Themes

Invited Speakers

• Bio-engineering, stem cells and disease models
• Models, biomarkers and assays for endocrine disruption and developmental toxicity
• Models, biomarkers and assays for systemic and immune toxicity
• Organ-on-chip models
• Challenges in cosmetic regulation
• Computational toxicology – in silico modelling, read-across, artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Local toxicity testing (safety and efficacy)
• Toxicokinetics and in vitro – in vivo extrapolation
• Animal product free NAMs
• In vitro methods for safety testing of biopharmaceuticals/biotherapies/vaccines
• NAMs in the Environmental toxicity / Green deal
• Mixtures and biomonitoring
• In vitro COVID-19 research/lung and cardiovascular models
• In vitro methods for safety assessment of medical devices
• GIVIMP, GCMP and GLP
• Other

8:30-10:30: Session 2a – Models, biomarkers and assays for endocrine disruption and developmental toxicity
Chairs: Dr Thomas Knudsen (US EPA, Durman, USA) & Prof. Arno Gutleb (LIST, Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

10:30-11:00: Coffee break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing

11:00-13:00: Session 3a – Models, biomarkers and assys for systemic and immune toxicity
Chairs: Prof. Emanuela Corsini (Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy) & Dr Jochem Louisse (Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands)

13:00-14:00: Lunch break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing

14:00-16:00: Session 4a – Computational toxicology – in silico modelling, read-across, artificial intelligence and machine learning
Chairs: Prof. Olivier Taboureau (University Paris Diderot, Paris, France) & Dr Tim Allen (Ladder Therapeutics, Toronto, Canada)

16:00-16:30: Coffee break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing

16:30-17:30: Early Stage Researcher Session 1
Chairs: Dr Erwin van Vliet (Innovitox, Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands) & Dr Pau Sancho-Bru (Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain)

17:30-18:30: Early Stage Researcher Session 2
Chairs: Dr Montserrat Mitjans (Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain) & Dr. Marketa Dvořáková (NIPH Prague, Prague, Czech republic)

8:30-10:30: Session 2b – Challenges in cosmetic regulations

Chairs: Dr Nathalie Alépée (L’Oréal, Paris, France) & Dr Erwin Van Vliet (Innovitox, Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands)

10:30-11:00: Coffee break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing

11:00-13:00: Session 3b – Organ on a chip
Chairs: Dr Sofia Batista Leite (JRC, Ispra, Italy) & Dr Arno Gutleb (LIST, Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

13:00-14:00: ILSI/ESTIV- sponsored lunch session: Application of non-animal methods and concepts in food risk assessment
Chairs: Dr Isabelle Guelinckx (ILSI Europe, Belgium) & Dr Helena Kandarova (CEM SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia)

14:00-16:00: Session 4b – Local toxicity testing (safety and efficacy)
Chairs: Dr Montserrat Mitjans (Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain) & Dr Helena Kandarova (CEM SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia)

16:00-16:30: Coffee break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing

16:30-17:30: Sponsored session I
Chairs: Erin Hill (IIVS, Gaithersburg, MD, USA) & Dr Clive Roper (Roper Toxcilogy Consulting Limited, UK)

17:30-18:30: Sponsored session II
Chairs: Erin Hill (IIVS, Gaithersburg, MD, USA) & Dr Clive Roper (Roper Toxicology Consulting Limited, UK)

08:30-10:30: Session 5a – Toxicokinetics and in vitro–in vivo extrapolation
Chairs: Dr Nicole Kleinstreuer (NICEATM, Durham, USA) & Dr Jochem Louisse (Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands)

10:30-11:00: Coffee break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing

11:00-13:00: Session 6a – In vitro methods for safety testing of biopharmaceuticals/biotherapies/vaccines
Chairs: Dr Michael Rothe (Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany) & Prof. Anne Marie Vinggaard (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)

13:00-14:00: Lunch break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing

14:00-15:00: Debate session (for and against): Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Chemical Risk Assessment
Chair: Dr Joao Barroso (JRC, Ispra, Italy)

Invited Debaters: Dr Timothy Allen (Ladder Therapeutics, Toronto, Canada) and Dr Nicole Kleinstreuer (NICEATM, Durham, USA)

15:00-16:00: Poster teaser session: Flash presentations of selected posters

16:00-16:30: Coffee break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing

16:30-18:30: Poster session / Early career session

08:30-10:30: Session 5b – Animal product free NAMs
Chairs: Prof. Arno Gutleb (LIST, Luxembourg, Luxembourg) & Dr Joao Barroso (JRC, Ispra, Italy)

10:30-11:00: Coffee break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing

11:00-13:00: Session 6b – Knowledge sharing and education – how to implement the knowledge on NAMs and 3Rs into education systems
Chairs: Prof. Pilar Vinardell (Universitat Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain) & Erin Hill (IIVS, Gaithersburg, MD, USA)

13:00-14:00: JSAAE – sponsored session – Asian progress in 3Rs:
3rd Asian congress and KSAAE updates
Chairs: Dr Yasunari Kanda (National Institute of Health Sciences, Japan) & Dr Kwang-Mahn Kim (Yonsei University, South Korea)

15:00-16:30: Free communication session

16:00-16:30: Coffee break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing

16:30-18:30: ESTIV General Assembly

19:30- … Congress gala dinner & social evening

08:30-10:30: Session 7a – Mixtures risk assessment in the past and the future
Chairs: Prof. Andreas Kortenkamp (Brunel University London, London, UK) & Prof. Anne Marie Vinggaard (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)


10:30-11:00: Coffee break

11:00-12:40: Session 8a – In vitro methods for safety assessment of medical devices
Chairs: Dr. Christian Pellevoisin (MatTek Life Sciences, France) & Dr. Helena Kandarova (CEM SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia)

08:30-10:30: Session 7b – Implementation of NAMs into regulatory frameworks – establishing scientific confidence, development of standards and good practices
Chairs: Dr. Marketa Dvořáková (NIPH Prague, Prague, Czech republic) &Dr. Jochem Louisse (Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands)

10:30-11:00: Coffee break

11:00-12:40: Session 8b – In vitro COVID-19 research / Lung and cardiovascular models
Chairs: Prof. Arno Gutleb (LIST, Luxembourg, Luxembourg) & Dr. Yasunari Kanda (National Institute of Health Sciences, Japan)

14:00-19:00: Post-conference workshop with EPISKIN Academy

14:00-19:00: ASPIS Cluster meeting

08:30-16:00: Post-conference workshop with EpiSkin Academy

08:30-16:00: ASPIS Cluster meeting