DIE AKADEMIE FRESENIUS Where Experts Meet!

HighlightsRegulatory developments• EFSA:Currentandfuturechallengesfor

environmentalriskassessmentofplantprotectionproducts

• NewdevelopmentsinenvironmentalriskassessmentsinBrazil

• NGOCARIonregulatorydevelopments

New development trends in European Regulations• Amphibiansinagriculturallandscapes:

threats,pesticidesandconservation• EFSA:Amphibianandreptilerisk

assessment

Biopesticides• Ecologicalriskassessmentformicrobial

pesticides• Arethecurrentstudyguidelinesfitfor

purpose?• EnvironmentalRiskAssessmentofBio-

pesticides–challengeswiththecurrentguidance

Aquatics• Problemsandapproachesinselectingthe

ecologicalrecoveryoptionwhenusingsemi-fieldexperimentsinprospectiveERA

• ANSES:UseandacceptabilityofaquaticrefinementoptionsprovidedintheAqua-ticGuidanceDocument

Modelling and Mitigation• SimulationmodellinginERAtosupport

SPGdefinition• TheMAgPieproject–environmentalrisk

mitigationintheEU

The Experts

Anne Alix DowAgroSciences | Yannick Bayona FrenchAgencyforFood,EnvironmentalandOccupationalHealthSafety(ANSES) | Paul J. Van den Brink WageningenUniversityandResearchCentre | Theo Brock WageningenUniversityandResearchCentre | Mark A. Clook BritishHealthandSafetyExecutive,ChemicalsRegulationDirectorate(CRD,HSE) | Peter Dohmen BASF | Achim Gathmann GermanFederalOfficeofConsumerProtectionandFoodSafety(BVL) | Mick Hamer Syngenta | Phil Jarvis Game&WildlifeConservationTrust | Deborah Maximo BrazilianInstitutefortheEnvironmentandRenewableNaturalResources(IBAMA) | Deborah Meier AndermattBiocontrol | Petter Melin RISEResearchInstitutesofSweden | Benedikt Schmidt SwissAmphibianandReptileConservationProgramme(KARCH) | Noa Simón Delso CentreApicoledeRechercheetInformation(CARI) | Franz Streissl EuropeanFoodSafetyAuthority(EFSA)| Christopher John Topping AarhusUniversity| Mark WhittakerAppliedInsectScience(APIS) | Christian Wolf tier3solutions

7 and 8 December 2017 in Mainz/Germany

Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecotoxicology and Risk Management

17th International Fresenius ECOTOX Conference

Thursday,7December2017

8.30 Registration and coffee

9.00 Welcome address by Akademie Fresenius and introduction by the Chair

Peter Dohmen, BASF,Germany

Regulatory Developments9.10 New developments in environmental risk assessments in Brazil• Recentdiscussionsonaquaticriskassessmentof

pesticides• Firstregulationonriskassessmentofpesticidesfor

bees

Deborah Maximo, BrazilianInstitutefortheEnvironmentandRenewableNaturalResources(IBAMA),Brazil

9.35 Questions and answers

9.55 Current and future challenges for environmen-tal risk assessment of pesticides• Landscapebasedriskassessment• ThestatusoftheEFSA2020strategy• OverviewoftheDEVactivitiesinecotox

Franz Streissl, EuropeanFoodSafetyAuthority(EFSA),Italy

10.20 Coffee break

10.50 Challenges for regulatory developments: A German perspective

Achim Gathmann, FederalOfficeofConsumerProtectionandFoodSafety(BVL),Germany

11.15 The contribution of NGOs to European pesticide regulation – the case of bees

Noa Simón Delso, CentreApicoledeRechercheetInformation(CARI),Belgium

11.40 A Farmer‘s perspective on regulatory developments• Practicalexamplesofdealingwithregulationfromthe

AllertonProject• Goodandbadregulationandwin-winscenarios

Phil Jarvis, Game&WildlifeConservationTrust,UnitedKingdom

12.05 Panel discussion12.35 Lunch

New Development Trends in European Regulations13.40 Amphibians in agricultural landscapes: Threats, pesticides and conservation • Amphibians:Threatsinagriculturallandscapes• Expositiontopesticidesinaquaticandterrestrial

environment• Avoidingstressoreffectsonpopulations• effectsmitigationofpesticidesandotherthreats

Benedikt Schmidt, SwissAmphibianandReptileConservationProgramme(KARCH),Switzerland

14.05 Amphibian and reptile risk assessment• Coveragebyfish,birdsandmammals• Protectiongoals• Recommendationsforriskassessmentandresearch

Franz Streissl, EuropeanFoodSafetyAuthority(EFSA),Italy

14.30 Some of the risk assessment challenges facing Industry• Addressingnewguidanceandincreasingcomplexity• Increasingprecautionandpoliticaldecisionmaking

