Statement by NanoJury UK Oversight Panel

Publication date: November 2005

Summary
NanoJury UK has brought together 15 randomly-chosen people from different backgrounds in a particular region of the UK, to hear evidence about a wide range of possible futures, and the role that nanotechnologies might play in them.

The jury has sought to provide a vehicle for peoples views on nanotechnologies to have an impact on policy. It has allowed a dialogue between people with diverse perspectives and interests, and created a democratic space in which citizens can examine the hopes, aspirations, assumptions and fears of those working to develop and regulate nanotechnologies.