2nd Pan-American Conference for Alternative Methods 2018
Starting in 2016 in Baltimore, now 2018 in Rio and planned for 2020 in Canada, the series Pan-American Conference for Alternative Methods brings South, Central, and North America together to further alternatives to animal testing and build collaboration for the exchange of scientific ideas.
Date: August 23-24, 2018
Venue: Rua Ferreira Viana, 81 – Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, in front of Windsor Florida Hotel (Casarão)
Rate: R $ 291,00 + rates
Reservations: reservas.florida@windsorhoteis.com.br (21) 21956800
To earn the promotional value, please inform that you will attend the event.
Register:
All spots are filled. We have no more seats for the meeting.
Agenda:
Click HERE for the final agenda. The focus of the program will be the 6 Rs (see below)
The 6Rs
- Replacement (3 sessions planned) – in vitro and in silico including organo-typic cultures and mechanistic toxicology (Tox-21c)
- Refinement – best practices including non-invasive methods
- Reduction – approaches including assay integration, minimal change formulations, green toxicology
- Read-across – read-across and related in silico approaches – advances and challenges
- Relevance – ethical and economical views, quality aspects such as good cell culture practice, evidence-based toxicology, in vitro / in silico reporting standards
- Roadmaps – how to move the field? Communication, conferences, policy programs, stakeholder engagement
Themes proposal:
- Cosmetics – Roundtable with researchers from cosmetics industries
- Read Across – Filling the gap of information on systemic toxicology and allergy
- In vitro/In vivo Extrapolation- Multiscale modeling approaches for assessing cosmetic ingredients safety
- Fragrances
- Agrochemicals
- Drugs
- Education
- NGOs and 3Rs initiatives
- Human-on-a-Chip
- Evidence-based toxicology
- Induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSCs)
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