Informazione

Shaping the Future of Food Safety, Together

EFSA is pleased to announce that it will be possible to “virtually” attend the scientific conference “Shaping the Future of Food Safety, Together” which will take place on 14-16 October 2015 via live web streaming. We are providing live web streaming of the entire conference, including the plenaries and all parallel sessions. The final programme which includes briefings for all sessions is available here.

Interested participants will also have the opportunity to take part in the Question & Answer sessions by submitting their questions and comments through Twitter or a dedicated form on the conference’s website while watching the conference.

Feel free to save the date of the conference’s live web streaming here: http://www.efsaexpo2015.eu/join-the-conference-online/

In conjunction with EFSA’s conference a series of other events will be organised by partner institutions:

·         ‘Symposium on regulatory bioinformatics’ taking place on 12 and 13 October 2015, organised by the US FDA and hosted by EFSA. For more information: http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OC/OfficeofScientificandMedicalPrograms/NCTR/WhatWeDo/ucm289679.htm

·         ‘Globalized Trade as a Driver of Emerging Risks in Food Safety’ organised by Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale of the Lombardia and Emilia-Romagna region and taking place on 14 October 2015 morning in the same venue than EFSA’s scientific conference. For more information: http://www.izsler.it/izs_home_page/archivio_news/00003779_Globalized_Trade_as_a_Driver_of_Emerging_Risks_in_Food_Safety.html

·         'Fight Food Waste – Feed the Planet?' organised by the European Commission and taking place on 15 October 2015. High-level speakers include the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis and many others. Registration are open until 21 September 2015: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_food-safety/information_sources/events/20151015_safety_food_waste_en.htm

·         Workshop ‘Spices and herbs - A risk free taste experience’ organised by Federal Institute for Risk Assessment BfR on 14 October 2015 from 10:00 to 14:00. For more information: https://www.b2match.eu/spiced2015

We trust many of you will be able to follow the event proceedings and contribute to the discussions. Please feel free to disseminate this information to all other relevant stakeholders.

Kind regards,

The EFSA Organising Committee

Follow the conference activities:

Conference website: www.efsaexpo2015.eu

EFSA Twitter account: https://twitter.com/efsa_eu (#EFSAexpo2015)

EFSA LinkedIn account: https://www.linkedin.com/company/25288

EFSA YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/EFSAchannel