS presents EU-VRi with in addition an interview of the Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Jovanovic, CEO of EU-VRi.
You can find the report here. (in French)
The presentation
The Institut National de l'Environnement industriel et des RISques (INERIS), a founding member of EU-VRi, presents the European Economic Interest Grouping and its different projects with some key figures. Indeed, the presentation gives information about INTeg-Risk and Alpha-bird and insists on the fact that EU-VRi approaches its projects in a multidisciplinary way what allows it to work effectively on the emerging risks.
The Interview
In the interview which includes a presentation of the Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Jovanovic, the CEO of EU-VRi explains what INTeg-Risk is and what its goals are.
In its report, Swiss Re, which is the world's second-largest reinsurer, explains that its partnership with INTeg-Risk is one of its strategic initiatives.
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The Jacaranda by Michael Antonio features a PU strappy upper, two buckled ankle straps with elastic tabs for a comfortable fit and 4 1/4" heel.
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