Reports and expert findings

To help you find out more about current thinking and debate in France, Europe, and the rest of the world, we have put together a selection of reference documents listed below.

Citizen debates abroad

Reports/France

Reports/Europe and abroad

Reports/Europe and abroad

• EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Nanosciences et nanotechnologies : un plan d’action pour l’Europe 2005-2009. Rapporteur Miloslav Ransdorf (7 juin 2005)
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- European Commission - Research Directorate General

European Technology Plateform Nanomedcin
(Nanotechnology for health)
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The economic development of nanotechnology - An indicators based analysis (November 2006)
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Nano-Net 2006 (ICST)
1^st International Conference on Nano-Networks, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2006
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•ASECO - Alliance of Social Ecological Consumer Organisations

(an alliance of European consumer associations)
Avis : ASECO Opinion on technology (September 2006)
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•UNESCO

Report"The Ethics and Politics of Nanotechnology" (2006)
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•OECD - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OECD workshop report on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials
(7 to 9 December 2005)
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•THE ROYAL SOCIETY (Great Britain)

Report Nanoscience and nanotechnologies. Two-year review of progress on Governement actions : Joint academies response to the council for Science and Technology's call for evidence (October 2006)
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Report Nanoscience and nanotechnologies : Opportunities and Uncertainties (July 2004)
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•ICON - International Council on Nanotechnology

Current industrial practices in the field of nanotechnology "A Survey of Current Practices in the Nanotechnology Workplace" (13 November 2006)
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•CEST - Commission de l'Ethique de la Science et de la Technologie
Canada( Québec)

Avis : Ethique et nanotechnologies : se donner les moyens d'agir (June 2006)
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•ETC - Group (Erosion, Technology and Concentration ...)

Rapport Nanobrevets "de deuxième nature"
Implications pour les pays du Sud, june 2005.
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Nanotech Rx ; Medical applications of Nano-scale Technologies : What impact on marginalized communities ? (September 2006)
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ETC Group testifies at US Food & Drug Administration's public meeting on nanotechnology, October 10, 2006. Read ETC Group's statement below.
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•NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Report: Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance:
Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science. Mihail C. Roco and William Bainbridge (Juin 2002)
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Report: Managing Nano-Bio-Info- Cogno Innovations :
Converging technologies in society - William Bainbridge and Mihail C. Roco (2005)
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•IRGC - International Risk Governance Council

Report: Nanotechnology Risk Gouvernance - Ortwin Renn and Mike Roco (Juin 2006)
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•THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY IINITIATIVE

Report: Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials (September 2006)
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•GREENPEACE UK

Report: Future technologies, today's choices (July 2003)
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