Novel Pesticides

Early Bird Bookings – 10% discount valid until 12 July 2024 with discount code: NOVELPPP10

Towards Sustainability in the Regulatory Framework of the EU

In their May 2023 REFIT Report on the Evaluation of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the EU Commission declares the promotion of low-risk-solutions and efficient risk mitigation as one of their future priorities. Yet, many open questions remain for producers and down-stream users of innovative substances, such as micro-organism-based PPPs, pheromones, plant extracts, RNAi-based PPPs, peptides, or even antibodies. This is especially true, since the Sustainable Use Regulation, priorly a key element of ‘Farm-to-Fork’ was voted down in Parliament last November and it does not look like it will be revived.

The meeting will offer a discussion platform to producers, policy makers and regulators to discuss a way forward for innovative pesticides and low-risk substances. It will cover regulatory issues and needs as well as discussing implications for the risk assessment of promising new pesticides.

Conference Highlights

• Update from the Commission – biologicals and other green technologies
• The potential for more sustainability: Insights about registering novel technologies – perspectives from various industry players
• A lama Antibody as Fungicide: Unravelling the potential of unconventional solutions.
• From the USA to Europe: Navigating RNAi registration processes
• Competent Authority View on RNAi Registrations: First-hand experiences and insights.
• Julius Kühn Institute: Risk assessment for novel technologies, with a focus on RNAi.
• A Critical Point of View: Assessing risks associated with novel pesticides

Who should attend this conference?

Professionals working in the fields of:

• Managing directors, managers, consultants and scientists working in the field of biological control
• Producers, distributors and downstream users of biologicals, pesticides that fall under low-risk category or were specifically developed to increase agricultural sustainability
• Technical Experts from Research & development
• Risk assessors
• Toxicologists
• Ecotoxicologists
• Product Stewards
• Regulators

Sectors that should take part:

• Agrochemical industry
• Biotech Industry
• Research institutes
• Authorities
• Professional associations
• Contract laboratories/consultancies

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