2nd International Conference on Risk Assessment, 26-28 January 2011, Brussels, Belgium

• Report of the conference
• Biographies speakers

Day 1 - 26 January 2011
Day 2 - 27 January 2011
Day 3 - 28 January 2011

Presentations

Day 1 – 26 January 2011

Introductory sessions

• Welcome and Introduction
  Paola TESTORI COGGI
  Director General for Health and Consumers, European Commission
• Current US Approach to Regulatory Review and Risk Analysis
  Dr. Michael FITZPATRICK
  Associate Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, US Office of Management and Budget
  • Factsheet: Regulatory Strategy
  • Executive order - Improving regulation and regulatory review
  • Memorandum - Scientific integrity
  • Wall Street Journal - Toward a 21st-Century Regulatory System
• Risk Governance in the European Union: The role of Science, technology and civil society
  Dr. Charles KLEIBER
  Former State Secretary for Education and Research, Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs, Switzerland and Chairman of the Board of the International Risk Governance Council (IRGC)
• Background, Themes and Organisation
  Bernardo DELOGU
  Head of Unit, Directorate General Health and Consumers, European Commission

Plenary Session 1: The future of risk analysis: meeting the challenges

• The Future of Risk Analysis: Meeting the Challenges
  Hans H. YU
  Director Science and Policy Directorate, Health Canada
• Risk Governance: A new concept for coping with complex technological risks
  Prof. Ortwin RENN
  Professor of Environmental Sociology and Technology Assessment, University of Stuttgart, International Risk Governance Council
• Improving the Utility of Risk Assessment
  Prof. George GRAY
  George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Director of the Centre for Risk Science and Public Health
• The Future of Risk Analysis - Risk Management and the benefits side of the risk equation
  Mr. Dirk HUDIG
  European Risk Forum, Brussels, Belgium
• The Need for New Risk Assessment Approaches: the Case of Biological Risks
  Prof. Geoffrey SMITH
  Chair of the Royal Society Advisory Committee on the Scientific Aspects of International Security

Plenary Session 2: Working Towards Consistency in Risk Assessment

• Improving Risk Assessment Approaches and Ensuring Consistency in Risk Assessment
  Prof. Thomas BURKE
  John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Chair of the US National Academy of Sciences Committee on Improving Risk Analysis
• Risk Assessment to Risk Management- Terminology of Risk Assessment: An Introduction or The Terminology of Harmoni[s][z]ation
  Dr. Margaret HARTLEY
  CEO Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and Chair of the Steering Group "Harmonisation Project" International Programme of Chemical Safety (WHO)
• Risk Assessment to Risk Management – Terminology of Risk Assessment. EFSA Project on Risk Assessment Terminology
  Prof. Tony HARDY
  Chair of the Plant Protection Panel, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
• Treatment and expression of uncertainty in risk assessment: Introduction to the issue
  Prof. Gérard LASFARGUES
  Directeur général adjoint scientifique, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), France
• Treatment and expression of uncertainties in risk assessment: Presentation of the collaborative project
  Dr. Andy HART
  Plant Protection Panel, European Food Safety Authority, The Food and Environment Research Agency, FERA United Kingdom
• Exposure Assessment: Introduction to the Collaborative Project
  Prof. Helmut GREIM
  Chair European Commission Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER)
• Collaborative Project on Exposure Assessment
  Dr. Haluk OZKAYNAK
  Senior Scientist, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Improving the Risk Assessment process – Meeting the needs of Risk managers
  Prof. Peter CALOW
  Vice Chair of the European Commission Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER)

Day 2 - 27 January 2011

Workshop 1: Risk Assessment Terminology

• Briefing and discussion points
• Risk Assessment Terminology
  Dr. Peter CHAN
  Director General, Health Evaluation Directorate Pesticides and Pest Management (PMRA), Health Canada

Workshop 2: Uncertainty in Risk Assessment

• Briefing and discussion points
• DRAFT Chemical X Case Study – Application of Uncertainty Framework

Workshop 3: Exposure Assessment

• Briefing and discussion points
• Plans for the Exposure Breakout Session
• Biomonitoring EU-US-CDN

Workshop 4: Evaluating Scientific Evidence in Risk Assessment

• Briefing and discussion points
• The weighing of scientific evidence: Approach of the SCENIHR
  Prof Jim Bridges
  Chair of the EU Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR)
• Summary of the SCENIHR Weight of Evidence methodology

Workshop 5: Risk assessment of Combined Exposure and Synergistic Effects

• Briefing and discussion points
• Thought Starter Combined Exposures to Multiple Chemicals
  M.E. (Bette) Meek
  Associate Director, Chemical Risk Assessment, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa
  &
  A. Kortenkamp
  Head of Centre for Toxicology, University of London

Day 3 - 28 January 2011

Plenary Session 3: First Results of the Dialogue

• Report Workshop 1 - Terminology
• Report Workshop 2 - Uncertainty
• Report Workshop 3 - Exposure
• Report Workshop 4 - Weight of Evidence
• Report Workshop 5 - Mixtures

Plenary Session 4: The Future of the Global Risk Assessment Dialogue

• Final Panel Discussion