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i-SUP2008<br />
<strong>Innovation</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Sustainable</strong> Production 2008<br />
April, 22 – 25, 2008<br />
Bruges (Belgium)<br />
neurotoxicity, livertoxicity, ecotoxicity.<br />
Theme 2: Implemented test strategies in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and<br />
chemical product safety assessment<br />
Complete replacement of animal testing has still a challenging way to go. Current<br />
testing strategies may incorporate different tools such as in vitro techniques in<br />
combination with computational toxicology, structure activity analysis and animal<br />
based tests. Safety assessors are invited to present and discuss <strong>the</strong>ir approaches and<br />
views on this topic.<br />
Theme 3: The Regulatory Arena: challenges in method acceptance<br />
Despite technical advances, acceptance of alternative methods is a slow and complex<br />
procedure with many pitfalls. The complexity of <strong>the</strong> human body, <strong>the</strong> diversity of<br />
endpoints and approaches, <strong>the</strong> need <strong>for</strong> harmonization of acceptance criteria <strong>for</strong><br />
alternative tests remain major challenges. Different organizations play a major role in<br />
putting <strong>for</strong>ward harmonization of protocols, validation of methods and stimulating<br />
fur<strong>the</strong>r developments of alternatives. They are invited to present <strong>the</strong>ir views and<br />
experiences.<br />
Theme 4: Industrial Centers of Excellence in in vitro services: Who does<br />
what?<br />
This session will highlight initiatives of services <strong>for</strong> in vitro testing and <strong>the</strong> experience<br />
which has been gained over <strong>the</strong> last years on <strong>the</strong> use of alternatives <strong>for</strong> safety<br />
testing.<br />
Invited speakers:<br />
• Elke Anklam, EU, DG JRC, Head of Institute <strong>for</strong> health and consumer protection,<br />
Ispra (IT)<br />
• Coenraad Hendriksen, RIVM-Bilthoven en Universiteit Utrecht (NL)<br />
• Vera Rogiers, Head of <strong>the</strong> department of Toxicology, Dermato-Cosmetology and<br />
Pharmacognosy VUB (BE)<br />
• Klausrudolf Schroeder, Phenion GmbH & Co. KG, Head of Development Animal<br />
Alternatives & Tissue Models – Düsseldorf (DE)<br />
• Philippe Vanparys, Head of Mechanistic Toxicology, Johnson&Johnson<br />
Pharmaceutical Research and Development (BE)<br />
Time will be available <strong>for</strong> exhibition of posters and discussions during<br />
<strong>the</strong> coffee breaks and lunch.<br />
www.i-sup2008.org<br />
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