The congress programme covers a variety of topics dealing with the safety of drugs and environmental chemicals, new and emerging technologies, personalized medicine, human health effects caused by exposure to chemicals as well as safety issues arising from climate change.

Allergic contact dermatitis is one of the most frequent occupational diseases associated with chemical exposure. Chemicals and pesticides must be tested for their potential to cause skin sensitization and there have been major developments in testing strategies in recent years, as new approach methods are becoming accepted alternatives to traditional animal tests. Despite this progress, quantitative risk assessment of skin sensitizing chemicals remains a challenging process.

This webinar series will provide an overview of the current state of the science in this rapidly developing field. The webinars are intended as background for a planned workshop in 2022 on quantitative risk assessment of skin sensitizing pesticides but they are of interest to the broader scientific community as they are relying on the development of concepts and methods in other areas e.g. cosmetics, fragrances and consumer products.

Registration is free and open to the public. Registration for each webinar will also register you for all subsequent webinars.

Wednesday, 21 July, 2021
16:00 - 17:30 CEST

Presentations: "Links between air pollution and COVID-19 in England" and "COVID-19 through Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOP): building networks to understand the disease".

Epithelix/Altertox meeting on predictive in vitro lung models designed for basic research, efficacy and toxicity testing. It will aim to present the state-of-the-art in vitro lung models and to map out the route for their future developments and use with a series of guest speakers.

15 June 2021 - 12h15

Two very different types of disruptive technologies are changing the life sciences: A.I. fueled by a number of data-rich technologies make sense of these big data and microphysiological systems ...

The congress abstract tool opens on 19th October 2020 and closes on 11th November 2020.
The virtual congress will be on 25th-28th May 2021.

The pre-congress is on 25th May, and the theme is: Fundamental and applied studies in poisoning – an overview of their role for the clinical toxicologist.

The themes for the main congress, 26th-28th May are:

• Coronovirus-19 and toxicology
• Alcohol as a co-ingestant
• Investigation and management of caustic ingestions
• Toxicology 2.0: new tools for data collection, surveillance and education in poisoning
• Drug Formulation and its importance in the poisoned patient

Tuesday, 25 May 2021 - 16:00 CET.

The SaferWorldbyDesign Webinars theme is on solutions protecting the wellness and safety of consumers and the environment.

18. Mai 2021, 17:00-17:50 via Zoom

Roche öffentliche virtuelle Veranstaltung; Serge Bignens, Professor für Medizininformatik, Berner Fachhochschule; Damian Page, Leiter Healthcare Data Ecosystems, Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG. Nebst sachlichen Aspekten steht der enge Praxisbezug im Vordergrund, ebenso wie der Einbezug des Publikums.

12 May 2021, 16:00-18:30 CEST

Informal webinar event providing updates on cutting edge approaches in toxicology, with ample time for Q&A and discussion.

OECD webinar for model developers and regulators, 10 May 2021, 13:20 - 15:30 CEST

The OECD is increasingly exploring the use of alternative (non-animal) methods to aid the chemical risk assessment process. Recently, the OECD published a Guidance Document on the Characterisation, Validation And Reporting of Physiologically Based Kinetic (PBK) Models For Regulatory Purposes.

This guidance aims to increase the confidence in the use of PBK models parameterised with data derived from in vitro and in silico methods, and help address “unfamiliar” uncertainties associated with these methods. 

Join the webinar to hear about the assessment framework for PBK models that was developed to evaluate the attributes and uncertainties of these models, including a dedicated discussion on sensitivity analysis. This webinar will present the scientific workflow for characterising and validating PBK models together with a template for documenting PBK models in a systematic manner and a checklist to support model evaluation.