Behaviour of Pesticides in Air, Soil and Water

For many years now, this conference has been a major event in the plant protection industry. Listen to the various viewpoints represented by the authorities, the industry, and the research sector. This event is of interest to anyone involved in the assessment of pesticides in air, soil and water.

02.06. — 03.06.2026
Novotel Düsseldorf City West
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Overview

Plant protection products (PPP) are strictly regulated within the European Union. The risk management and environmental assessment of PPPs, essential to produce compliant products, poses challenges across the entire plant protection industry.

The conference brings together representatives from regulatory and industry backgrounds, as well as political decision-makers to discuss the latest regulatory developments. It keeps track of scientific progress, advances in environmental fate and exposure as well as recent developments in risk assessment and risk mitigation.

Newcomers to the topic of environmental behaviour of pesticides benefit from this exchange just as much as experienced e-fate managers.

You can also follow all the exciting contributions via our Live Stream! Please find further information on the virtual participation here.

Early Bird Bookings20% discount valid until 31 January 2026 with discount code: AGROKONF20

Who should attend this conference?

Professionals working in the fields of:

  • Environmental behaviour
  • Field inspection
  • Research & development
  • Legal & regulatory affairs
  • Registration
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Exposure & risk assessment
  • Monitoring & computer modelling

Sectors that should take part:

  • Agrochemical industry
  • Research institutes from the area of agriculture, soil, hydrology and air
  • Authorities (agricultural inspection offices, registration and control authorities)
  • Water supply enterprises
  • Professional associations

What our participants think about this event:

  • “Great insight in the current status developments of guidelines. Very useful and informative presentations.” (Ingo Lobe, SCC Ramboll)
  • “Very well organised event, that gives the opportunity to get in contact with experts in the different aspects of risk assessment of pesticides, regulatory bodies, scientists and pesticide industry.” (Mria de la Cruz Garcerá, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Spain)
  • “Gives an excellent overview of relevant developments in the field.” (anonymous)

Picture Credit: © r.classen – Fotolia

 

Programme

We are currently in the process of compiling our event programme in close cooperation with our team of experienced speakers.

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In retrospect: Highlights of the last edition
Regulatory issues
  • European Commission on Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009
  • EFSA on actions regarding azole fungicides
  • TFA (trifluoroacetic acid) from pesticides from the view of Danish EPA
  • Risk assessment in the Southern zone
  • Central zone harmonisation
  • Update on the GB pesticide regulatory regime
Non-target terrestrial assessment
  • The work for the revision of the terrestrial Guidance Document
  • The AENEAS (Advancing ERA non-target arthropods) and EESE (EU Environmental Scenarios for ERA of NTO) projects
Groundwater and drinking water monitoring
  • Groundwater Atlas
  • Non-target analysis
  • Industry experience with the EFSA drinking water treatment guidance
  • What does a water sample represent in space and time?
Further developments
  • Air monitoring and current developments of the German BVL monitoring programme
  • EUPAF (European Precision Application Task Force) on the outcome on case studies
  • Update on new hazard classes: PMT/vPvM substances

Speakers

Name

Company

Pol

Werner Pol

Dutch Board for the Authorisation of Plant Protection Products and Biocides (Ctgb), The Netherlands

Werner Pol is currently a Team Manager Expertise Fate and Ecotoxicology Plant Protection at the Dutch Board for the Authorisation of Plant Protection Products and Biocides (Ctgb) in Ede, The Netherlands. He brings more than 25 years of experience in the environmental fate and exposure assessment of substances and plant protection products from previous roles at Ctgb and holds a M.Sc and B.Sc in environmental science.

