Open meeting on REACH is free, but registration is required

Helsinki, Finland - Registration for CASCADE Open Forum on 18 April, 2007 in Helsinki, Finland is now open. The forum is being organised by CASCADE, a grouping of research organisations focussed around chemicals in the food chain. The event is free to registrants, but registration is required for all attendees. A limited number of seats are available and will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.

CASCADE said the session will serve as a platform for open discussions on the implications of new policy from different stakeholder perspectives. Short presentations will be followed by a moderated panel debate.

Speakers are listed as follow: Heikki Salonen, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)

What is REACH and the new European Chemicals Agency in Helsinki?

Jari Luukkonen, WWF

Viewpoints from an NGO.

Göran Wall, Swedish Plastics and Chemicals Federation

How will the chemical industry implement REACH?

Bengt Fjällborg, Akzo Nobel

REACH activities in Akzo Nobel

Joan-Albert Vericat, Neuropharma & In Vitro Testing Industrial Platform (IVTIP)

In vitro methods for testing of chemicals. Presentation of the view of IVTIP.

Jan-Ã…ke Gustafsson, coordinator CASCADE Network of Excellence

CASCADE research on alternative methods suitable for testing under REACH.

Panel discussion

And questions from the auditorium.

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