13th Venice Training School: Innovating with Purpose: A Hands-on Journey into Functional, Safe and Sustainable Advanced Materials – 9-13 June 2025 (Venice, Italy)
This edition is dedicated to advancing knowledge and practice in Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) for advanced materials. The school brings together experts, researchers, and industry professionals to explore cutting-edge methodologies for ensuring the safety, functionality, and sustainability of innovative materials.
This immersive, hands-on training is co-organised by 15 leading EU-funded projects and provides a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between theory and real-world applications. Participants will engage with a variety of state-of-the-art topics , equipping them with the skills needed to drive responsible innovation.
📌 COST Session & Scholarships
A dedicated two-day COST session will be held on 10 and 11 July during the school. EuMINe will support up to 8 participants with scholarships covering travel reimbursement (according to COST rules) and a daily allowance for the 2 days.
🎯 Scholarships selection
Scholarships will be awarded based on several criteria, including affiliation with an Inclusiveness Target Country (ITC), gender, age, and short motivation statement explaining the applicant’s interest in the school and its relevance to their research or studies.
📚 Topics
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Setting the scene: SSbD policy context in the EU
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Environmental, health and safety assessment (Steps 1-3 of EC-SSbD framework), including:
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Intrinsic hazard properties
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New Approach Methodologies
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Relevance of in vivo studies (invertebrate and vertebrate models)
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Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (ILCSA) (Steps 4-5 of the EC-JRC SSbD framework), including:
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Environmental Life cycle assessment (LCA)
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Social LCA
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Lifecycle Costing
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Integrating functionality considerations into SSbD workflows: the role of material characterization and the assessment of functional performance
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Addressing the complexity of advanced materials and their interactions: Multiscale modelling and multidimensional analysis
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Enhancing the uptake of SSbD by industry, especially SMEs: user-friendly decision support tools
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