DIRECTORATE GENERAL HEALTH AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: RISK ANALYSIS AND ITS ROLE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION18 and 19 July 2000
Brussels, Charlemagne-BuildingTuesday, 18 July 2000
8:30 10:00 Registration
Opening Address
10:00 10:30 David Byrne, Member of the European Commission, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection
Session I:
REFLECTIONS ON RISK
10:30 10:40 Chairman: Arpad Somogyi, Evaluation of Health Risks Unit, Directorate General Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission
10:40 - 11:10 Risks and Society Ortwin Renn, Akademie für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
11:10 11:40 Risks to Human Health John D. Graham, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
11:40 12:10 Hopes and Risks: The Case of Pharmaceuticals Fernand Sauer, The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products, London, United Kingdom
12:10 - 14:00 Lunch
II: RISK ASSESSMENT
14:00 - 14:10 Chairman: David R. Lineback, Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, College Park, Maryland, USA
14:10 14:30 Toxicological Risk Assessment James W. Bridges, University of Surrey, European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Guilford, United Kingdom
14:30 14:40 Discussion
14:40 15:00 Microbiological Risk Assessment Servé H.W. Notermans, TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute, Zeist, The Netherlands
15:00 15:10 Discussion
15:10 15:40 Coffee break
15:40 - 16:00 Nutritional Risk Assessment Ibrahim Elmadfa, Institut für Ernährungswissenschaften der Universität Wien, Wien, Austria
16:00 - 16:10 Discussion
16:10 - 16:30 Qualitative versus Quantitative Risk Assessment Andrew Renwick, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
16:30 16:50 Discussion
16:50 - 17:10 A Compass for Risk Analysis Fritz H. Kemper, Environmental Specimen Bank for Human Tissues, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Muenster, Germany
17:10 17:20 Discussion
18:00 20:00 Reception in the Charlemagne Building
Wednesday, 19 July 2000
Session III: RISK MANAGEMENT
09:00 - 09:10 Chairman: Vittorio Silano, Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy
09:10 - 09:30 Preventive Risk Management Stuart A. Slorach, National Food Administration, Uppsala, Sweden
09:30 - 09:40 Discussion
09:40 - 10:00 Industrys View on Risk Management Jean-Fran?ois Molle, Danone, Paris, France
10:00 - 10:10 Discussion
10:10 - 10:30 The Precautionary Principle Daniele Franzone, Industrial Installations and Biotechnology Unit, Directorate General Environment, European Commission
10:30 10:40 Discussion
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break
Session IV: RISK COMMUNICATION
11:00 - 11:10 Chairman: Gérard Pascal, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Paris, France; Chairman of the Scientific Steering Committee of the European Commission
11:10 11:30 Effective Risk Communication William Leiss, The Royal Society of Canada, Ottawa; University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
11:30 - 11:40 Discussion
11:40 - 12:00 The Particular Responsibility of the Media Andreas Oldag, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Brussels, Belgium
12:00 - 12:10 Discussion
12:10 - 12:30 Stakeholders in Risk Communication Iona Pratt, Health and Safety Authority, Dublin, Ireland
12:30 - 12:40 Discussion
12:40 - 14:15 Lunch
Session V: OUTLOOK ON RISK ANALYSIS
14:15 - 14:25 Chairman: Robert J. Coleman, Director General for Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission
14:25 14:55 Special Lecture: Risk Analysis: Past, Present and FutureCharnley, Health Risk Strategies, Washington, D.C., USA
14:55 15:15 Science Robert Kroes, University of Utrecht, Research Institute of Toxicology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
15:15 - 15:35 Industry Michael E. Knowles, Coca-Cola Greater Europe, Brussels, Belgium
15:35 - 15:55 Consumers Jim Murray, Bureau Européen des Unions des Consommateurs (BEUC) Brussels, Belgium
15:55 - 17:00 General Discussion Closing Remarks