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Congress theme: Ensuring Safety, Advancing Science: Bridging to the Future with NAMs<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The ESTIV 2026 Congress focuses on the dual responsibility of ensuring human and environmental safety while advancing scientific innovation<\/strong>, highlighting New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) as a key bridge between cutting-edge research and real-world application. As toxicology moves toward more human-relevant, mechanistic, and data-driven approaches, NAMs offer unprecedented opportunities to improve predictive power, efficiency, and ethical standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Final Programme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Monday, June 29th, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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9:00-13:00 Pre-Congress workshop I <\/strong>
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Research output management for NAMs made easy <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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9:00-13:00 Pre-Congress workshop I<\/strong>I
Room 0.4
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14:00-14:15: Opening Ceremony of the ESTIV 2026 Congress <\/strong>
Auditorium 2
Chairs: Dr Helena Kandarova (CEM SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia) & Dr Clive Roper (Roper Toxicology Consulting Limited, Edinburgh, UK)<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Michelle Verhoeks, also known as FlowMies<\/a>,<\/strong> is a Dutch flow artist from Eindhoven who has gained international recognition for her powerful hoop dance and flow art performances. Using hoops as her dance partners, she combines movement, light, and fire to create a truly memorable spectacle.
FlowMies blends dynamic live performances with elements of dance, visual art, and storytelling, resulting in an immersive and captivating show experience. Her performances have been featured in theatres and festivals, as well as on four episodes of Holland’s Got Talent<\/em> in 2024, where she reached the Top 3 in the grand finale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

14:15-15:00: Keynote lecture I <\/mark><\/strong> – Dr. Katrin Schutte – EC roadmap towards phasing out animal testing for chemical safety assessments<\/a><\/strong> (Auditorium 2)
15:00-15:30: BEMA 2026 award and lecture<\/a><\/mark><\/strong> (Auditorium 2)
15:30 – 16:00: ESTIV 2026 Early Scientific Career Award <\/span>and Lecture (Auditorium 2)<\/mark><\/strong>

16:00-16:30: Coffee break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing (Expo Foyer)

16:30-18:30<\/b>: Session 1 –\ud83d\udfe6<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> – We know many of the barriers to adoption of NAMs, but what are the solutions?<\/a><\/strong> (Auditorium 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18:30-20:00<\/strong>: Welcome reception & poster session<\/strong> (Expo Foyer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday, June 30th, 2026
Theme: Regulatory Foundations & Standards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

08:30-09:00<\/strong> Keynote Lecture II<\/strong> <\/mark>– Kelly Coleman – NAMs and Medical Devices: Challenges & Successes (Auditorium 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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0<\/strong>9:00-10:30: Session 2 – \ud83d\udfe6 Track A: Update to OECD guidance document 34 on validation of methods & defined approaches<\/a><\/strong> <\/strong><\/b>(Auditorium 2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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09:00-10:30: Session 2<\/strong> – \ud83d\udfe9 Track B<\/strong>: VHP4Safety \u2014 Next generation safety based on human data<\/a><\/strong> (Room 0.4\/0.5)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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10:30-11:00<\/strong>: Coffee break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing (Expo Foyer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11:00-13:00: Session 3<\/strong> – \ud83d\udfe6 Track A: International standards as the bridge to the future of safe medical devices<\/strong><\/a><\/b> (Auditorium 2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11:00-13:00: Session 3<\/strong> – \ud83d\udfe9 Track B<\/strong>: Development and regulatory acceptance of NAMs in genetic toxicology<\/a><\/strong> (Room 0.4\/0.5)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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13:00-14:00:<\/strong> Lunch break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing (Expo Foyer)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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13:00-14:00:<\/strong><\/strong> Lunch session I <\/strong>– Connecting early-career Researchers: ASPIS Academy, PARC Junior Community, and VICT3R ESR network<\/a><\/strong> (Room 0.4\/0.5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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14:00 – 14:30 – Announcement of Liebsch & Spielman Award<\/a> <\/strong>(Auditorium 2)<\/p>\n\n\n

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14:30-16:00: Session 4<\/strong><\/b> – \ud83d\udfe6 Track A: Parameterisation of physiologically-based pharmacokinetics (PBPK) modelling for NGRA: designed to be protective<\/a> (Auditorium 2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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14:30-16:00: Session 4<\/strong> – \ud83d\udfe9 Track B: Evolution of an OECD test guideline and application beyond; Integrated NAMs for skin sensitisation hazard and point of departure for risk assessment<\/a> (Room 0.4\/0.5)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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16:00-16:30<\/b>: Coffee break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing (Expo Foyer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16:30-17:30: Early Stage Researcher Session 1<\/a><\/strong><\/b> (Auditorium 2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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16:30-18:30: <\/strong><\/b>Session<\/strong> 5<\/strong> – \ud83d\udfe9 Track B: From research to regulation: standardising innovative non-animal technologies<\/a> (Room 0.4\/0.5)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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17:30-18:30: <\/strong><\/b>ESTIV ECN<\/strong><\/strong><\/b>Special Session<\/strong> – In the era of AI, what makes a scientist irreplaceable?<\/a> (Auditorium 2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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18:30<\/strong> – 19:30<\/strong>: ESTIV General assembly <\/strong>(Room 0.4\/0.5)
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18:30 – 19:30: Poster Session<\/strong> (Expo Foyer)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wednesday, July 1st, 2026
Theme: Applications and collaboration \u2014 Food, Environment & Therapeutics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

