NSC Update 04/2026

Among many other news, we have relevant updates from:

• Recap of NSC participation at SSbD Horizon Europe Projects Networking event on March 20th
• Recap on the 2nd NSC workshop on SSbD scenarios on 5 Dec. 2025, and workshop materials
• Welcome to the BLUECOAT project to the NSC Community
• News from PARC project: the SSbD Toolbox and the PARCopedia
• Interview to Barry Hardy, CEO of Edelweiss Connect, leader of the SSbD4CheM work package dealing with the project’s SSbD framework and workflow.
• Explore the latest training materials of the PLANETS project: eLCA, LCC, and sLCA
• Have your say on expectations and preferencies for baby products in PLANETS’ survey
• Latest activities of the InnoMatSyn project, addressing challenges & opportunities in the European AdMa ecosystem
• Research questionnaire, from the DigiPass project, on Women in Materials Science and Digitalisation – Have your say to better understand the experiences, challenges, and opportunities for women working across the materials science and engineering landscape

 

Several updates of the WGs:

• WG Education, Training & Communication:
  • Next WP meeting on 12 June 2026, 9:30-11:00h CET – Write an email to Judith Friesl to get an invitation.
  • Call for action towards a harmonised terminology in SSbD
• WG SSbD, Innovation & Regulation:
  • Recap on the 2nd NSC workshop on SSbD scenarios on 5 Dec. 2025, including workshop materials
  • Call-to-action to the NSC Task Force on “SSbD tools, integrative systems & platforms” (deadline extended to May 16th)
• WG Research Output Management, FAIRness & Sharing:
  • Invitation to particpate in the next ELIXIR Toxicology Community Hybrid Meeting, on June 25th

 

Moreover, read through the latest newsletters from IAM-I, pinfa, and MACRAMÉ.

 

Also, of course, there are many upcoming events that you might want to attend!

We are looking forward to meeting you in one of the next NSC events!

 

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