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Programme of the 5th ecopa annual Workshop
Sheraton Airport Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 26 to 28, 2004 |
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| Saturday, Nov. 27, 2004 WORKSHOP |
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| 08:30 |
Welcome and Status of ecopa:
Vera Rogiers, VUB Brussels, B (c) |
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| 08:45 |
Welcoming address: "Impact of ‘European legislation on Europe's consumer safety, environment and competitiveness"
Yvon Slingenberg, Dep. Head Chemicals Unit, DG Environment, B (c) |
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SESSION I: SCALE up beyond REACH: apprehensions for the next EU programme
Chair: Vera Rogiers, Brussels, B |
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| 09:00 |
SCALE it right: animal testing vs. alternative method development for human health
Bernward Garthoff, Bayer CropScience AG, Monheim, D (c) |
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| 09:20 |
Intention of the EU Commission for SCALE: quantification of additional testing required or assumed
N. N., DG ENV, Brussels, B (a) |
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| 09:40 |
Which overlaps of SCALE do exist with CEHAPE, REACH etc.: The Budapest results
Lucianne Licari, Reg. Adv., WHO-Reg. Office EU, I (c) |
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| 10:00 |
Coffee break |
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SESSION II: Testing for endocrine disrupting, neurodevelopmental and respiratory disorders: the methods available or still being developed ?!
Chair: José Castell, Valencia, E (c) |
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| 10:40 |
Existing OECD-guidelines and those underway on a global scale
Drew Wagner,OECD, Principal Administrator, Paris, F (c) |
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| 11:00 |
Validated methods and methodology currently validated by ECVAM in this area
Thomas Hartung, ECVAM, JRC Ispra, I (c) |
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| The need for testing versus additional alternative method development: |
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| 11:20 |
The view of academia and environmental organisations
Lisbeth Knudsen, University of Copenhagen, DK (c) |
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| 11:35 |
The view of the industry
Gernot Klotz, Bayer AG, Leverkusen, D (c)
SCALE EU Techn.Working Group on Integr.Monitoring of Endocrine Disruptors |
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| 11:50 |
The view of animal welfare
Marylou Heinen, Eurogroup for Animal Welfare, Brussels, B (a) |
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| 12:05 |
Coffee break |
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SCIENCE FAIR: Basic research on novel alternative approaches in environmental testing and toxicology
Chair: Flavia Zucco, Rome, I (c)
Julia Fentem, Unilever (a) |
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| 14:00 |
10 mins presentations, resp. poster presentations and final plenum summary and discussion |
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ROUND TABLE: "Hazard and risk assessment: how much is needed for what purpose? And how much of animal testing necessary ?"
Moderator: Lee Bansil, Procter&Gamble, UK (c) |
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| 15:30 |
Participants :
Odile da Silva, L'Oreal, Paris, F (a)
Drew Wagner , OECD, Paris, F (c)
N. N., CEFIC, Brussels, B (a)
Sonja van Tichelen. Man.Dir., Eurogroup for Animal Welfare, Brussels, B (c)
Artur van Iersel, ecopa Board, Utrecht, NL (c)
Walter Pfaller, ecopa Board, Innsbruck, A (c) |
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| ecopa - Working Groups |
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| 16:30 |
Short introduction on ecopa -2003/2004-activities
Vera Rogiers,Pres.ecopa, B (c)
follow up-activities 6th EU FP , next calls
José Castell,VicePres ecopa, E (c)
elaboration of future projects in WGs
Bernward Garthoff, Treas. ecopa, D (c)
WG I (Organisation, Research): moderator: Vera Rogiers,ecopa Board,Brussels,B (c)
WG II (Chemicals, Politics): moderator : Karin Gabrielson, ecopa Board, Stockholm,S (c)
WGIII (Communication, Education): moderator : Jan van der Valk, ecopa Board, Utrecht, NL (c)
WGIV (Ethics): moderator: Tjard De Cock-Buning, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,NL (c) |
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| 17:45 |
End of day 1 |
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| 19:00 |
Cocktail and Dinner |
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Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004 ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
Chair : Cooenraad Hendricksen, ecopa Board, rivm, Bilthoven, NL (c)
Peter Maier, ecopa Board, Basle, CH (c) |
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| 09:00 |
SESSION A: ecopa-Board Presentations (5 mins each)
- Vera Rogiers : Overall activities/CONAM
- José Castell /: Scientific plans/Newsletter
- Bernward Garthoff: Financials/ 7th EU FP first approaches
- new NCP platform accreditations, observatory memberships
- elections (if so needed) |
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| 10:00 |
Coffee break |
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| 10:30 |
SESSION B: Split up in working groups:
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Group 1: Support actions for platforms in the new member states
Moderator : Eugenio Vilanova, Barcelona, E) |
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Group 2: Proposals for the 7th EU Framework Programme
Moderator : Horst Spielmann, Berlin, D (c) |
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| 11:30 |
PLENARY SESSION: ecopa-Board Presentations (5 mins each)
Moderator : Bernward Garthoff, Monheim, D: |
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| 12:30 |
End of Meeting - Brunch Buffet Luncheon |
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