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Rosenboom

Annette Rosenboom

Rambøll, Denmark

Annette Elisabeth Rosenbom is a Chief Consultant at Rambøll with 25 years’ experience as a scientist focusing on introducing new field monitoring techniques and new numerical modelling concepts to measure and mathematically estimate preferential flow and solute transport (pesticides, nitrate, PFAS….) through fractured soil/rock. For 6,5 years she has been the project leader of the Danish Pesticide Leaching Assessment Programme and hereby providing scientific guidance to the regulation of pesticides in Denmark based on high-quality agricultural-field-scale monitoring data. This focus has led her to be a member of the SETAC Environmental Monitoring Advisory Group of Pesticides - Subgroup Ground Water (SETAC EMAG-Pest GW), the “Unsaturated Zone Interest Group” under USGS, the scientific committee of the conference “Pesticide Behaviour in Soils, Water and Air” (York, England; both in 2017 and 2021), scientific committee of 14th IUPAC (2019) and the Editorial Advisory Board of the ACS journal Agricultural Science and Technology plus hosting “9th European Modelling Workshop” (2019).

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Schäfer

Dieter Schäfer

Bayer Crop Science Division, Germany

Dieter Schäfer has a professional background in environmental sciences and 25 years of experience in the environmental fate and exposure assessment of pesticides. He was the Head of the E-fate Expert Group and the Environmental Exposure Modelling Team at Bayer Crop Science Division in Monheim/Germany and is currently the Head of Environmental Exposure leading a team of experimental, modelling and assessment experts.

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Venue

Novotel Düsseldorf City West
Niederkasseler Lohweg 179
40547 Düsseldorf
Phone : +49 211 52060-0
Email: h3279@accor.com
https://all.accor.com/hotel/3279/index.de.shtml?dateIn=&nights=&compositions=1&stayplus=false#origin=novotel

We have reserved a limited number of rooms for our participants at the hotel. These rooms can be booked up to 4 weeks prior to the start of the event. Please book early and directly through the hotel quoting „Akademie Fresenius“ as reference.

Prices & Services

Participation Fee: € 1,995.00 plus VAT.

The registration fee includes the following benefits:

  • Event participation
  • Event documentation
  • Lunch
  • Coffee breaks and event beverages
  • The evening event on the first day
  • Certificate of attendance

Representatives of an authority or a public university are therefore eligible for a reduced fee of € 895.00 plus VAT per person (please provide evidence). The reduced fee cannot be combined with other rebates.

Group Reductions
For joint bookings received from one company we grant a 15% discount from the third participant onwards.

Terms of Cancellation / Book without Risk
Written cancellations or transfers will be accepted free of charge up to four weeks prior to the start of the event. After this date and up to a week prior to the start of the event we will reimburse 50% of the registration fee. We cannot, unfortunately, provide refunds for later cancellations. However, in this case we will provide you with the event documentation after the event.
Please note that you can name a substitute free of charge at any time.

Event Documentation

Would you have liked to attend this event, but cannot spare the time?

For the price of 295,00 € plus VAT you can order a complete set of event documentation. A few days after the event you will receive the access data for the restricted download section of our Website. There you will find all presentations (subject to the approval of our speakers) as pdf-files.

Order documentation

Sabine Mummenbrauer

Your Contact

Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de

Sabine Mummenbrauer

Your Contact

Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de

Sabine Mummenbrauer

Your Contact

Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de

Alexandra Schardt

Your Contact

Alexandra Schardt
Organisation and participant management

+49 231 75896-74
aschardt@akademie-fresenius.de

Alexandra Schardt

Your Contact

Alexandra Schardt
Organisation and participant management

+49 231 75896-74
aschardt@akademie-fresenius.de

Additional Dates for this Event:

02.06. — 03.06.2026,  Live Stream

Display / Supplement

Present your Company at the Event.

You can personally present your products and services directly to your specified target group. We are happy to provide you with further information on our range of available options – from displaying company information at the reception counter to presenting your company with an exhibition stand.

We would be pleased to assist you personally:

Monika Stratmann

Monika Stratmann
Phone: +49 231 75896-48
info@akademie-fresenius.de

Press Contact

We offer journalists and editors a platform where they can get in touch with the experts.

If you are the editor of a specialist publication and interested in a press pass or media partnership, please contact us well in advance. We are happy to advise you.


Please contact us:

Katharina Geraridis

Katharina Geraridis
Phone: +49 231 75896-67
presse@akademie-fresenius.de