Human Biomonitoring for science and chemical policy (Programm) | Umweltbundesamt

October 02, 2020 (Friday)

9.35 – 10.45    Opening Session

Welcome and keynote
Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany

Chemicals, health and wellbeing in Europe
Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA)

Science and policy for a healthy future – HBM4EU, the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative
Marike Kolossa-Gehring, Head of Unit, German Environment Agency (UBA), Coordinator of HBM4EU

Horizon Europe – a faster move from research to policy
Anna Lönnroth, Head of Unit, Healthy Lives, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

10.45 – 11.15    Coffee

11.15 – 12.15    Session A: HBM in the context of global developments

Antonia Calafat
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Shoji Nakayama
Deputy Director, Japan Environment and Children Study

Sam Adu-Kumi
Director, Chemicals Control and Management Centre, Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana

Ninja Reineke
Head of Science, Chemtrust

Presentations and discussion

12.15 – 12.30   Keynote
Virginijus Sinkevičius, EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

12.30 – 13.30    Lunch

13.30 – 13.45    Difficulties and approaches to enlarge the toolbox for HBM
Gabriele Leng, Head of Department, Institute for Biomonitoring, Currenta GmbH, Germany

13.45 – 15.00    Session B: Health based guidance values and risk communication

Greet Schoeters
Programme Manager, Environmental Health, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Belgium

Annie St-Amand
Section Head, National Biomonitoring, Health Canada

Tanja Schwerdtle
Vice President of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)

Koki Takaki
Administrator for Assessment and PRTRs, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Francesca Racioppi
Head of European Centre for Environment and Health, World Helath Organization (WHO)

Presentations and discussion

15.00 – 15.15    HBM Data for risk assessment of chemical mixtures
Carl-Gustaf Bornehag, Head of Public Health Sciences, Karlstad University, Sweden

15.15 – 15.45    Coffee

15.45 – 17.00    Session C: The new EU chemical strategy and the future role of HBM

Jack de Bruijn
Director, Risk Assessment, European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

Marco Binaglia
Team Leader, Contaminants, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

Cristina de Avila
Head of Sustainable Chemicals Unit, DG Environment, European Commission

Carlo Pettinelli
Director, Chemicals and Consumer Industries, DG Grow, European Commission

Bas Eickhout, MEP
Vice-Chair, European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Presentations and discussion

17.00 – 17.20    Conclusions of the conference and perspectives of the way forward in the EU and beyond
Dirk Messner, President, German Environment Agency (UBA)

17.20    End