08:30-09:00<\/strong> Keynote Lecture III<\/mark><\/strong> – Prof. Liesbet Geris – Virtual Human Twins for advancing personalised toxicology<\/a> (Auditorium 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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09:00-10:30: Session 6<\/strong> – \ud83d\udfe9 Track B: Replacing animals in therapeutic monoclonal antibody approvals<\/a><\/strong> (Room 0.4\/0.5)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1<\/strong><\/b>1:00-13:00: Session 7<\/b><\/strong> – \ud83d\udfe6 Track A: Complex chemical mixtures across environment-food-human continuum<\/a><\/strong> (Auditorium 2) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11:00-13:00 Session 7 <\/strong>– \ud83d\udfe9 Track B: Beyond positive results \u2014 interpreting NAMs for endocrine disruptors<\/a><\/strong> (Room 0.4\/0.5)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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13:00-14:00: Lunch break, visiting<\/strong> exhibition area & poster viewing<\/strong> (Expo Foyer)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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13:00-14:00: Lunch session – Building Regulatory Confidence with Immune Competent MPS for Toxicity Assessments<\/a><\/strong> (Room 0.4\/0.5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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14:00-15:30 Session 8<\/strong><\/strong> – \ud83d\udfe6 Track A: Systemic effects evaluation using NAM toolboxes \u2013 real-world cases<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> (Auditorium 2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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14:00-15:30 Session 8 – <\/strong><\/strong>\ud83d\udfe9 Track B: Towards robust and reliable in vitro models for developmental and reproductive toxicology<\/a> (Room 0.4\/0.5)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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15:30-16:30<\/strong>: International collaborations<\/strong>
Asian Federation of the Societies for Alternatives to Animal Experiments (AFSAAE)<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (Auditorium 2)<\/p>\n\n\n

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15:30-15:45 Presentation<\/strong> on<\/strong>: Intestinal and Hepatic Organoid Systems: In Vitro Models of Drug Toxicity | European Society of Toxicology In Vitro<\/a> (Room 0.4\/0.5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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17:00<\/strong>-18:30:  – Session 9 – \ud83d\udfe6 Track A: <\/strong><\/b>Multimodal modelling<\/strong><\/strong><\/b>
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17:00<\/strong>-18:30:  Session 9 <\/strong><\/b>– \ud83d\udfe9 Track B: NAMs in cardiac safety<\/strong> <\/a><\/strong><\/b>(Room 0.4\/0.5)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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18:30 – 19:30 – Early Stage Researcher session 2 <\/a><\/strong>(Auditorium 2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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18:30 – 19:30: Session 10 – \ud83d\udfe9 Track B<\/strong><\/b><\/strong>:State of the art in in vitro DART assays \u2014 the bigger picture<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> (Room 0.4\/0.5)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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19:30 –<\/strong> Departures to congress dinner & social evening<\/strong>
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2026
Theme: Advanced Methods, AI, Inhalation Toxicology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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08:30 – 9:00 Keynote lecture IV<\/mark><\/strong> – Prof. Jinhee Choi – Beyond the black box: bridging human and environmental safety via AOP-Based explainable AI for NGRA<\/a> (Auditorium 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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09:00-11:00: Session 11 – \ud83d\udfe6 Track A: Advances & challenges in high throughput transcriptomics for risk assessment<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/b> (Auditorium 2)
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09:00-11:00<\/strong><\/b>: Session 11 <\/strong><\/b>– \ud83d\udfe9 Track B: Guidance for in vitro Air\u2013Liquid interface inhalation toxicity assessment<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/b> (Room 0.4\/0.5)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11:00-11:30<\/strong>: Coffee break (Trajectum\/Lobby)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11:30-12:45: Session 12 <\/strong><\/b>– \ud83d\udfe6 Track A: AI-Powered toxicity screening \u2014 3Rs and regulatory adoption<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/b> (Auditorium 2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11:30 – 12:45: Session 12 <\/strong>–\ud83d\udfe9 Track B<\/strong><\/b>:application & standardisation of in vitro inhalation methods<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/b> (Room 0.4\/0.5)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

12:45-13:30<\/strong>: Congress closing ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chairs: Dr Helena Kandarova (CEM SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia) & Dr Clive Roper (Roper Toxicology Consulting Limited, Edinburgh, UK)<\/em> <\/em><\/em> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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14:00-19:00: Post-conference workshop – I: <\/span><\/strong><\/strong>
Post-Congress Workshop | ICCS best practice guidance workshop: application of read across in cosmetic safety assessment <\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/strong> (Room 0.4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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09:00 ASPIS open symposium<\/a><\/mark><\/a><\/strong> and ASPIS ACADEMY session on GIVIMP<\/strong> <\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration for this event is managed via the ASPIS Open Symposium 2026 registration module. Participation is free and open on a first come, first served basis, with a maximum capacity of 150 participants or until 1 June 2026.<\/strong>
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