Past Meetings & Events – 2017

(Our Upcoming Meetings & Events page can be found at alttox.org/current-meetings-events.)

Windows of Susceptibility – NIEHS webinar
February 15, 2017, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. EST

NC3Rs Workshop: Applying exposure science to increase the utility of non-animal data in efficacy and safety testing
February 15-16, 2017
London, UK

NIEHS Webinar: Using Informatics to Improve Data Analysis of Chemical Screening Assays Conducted in Zebrafish – Ontologies 101
February 16, 2017, 11:30-1:00 p.m. EST

GlobalChem 2017
Feb 22-24, 2017
Washington, DC

NC3Rs Workshop: Human tissue models for cancer research
March 1-2, 2017
London, UK

NIEHS Webinar: Using Informatics to Improve Data Analysis of Chemical Screening Assays Conducted in Zebrafish – A Review of Relevant Ontologies and Application of Reasoners
March 2, 2017, 11:30-1:00 p.m. EST

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop: Advances in Causal Understanding for Human Health Risk-Based Decision Making
March 6-7, 2017
Washington, DC and via webcast

REACH 2018 SME Workshop
March 9-10, 2017
Vienna, Austria

Society of Toxicology (SOT) 56th Annual Meeting
March 12-16, 2017
Baltimore, Maryland

FDA Pharmaceutical Science and Clinical Pharmacology Advisory Committee Meeting (focus on model-informed drug development and safety evaluation)
March 15, 2017
Washington, DC

SOT Satellite Meeting: Updates on Activities Related to 21st Century and Related Efforts: Invited Presentations and Open Mic
March 16, 2017
Baltimore, Maryland

SOT Satellite Meeting on Regulatory Acceptance of Read-Across
March 17, 2017
Baltimore, Maryland

LRI Awards
Applications due March 19, 2017

INVITROM Symposium 2017, In Vitro Disease Models 2.0
March 23, 2017
Breda, The Netherlands

FDA Grand Rounds webcast “Vaccine adjuvants: New ways to evaluate their safety and effectiveness”
Presentation: Dr. Hana Golding’s laboratory has developed new cellular assays to evaluate the safety of new adjuvants using human cells.
March 30, 2017, noon – 1:00 pm EST

CAAT Academy 2017: Hands-On Training in Toxicology
April-November 2017

253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Advanced Materials, Technologies, Systems & Processes
April 2-6, 2017
San Francisco, California

British Toxicology Society Annual Congress 2017
April 3–5, 2017
Liverpool, United Kingdom

ECHA Stakeholder’s Day
April 4-5, 2017
Helsinki, Finland

TEDD & 3R Workshop
April 7, 2017
Wädenswil, Switzerland

Nominations for Humane Society of the United States 2017 Russell and Burch Award
Nominations due April 10, 2017

World Vaccine Congress 2017
April 10-12, 2017
Washington, DC

7th Conference on Alternatives Methods in China
April 11-14, 2017
Guangzhou, China

8th World Congress on Toxicology and Pharmacology
April 13-15, 2017
Dubai, UAE

Rethinking Developmental Toxicity Testing: Evolution or Revolution Workshop
April 19-20, 2017
Washington, DC

CAAT 2018-2019 Research Grants
Pre-proposals due April 21, 2017

Regulatory Sciences for Biologics and Vaccines: Accelerating Development and Enabling Manufacturing Innovation, An ECI Conference
April 23-26, 2017
Leesburg, Virginia

International Council for Harmonization (ICH) Regional Public Consultation
April 24, 2017
Silver Spring, Maryland

In Silico and In Vitro Methods in Modern Drug Discovery
April 24-25, 2017
Nottingham, UK

Nomination for Charles River Excellence in Refinement Award
Submissions due April 30, 2017

2017 Alternatives Research Grant Program, Alternatives Research & Development Foundation (ARDF)
Applications due May 1, 2017

NC3Rs/Safety Pharmacology Society regional meeting: The use of human tissues for safety assessment
May 3, 2017
Coventry, UK

