Get-Together on Tuesday, 25 March 2020

Will you arrive on Wednesday? Come into the hotel bar at 8 p.m. and meet other participants and experts in a relaxed atmosphere.

Thursday, 26 March 2020

8.30 Registration and coffee
9.00 Welcome address by the organisers and introduction by the Chair
Mark Whittaker, Applied Insect Sciences (APIS), United Kingdom

Regulatory Developments

9.10 Update from the Commission: Activities regarding Biological pesticides

Eric Liégeois, European Commission,

9.35 EFSA’s current Activities and Goals regarding Biological pesticides

Jürgen Sturma, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Italy (to be confirmed)

10.00 ECHA update on microbial biocidal products

Outi Priha, European Chemicals Agency, Finland

10.25 Industry perspective on the current state of regulation of microbial biopesticides

• Registration of biopesticides
• Experiences from different geographies
• Outlooks

Philip Kessler, Andermatt Biocontrol, Switzerland

10.50 Panel discussion

11.20 Coffee break

11.50 A member state perspective on updating the regulatory framework for microbial PPPs

• Regulations
• Guidances

Anne Steenbergh, Dutch Board for the Authorisation of Plant Protection Produts (Ctgb), The Netherlands

12.15 Scientific questions to be answered for the purpose of simplification of the risk assessment and registration of microbial pesticides

• Which biological characteristics should be considered in the risk assessment?
• What are the real risks?
• What can be learned from approaches in other risk assessment frameworks for microbial pesticides?

Gertie H. P. Arts, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

12.40 Moving towards a more risk based and proportionate regulation for Bioprotectants

• IBMA work on a decision tree focusing on potential risk areas

Matthias von Erffa, International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA), Belgium

13.05 Panel discussion

13.35 Lunch

The Biologics Landscape: Regulation and Beyond

14.40 An update of the work of the OECD Expert Group on Biopesticides

• What is the OECD?
• Current activities and future plans
• The benefits of biologicals in solving minor uses needs

Jeroen Meeusen, EU Minor Uses Coordination Facility, France

15.05 Experiences and Challenges in registration of a botanical within the EU PPP Regulation

• Data requirements - difficulties & possibilities
• Interpretation of the guideline - from an industrial point of view

Ina Kleeberg, Trifolio-M, Germany

15.20 Coffee break

15.30 A competent authority view on the recent changes regarding biostimulants and biofertilisers

Gábor Tökés, National Food Chain Safety Office, (NÉBIH), Hungary

16.15 Panel discussion

16.40 End of the first conference day

18.00 Departure time for the evening event
As always you are most welcome to attend our evening event. At the end of the first conference day, Akademie Fresenius invites you to a leisurely evening, which will take us to a lovely location in Mainz for a dinner visit. Please join us to continue the day’s interesting discussions in a relaxed and leisurely atmosphere. Don’t miss out on this opportunity!

Friday, 27 March 2020

9.00 Welcome address by the Chair
Mark Whittaker

Risk Assessment

9.10 Implications of in situ metabolite production for the human and environmental risk assessment of microbial pesticides.

• The role of microbial metabolites in ecology
• toxicity and stability of metabolites in the environment
• Implications for the risk assessment

Adi Cornelese, Applied Insect Sciences (APIS), Germany

9.35 Improving ecological risk assessment for microbial pesticides.

• The current guidance framework
• Relevance of methodology used and data generated for risk assessment
• Experience-based improvement

Will Askew, Applied Insect Sciences (APIS), United Kingdom

10.00 Unique challenges in evaluating the pathogenicity of microbial pesticides in adult and immature honey bees

• Assessment of suitability of OECD Guidance Document No. 239 to assess honey bee larval toxicity with microbial pesticides
• Possible modifications to US EPA Microbial Pesticide Test Guideline (885.4380) to improve performance
• Next steps

Maryam Sultan, Bayer Crop Science Division,Germany

10.25 Research perspective: An update on the challanges and solutions for in-vivo testing of biopesticides

• Prerequisites for animal testing
• Clearance and infectivity
• Biological versus pathogenic response

Ton van Huygevoort, Charles River Laboratories Den Bosch BV, The Netherlands

10.50 Panel discussion

11.20 Coffee break

Research and Development

11.50 How can bacteriophage a new technology for plant protection be regulated

• Bacteriophage are used widely in human health and as biocide but are new for plant protection
• The way they are regulated therefore needs to be considered
• Discusison: how, based on their biology and ecology, can they be regulated to allow them to be assessed for use in plant protection

Roma Gwynn, Rationale Biopesticide Strategists, United Kingdom

12.15 Development of an attract and kill formulation containing Metarhizium brunneum and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

• Encapsulation
• Drying
• Field results

Michael Przyklenk, Biocare, Germany

12.40 Questions and Answers

13.00 Final discussion

13.30 Lunch and end of the conference

We 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: € 1,695.00 plus VAT.

The registration fee includes the following benefits:

• conference participation
• conference documentation
• lunch
• coffee breaks and conference beverages
• the evening event on 26 March 2020
  

Representatives of an authority or a public university are therefore eligible for a reduced fee of € 795.00 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 (it doesn’t apply for representatives of an authority or a public university).

Event Documentation

Would you like to attend but cannot spare the time?

Although we cannot substitute an intensive exchange with your fellow colleagues, we can provide you with a complete set of event documentation. The event documentation package includes all the presentations on the event agenda (subject to the approval of our speakers). It will be sent out around two weeks after the event once we have received your payment (free of shipping costs). We will also provide you with details on how to access the restricted download section on our website. This section contains all the latest versions of the presentations in colour and in digital form.

Price: € 295.00 plus VAT