Mick Hamer, Syngenta,UnitedKingdom

14.55 Panel discussion15.25 Coffee break

Biopesticides 15.55 Environmental risk assessment of biopesticides• Legislation,guidance,futureperspectiveand

challenges• Fateandbehaviourofbiocontrolstrains• Thebigissueofrelevantmetabolites

Petter Melin, RISEResearchInstitutesofSweden,Sweden

16.20 Ecological risk assessment for microbial pesti-cides: Are the current study guidelines fit for purpose?• Parasiticwasps(Aphidiusrhopalosiphi)• Honeybees

Mark Whittaker, AppliedInsectScience(APIS),UnitedKingdom

Get-together on Wednesday, 6 December 2017WillyouarriveonWednesday?Cometothehotelbarat8p.m.andmeetotherparticipantsandexpertsinarelaxedatmosphere.

The Programme

16.45 Environmental risk assessment of biopesticides: Challenges and experiences from the perspective of an SME• Biopesticidesasnicheproducts• Consequenceofnon-appropriatestudyrequirements

ontheregistrationofmicrobialPPPs• Futureprospects

Deborah Meier, AndermattBiocontrol,Switzerland

17.10 Panel discussion17.40 End of the first day

18.50 Departure time for the evening event

Friday,8December2017

8.30 Welcome address by the Chair

Mark A. Clook, HealthandSafetyExecutive,ChemicalsRegulationDirectorate(CRD,HSE),UnitedKingdom

Aquatics8.40 Problems and approaches in selecting the ecological recovery option when using semi-field experiments in prospective ERA• Specificprotectiongoalsandinterpretingrecoveryin

micro-/mesocosmtests• Speciestraitsaffectingrecoveryandvulnerabletaxa• Internalandexternalrecovery• Spatial-temporalextrapolation

Theo Brock, WageningenUniversityandResearchCentre,TheNetherlands

9.05 Use and acceptability of aquatic refinement options provided in the Aquatic Guidance Document

Yannick Bayona, FrenchAgencyforFood,EnvironmentalandOccupationalHealthandSafety(ANSES),France

9.30 Panel discussion9.50 Coffee break

Birds and Mammals10.20 Bird and mammal risk assessment: A regulatory view

Representative of the HSE, HealthandSafetyExecutive,ChemicalsRegulationDirectorate(CRD,HSE),UnitedKingdom

10.55 Field effect studies for vertebrate risk assessment• Studytypesforbirdandwildmammaleffectstudiesin

thefield• Modernfieldtechniquesfordifferentstudies• Statisticalmethodsfordataanalysis

Christian Wolf, Tier3solutions,Germany

11.20 Panel discussion11.40 Coffee break

Modelling and Mitigation12.10 The development of ecological scenarios for the application of effect models in ERA for pesticides• Developmentofenvironmentalscenarioswhich

includeexposureandeffectscenarios• Speciesselectionforecologicalmodellingbasedon

vulnerabilityassessment

Paul J. Van den Brink, WageningenUniversityandResearchCentre,TheNetherlands

12.35 Simulation modelling in ERA to support the definition of specific protection goals• DefinitionoftheprobleminsettingSPGsfor

population-levellandscapescaleERA• Examplesfrombirdsandamphibiansforevaluating

biologicalrelevanceandidentificationofcriticallife-stages

Christopher John Topping, AarhusUniversity,Denmark

13.00 The MAgPie project – environmental risk mitigation in the EU• Overviewofthetoolboxcontent• Howcanthetoolsbeusedintheriskassessmentand

decisionmaking• ExampleofimplementationinMemberStates

Anne Alix, DowAgroSciences,UnitedKingdom

13.25 Panel discussion13.55 Lunch and end of the conference

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Asalwaysyouaremostwelcometoattendoureveningevent,whichwilltakeustoMainzforadinnervisitatthebeautiful“HeiligGeist”restaurantthistime.WewillalsohavetheopportunitytovisitthelocalChristmasmarket.Pleasejoinustocontinuetheday’sinterestingdiscussionsinarelaxedandleisurelyatmosphere.

Anne Alix hasbeentheEuropeanRiskManagementLeaderatDowAgroSciencessince2011.Shehas17yearsofexperienceinriskassessmentofPPPsandhaspreviouslyledthe

environmentalfateandecotoxicologyunitatANSES.

Yannick Bayona isanEcotoxicologicalRiskAssessorintheRegulatedProductsDepartmentatANSESinFrance.AfterhisPhDontheeffectsofchemicalsattheaquatic

communitiesscaleinmesocosms,hejoinedANSESin2015.

Paul J. Van den Brink isaProfessorofChemicalStressEcologyandworksattheResearchInstituteWageningenEnviron-mentalResearch(Alterra)andthe

AquaticEcologyandWaterQualityManagementGroupofWageningenUniversity,bothbelongingtotheWageningenUniversityandResearch.PaulvandenBrinkispresentlyanAssociateFellowoftheCanadianRiverInstitute,honoraryvisitingprofessorattheUniversityofYorkandvisitingprofessorattheSouthChinaNormalUniversity.

