NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE: ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE: ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. HEARING OF: THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008, TESTIMONY OF ANDREW D. MAYNARD* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- UNDERPINNING SUSTAINABLE NANOTECHNOLOGIES -- The Promise of Nanotechnology -- Unconventional Behavior -- The Need for Foresight -- Avoiding Harm -- A New Mindset for a New Technology -- Leadership -- TAKING ACTION -- Risk Research Strategy -- Funding for Environment, Safety and Health Research -- Leadership for Risk Research -- Transparency -- Public-Private Partnerships -- CONCLUSIONS -- ANNEX A. ASSESSMENT OF U.S. GOVERNMENT NANOTECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND HEALTH RESEARCH FOR 2006 -- 1. Assessment of Research Listed in the 2008 NNI Nanotechnology Risk Research Strategy24 -- 2. A Broader Assessment of U.S. Federally-Funded Risk-Relevant Research for 2006 -- 3. Comparison with European Risk Research Investments -- 4. Definitions of Research Relevance -- ANNEX B. NNI-IDENTIFIED NANOTECHNOLOGY RISK-RESEARCH, LISTED BY RELEVANCE28 -- ENDNOTES -- THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE: SECOND ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY ADVISORY PANEL* -- ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL OF ADVISORS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- ABOUT THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY ADVISORY PANEL -- ABOUT THIS REPORT -- EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL OF ADVISORS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20502 -- PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL OF ADVISORS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- Nanotechnology -- II. PROGRESS AND STATUS: LEADING CHANGES SINCE 2005 -- Principal Findings -- Growing Investment -- Measuring Progress.

Publications and Citations -- Ideas and Inventions -- Managing Resources and Engaging Stakeholders -- Industry Collaboration -- Global Coordination -- Update of the NNI Strategic Plan -- III. APPLICATIONS: FOSTERING PRESENT COMMERCIALIZATION AND EMERGING INNOVATION -- Principal Findings -- Context of Commercialization -- Case Studies -- Consumer Products -- Biomedicine -- Energy -- Electronics -- Platform Technology -- IV. IMPLICATIONS: ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ETHICS ISSUES RESPONSIBLY -- Principal Findings -- Context of and Perspective on EHS Considerations -- FEDERAL EHS ACTIVITIES -- Environment -- Health -- Safety -- Ethics -- Managing and Coordinating Implications Research -- V. RECOMMENDATIONS: SUSTAINING LEADERSHIP THROUGH COORDINATION, STRATEGY, COMMUNICATION -- 1. Infrastructure, Management, and Coordination -- 2. Standards Development -- 3. Technology Transfer and Commercialization -- 4. ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, AND SAFETY IMPLICATIONS -- 5. SOCIETAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS -- 6. COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH -- APPENDIX A: LIST OF ACRONYMS -- APPENDIX B: NNI PROGRAM COMPONENT AREAS -- APPENDIX C: PLANNED 2009 AGENCY INVESTMENTS BY PCA -- APPENDIX D: SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2006 NRC REVIEW OF THE NNI -- REFERENCES -- TESTIMONY, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE ACT OF 2008 -- REFERENCES -- STATEMENT OF MR. E. FLOYD KVAMME, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -- APPENDIX: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- TESTIMONY OF SEAN MURDOCK, NANOBUSINESS ALLIANCE, U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HEARING ON THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008 -- THE NEED FOR THIS LEGISLATION -- TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION.

NANOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION -- ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, AND SAFETY RESEARCH -- CONCLUSION -- HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TESTIMONY ON THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008 -- AREAS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE (SECTION 5) -- Models and Resources Required to Address National Areas -- RESEARCH TO COMMERCIALIZATION (SECTIONS 4 AND 6) -- Nanomanufacturing -- Role of the States -- CONCLUSION -- PANEL TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE NNI AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008 -- INDEX.