For all those dealing with operator, resident, bystander and worker exposure risk assessment of pesticides, this conference is the place to be. Do you have to implement 2022 EFSA OPEX Guidance updates? Are you interested in dermal absorption? Do you deal with risk mitigation measures? Are you facing trends in application techniques? Then join us!
This popular Akademie Fresenius Conference "Worker, Operator, Bystander and Resident Exposure Risk Assessment" will be of great interest to you. It is the place to be to receive all the latest updates, to meet your peers and to join important discussions in a comfortable conference atmosphere. Reason enough for many participants to attend regularly. So don’t miss out to secure your place for the event!
You can also follow all the exciting contributions via our Live Stream! Please find further information on the virtual participation here.
Early Bird Bookings – 10% discount valid until 1 November 2024 with discount code: OPEX2025
The EFSA OPEX Guidance/Calculator
Bystander/resident safety
DFR/TC/DT50 and worker safety
Ongoing activities outside Europe
Operator safety
Dermal absorption of active substances in PPP
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Name
Company
Neil A. Byron
Exponent International, UK
Neil A. Byron, is working as a Senior Managing Scientist in Exponent UK’s Health Sciences Center for Chemical Regulation and Food Safety. Prior to joining Exponent he was with the UK’s CRD for 18 years. He is a human exposure assessment specialist, having over 25 years of experience in exposure and risk assessment of PPP and is currently involved with the industry’s SeedTropex task Force who are developing a new exposure model for seed treatment.
morelessAgathi Charistou
Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Greece
Agathi Charistou is a Regulatory Toxicologist in the Laboratory of Toxicological Control of Pesticides at the Benaki Phytopathological Institute in Greece with long experience in the evaluation of mammalian toxicology studies and non-dietary exposure assessment to both plant protection products and biocides.
morelessFabiana Cremaschi Palma
Instituto ProHuma de Estudos Cientificos, Brasil
Edgars Felkers
Bayer Crop Science Division, Germany
Edgars Felkers is an occupational and residential safety expert at Bayer Crop Science Division in Germany. He is responsible for non-dietary human exposure and risk assessments of plant protection products. Currently, he is also chairing CropLife Europe Occupational and Bystander Technical SubGroup (CLE OBE TSG).
morelessAlistair Morriss
Corteva Agriscience, UK
Alistair Morriss is a Global Human Health Risk Assessor at Corteva Agriscience in the UK. Prior to joining Corteva in 2023 he has been a Principal Consultant specialising in OPEX at Blue Frog Scientific based in the UK for 4 years and a Human Health Risk Assessor at Dow AgroSciences (now Corteva) for 8 years. Before joining Corteva and Blue Frog Scientific he worked in contract research organisations for 8 years.
morelessAnugrah Shaw
University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA
Anugrah Shaw is a Professor at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and has conducted research on protective clothing for pesticide applicators for three decades. She also serves as Director, International Center for PPE for Pesticide Operators and Re-entry Workers. Anugrah has provided leadership for the development of international standards on protective clothing for pesticide operators and is currently coordinating international initiatives on operator safety.
morelessAdriana Torres de Sousa
Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA), Brazil
Adriana Torres de Sousa is a Health Regulation Expert of the Brazilian Health Regulation Agency (ANVISA) and, since 2017, she is manager of the Monitoring and Pesticide Risk Assessment Office, which is in charge of dietary and non-dietary health risk assessment of pesticide exposure, pesticide toxicological re-evaluation process and the Program on Pesticide Residue Analysis in Food (PARA). Adriana has been working for over 17 years on pesticide regulation. Adriana holds a Chemistry Degree, a Master’s degree in Inorganic Chemistry and a Postgraduate certificate in Toxicology Applied to Sanitary Surveillance.
morelessBrian Van Deusen
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), USA
Christiane Wiemann
BASF, Austria
We have reserved a limited number of rooms for our participants at reduced rates 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.
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.
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.
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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Katharina Geraridis
Phone: +49 231 75896-67
presse@akademie-fresenius.de
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