2017 Congress Programme
| PRE-EVENT DRINKS RECEPTION – MONDAY 30 OCTOBER | |||
| 18.30 – 19.30 | Pre-event Welcome Drinks Reception | ||
| DAY 1 – TUESDAY 31 OCTOBER 2017 | |||
| Registration & Refreshments – 07.45 – 09.00 | |||
| 09.00 – 09.15 | Welcome and Introduction Dr. Colin Ruscoe (BCPC) Chair Tony Pexton (BCPC) |
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| 09.15– 09.50 | A perspective from the Minister of State The Rt. Honourable George Eustice MP (Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) |
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| 09.50 – 10.20 | Problems and opportunities for UK crop protection after 2019 Dr. Jon Knight (Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board, AHDB) |
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| 10.20 – 11.00 | The story of Neonicotinoids and bees – A scientist’s perspective Professor Lin Field (Rothamsted Research) |
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| Morning break 11.00 – 11.30 | |||
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Neonics and Bees in Europe: Update on three key processes and next steps Dr. Peter Campbell (Syngenta) |
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| 12.00 – 12.30 | Optimising crop protection regulatory systems through governance and risk analysis – Experience from the US Professor Steve Bradbury (Iowa State University) |
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| 12.30 – 13.00 | Q&A Session | ||
| Lunch 13.00 – 14.00 | |||
| Stream A | Stream B | ||
| 14.00 – 14.30 | How risk management of agrochemicals can improve safety and productivity Dr. Anne Alix (Dow AgroSciences) |
14.00 – 14.30 | Classification schemes for carcinogenicity based on hazard identification have become outmoded and serve neither science nor society Dr. John Doe (Parker Doe) |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | Proportionate regulation for low-risk biological inputs to agriculture David Cary (IBMA) |
14.30 – 15.00 | Exposure and Cumulative Risk Assessment Dr. Tina Mehta (Dow AgroSciences) |
| Afternoon break 15.00 – 15.30 | |||
| Stream A | Stream B | ||
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Review of Regulations No 1107/2009 and 396/2005 – Part 1: facts and figures Dr. Martyn Griffiths (Bayer S.A.S.) |
15.30 – 16.00 | Endocrine disruption Dr. Richard Green (Dow AgroSciences) |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Review of Regulations No 1107/2009 and 396/2005 – Part 2: necessary changes Jean-Pierre Busnardo (DuPont Crop Protection) |
16.00 – 16.30 | Next generation groundwater mitigations: A proposal for smarter restrictions on use for environmental safety Dr. Scott Hawley (Enviresearch) |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Q&A Session | 16.30 – 17.00 | Reasons to be cheerful – Part bee Mike Coulson (Exponent) |
| 17.00 – 17.30 | Higher-tier aquatic ecotox studies under the EFSA Aquatic Guidance Document: Extracting key risk assessment questions to design robust and relevant higher-tier experiments on Plant Protection Products Steve Norman (RidgewayEco) |
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| 17.30 – 17.50 | Q&A Session | ||
| 19.30 | Congress Dinner (Mercure Brighton Seafront Hotel) | ||
| DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2017 | |||
| Registration & Refreshments – 08.00 – 09.00 | |||
| 09.00 | Chairman’s Introduction Dr. Colin Ruscoe (BCPC) |
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| Plenary presentation Dave Bench (Chemicals Regulation Directorate, UK HSE) Gabrielle Edwards (Chemicals, Pesticides and Hazardous Waste, Defra) |
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 Progress and opportunity for Pesticide Regulation in the UKAn opportunity for all stakeholders at the Congress to engage with the HSE (CRD) and Defra and offer opinion and comment on the direction of policy and implementation of a UK-based regulatory regimen for chemical and biological pesticides.As part of this interactive session, Janet Williams (Bayer and CPA Policy and Regulatory Group Chairman) will deliver a presentation entitled “Industry vision for the EU Exit Regulatory Process”. Janet will present a collection of ideas gathered from the agrochemical manufacturers on the future vision of the regulatory process in the UK and its co-operation with the EU and the rest of the world. |
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| 12.00 – 12.15 | Close of Congress Dr. Colin Ruscoe (BCPC) |
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| 12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch | ||