Transcript Brussels presentation.

7 – 11 May 2017
brussels.setac.eu
Why Coming to SETAC Brussels?
• Centrally located conference
center
• Environmental quality through
trans-disciplinary collaboration
• In the center of Europe and
environmental policy making
• Networking (during and after
hours, formal and informal)
• Connectivity by train and plane
• Cultural and touristic hotspot:
“art-de-vivre”
• Spacious rooms and newest
technologies
• Centrally located with city view
• Walking distance from central
station (2 minutes), the ‘Grand
Place’ and lodging (<10 minutes)
• Large number of available hotels
within 10min distance
Connectivity By Train And Plane
• Direct flights from 200
European and intercontinental
destinations
• Less than 2 hours flight from
major European cities
• European high speed train hub
• Short train travel from London
(2h), Paris (1.5h), Amsterdam
(1.5h), Frankfurt (3h)
• Avoid traffic jams: 20-minute
train from Brussels airport to
SQUARE convention center by
train
Cultural And Touristic Hotspot
• Fine arts: Magritte and over 80 museums (lots of them close to Square)
• Historical Centre: “Grand place” (UNESCO World Heritage Site) and other
buildings and monuments in Gothic, Baroque and Art-Nouveau styles
• Atomium
• World War I commemoration 2014-2018
• Ghent (40 min), Bruges (1h), Antwerp (1h)
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Art-de-vivre
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Theme And Scientific Program
Environmental Quality through Trans-disciplinary Collaboration
• Complexity of multiple stressors in the environment
• Key to successful environmental quality management =
trans-disciplinary collaboration
– SETAC: ecotoxicology, environmental chemistry, risk assessment
– Stimulate collaboration with other disciplines and societies:
conservation biology, human health, engineering, sociology, economy
Call for session proposals: June 2016
Session proposal deadline: 15 August 2016
Abstract submission deadline: 23 November 2016
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
“Linking Oceans and Human Health”
Prof. Lora Fleming (University of Exeter, UK)
“Importance of sound science and transdisciplinary collaboration for improvement of
environmental risk assessments”
Mr. Geert Dancet (Executive Director of ECHA,
Finland)
“Product Environmental Footprint”
Dr. Michele Galatola (Product Team Leader, DG
Environment, European Commission)