Hands-on SSbD for advanced materials: REPOXYBLE co-organizes the 13th Venice Training School
REPOXYBLE is co-organizer of the 13th Venice Training School, a collaborative space to explore together how to design and assess materials that are not only high-performing, but also safe for people and the planet.
Promoted by the EU project SUNRISE, this year edition Innovating with Purpose: A Hands-on Journey into Functional, Safe and Sustainable Advanced Materials, from 9 to 13 June 2025, will bring together early-career researchers, innovators, and changemakers.
The immersive programme is dedicated to advancing knowledge and practice in Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) for advanced materials. Experts, researchers, and industry professionals will explore cutting-edge methodologies for ensuring the safety, functionality, and sustainability of innovative materials.
This hands-on training, co-organised by 16 EU projects including REPOXYBLE, bridges 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.
REPOXYBLE will bring its SSbD case studies and recyclability research: follow us for further updates!
The 13th Venice Training School addressed topics will be:
- Setting the scene: SSbD policy context in the EU
- 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)
- 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
- Integrating functionality considerations into SSbD workflows: the role of material characterization and the assessment of functional performance
- Addressing the complexity of advanced materials and their interactions: Multiscale modelling and multidimensional analysis
- Enhancing the uptake of SSbD by industry, especially SMEs: user-friendly decision support tools
