11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences

Digital Event, Online
23/08/2021 – 02/09/2021
https://www.wc11maastricht.org/

About the WC11 Congress

The 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (WC11) is a congress with global outreach. Since the COVID19 virus is still present across the world – the event is presented in an innovative platform that will showcase the advances of IT Technology in a virtual, but realistic congress environment. The overarching theme for designing the scientific program is “3Rs in transition: from development to application”. The WC11 Congress is an excellent space to connect with people all over the world to gain knowledge, launch new ideas and brainstorm about the technological advancements supportive for realising non-animal test models of the highest grade and boosting scientific research in the 3Rs. The event will be held virtually from 23 August to 2 September 2021. For more details please visit the WC11 website.

ILSI Europe sponsored a Session ‘S70: Challenges of Non-Animal Approaches for Food Safety & Nutrition in the 21st Century: From Inception to Application’ on Wednesday, 25th August from 15.00 to 17.00 CEST.

This session proposal aimed to discuss:

• Different applicable legislations for non-animal approaches in the food sector
• The way food scientists approach animal and animal-free studies
• Benchmarking of non-animal approaches in different industry sectors
• Real life risk assessment application in food safety and nutrition

Organised by the Alternatives to Animal Testing in Food Safety, Nutrition and Efficacy Studies Task Force.

ILSI Europe session on ‘S70: Challenges of Non-Animal Approaches for Food Safety & Nutrition in the 21th Century: From Inception to Application
Wednesday, 25 August 2021 from 15.00-17.00 CEST

Session chair: Marcel Leist, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing in Europe (CAAT) - University of Konstanz (DE)

Speakers

  • Applicable legislation for non-animal approaches in the food system - Katrin Schutte, European Commission (BE)
  • Animal-free strategies in food safety & nutrition - Alie de Boer, Food Claims Centre Venlo, Campus Venlo, Maastricht University (NL)
  • The windy road to the use of non-animal approaches for regulations of chemicals - Robert Landsiedel, BASF SE (DE)
  • What are the strategies that can be used now in food safety risk assessment avoiding animal testing? - Alan Boobis, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London (UK)

Booth

ILSI Europe has also an e-booth in exhibition area: Come visit us and do not hesitate to contact us to organise a one-to-one meeting, we would be very happy to meet & discuss with you.

For more information about ILSI Europe’s involvement, please contact Dr Lucie Geurts – Scientific Unit Coordinator or Ms Belinda Antonio – Project Assistant.