Dietary Risk Assessment of Pesticide Residues

For many years, this conference has been the ideal platform for stakeholders in dietary risk assessment to meet, share expertise, and discuss regulatory and scientific developments. Benefit from expert presentations, practical insights, and networking opportunities in a professional, yet relaxed setting.

05.05. — 06.05.2026
Novotel Düsseldorf City West
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Overview

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The risk assessment of pesticide residues in food is a central element of the EU regulatory framework for plant protection products. It involves complex steps, from data collection and evaluation to implementing new guidance and managing application and authorisation procedures. Staying up to date with the latest developments is essential.

Join this popular Akademie Fresenius Conference to receive comprehensive updates, exchange knowledge with peers, and take part in key discussions. The event offers the perfect environment for meaningful conversations – no crowds, just real dialogue. Many participants attend regularly. Secure your place for the upcoming edition!

The Conference will be taking place in Dusseldorf on 5 and 6 May 2026.

You can also follow all the exciting contributions via our Live Stream!

Please find all information on the virtual participation here.

Confirmed Highlights:

  • HSE & UK Food Standards Agency: Advances in methodology for dietary data collection and consumer risk assessment in UK
  • German BfR on Residues of TFA: Evidence and quantification of its origin from plant protection products and potential regulatory implications
  • IUCLID Session: Exchange of experience between authority and industry representatives
  • Revision of OECD Documents on the Magnitude of Pesticide Residues in Processed Commodities
  • RIVM on collaboration with EFSA to implement cumulative risk assessment methodology in MCRA
  • AGES: Initial Insights from the CRA Pilot Project
  • ANSES: PhytoCuisson and pesticide residue changes under high temperature processing

… and many more! Full programme coming soon.

Who do you meet?

Professionals working in the fields of:

  • Risk assessment
  • Product safety
  • Toxicology
  • Regulatory affairs
  • Research and development
  • Legal and general counselling

Sectors taking part:

  • Agrochemical industry
  • Competent authorities, regulatory bodies and research institutes
  • Consultancies
  • Testing laboratories and contract research organisations (CROs)
  • Professional associations

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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
AGES on key topics around MRLs: Acetamiprid, Cypermethrin and MRLs for non-approved substances
IESTI Equation: discussions and way forward
EFSA on the assessment of pesticide residues in rotational crops as well as challenges from an industry perspective
EU Commission on recent advances in the EU's prospective cumulative risk assessment of pesticides
ANSES on assessing the feasibility of the methodology proposed by EFSA for acute and chronic prospective cumulative risk assessment
German BfR on the quantitative assessment of genotoxicity
EFSA on the practical implementation of NAMs into the risk assessment of pesticide metabolites
Potential impact of precision application (PA) on consumer risk assessment
HSE on the UK approach to Codex Maximum Residue Levels (CXLs)

Speakers

Name

Company

Ben Ali

Sina-Elisabeth Ben Ali

Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Austria

Bross

Monika Bross

BASF, Germany

Doherty

Michael Doherty

Exponent, United States of America

Elizabeth Kells

Health and Safety Executive (HSE), United Kingdom

Arno Kittelmann

German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Germany

Thomas Kuhl

German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Germany

Daniela Marutzky

Geman Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), Germany

Michalski

Britta Michalski

German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Germany

Amy Neill

Food Standards Agency, United Kingdom

Michaela Seiferlein

BASF, Germany

Zwartsen

Anne Zwartsen

National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands

van Klaveren

Jacob van Klaveren

National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands

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.

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Claudia Werner

Your Contact

Claudia Werner
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-83
cwerner@akademie-fresenius.de

Claudia Werner

Your Contact

Claudia Werner
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-83
cwerner@akademie-fresenius.de

Claudia Werner

Your Contact

Claudia Werner
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-83
cwerner@akademie-fresenius.de

Jennifer Zerth

Your Contact

Jennifer Zerth
Organisation and participant management

+49 231 75896-79
jzerth@akademie-fresenius.de

Jennifer Zerth

Your Contact

Jennifer Zerth
Organisation and participant management

+49 231 75896-79
jzerth@akademie-fresenius.de

Additional Dates for this Event:

05.05. — 06.05.2026,  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

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