Science/AAAS Webinar: Getting the best data from your cells: From tissue culture to final analysis
May 3, 2017, 12pm EST

Reagan-Udall Foundation Annual Public Meeting
May 4, 2017, 10am-12pm
Washington, DC

ECETOC Workshop on Advances Exposure Modelling: Bridging the gap between research and application
May 4-5, 2017
Brussels, Belgium

SETAC Europe 27th Annual Meeting
May 7-11, 2017
Brussels, Belgium

AWIC Workshop, Meeting the Information Requirements of the Animal Welfare Act
May 10-11, 2017
Beltsville, Maryland

Genetic Toxicology Association Meeting
May 11-12, 2017
Newark, Delaware

Applied Pharmaceutical Toxicology 2017
May 15-17, 2017
South San Francisco Campus

JRC Summer School on Alternative Approaches for Risk assessment
May 16-19, 2017 (Pre-registration open until February 14, 2017)
Ispra, Italy

OpenTox Asia 2017
May 17-18, 2017
Daejeon, South Korea

ERGECD 2017, European Research Group on Experimental Contact Dermatitis
May 17-19, 2017
Kemptthal, Switzerland

KSOT/KEMS Toxicology Workshop & Spring International Symposium
May 18-19, 2017
Busan, Korea

International Neurotoxicology Association
May 20-24, 2017
Florianopolis, Brazil

IFER Fellowship Program
Pre-proposals due May 22, 2017

Advances in Cell and Tissue Culture, hosted by Kirkstall
May 22-24, 2017
Manchester, UK

ICCVAM Public Forum
May 23, 2017
Bethesda, Maryland

Workshop on Advances and Roadblocks for use of Genomics Data in Cancer Risk Assessment for Drugs and Chemicals
May 25-26, 2017
Montreal, Canada

NIH-AIMBE 6th Workshop on Validation and Qualification of New In Vitro Tools and Models for the Pre-clinical Drug Discovery Process
May 25-26, 2017
Bethesda, Maryland

FDA’s 2017 Science Forum
May 31-June 1, 2017
Silver Spring, Maryland

FRAME Training School in Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis
May 31-June 2, 2017
Saskatoon, Canada

CAAT Academy, In Vitro Skin and Eye Models Hands-on Training
June 1-2, 2017
Brussels, Belgium

SIVB In Vitro Biology Annual Meeting
June 10-14, 2017
Raleigh, North Carolina

IIVS 20th Anniversary Celebration
June 12, 2017, 1 – 7 pm
Gaithersburg, Maryland

World Preclinical Congress
June 12-16, 2017
Boston, Massachusetts

21st Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference
June 13-15, 2017
Reston, Virginia

HESI 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting
June 13-15
Dublin, Ireland

ecopa SSCT Workshop
June 14-16, 2017
Helsinki, Finland

International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
June 14-17, 2017
Boston, Massachusetts

CAAT Academy, Tools for Read-Across
June 15-16, 2017
Helsinki, Finland

DIA 2017 Global Annual Meeting
June 18-22, 2017
Chicago, Illinois

ICCA-LRI Workshop, How can fit-for-purpose exposure assessments best be integrated into risk-based decision making?
June 21-22, 2017
Como, Italy

International Congress “State of the Art in Non-clinical Models for Neurodegenerative Diseases”
June 21-24, 2017
Varadero, Cuba

High Throughput ADME 2017, Discovery ADME and Applications
June 22, 2017
Boston, Massachusetts

CAAT Academy, Updates on Hepatotoxicity AOP Landscape and on the ADME Field – Season 2
June 22-23, 2017
Rennes, France

Episkin International Seminar on Safety and Efficacy applications of 3D human tissue models as alternative methods to Animal Testing
June 22-23, 2017
Lyon, France

9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
June 22-24, 2017
Paris, France

57th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society
June 24–28, 2017
Denver, Colorado

Belgium, Dutch, and UK Environmental Mutagenesis Society Meeting 2017
June 25-28, 2017
Leuven, Belgium

BioMed21 Workshop – A Human Pathway-based Approach to Disease and Medicine
June 26-27, 2017
Bethesda, Maryland

