Standard Operating Procedures
SETAC North America Focused-Topic Meeting Standard Operating Procedures
SETAC Asia/Pacific
24–25 June 2013, Nanjing, China
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SETAC Europe
Various dates and locations
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2-3 October 2013, Brussels, Belgium
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16-17 October 2013, Brussels, Belgium
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11–13 November 2013, Rome, Italy
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4-5 December 2013, Brussels, Belgium
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Past Events
SETAC Asia/Pacific
2nd International Conference on Environmental Pollution, Restoration and Management
4–8 March 2013, Hanoi, Vietnam
SETAC Europe
3rd Young Environmental Scientists Meeting
11–13 February 2013, Krakow, Poland
18th LCA Case Studies Symposium
26–28 November, 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark
Guidance on Bioavailability and Bioaccessibility Measurements Using Passive Sampling Methods and Partitioning-Based Approaches for Management of Contaminated Sediments
7–9 November, 2012, Costa Mesa, California, USA
Environmental Endocrine Disrupter Testing and Evaluation
24–25 October, 2012, Brussels, Belgium
SESSS05: Ecosystem Services: From Policy to Practice
15-16 February 2012, Brussels, Belgium
Chaired by Joke van Wensem (Soil protection Technical Committee, the Netherlands)
The ecosystem services (ES) concept is gaining increasing prominence in environmental policy making. A number of institutions, regulators and policy makers have begun to adopt the concept, yet the science and valuation approaches needed to put policy into practice are still in their infancy. The symposium provided an excellent overview of the ES concept and its applications.
SESSS04: The Environmental Risk Assessment of Biocides: Regulatory Challenges and Scientific Solutions
25-26 October 2011, Brussels, Belgium
Chaired by Leon van der Wal (European Commission-JRC, Italy)
The new regulation on biocidal products, which will enter into force in 2013, involves changes being made to the registration process of biocides and biocidal products, which include among others: data requirements and sharing of data, exclusion criteria and comparative assessment for problematic substances. These regulatory issues require an adaptation to the registration process for biocidal substances and biocidal products from industry and risk assessors alike. The symposium provided updates on environmental exposure and effect assessment of biocides and provided information on the regulatory changes due to the upcoming Biocidal Product Regulation.
SESSS03: Environmental Risk Assessment of Mixtures: Moving from Research to Regulation
2-3 February 2011, Brussels, Belgium
Chaired by Tom Hutchinson (CEFAS, UK).
The symposium presented a unique overview and debate on the state of the art, the open questions and the latest developments with respect to environmental risk assessment of mixtures. Fundamental scientific issues were handled such as the applicability of concepts for various mixture types and exposed organisms, questions concerning the implementation of the mixture perspective into regulatory frameworks, and the development of appropriate environmental quality targets for chemical mixtures. The symposium successfully targeted regulatory frameworks such as REACH and the Water Framework Directive.
SESSS02: Current Developments on Environmental Risk Assessment for Plant Protection Products in Europe
17-18 September 2009, Brussels, Belgium
Chaired by Fred Heimbach (Rifcon, Germany)
The consequences of the new regulation on the registration of plant protection products were presented and discussed by experts, taking also into consideration the outcome of several recent workshops addressing specific topics of environmental risk assessment. In addition, the current status of EFSA working groups on different Guidance Documents were presented.
SESSS01: Integrated Testing Strategies for REACH: From Science to Practical Implementation
23-24 October 2008, Brussels, Belgium
Chaired by Theo Traas (RIVM, The Netherlands)
The 1st SETAC Europe Special Science Symposium was focused on the science behind REACH, the new regulation for chemicals in Europe. The symposium was blessed with the presence of the top experts dealing with REACH from government, academia, industry and consultancy. A comprehensive overview was presented on the available methods for risk assessment, and critical issues with regard to these methods were addressed.
SETAC North America
Pollutants in the Environment: Fate and Toxicity
25-27 August 2011, Mérida, México
Chaired by Ruth Hull (Intrinsik Environmental Sciences Inc, Canada), Doris Vidal-Dorsch (Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, USA), and Omar Zapata (Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico)
Led by the Mexico Regional Chapter, this meeting included more than 125 participants from Mexico, the US, Canada and countries of Latin America. It set the stage for wider regional discussion and collaboration in the following years. Several sessions on transboundary issues influenced plans for SETAC to participate in future efforts involving the US, Canada, and Mexico. Other sessions allowed discussion on the evaluation and management of pollution, effects of oil spills, human and ecological risk assessment, toxicology, and aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology. In addition, an Oil Spill Symposium was co-sponsored with the Society of Ecological Restoration, along with short courses, poster presentations, panel discussions and social events.
Topics include mass transport and chemical flux, chemical fate and effects, aquatic toxicity, human health and ecological risk assessment, risk assessment of contaminated soils, equilibrium partitioning to assess chemicals in sediments, and use of bioindicators to investigate pollutant impacts on the environment.
Gulf of Mexico — Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill
26–28 April 2011, Pensacola, Florida, USA
Chaired by Mark Greenburg (Environmental Protection Agency, USA) and Bill Goodfellow (EA Science, Engineering and Technology, USA)
This focus topic meeting successfully brought together more than 250 environmental scientists and engineers active in the field of oil spill prevention and response with a focus on the Macondo Deep Water Horizon Spill. The goal of the topical meeting was developing science-based understanding and recommendations for improving oil spill response and tracking, control techniques, management, and effects assessment. The meeting was structured to be highly interactive with a number of discussion panels, session summary Q&A and a web log. Sessions included: Ecosystem Effects of Oil Spills, Seafood Contamination/Safety and Human Health Issues, Risk and Damage Assessment, Control and Abatement (included approaches and equipment), Oil Fate and Transport Measurements and Modeling (included fingerprinting and biodegradation), Oil Tracking Technology (included biodegradation measurements), Response Technology Effectiveness, Communication Challenges and Solutions, and Oil Spill Response Operations and Incident Command System.
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