51st Congress of the European
Societies of Toxicology
Bridging Sciences for Safety
13 - 16 September 2015
Porto, Portugal

Programme

The EUROTOX 2015 Scientific Programme Committee has prepared an exciting scientific programme, highlighting the latest research results and trends in the field of toxicology. Please find the detailed schedule below:

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Programme at a Glance

SUNDAY, 13 September, 2015
08h00 - 18h00 Congress Registration
16h00 - 21h00 Exhibition
09h00 - 16h00 Continuing Education Courses (incl. coffee and lunch breaks)
               CEC 1 Removing Obstacles on the Way to Implement 3R Methods in Toxicology
               CEC 2 Revisiting the Challenges Posed by New Recreational Drugs
               CEC 3 Thresholds of Toxicological Concern – Basics and Latest Developments
               CEC 4 Evaluating and Expressing Uncertainty in Hazard Characterization:
New Guidance from the World Health Organization
               CEC 5

Co-Exposure Risk Assessment:
Approaches and Options for Prioritisation and Refinement

               CEC 6 Modern Risk Assessment in Food Safety
16h00 Opening of the Exhibition
17h00 - 19h00 Opening Ceremony including

Keynote Lecture: Public Understanding of Risk
Alexandre Tiedtke Quintanilha, PT

EUROTOX Merit Award
19h00 - 21h00 Welcome Reception (in the Exhibition Area, West Ground Floor)
MONDAY, 14 September, 2015
08h00 - 18h00 Congress Registration
09h00 - 18h00 Exhibition
09h00 - 09h45 Keynote Lecture
Systems Medicine, Microbiomes and Personalised Healthcare
Jeremy Nicholson, UK
09h45 - 10h00 Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
10h00 - 12h00 Symposia and Workshops
                     S1 Experiences of Substance Evaluation under REACH -
Perspectives from ECHA, Member States and Industry
                    W1 Natural and Process-Related Carcinogens in Food:
How Should the Risk be Assessed?
                    W2 Nanotoxicology Modelling for Risk Assessment:
The Regulators’ Dilemma
                    W3 Opportunities to Enhance Quality and Impact of
Omics Sciences Workshop
12h00 - 14h00 Lunch Break, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
12h00 - 13h00

HESI CITE Lecture:
Phylotoxicology: breaking the artificial divide between human- and eco-toxicology
John K Colbourne, UK

13h30 - 15h30  

Sponsored Symposium of the European research initiative SEURAT: Predicting Long Term Toxic Effects Using Computer Models Based on Systems Characterization of Organotypic Cultures – The NOTOX Project

14h00 - 16h00 Poster Session 1 (in the Poster Areas - Ground Floor and 1st Floor)
15h30 - 16h00 Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
16h00 - 18h00 Symposia and Workshops
                    W4

New approaches to repeated dose toxicity assessment – are we ready to replace animal testing?

                     S2 New Advances in In Vivo Mutagenicity Testing and Application
in the Regulatory Setting
                    W5 Drug Induced Liver Injury: Prediction Based on Preclinical
Approaches
                    W6

Needs and Challenges in Developing a Weight of Evidence
Approach for Endocrine Disrupters

18h30 - 20h00 AstraZeneca Reception, Venue: Hotel Vincci, Porto (by Invitation only)
20h00 - 23h00 Speaker's Dinner (by Invitation only)
TUESDAY, 15 September, 2015
08h00 - 18h00 Congress Registration
09h00 - 17h00 Exhibtion
08h30 - 09h30

Keynote Lecture
Bo Holmstedt Memorial FundExposome science for public health protection and innovation
Dimosthenis Sarigiannis, Greece

09h30 - 10h00 Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
10h00 - 12h00 Symposia and Workshops
                    W7 Molecular Stress at Mucosal Surfaces: Contribution to
Adverse Immune Responses
                    W8 Doping in Sports: A Toxicological Perspective
                     S3 Reactive Metabolites and Molecular Mechanisms of
Adverse Drug Reactions
                     S4 Challenges for Combined Effects of Chemical Mixtures
in Risk Assessment
10h00 - 10h30 Exhibitor Hosted Session by QIAGEN
12h00 - 13h00

EUROTOX-SOT Debate
In Vitro Alternatives Are Ready to be Implemented And
Relied Upon For Human Satefy Testing

From EUROTOX: Maurice Whelan, Italy
From SOT: George Daston, USA

13h00 - 14h00 Lunch Break, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
14h00 - 15h00

Keynote Lecture
Challenges for a Full Replacement of Animal Models to
Assess Immunotoxicty

Emanuela Corsini, Italy

15h00 - 17h00 Poster Session 2 (in the Poster Areas - Ground Floor and 1st Floor)
16h30 - 17h00 Coffee Break, Exhibition and Poster Viewing
17h00 Closing of the Exhibition
16h00 - 18h00 Symposia and Workshops
                     S5 Environment, Epigenetic Mechanisms and Immunotoxicology
                     S6 Emerging Drugs of Abuse – An Increasing Problem also
in Toxicology
                    W9 Toxicological and Ecotoxicological Aspects of Metal Based Nanomaterials
                  W10

Toxicokinetic Modelling as an Integrating Principle in
Non-Animal Toxicity Testing

20h00 Gala Dinner at The Stock Exchange Palace
Status: September, 2015 (subject to minor change)
WEDNESDAY, 16 September, 2015
08h00 - 13h00 Congress Registration
08h30 - 10h30 Symposia and Workshops
                  W11 ABC Transporters as Important Key in Xenobiotic
(Pharma)Toxicokinetics
                     S7 MicroRNAs- Mediators and Markers of Chemically-Induced
Toxicity
                  W12 Physiology of Infant Skin and Considerations for Quantitative
Risk Assessment of Dermally Applied Substances
                  W13 Non-Monotonic Dose-Response Curve in Hormonally Active
Substances
10h30 - 11h00 Coffee Break
11h00 - 13h00 Symposia and Workshops
                     S8 Long-Term Effects of Pre- and Early Postnatal Exposure to
Environmental Contaminants
                     S9 Pharmacovigilance: Rational and Safe Use of Drugs
                 W14 Alternative Toxicity Testing Using Multicellular in Vivo Models
         Hot Topic Identifying and Prioritising Emerging Issues in Human &
Environmental Sciences
13h00 - 13h30 Closing Ceremony and Awards Presentation