LamprouMemo22

Memo 22
 * ** Catalysts ** || ** Statements ** || ** Corrosions ** ||
 * The public can offer a social perspective not captured by the ‘experts.’ Lay knowledge has value || ** GNOs’; Civil Society Organizations: ** Public participation in policy making is important  ||  The public has no knowledge or adequate understanding of nanotechnology  ||
 * Workshops open their doors for public participation creating spaces for pluralistic decision making || ** GNOs’; Civil Society Organizations: ** We are powerless our opinion is not taken under consideration  ||  Expertise has the legitimate power  ||
 * Governmental regimes are mainly responsible for policy procedures || ** GNOs’; Civil Society Organizations: ** Standards should be a public responsibility  ||  The industry and ISO have necessary data for standards development and non-for-profit private organizations are responsible for discussion and development of standards  ||
 * The incorporation of the social-economic criterion. Interest in socio-cultural shifts and their effects. (EU) || ** GNOs’; Civil Society Organizations: ** The standards development should be based in many different criteria  || Only technical and scientific criteria matter in standards development (US) ||
 * New technoscientific knowledge || ** Scientists: ** Nanotech is changing the way we understand science today  ||  New technoscientific unknowns (non-knowledge)  ||
 * Nanotech promises materials with unique properties opening new market opportunities || ** Industry: ** Nanotech is the new technoscientific frontier. From the laboratory to the market  ||  Nanotechnology poses many environmental and health risks. Uncertainties and risks may lead to economical failure  ||