Friends of the Earth have raised concerns that a Government sponsored “dialogue” on nanotechnology and energy to be held in Brisbane today, risks only telling one side of the story. Five nanotechnology scientists have been invited to speak, yet experts on the...
European industry group Cefic has expressed frustration with stakeholder dialogue on nanotechnology. Cefic’s executive director of research and innovation complained that “each discussion begins with a rehearsal of old arguments and fails to move debate...
In an article published in the International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation, FoEA’s Georgia Miller argues that governments and industry have learned little from the mistakes they made in GM foods. Lessons inlude the need to “ensur[e]...
There is a widespread perception that the public backlash against Genetically Modified (GM) food “effectively stalled a new industry”. In this context, much has been made of the ‘lessons’ that governments and the burgeoning nanotechnology industry must learn from the...
In early July 2006 I was invited and journeyed as the FOE Australia Nanotechnology Projects representative to Zurich to participate in the International Risk Governance Council Conference on Nanotechnology. The purpose of the conference was for the invited speakers...