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.
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.
Regulatory issues
Environmental fate
Exposure, risk assessment and risk mitigation
Professionals working in the fields of:
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Timings are in Central European Summer Time CEST.
Colin Brown, University of York, UK
Dieter Schäfer, Bayer Crop Science Division, Germany
Harry Vereecken, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Emilie Farama, Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), France
Joachim Dayteg, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Austria
Leaching of metabolites DMS and DMSA from cyazofamid to groundwater – Are we overlooking metabolites in active substance evaluations?
Nicolas Givaudan, Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA), Denmark
James Hingston, HSE Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD), UK
Bernhard Jene, BASF, Germany
Rômulo Penna Scorza Júnior, Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation), Brazil (virtual presentation)
Ludovic Mayer, RECETOX, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Alice Dove, Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada, Canada (virtual presentation)
Volker Laabs, BASF, Germany
After the first conference day you are most welcome to attend our evening event for an unhurried evening of good food and leisure time. Please join us to continue the day’s interesting discussions in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.
Timings are in Central European Summer Time CEST.
Ian Hardy, Battelle, UK
Robin Sur, Bayer Crop Science Division, Germany
Mark Williams, European Commission, Belgium
Aaldrik Tiktak, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, the Netherlands
Critical review of the PMT regulatory concept
Nathalie Vallotton, Dow Europe, Switzerland
Balthasar Smith, German Federal Institute of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), Germany
Name
Company
Colin Brown
University of York, UK
Colin Brown is a Professor in Environmental Science at the University of York/UK. He has more than 20 years experience of research into the fate and effects of organic contaminants in the environment.
morelessJoachim Dayteg
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Austria
Joachim Dayteg joined the Institute for Plant Protection Products of AGES Vienna in 2008 as an Environmental Fate and Behaviour Risk Assessor. He is the initiator of the harmonisation efforts in fate and behaviour in the Central zone.
morelessAlice Dove
Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), Health Canada, Canada
Alice Dove has been working with the Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency in the Environmental Assessment Directorate since 2022 and she has over 20 years of experience working in water quality monitoring for the Canadian federal government. She will discuss Health Canada’s new, national water monitoring program for pesticides, for which extensive engagement has been conducted with stakeholders, and the two year Pilot Program to sample and analyze currently used pesticides at sites across Canada.
morelessEmilie Farama
ANSES - French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, France
Emilie Farama has been the Deputy Head of the Ecotoxicology and E-Fate Risk Assessment Unit for Pesticides and Fertilisers at ANSES since 2018. She joined ANSES in 2006 as an Environmental Fate and Behaviour Risk Assessor for active substances and plant protection products.
morelessNicolas Givaudan
Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA), Denmark
Nicolas Givaudan has a background as Agronomist and Ecotoxicologist and has worked as an Environmental Risk Assessor at the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA) for over 5 years. His emphasis is on environmental fate and behavior and ecotoxicology of pesticides.
morelessIan Hardy
Battelle, UK
Ian Hardy has worked as a Research Leader at Battelle UK for 21 years. His emphasis is on degradation kinetics, environmental exposure and risk assessment.
morelessJames Hingston
HSE Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD), UK
James Hingston leads a team of 26 regulatory environmental fate specialists at the Chemicals Regulation Division, part of the UK Health and Safety Executive. CRD is the national regulator for the whole of the UK, on behalf of the UK government and the devolved administrations, with responsibility for pesticides, biocides, detergents and general chemicals under REACH.
morelessBernhard Jene
BASF, Germany
Bernhard Jene is an Environmental Scientist at BASF in Limburgerhof with a PhD in soil physics. He has more than 20 years of experience in the area of environmental fate and exposure modelling of pesticides.
morelessVolker Laabs
BASF, Germany
Volker Laabs has been with BASF for 9 years and is currently leading the Global Product Stewardship Team. He has more than 15 years experience in the area of environmental fate of pesticides.
morelessLudovic Mayer
RECETOX, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Ludovic Mayer has been a PhD Student in Environment and Health at RECETOX (Masaryk University) in Brno, Czech Republic, since 2020. His PhD focuses on the atmospheric fate of currently used pesticides in the atmosphere, for which he is involved in multiples project and collaborations, most notably as the principal contributor of the PESPAT project. His other research are focusing on investigating and improving the current knowledge of atmospheric pesticides processes such as depositions, gas-particle partitioning and air-soil exchange.
morelessDieter 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.
morelessRômulo Penna Scorza Júnior
Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation), Brazil
Rômulo Penna Scorza Júnior is a senior researcher for 20 years at Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation) and has worked on pesticide fate and exposure modelling in Brazilian agricultural scenarios.
morelessBalthasar Smith
German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), Germany
Balthasar Smith is working as an executive officer in the Department Plant Protection Products of the German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) since 2004. His tasks include risk management of fungicides within the authorisation procedures of plant protection products, but also the development of new risk mitigation measures and improvement of organisational processes.
morelessRobin Sur
Bayer Crop Science Division, Germany
Robin Sur is a Distinguished Science Fellow at Bayer Crop Science Division. He has been working for 23 years in the crop protection industry, e.g. as a Head of Laboratory, Environmental Modelling Expert, Global Lead Expert Water Quality, and currently Risk Mitigation Strategy Lead.
morelessAaldrik Tiktak
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Netherlands
Aaldrik Tiktak is working as a Senior Researcher Soil and Water at the Netherlands PBL Environmental Assessment Agency in Bilthoven and is member of the EFSA PPR Panel. He is involved in policy evaluation and environmental risk assessment of pesticides.
morelessNathalie Vallotton
Dow Europe, Switzerland
Nathalie Vallotton is a Global Regulatory Environmental Science Manager at Dow Europe. She is member of the ECETOC task force on “Persistent chemicals and water resources protection” and is a member of the Cefic Persistence Issue Team.
morelessHarry Vereecken
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Harry Vereecken is a Professor and the Director of the Institute Agrosphere within the Department of Bio- and Geosciences at the Forschungszentrum Jülich.
morelessMark Williams
European Commission, Belgium
Mark Williams has a background in biochemistry and biomedicine and is a Policy Officer in the Pesticides and Biocides Unit at DG SANTE. Mark is working primarily on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, focused on topics related to the approval of active substances and the decision making process for new substances, renewal of approval and confirmatory information. In addition, Mark works on the development of new legislation and guidance, including most recently the new implementing rules for renewal of approval and the guidance on emergency authorisations. He is also involved in various activities related to groundwater and drinking water. Before joining the Commission in 2015 he worked at the Health and Safety Executive in the UK.
morelessWe have reserved a limited number of rooms for our participants at reduced rates at the hotel. These rooms can be booked up to 6 weeks prior to the start of the event. Please book early and directly through the hotel quoting „Akademie Fresenius“ as reference.
Participation Fee: € 1,995.00 plus VAT.
The registration fee includes the following benefits:
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.
Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design
+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de
Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design
+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de
Sabine Mummenbrauer
Programme and conceptual design
+49 231 75896-82
smummenbrauer@akademie-fresenius.de
Danielle Sörries
Organisation and participant management
+49 231 75896-74
dsoerries@akademie-fresenius.de
Danielle Sörries
Organisation and participant management
+49 231 75896-74
dsoerries@akademie-fresenius.de
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
Phone: +49 231 75896-48
info@akademie-fresenius.de
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