TSCA Reform – One Year Later
June 27, 2017, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Washington, DC

Webinar: ACI’s Cleaning Product Ingredient Safety Initiative
Tuesday, June 27, 2:00-3:00 pm EDT

Spanish Congress of Toxicology
June 28-30, 2017
Valencia, Spain

NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting
June 29-30, 2017
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Human Toxicology Project call for proposals: Roadmaps to human biology-based disease research
Application deadline: June 30, 2017

Stem Cells for Drug Discovery & Toxicity Screening 2017
July 10-11, 2017
Boston, Massachusetts

Organ-on-a-Chip World Congress & 3D-Culture 2017
July 10-11, 2017
Boston, Massachusetts

44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Toxicology
July 10-12, 2017
Nishi-ku, Japan

The Challenges of the EU Cosmetic Regulation: Practical Advice for the Industry
July 11, 2017
Manchester, UK

OpenTox USA 2017, Application of in vitro-in silico Approaches in Toxicology, Safety Assessment and Regulation
July 12-13, 2017
Durham, North Carolina

FDA Workshop: Developing Rabies Monoclonal Antibody Products as a Component of Rabies Post-exposure Prophylaxis
July 17, 2017, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Eastern Time
Silver Spring, Maryland
Register by July 12; Request to make public comments by July 10; Webcast available

FDA Pubic Workshop: Development of New Tuberculosis Drug Regimens-Scientific and Clinical Design Considerations
July 19, 2017, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Eastern Time
Silver Spring, Maryland
Register by July 14; Request to make public comments by July 10; Webcast available

EPA Tools and Resources Webinar: Ecotoxicology Knowledgebase (ECOTOX)
July 19, 2017, 3:00 – 4:00PM EDT

International Society for Computational Biology, ISMB/ECCB 2017
July 21-25, 2017
Prague, Czech Republic

LUSH Prize
Nominations deadline: July 24, 2017

Advances in Tissue Engineering, 25th Annual Short Course at Rice University
August 9-12, 2017
Houston, Texas

VIIIth International Congress on Stress Responses in Biology and Medicine
August 13-17, 2017
Turku, Finland

Cell Death
August 15-19, 2017
Cold Spring Harbor, New York

Tenth World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, The 3rs in Action
August 20-24, 2017
Seattle, Washington

7th International Conference on Sustainability Science
August 21-23, 2017
Stockholm, Sweden

4th International Symposium on Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Laboratory Animal Studies
August 24-25, 2017
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

LASA 3Rs/UFAW Section Meeting Planning and Implementing the 3Rs: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
September 6, 2017
South of England (exact location TBD)

Risk Assessment of Chemical Mixtures, SETAC meeting
September 6-8, 2017
Denver, Colorado

CAAT Academy: Quantitative Human Cell and Effect-Based In Vitro Bioanalysis for Assessing Endocrine-disrupting Compounds (EDCs)
September 7-8, 2017
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

48th Annual Meeting Environmental Mutagenesis & Genomics Society
September 9-13, 2017
Raleigh, North Carolina

Eurotox 2017, 53rd Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology
September 10-13, 2017
Bratislava, Slovakia

When Omics Meet Regulations; ECETOC Workshop Session at EUROTOX 2017
September 11, 2017
Bratislava, Slovakia

FDA Grand Rounds Webcast: Developing a Mechanistic Model-Based Approach to Assess Cardiac Safety of New Drugs
September 14, 2017, 12:00-1:00 pm (EST)

EFSA Workshop on Bisphenol A (BPA) Hazard Assessment Protocol
September 14, 2017 (Registration deadline: August 25)
Brussels, Belgium

CAAT Academy: In Vitro-In Vivo Extrapolation (IVIVE) to Support Accurate Prediction of Hepatic Drug Disposition
September 14-15, 2017
Leuven, Belgium

11th Vaccine Congress
September 17-20, 2017
San Diego, California

Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods Meetings
September 18-19, 2017
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

