Topical Events
The explicit purpose of these unique events is to provide a forum for the presentation and exchange of information and training in technical and policy issues on a specific and timely environmental issue. SETAC employs various approaches in developing and conducting these events as befits the objectives of the particular event.
Past Events
![sprout growing in soil](https://www.setac.org/static/3b2fb361-707c-4437-a6e76bb039de0aa9/130x85_highestperformance__4a7c7e45a350/small-plant-on-soil-ground.jpg)
Symposium on ERA for Soil Organisms
SETAC Latin America Symposium
7–8 December 2022, Online
![green silos in a field of yellow vegetation](https://www.setac.org/static/bd776160-3120-4536-a97fa81a6bb6ab50/130x85_highestperformance__4a7c7e45a350/green-silos-lca.jpg)
The Role of LCA in Raw Material Sustainability, Circulatory and Criticality
SETAC Europe 25th LCA Symposium
12–14 October 2022, Online
![abstract rendering of nontarget analysis](https://www.setac.org/static/77de8be9-a7f1-45c8-87f12a2f510780e4/130x96_highestperformance__4a7c7e45a350/NTA.jpg)
NonTarget 2022: Nontarget Analysis for Environmental Risk Assessment
SETAC Focused Topic Meeting
22–26 May 2022, Durham, North Carolina + Online
![cormorant posing in front of water](https://www.setac.org/static/fac5a9bc-5798-4483-9aa8483473501eca/130x97_highestperformance__4a7c7e45a350/cormorant-latin-america.jpg)
Symposium on Terrestrial Vertebrates Risk Assessment to Pesticides (T-REX and T-HERPS)
SETAC Latin America Symposium
12–14 April 2022, Online
![plastic pollution washed ashore](https://www.setac.org/static/cb82f902-155d-4f87-bddd7f07519e3941/130x86_highestperformance__4a7c7e45a350/microplastics.jpg)
What We Know and What We Need To Know: The Analysis, Monitoring and Effects of Microplastics in Humans and the Environment
SETAC Microplastics Seminar Series
16 March–6 April 2021, Online
![multiple sprouts coming through topsoil](https://www.setac.org/static/973c11e2-0d4f-456f-aacbd6035199c0f9/130x88_highestperformance__4a7c7e45a350/soilplantdepositphotos235.jpg)
SETAC Europe Special Science Symposium
Soil Biodiversity: What Do We Know and How to Protect It from Adverse Effects of Plant Protection Products and Other Chemicals?
19–20 November 2019, Brussels, Belgium
![clean water running through hands](https://www.setac.org/static/f8e9b6cc-c1f9-4fa6-8123ae6d8e07a4b9/130x97_highestperformance__4a7c7e45a350/pfas-sna-ftm.jpg)
Understanding Environmental Risk from Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
SETAC North America Focused Topic Meeting
12–15 August 2019, Durham, North Carolina, USA
![Fundao dam landscape](https://www.setac.org/static/b63962cf-437a-4735-b99bed3784ceff7b/130x97_highestperformance__4a7c7e45a350/fundao-dam-meeting.png)
Fundão Dam Science Meeting
SETAC Latin America Focused Topic Meeting
26–27 June 2019, Brasília, Brazil
![Cape Town aerial imagery](https://www.setac.org/static/d782c033-f81a-4582-86796e9865c55a93/130x86_highestperformance__4a7c7e45a350/Cape-Town-South-Africa.jpg)
Chemical Risk Assessment Approach and Needs in Africa
SETAC Africa Focused Topic Meeting
May 2019, Cape Town, South Africa