2013 Congress Programme
The programme of presentations, delivered by influential industry representatives, internationally recognised scientists and senior regulatory authority experts, explored the effects of a challenging regulatory environment on the status of, and future prospects for, the plant protection industry.
Each day started with a plenary session followed by parallel streams on regulatory affairs, specialist topics, product stewardship and public relations.
Further information on the speakers can be found here
| 1 October 2013 | |||
| Registration: 7:00 – 8:45am, Conference starts: 9:00am | |||
| PLENARY PRESENTATION Chair: Dr Colin Ruscoe, Chairman, BCPC |
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| 9.00 – 9.50 | Outlook for the plant protection industry in Europe Gordon Rennick, Pesticide Registration & Control Division, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland |
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| 9.00 – 9.50 | What are we trying to protect? A perspective on environmental protection and regulation Professor Lorraine Maltby, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield |
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| Morning Break 10.30 – 11.10 | |||
| Stream A: Regulatory Affairs – Clarence Room Chair: Lucy Croucher, Managing Director, JSC International |
Stream B: Specialist Topics – Sandringham Room Chair: Dr Tim Jarvis, Principal Scientist & Office Director, Exponent International Ltd |
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| 11.10 – 11.50 | An industry view of 1107/2009 Julia Sauer, Manager Public & Government Affairs Europe, Bayer CropScience SA-NV |
11.10 – 11.50 | Neonicotinoids and pollinating insects – science and regulation Dr Marco Candolfi, Chief Executive Officer, IES Ltd |
| 11.50 – 12.20 | A Member State view of 1107/2009 Rob Mason, Director of Regulatory Policy, Chemicals Regulation Directorate, UK |
11.50 – 12.20 | Advances in environmental chemistry and exposure Dr Tim Jarvis, Principal Scientist & Office Director, Exponent International Ltd |
| Panel of morning speakers to 12.30 | Panel of morning speakers to 12.30 | ||
| Lunch 12.30 – 13.30 | |||
| 13.30 – 14.10 | The legal uncertainties associated with 1107/2009 and implications for industry Claudio Mereu, Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP |
13.30 – 14.10 | Endocrine disruptors: definition, effectiveness of regulation and impact on business Dr. Ivana Fegert, VP, Regulatory Toxicology – Crop Protection, BASF SE |
| 14.10 – 14.50 | Developments in the AIR programme Dr Michael Carroll, Global Registration Manager, Dow AgroSciences |
14.10 – 14.50 | Changes in the assessment of dermal absorption Michaela Benton, Mammalian Toxicologist, Chemicals Regulation Directorate, UK |
| Afternoon Break 14.50 – 15.30 | |||
| 15.30 – 16.10 | Minor uses and speciality crop protection under threat from 1107/2009 Tjaart Hofman, Certis Europe B.V. |
15.30 – 16.10 | Threshold of toxicological concern and relevance to plant protection regulation Dr Sue Barlow, Independent Consultant |
| Panel of afternoon speakers to 16.30 | Panel of afternoon speakers to 16.30 | ||
| EVENING EVENT 18.00 – 20.00 | |||
| The Thistle Brighton Hotel Lecture Science, Evidence and Advocacy in European Regulatory Decision Making Professor Joyce Tait, Innogen Institute, The University of Edinburgh Followed by a canapé and drinks reception |
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| 2 October 2013 | |||
| Registration: 8:00 – 8:45am, Conference starts: 9:00am | |||
| PLENARY PRESENTATION Chair: Dr Colin Ruscoe, Chairman, BCPC |
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| 14.10 – 14.50 | The rise of the biopesticide industry William Dunham, Managing Partner, Dunham Trimmer |
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| Stream A: Regulatory Affairs – Clarence Room Chair: Bojana Zgonec, Managing Director, TSGE Slovenia |
Stream B: Product Stewardship and Public Relations – Sandringham Room Chairs: William Dunham, Managing Partner, Dunham Trimmer will chair the biopesticide session Steve Norman, Principal Research Ecotoxicologist, Dow AgroSciences, Independent Consultant from 01 October 2013 |
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| 10.00 – 11.00 | Progress with zonal authorisation and mutual recognition across the Union, an industry viewpoint Dr. Martin Schaefer, Director European Regulatory Affairs Crop Protection, Global Registration Management, BASF SE |
10.00 – 10.50 | Limiting and promotional factors influencing the future of biopesticides Dr Willem Ravensberg, President, IBMA (International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association) |
| Morning Break 11.00 – 11.30 | Morning Break 10.50 – 11.20 | ||
| 11.30 – 12.45 | Progress with zonal authorisation and mutual recognition across the Union, a Member State viewpoint Darren Flynn, Head of Regulatory Operations Branch, Chemicals Regulation Directorate, UK Dr. Pavel Minář, Head of Plant Protection Products Section, State Phytosanitary Administration, Czech Republic Dr Rainer Savinsky, Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL), Germany |
11.20 – 12.00 | What is special about (use and registration of) Biological Plant Protection Products? Dr. Rüdiger Hauschild, Head of Microbials Department, GAB Consulting GmbH |
| Panel of morning speakers to 12.30 | |||
| Lunch 12.45 – 14.00 | Lunch 12.30 – 13.30 | ||
| 14.00 – 14.50 | Comparative assessment and substitution Janet Williams, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Bayer CropScience Ltd |
13.30 – 14.00 | UK National Action Plan for Pesticides: integrating regulation and non-regulatory approaches James Clarke, Science and Business Development Manager, ADAS UK Ltd & Chair UK Pesticides Forum |
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Progress with ECPA’s stewardship schemes Dr. Rainer Bahnemann, Vice President, BASF SE – ECPA Project “Sustainable Agriculture” |
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| 14.50 – 15.30 | National requirements for the registration of PPPs in accession and candidate member states Bojana Zgonec, Managing Director, TSGE Slovenia |
15.00 – 15.30 | Chlorpyrifos stewardship for the aquatic environment Steve Norman, Principal Research Ecotoxicologist, Dow AgroSciences, Independent Consultant from 01 October 2013 |
| Afternoon Break 15.30 – 16.00 | |||
| 16.00 – 17.00 | Public Relations in the plant protection industry Professor Joyce Tait, Innogen Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Tom Sheldon, Senior Press Officer, Science Media Centre |
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