FDA Global Summit on Regulatory Science (GSRS17), Emerging Technologies for Drug and Food Safety
September 18-20, 2017
Anvisa Brasilia, DF Brazil

Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology
September 21-22, 2017
College Park, Maryland

EPAA 2017 Refinement Prize
Deadline for submissions: September 22, 2017

8th Annual Wyss International Symposium: Therapeutic Organ Engineering
September 22, 2017
Boston, Massachusetts

Enhancing Predictivity in Medicines Development
September 24-26, 2017
Prague, Czech Republic

Webinar: 3-Dimensional Assays: What Must Be Done for Setting Up and Validating for Downstream Microplate Reader and Imaging Applications
September 26, 2017, 11:00 a.m. EDT

EU4FACTS: Evidence for policy in a post-fact world
September 26, 2017
Brussels, Belgium

Safety Pharmacology Society Annual Meeting
September 24-27, 2017
Berlin, Germany

Inhaled Particles Conference, IPXII
September 25-27, 2017
Glasgow, Scotland

5th Biocides Stakeholders’ Day
September 26-27, 2017
Helsinki, Finland

Safety Pharmacology Society 15th Annual Meeting
September 28-October 1, 2017
Prague, Czech Republic

The 10th International Symposium on Biological Monitoring
October 1-4, 2017
Naples, Italy

Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop
October 1-4, 2017
Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Leveraging Quantitative Methods and Modeling to Modernize Generic Drug Development and Review (FDA Public Workshop)
October 2-3, 2017
Silver Spring, Maryland

ARDF Alternatives in Research (AiR) Challenge
Pre-proposal deadline: October 5, 2017

OpenTox Euro 2017
October 4-6, 2017
Basel, Switzerland

CAAT Academy: In Silico Tools in Chemical’s Hazard Assessments
October 5-6, 2017
Brussels, Belgium

Demonstrating Equivalence of Generic Complex Drug Substances and Formulations: Advances in Characterization and In Vitro Testing  (FDA Public Workshop)
October 6, 2017
Silver Spring, Maryland

ACI Webinar: Aquatic environmental exposure assessment for formulated consumer products using iSTREEM®
October 12, 2017, 2:00 p.m. EDT

CAAT Academy: Skin Sensitization
October 12-13, 2017
Ludwigshafen, Germany

Better Analysis with Fewer Animals (BAFA) 2017
October 12-13, 2017
Utrecht, The Netherlands

ISES Annual Meeting, Integrating Exposure Science Across Diverse Communities
October 15-19, 2017
Durham, North Carolina

Danish 3R-Center funding for 3Rs research projects in Denmark
Application deadline: October 16

Improving Reproducibility of Research Through Digital Tools, Technologies and Laboratory Automation
October 16, 2017
San Francisco, California

Swetox Replacement Workshop
October 17, 2017
Hasselbacken, Stockholm

Health Canada and FDA Joint Public Consultation on International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH)
October 19, 2017
Ottawa, Canada

Overcoming Barriers to Product Development, Regulatory Approval and Commercialization of Affordable, High Quality, Generic Topical Dermatological Drug Products (FDA Public Workshop)
October 20, 2017
Silver Spring, Maryland

NIH / NCATS Assay Guidance Workshop for High-Throughput Screening and Lead Discovery
October 23, 2017
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

EPA FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel on Physiologically-based Pharmacokinetic Modeling
October 24-27, 2017 (Submit written comments on or before September 11)
Arlington, Virginia & via webcast

BelTox Advanced Toxicology Course 2017: Embryo-fetal Development Toxicity Testing
October 25, 2017
Brussels, Belgium

NHLBI Systems Biology Symposium
October 25-26, 2017
Bethesda, Maryland

EFSA/EBTC Scientific Colloquium on Evidence Integration in Risk Assessment: The Science of Combining Apples and Oranges
October 25-26, 2017
Lisbon, Portugal

Cosmetics Europe Science Conference
October 26-27, 2017
Brussels, Belgium

CAAT Academy: Kidney Toxicity Testing – Season 2
October 30-31, 2017
Vienna, Austria

