ROUND TABLE ON ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL TESTING
European Parliament - Room 1G2
Monday 28 February 2005
3.00-6.30 pm
SESSION 1 3.00 - 3.30pm
Introduction and Welcome
Monica Frassoni MEP
Caroline Lucas MEP
Fabrizia Pratesi, Equivita
Enrico Moriconi, Greens in the Regional Council of Piedmont
SESSION 2 3.30pm - 4.15pm
Introduction to Toxicity Testing
Chair: Guido Sacconi MEP (confirmed)
Policy intro – Emily McIvor, ECEAE (confirmed)
(In)validity of animal tests – Troy Seidle, animal welfare scientific adviser (confirmed)
Molecular arrays – Claude Reiss, Antidote-Europe (confirmed)
SESSION 3 4.15pm - 5.00pm
REACH and Animal Testing
Chair: Caroline Lucas MEP
REACH: data requirements and avoidance of animal testing – Eva Sandberg, DG Environment (invited)
Proposed amendments to REACH – Marlou Heinen, Eurogroup (confirmed)
A non-animal test strategy – Ursula Sauer, DTB/ECEAE (confirmed)
SESSION 4 5.00pm -5.45pm
International Progress: data sharing and adoption of non-animal tests
Chair: Dagmar Roth-Behrend MEP (invited)
International database and data sharing – Bjorn Hansen, DG Environment (confirmed)
Commission work on in vitro/QSAR methods – Kees Van Leeuwen, DG JRC (confirmed)
International work on in vitro/QSAR methods – Troy Seidle, animal welfare scientific adviser (confirmed)
SESSION 5 5.45pm - 6.30pm
Chair and Conclusions: Gianni Tamino professor of Biology, University of Padoa (confirmed)
Questions and Debate
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