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Seeing Nano

Seeing Nano

Time:

Dec 1, 2014 - Nov 30, 2016
Funding program: Horizon 2020
Call: NMP-31-2014: Novel visualization tools for enhanced nanotechnology awareness
Lead Partner: NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION AISBL (NIA AISBL)
Project Site: www.seeingnano.eu

Contact

Mrs. Veronika Kunclová
Project Manager
Techmania Science Center o. p. s.

Address: U Planetária 1, Plzeň, CZ-301 00
Tel: +420 604 224 662
E-mail: veronika.kunclova@techmania.cz

Brief description of the project

The SeeingNano project will create Novel Visualisation Tools for Enhanced Nanotechnology Awareness through a coordinated collaborative approach conducted by leading experts in the relevant fields: the target audiences identified in the proposal will be analysed by the consortium's socio-economic sciences and humanities, who - in collaboration with the consortium's state-of-the-art information visualisation partners - will elaborate and agree on the most appropriate tool to address the respective audiences.

The scientific and technical content to be communicate through each tool to the respective audiences will be provided by experts from the nano-phenomena research community in collaboration with experts from the risk-communication and nanotoxicology community, in order to provide the key audiences with an ability to ‘seeing at the nanoscale’, and an understanding and awareness for the breadth of nanotechnologies, and the uncertainties and potential risks connected to them. The resulting tools are flexibly designed for customisation by the nanotechnology stakeholder community, and supported by guidance documents on (a) the socio-economic aspects of awareness-building exercises on nanotechnologies, (b) the science- and technology content and story boards on the nanotechnologyphenomena and their potential risks, and (c) the technical customisation of the tools provided.

It is the ultimate goal of the SeeingNano project to make available a public online SeeingNano exchange with visualisation tools, guidance and content for the enhancement of nanotechnology awareness-building exercises conducted by the nanotechnology stakeholder community. The backbone of this repository is formed by the SeeingNano output: a set of goodcommunication practices, developed and stress-tested within the project, supported by captivating customisable visualisation tools, to demonstrate the raising of awareness and understanding.

Horizon 2020