AWIC Workshop, Meeting the Information Requirements of the Animal Welfare Act
November 1-2, 2017
Beltsville, Maryland

Public Meeting on TSCA Strategic Plan – Alternative Testing Methods Strategy
November 2, 2017, 9:00 am – noon
Bethesda, Maryland & via webcast

Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society 46th Annual Meeting
November 6-7, 2017
Tokyo, Japan

ScitoVation PBPK Modeling Course
November 6-10, 2017
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Danish 3R Symposium 2017
November 7-8, 2017
Copenhagen, Denmark

7th International Workshop on Genotoxicity Testing
November 8-10, 2017
Tokyo, Japan

Single Cell Analyses
November 8-11, 2017
Cold Spring Harbor, New York

ICH Assembly Meeting
November 11-16, 2017
Geneva, Switzerland

12th International Conference and 5th Asian Congress on Environmental Mutagens (ICEM-ACEM 2017) with the 33rd Annual Meeting of KSOT/KEMS (Korean Environmental Mutagen Society)
November 12-16, 2017
Seoul, Korea

SETAC North America 38th Annual Meeting
November 12-16, 2017
Minneapolis, Minnesota

International Congress on Environmental Mutagens
November 12-16, 2017
Incheon, Korea

19th Annual Cefic-LRI Workshop
November 15-16, 2017
Brussels, Belgium

CAAT Academy: In Vitro Lung Models
November 16-17, 2017
Geneva, Switzerland

CAAT Academy: Current Applications of Organs-on-a-Chip for the Pharmaceutical Industry
November 16-17, 2017
Leiden, The Netherlands

Understanding Pathways to a Paradigm Shift in Toxicity Testing and Decision Making (NAS Workshop)
November 20-21, 2017
Washington, DC & via webcast

OpenTox Euro 2017
November 22-23, 2017
Basel, Switzerland

In Vitro Toxicology Society (IVTS) Annual Meeting
November, 23-24, 2017
London, UK

30th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments
November 23-25, 2017
Tokyo, Japan

Congrès Annuel de la Société Française de Toxicologie
November 23-24, 2017
Paris, France

EPA FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel on Continuing Development of Alternative High-Throughput Screens to Determine Endocrine Disruption, Focusing on Androgen Receptor, Steroidogenesis, and Thyroid Pathways
November 28-30, 2017 (Submit written comments on or before September 28)
Arlington, Virginia & via webcast

NIEHS Webinar on Adverse Outcome Pathways: Session II – Assembling and Assessing AOP Information
(Background information on this webinar series: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/centers/srp/events/riskelearning/aop/index.cfm)
November 29, 2017, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.  (EST)

Society of Toxicology of Canada 49th Annual Symposium, Winter 2017
November 29-December 1, 2017
Montréal, Quebec, Canada

FDA Public Workshop: Assessment of Cardiovascular Toxicities in Immuno-oncology Trials
December 1, 2017, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Silver Spring, Maryland (FDA White Oak Campus) & via webcast

ASCB/ EMBO 2017
December 2-6, 2017
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

TERMIS-AM 2017 Annual Conference
December 3-6, 2017
Charlotte, North Carolina

NC3Rs International 3Rs Prize
Deadline: December 4, 2017, 4:00 p.m. (GMT)

Development and 3-D Modeling of the Human Brain
December 6 – 9, 2017
Cold Spring Harbor, New York

Chemical Footprint Project Workshop 2017
December 7, 2017
Boston, Massachusetts

NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Meetings
December 7-8, 2017
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

SRA 2017 Annual Meeting
December 10-14, 2017
Arlington, Virginia

Webinar: Examining Environmental Contributors to Autism (Dr. Valerie Hu, George Washington University’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences)
December 12, 2017, 1:00 p.m. (EST)

1st National Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing & National Workshop on Handling Reconstructed Human 3D Tissue Models
December 14-19, 2017
Mumbai, India

In Vitro Toxicology Society (IVTS) Research Mini-Fellowships
Application deadline: December 22, 2017

CAAT Next Generation Humane Science Award
Extended application deadline: December 31, 2017