Programme

9:00-13:00 Pre-Congress workshop I
Room 0.8
Research output management for NAMs made easy

9:00-13:00 Pre-Congress workshop II
Room 0.4
Episkin Academy Training

Michelle Verhoeks, also known as FlowMies, 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 in 2024, where she reached the Top 3 in the grand finale.

09:00-10:30: Session 2 – 🟦 Track A: Update to OECD guidance document 34 on validation of methods & defined approaches (Auditorium 2)

09:00-10:30: Session 2 – 🟩 Track B: VHP4Safety — Next generation safety based on human data (Room 0.4/0.5)

11:00-13:00: Session 3 – 🟦 Track A: International standards as the bridge to the future of safe medical devices (Auditorium 2)

11:00-13:00: Session 3 – 🟩 Track B: Development and regulatory acceptance of NAMs in genetic toxicology (Room 0.4/0.5)

13:00-14:00: Lunch break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing (Expo Foyer)

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

14:30-16:00: Session 4 – 🟦 Track A: Parameterisation of physiologically-based pharmacokinetics (PBPK) modelling for NGRA: designed to be protective (Auditorium 2)

14:30-16:00: Session 4 – 🟩 Track B: Evolution of an OECD test guideline and application beyond; Integrated NAMs for skin sensitisation hazard and point of departure for risk assessment (Room 0.4/0.5)

16:30-17:30: Early Stage Researcher Session 1 (Auditorium 2)

16:30-18:30: Session 5 – 🟩 Track B: From research to regulation: standardising innovative non-animal technologies (Room 0.4/0.5)

17:30-18:30: ESTIV ECNSpecial Session – In the era of AI, what makes a scientist irreplaceable? (Auditorium 2)

18:30 – 19:30: ESTIV General assembly (Room 0.4/0.5)

18:30 – 19:30: Poster Session (Expo Foyer)

09:00-10:30: Session 6 – 🟦 Track A: Advancing the use of NAMs in food safety (Auditorium 2)

09:00-10:30: Session 6 – 🟩 Track B: Replacing animals in therapeutic monoclonal antibody approvals (Room 0.4/0.5)

11:00-13:00: Session 7 – 🟦 Track A: Complex chemical mixtures across environment-food-human continuum (Auditorium 2)

11:00-13:00 Session 7 – 🟩 Track B: Beyond positive results — interpreting NAMs for endocrine disruptors (Room 0.4/0.5)

13:00-14:00: Lunch break, visiting exhibition area & poster viewing (Expo Foyer)

13:00-14:00: Lunch session – Building Regulatory Confidence with Immune Competent MPS for Toxicity Assessments (Room 0.4/0.5)

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14:00-15:30 Session 8 – 🟦 Track A: Systemic effects evaluation using NAM toolboxes – real-world cases (Auditorium 2)

14:00-15:30 Session 8 – 🟩 Track B: Towards robust and reliable in vitro models for developmental and reproductive toxicology (Room 0.4/0.5)

15:30-16:30: International collaborations
Asian Federation of the Societies for Alternatives to Animal Experiments (AFSAAE) (Auditorium 2)

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

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17:00-18:30:  – Session 9 – 🟦 Track A: Multimodal modelling
of the gut compartment – NAMs for food safety (Auditorium 2)

17:00-18:30:  Session 9 – 🟩 Track B: NAMs in cardiac safety (Room 0.4/0.5)

18:30 – 19:30 – Early Stage Researcher session 2 (Auditorium 2)

18:30 – 19:30: Session 10 – 🟩 Track B:State of the art in in vitro DART assays — the bigger picture (Room 0.4/0.5)

09:00-11:00: Session 11 – 🟦 Track A: Advances & challenges in high throughput transcriptomics for risk assessment (Auditorium 2)

09:00-11:00: Session 11 – 🟩 Track B: Guidance for in vitro Air–Liquid interface inhalation toxicity assessment (Room 0.4/0.5)

11:30-12:45: Session 12 – 🟦 Track A: AI-Powered toxicity screening — 3Rs and regulatory adoption (Auditorium 2)

11:30 – 12:45: Session 12 –🟩 Track B:application & standardisation of in vitro inhalation methods (Room 0.4/0.5)

14:00-19:00: Post-conference workshop – I:
Post-Congress Workshop | ICCS best practice guidance workshop: application of read across in cosmetic safety assessment (Room 0.4)

14:00 ASPIS open symposium

09:00 ASPIS open symposium and ASPIS ACADEMY session on GIVIMP

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