2nd iNTeg-Risk Conference: New Technologies & Emerging Risks

When, in October 02, 2006, about 25 professionals from EU industry, academia and research organizations met in Stuttgart, at premises of the at the time newly incorporated European Virtual Institute for Integrated Risk Management (EU-VRi, www.eu-vri.eu), three issues were shaping their brainstorming meeting: "New Technologies", "emerging risks" and "integration". It was clear that there were significant R&D needs in this area.
The results of the brainstorming was the project iNTeg-Risk (Early Recognition, Monitoring, and Integrated Management of Emerging, New Technology related, Risks).
Over 80 institutions and companies with about 300 persons work in project tasks. The project involves the combined EU and stakeholders' effort.
At the iNTeg-Risk Conference 2010 with the Topic Dealing with multiple and interconnected emerging risks, they share their results, further plans and visions, both among themselves and also with other interested stakeholders. The project deals with emerging risks of New Technologies taking examples from 17 different single applications, including topics like risks related to CO2 capture and sequestration, risks related to production and use of nanomaterials, risks related to storage of hazardous materials and other similar high-priority issues.