This conference will address current and future developments in non-dietary exposure and operator safety assessment for plant protection products. Topics include the EFSA OPEX Guidance and Calculator, exposure modelling, bystander and resident safety, dermal absorption, worker re-entry, spray drift, and international perspectives.
This conference will focus on recent developments and future directions in non-dietary exposure and operator safety assessment for plant protection products. The programme is planned to cover updates to the EFSA OPEX Guidance and Calculator, experience with its implementation, and ongoing work on new and refined exposure models, including seed treatment, spray applications, and emerging technologies.
Further sessions are envisaged on bystander and resident exposure, spray drift and mitigation, dermal absorption, worker re-entry exposure, and innovative modelling approaches. International perspectives beyond Europe are also planned to support exchange on harmonisation and regulatory practice.
The Conference will take place in Dusseldorf, Germany, on 8 and 9 December 2026 and is designed to provide a platform for scientific and regulatory discussion, with 25-minute presentations followed by dedicated Q&A, encouraging interaction on current challenges and future needs in pesticide exposure assessment.
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Company
Agathi Charistou
Benaki Phythopathological Institute (BPI), 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.
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Neil Morgan
Syngenta, UK
Neil Morgan is a Principal Science Strategist at Syngenta, UK, which involves developing research and advocacy strategies to support plant protection products in Europe. His technical background is in non-dietary exposure and risk assessment, with experience gained since 2013 at Syngenta and prior to this, with the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Neil has been an active member of the CropLife Europe non-dietary exposure experts team and also represents Syngenta on the EUPAF (precision application) and UAPASTF (drones) non-dietary exposure groups. Neil chairs the dermal absorption working group which was part of the ICPPE consortium developing a new operator exposure model for use in countries with developing regulatory systems and has published many papers on a wide range of non-dietary exposure related topics.
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Alistair Morriss
Corteva Agrisciences, 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. in December 2025, he was elected the Chair of the CropLife International operator exposure group and he is also a member of the CropLife Asia operator exposure group.
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Jens Karl Wegener
Julius Kühn-Institute – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Germany
Jens Karl Wegener has been Director and Professor of the Institute for Application Techniques in Plant Protection at Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), since 2013. In 2017 he was appointed to be Honorary Professor at Technical University of Braunschweig, where he is supporting teachings of the Institute for Mobile Machinery and Commercial Vehicles (IMN). Furthermore he is conducting the interdisciplinary and university-covering block module \\"Innovative Plant Protection Technologies\\" together with students and instructors from five different Universities: His main focus is on optimization and risk assessment of processes and procedures in agriculture. In this context Prof. Wegener intensively studied the possibilities, limitations and benefits of new technologies for different agricultural purposes.
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Ohri Yamada
French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), France
Ohri Yamada has been with France’s health and safety agencies since 2006, starting at AFSSET, which later became ANSES. They now lead the Phytopharmacovigilance Unit, overseeing research and monitoring of plant protection products and their impacts on health and the environment, informing regulatory decisions and advancing understanding of pesticide exposure and risk in France.
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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
Alexandra Schardt
Organisation and participant management
+49 231 75896-74
aschardt@akademie-fresenius.de
Alexandra Schardt
Organisation and participant management
+49 231 75896-74
aschardt@akademie-fresenius.de
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