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

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Day 0 - 25 January 2011
Day 1 - 26 January 2011
Day 2 - 27 January 2011
Day 3 - 28 January 2011

DAY 0 – 25 JANUARY 2011 - CONFERENCE

17.00 - 18.30	Coordination meeting of all chairs, invited speakers, rapporteurs and panellists for the final arrangements and exchanges on the themes and intended results of the Conference
19.30 - 21.30	Dinner

DAY 1 – 26 JANUARY 2011

08.15 - 09.00

Registration and Coffee

Introductory Session

09.00 - 09.15	Welcome and key-note speech Paola TESTORI COGGI Director General for Health and Consumers, European Commission (confirmed)
09.15 - 09.45	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 (confirmed)
09.45 - 10.15	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).
10.15 - 10.30	Background and objectives of the Conference Co-Chairs of the Conference Steering Committee (EC, USA OMB and CANADA TBS)

Plenary Session 1: The future of risk analysis: meeting the challenges
Chairperson: Mr.Hans H. YU, Health Canada, Director Science and Policy Directorate

Background, Objectives:
The objective of this session is to set the scene by providing a broad perspective of current risk governance problems and the need and directions for responding to the current challenges to risk analysis and , more specifically, in the risk assessment area.

10.30 - 10.40	Introduction on Globally relevant Risks and the Role of Science
10.40 - 11.00	Risk Governance: Towards an Integrative Approach Prof. Ortwin RENN Professor of Environmental Sociology and Technology Assessment, University of Stuttgart, International Risk Governance Council (confirmed)
11.00 - 11.20	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. (confirmed)
11.20 - 11.40	Coffee break
11.40 - 12.00	Risk Assessment – Some considerations and challenges for the future Mr. Dirk HUDIG European Risk Forum, Brussels, Belgium (confirmed)
12.00 - 12.20	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 (confirmed)
12.20 - 13.00	Discussion
13.00 - 14.30	Lunch

Plenary Session 2: Working Towards Consistency in Risk Assessment
Chairperson: Prof. Thomas BURKE, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Chair of the US National Academy of Sciences Committee on Improving Risk Analysis (confirmed)

Background, Objectives:
The objective of the session is to introduce the issues in question and to present the progress on the collaboration projects launched after the 1st International Risk Assessment Conference of 2008.

14.30 - 14.40

Introduction on Improving Risk Assessment Approaches and Ensuring Consistency in Risk Assessment
Prof. Thomas BURKE (Chair)
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Chair of the US National Academy of Sciences Committee on Improving Risk Analysis (confirmed)

14.40 - 15.20

Risk Assessment to Risk Management - Terminology of Risk Assessment

- Introduction to the issue	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) (confirmed)
- Presentation of the collaborative project	Prof. Tony HARDY Chair of the Plant Protection Panel, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (confirmed)

15.20 - 16.00

Presentations on Treatment and Expression of Uncertainty in Risk Assessment

- Introduction to the issue	Prof. Gérard LASFARGUES Directeur général adjoint scientifique, ANSES, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, France
- Presentation of the collaborative project	Dr. Andy HART Plant Protection Panel, European Food Safety Authority, The Food and Environment Research Agency, FERA United Kingdom (confirmed)
16.00 - 16.20	Coffee Break

16.20 - 17.00

Presentations on Exposure Assessment

- Introduction to the issue	Prof. Helmut GREIM Chair European Commission Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (confirmed)
- Presentation of the collaborative project	Dr. Haluk OZKAYNAK Senior Scientist, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (confirmed)

17.00 - 17.20

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)(confirmed)

17.20 - 18.00

Discussion and announcements for Day 2

19.30 - 22.00

Dinner

DAY 2 – 27 JANUARY 2011

Objectives of the Workshops

These workshops are devoted to in-depth, interactive discussion on the three subjects identified for collaborative projects (terminology, uncertainty and exposure assessment) and for a preliminary exchange on two additional subjects: the approaches to weigh scientific evidence in risk assessment and for risk assessment of combined exposure and synergistic effects. The expected outcome in each case is a report to the Plenary on the issues, state of the art, possible recommendations and proposals for further collaborative work.

09.30 - 13.00

Parallel Workshops

- Workshop 1: Risk Assessment Terminology
Chairperson: Dr. Peter CHAN, Director General, Health Evaluation Directorate Pesticides and Pest Management (PMRA), Health Canada (confirmed)

Rapporteur: Dr. Theo VERMEIRE, Deputy head of the RIVM Expert Centre for Substances, European Environmental Agency Scientific Committee, Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) (confirmed)

- Workshop 2: Uncertainty in Risk Assessment
Chairperson: Prof. Michel PETIT, Chair of the Environment Committee, French Academy of Science, and co-author of the IPCC Guidance Notes on Addressing Uncertainties (confirmed)

Rapporteur: Prof. Wolfgang DEKANT, Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks, Wurzburg University, Institute of Toxicology, Germany (confirmed)

- Workshop 3: Exposure Assessment
Chairperson: Dr. Jose TARAZONA, Chair of the Risk Assessment Committee, European Chemical Agency (ECHA) (confirmed)

Rapporteur: Dr. Valerie ZARTARIAN, Office of Research and Development, US EPA (confirmed)

13.00 - 14.30

Lunch

14.00 - 17.30

Parallel Workshops

- Workshop 4: Evaluating Scientific Evidence in Risk Assessment
Chairperson: Prof. Jim BRIDGES, Chair EC Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) (confirmed)

Rapporteur: Dr. Vicki L. DELLARCO, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (TBC)

- Workshop 5: Risk assessment of Combined Exposure and Synergistic Effects
Chairperson: Prof. Andreas KORTENKAMP, Head of Centre for Toxicology, University of London (confirmed)

Rapporteur: Dr. Bette MEEK, Associate Director, Chemical Risk Assessment, McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa. (confirmed)

DAY 3 – 28 JANUARY 2011

Plenary Session 3: First Results of the Dialogue
Chairperson: Dr. Benoit D. TURCOTTE, Director, Regulatory Policy Regulatory Affairs Sector, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Director of Regulatory Policy, Treasury Board of Canada (confirmed)

Objectives:
The objectives for the Session are to discuss the reports from the parallel workshops 1, 2 and 3, endorse the conclusions and recommendations proposed and reaching consensus on the proposals for further activities.

09.30 - 10.00	Report Workshop 1 and Discussion
10.00 - 10.30	Report Workshop 2 and Discussion
10.30 - 11.00	Report Workshop 3 and Discussion
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee break
11.30 - 12.00	Report Workshop 4 and Discussion
12.00 - 12.30	Report Workshop 5 and Discussion
12.30 - 13.00	Conclusions by the Chair
13.00 - 14.30	Lunch

Plenary Session 4: The Future of the Global Risk Assessment Dialogue
Chairperson: Ms Paola TESTORI COGGI, Director General for Health and Consumers, European Commission (confirmed)

Objectives:
This final session will be devoted to a broad discussion on the experience, priorities, challenges and perspectives on risk analysis in the various jurisdictions and internationally and the priorities for the continuation and further development of the international dialogue and collaboration in this area. Panellists are also expected to comment on how best the dialogue platform offered by these International Conferences on risk assessment can provide risk-governance added value. Finally, this session will allow for the final conclusions, recommendations and decisions for future collaboration.

14.30 - 15.45	Final Panel Discussion Chaired by Paola Testori Coggi, Director General of the Health and Consumers Directorate General, European Commission with a high level panel
15.45 - 16.00	Conference Conclusions