Theo Brock isemployedatWageningenUniversityandResearchtoscientificallyunderpintheprospec-tiveenvironmentalriskassessmentproceduresforpesticidesandother

contaminantsinfreshwaterecosystems.CurrentlyheistheVice-ChairofthePPRPaneloftheEuropeanFoodSafetyAuthority(EFSA).HeactivelyparticipatedintheworkinggroupsthatdraftedtheEFSAPPRAquaticGuidanceDocumentandtheEFSAPPROpiniononsedimentERA,theEFSASCOpiniononcoveringrecoveryinERAandtheEFSAFAGuidanceDocumentonERAoffeedadditives.

Mark A. Clook hasworkedforCRD-HSEandits’predecessor(PSD)forover25yearsandhasinthattimebeeninvolvedinmanyactivitiesrelatedtoecotoxicologicalrisk

assessment.HislatestinvolvementwasincontributingtotheEFSAGuidanceDocumentonbees.

The ExpertsPeter Dohmen isaSeniorEcotoxicolo-

gistattheAgriculturalResearchCentreofBASFinLimburgerhof/Germany.

Achim Gathmann istheHeadoftheUnitEnvironmentintheDepartmentofPlantProtectionProductsatTheGermanFederalOfficeofConsumerProtectionandFood

Safety(BVL).HeholdsaPh.D.inBiologyandhiskeyqualificationsareagroecology,plantprotection,biologicalcontrolandriskassessmentofPPPsandGMOs.

Mick Hamer hasalmost40years’experienceworkingforSyngentaanditslegacycompaniesinthefieldofecotoxicology,environmentalfateandriskassessment.

Phil Jarvis iscurrentlytheHeadofFarmingattheGameandWildlifeConservati-onTrust’sAllertonProject,wherehehasworkedsince1992,originallyconcentrating

onmanagingthefarm.In2002PhiltookamoreactiveroleintheAllertonProject’sresearchandeducationactivities.

Deborah Maximo isanEnvironmentalAnalystandhasbeenworkingatIBAMA’sUnitforERAofpesticidessince2010.ShehasalsobeenasteadymemberofIBAMA’sstakeholder

workinggroupforthediscussionofproposalsandproceduresforaquaticriskassessmentforpesticidesinBrazil.

Deborah Meier iscurrentlytheHeadofRegulatoryAffairsatAndermattBiocontrolAGinSwitzerland.Comingfromascientificbackgroundinagronomyshehas

previouslyheldapositionasTechnicalandRegulatoryAffairsManager.

Petter Melin hasabackgroundasResearcherandAssociateProfessorinMicrobiologyattheSwedishUniversityofAgriculturalSciences.From2013to2017he

hasbeenworkingattheSwedishChemicalsAgencyworkingallaspectsofriskassessmentsofbiopesticides.

Benedikt Schmidt isaResearchGroupLeaderattheUniversityofZurich,Switzerland,andaScientificCollaboratoratInfoFaunaKarch,theSwissAmphibianandReptile

ConservationProgramme.Heworksonconservationbiologyandpopulationecologyofamphibians.

Noa Simón Delso isaVeterinarianandResearcherandhasbeenworkingattheBelgianCARI(CentreApicoledeRechercheetInformation)since2009.Sheprovidesscientific-

technicaladvicetotheassociationBeeLifeEuropeanBeekeepingCoordination.

Franz Streissl isaSeniorScientificOfficerinthePesticideUnitoftheEuropeanFoodSafetyAgency.ThefocusofhisworkisondevelopingGuidanceDocuments

forpesticideriskassessments(e.g.theGuidanceDocumentontheriskassessmentforbees).Inthepasthewasresponsibleforassessmentofenviron-mentalrisksofpesticidesatnationalandattheEuropeanlevel.Hehascontributedtoalargenumberofgovernmentalreports,presentationsatconferencesandworkshops.Hehasanin-depthknowledgeoftheregulatoryframeworkandriskassessmentproceduresofpesticides.

Christopher John Topping isaProfessorofEcologicalModellingattheDepartmentofBioscienceatAarhusUniversityandamemberofEFSA’sPPRpanelandvariousEFSA

workgroups,andisthedeveloperoftheforthcomingEFSAhoneybeemodel‘ApisRAM’.

Mark Whittaker hasaPhDinentomologyandisanestablishedexpertontheregistrationofbiopesticides.HeistheManagingDirectorofAPIS,aspecialist

contractresearchlabformicrobialsafetytesting.

Christian Wolf isaBiologistandhasbeenworkingintheareaofecotoxicologyforover20years.HeistheCEOoftier3solutions.

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