Programme

For the detailed programme please click here.

Please note: By clicking on the link you will be forwarded to the programme on the virtual congress platform. At the moment, log-in is not yet possible, but the access data will be sent to all registered participants*, invited speakers and industry partners by e-mail in due time before the congress.
*Prerequisite for this is the full payment of the registration fee.

The detailed programme on the virtual congress platform is displayed in the time zone of the user’s device.

All sessions will be recorded and will be available for all registered delegates by 30 November. Please note that Q/A at the end of each session will not be recorded (except the EUROTOX – SOT Debate and the CECs).

*All session times below are displayed in CEST (Central European Summer Time).

Monday, 27 September
08h00-20h00	Exhibition & Poster Viewing
08h00-12h00	Continuing Education Courses (CEC)
	CEC01 Thyroid hormones, brain development and toxicity testing		CEC02 Advances in conducting systematic reviews for chemical assessment: automation, uncertainty assessment and synthesis		CEC03 Lessons learned and future directions for toxicology in water safety and security
12h00-13h00	Virtual Lunch Break: Exhibition & Poster Viewing/Discussion
13h00-14h00	Opening Ceremony including EUROTOX Merit Award
14h00-15h00	Bo Holmstedt Memorial Fund Lecture Shana Sturla, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
15h00-15h30	Virtual Coffee Break: Exhibition & Poster Viewing/Discussion
15h30-17h30	Session 01 – Symposium The effect of chemicals on the gut microbiota: is it the cause of all problems?	Session 02 – Symposium In vitro organotypic models for predicting the toxicity of chemicals or drugs		Session 03 – Symposium Artificial intelligence and machine learning in chemical risk assessment		Session 03A – Symposium EAPCCT symposium on COVID-19 and the toxicity of therapeutic drugs and vaccines
17h30-18h00	Virtual Coffee Break: Exhibition & Poster Viewing/Discussion
18h00-20h00	Session 04 – Symposium Personalized nano-immunotoxicology for the workplace	Session 05 – Symposium The use of minipigs in juvenile studies in an evolving regulatory landscape		Session 06 – Symposium Human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based test systems for future mechanism-based chemical safety testing		Industry Symposium I
						Industry Symposium II

Tuesday, 28 September
08h00-18h30	Exhibition & Poster Viewing
08h00-12h00	Continuing Education Courses (CEC)
	CEC04 Inflammation as a mediator of toxic responses		CEC05 Nanotoxicology		CEC06 Toxicity assessment in drug development
12h00-13h00	Virtual Lunch Break: Exhibition & Poster Viewing/Discussion
13h00-14h00	EUROTOX–SOT Debate Alan Boobis (EUROTOX debater) and Syril Pettit (SOT debater)
14h00-16h00	Session 07 – Roundtable Setting the European Environment and Health Research Agenda, 2020-2030: the HERA project	Session 08 – Symposium Back-translation from clinical outcomes, how did investigative toxicology, modelling and simulation actually perform?		Session 09 – Workshop Increasing confidence in non-animal approaches for regulatory decision-making		Session 28 – Symposium Preclinical immune-safety evaluation of immuno-oncology therapies
16h00-16h30	Virtual Coffee Break: Exhibition & Poster Viewing/Discussion
16h30-18h30	Session 10 – Symposium Computational modeling of AOP networks to assist risk assessment of chemicals	Session 11 – Symposium Emerging tools for the investigation and prediction of liver toxicity		Session 12 – Symposium Application of high throughput transcriptomics in mechanism-based chemical safety assessment		Industry Symposium III
						Industry Symposium IV
18h30-20h00	Short oral communications I			Short oral communications II

Wednesday, 29 September
09h00-18h30	Exhibition & Poster Viewing
10h00-11h00	Specialty Sections Meetings
12h00-13h00	Virtual Lunch Break: Exhibition & Poster Viewing/Discussion
13h00-14h00	SOT Merit Award Lecture 1
14h00-16h00	Session 13 – Workshop Modes of action in non-genotoxic carcinogenesis	Session 14 – Symposium New approaches using in vitro assays and 3D models can improve prediction of immune reactions to xenobiotics		Session 15 – Symposium Impact of climate change on food safety		Session 29 – Symposium Is there a human risk to PFAS exposure?
16h00-16h30	Virtual Coffee Break: Exhibition & Poster Viewing/Discussion
16h30-18h30	Session 16 – Symposium Human microengineered organs-on-chips: advancing regulatory science through innovation	Session 17 – Symposium Designing toxicology studies to support development of cell-based therapies		Session 18 – Symposium Mechanistic toxicology as the basis for modelling and prediction of organ-specific toxicity		Industry Symposium V
						Industry Symposium VI
18h30-20h00	Short oral communications III			Short oral communications IV

Thursday, 30 September
09h00-18h30	Exhibition & Poster Viewing
09h00-12h00	Business Council Meeting
12h00-13h00	Virtual Lunch Break: Exhibition & Poster Viewing/Discussion
13h00-14h00	SOT Merit Award Lecture 2
14h00-16h00	Session 19 – Workshop Can we panelize seizure?	Session 20 – Symposium Modernizing cancer risk assessment: beyond the bioassay		Session 21 – Symposium Drug – exposome interactions		Session 30 – Symposium Revisiting paracetamol-induced multisystem toxicity: novel mechanistic insights
16h00-16h30	Virtual Coffee Break: Exhibition & Poster Viewing/Discussion
16h30-18h30	Session 22 – Symposium Computational models to reliably predict chemical mixture toxicity	Session 23 – Symposium The value of micro-physiological systems for drug safety assessment – a series of case studies		Session 24 – Symposium Building confidence in the use of new approach methodologies for safety decision-making		Industry Symposium VII
						Industry Symposium VIII

Friday, 1 October
09h00-17h00	Exhibition & Poster Viewing
10h00-12h00	EC21-3 meeting
12h00-13h00	Virtual Lunch Break: Exhibition & Poster Viewing/Discussion
13h00-14h00	HESI CITE Lecture
14h00-16h00	Session 25 – Symposium Safeguarding female reproductive health across disciplines	Session 26 – Symposium Computational toxicology – New advances and acceptance in academia, industry and regulation		Session 27 – Symposium Predictive systems to identify etiological factors and pathogenic mechanisms of neurodegeneration		Industry Symposium IX
						Industry Symposium X
16h00-17h00	Closing Ceremony and Award Presentations