Opening remarks

Bjorn Hansen
European Chemicals Agency

• ECHA's Executive Director since 2018. 
• Joined the European Commission, European Chemicals Bureau, Joint Research Centre in 1991.
• Head of the Chemicals Unit of Directorate General Environment from 2012. 
• Involved in the development of REACH and CLP regulations from their very early days.

Where we are on biocides

Erik van de Plassche
European Chemicals Agency

• Chair of ECHA's Biocidal Products Committee.
• Senior Scientist at ECHA since 2012 coordinating preparatory activities for the Biocidal Products Regulation.
• Invited expert at DG Joint Research Centre for coordinating technical and scientific support for the implementation of the Biocidal Products Directive.
• Also worked at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection.

Impact of endocrine disruptor criteria

Alan Breen
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland

• Regulatory toxicologist with 25 years' experience in the area of chemical safety evaluation and risk assessment.
• Member of ECHA's endocrine disruptor expert group. 

Best practice for in situ applications

Dr Jürgen Gutknecht
Consultant, Lysoform Dr. Hans Rosemann GmbH

• Member of the Management Committee of European Biocidal Products Forum.
• Chaired the industrial consortium establishing the active substance dossier for peracetic acid.

Impact of Brexit

Klaus Berend
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission

• Leads the Unit responsible for the implementation of pesticides and biocides legislation.

Andreas Herdina
European Chemicals Agency

• Director of Cooperation, responsible for ECHA's preparations for UK's withdrawl from the EU.

Best practice for product family authorisation 

Adrian Gray
Janssen PMP (Johnson & Johnson)

• Senior Regulatory Manager leading the European & Asia regulatory teams.
• Member of the Working Party on the implementation of the biocidal product family concept.
• Member of the Management Committee of the European Biocidal Products Forum and represents the Forum as nominated expert at the BPR Co-ordination Group meetings.
• Leads the Risk Assessment Working Group for the European Wood Preservative Manufacturers Association.

Tips for successful Union authorisation

Isabelle Demoment
Hypred - Kersia Group 

• Member of the Executive Comittee of Kersia group.
• Responsible for the compliance of products manufactured and placed on the market and for deploying the Corporate Social Responsability programme.
• Participates in European and national professional associations (CEFIC-EBPF, AISE) to contribute to the implementation of the European regulations within the chemical industry.

Preparing for enforcement 

Eugen Anwander
Forum for enforcement, Biocidal Products Regulation Subgroup

• Chair of ECHA's Biocidal Products Regulation Subgroup for enforcement.
• Works at Federal State Government Service Vorarlberg, Institute for Environment and Food Safety, Chemical Safety Unit.
• Austrian ECHA Forum member since 2011.

Publishing more information on biocides 

Karina Kubinakova
European Chemicals Agency

• Works in the Computational Assessment and Dissemination Unit, responsible for revamping the information published under the Biocidal Products Regulation.
• Worked previously in the non–profit sector and in EU institutions.
• Helped build a database on projects and beneficiaries of EU cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation programmes, under INTERACT, the service provider to EU programmes within the European territorial cooperation.

Moderator: Jack de Bruijn
European Chemicals Agency

• Leads the Directorate of Risk Management responsible for  managing ECHA’s scientific evaluations and assessments under the Biocidal Products Regulation.
• Worked at the European Commission's Chemicals Bureau of the Joint Research Centre.
• Worked for many years for the Dutch national authorities in the area of regulatory risk assessment of chemicals.

Klaus Berend
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission

• Leads the Unit responsible for the implementation of pesticides and biocides legislation.
• Since joining the Commission in 1994, has also lead the Units responsible for the implementation of the REACH Regulation; the Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation, Good Laboratory Practices, detergents, fertilisers, drug precursors, explosives and pyrotechnic articles; as well as the sustainability and competitiveness of the chemicals industry.

Aurelie Chezeau
Anses - French agency for food, environmental and occupational health and safety

• Deputy Head of the Coordination Unit for biocidal products assessment at Anses.
• Member of ECHA's Biocidal Products Committee.
• 10 years of experience in the regulations for biocides and plant protection products.

Camelia Mihai
European Chemical Industry Council, Cefic

• Leads the European Biocidal Products Forum, following the regulatory developments of the EU biocides legislation and providing support, information and advice to the Forum members.
• Represents the Forum in various fora at EU level.
• Works on various topics around compliance and implementation of the BPR. 

Elodie Cazelle
A.I.S.E - the European detergents, cleaning and maintenance products association

• Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Manager at A.I.S.E.
• Responsible for issues related to biocides and for providing support to members in implementing BPR.
• Represents A.I.S.E. in the meetings of the biocides competent authorities and coordination group.

Hugues Kenigswald
European Chemicals Agency 

• Leads the Biocides Assessment Unit responsible for most of ECHA’s technical and scientific assessment in the field of biocides.
• Worked on the risk assessment of food additives and nutrient sources at the European Food Safety Authority.
• Over 20 years of experience in the field of chemicals risk assessment and risk management at national, EU and global level.

Anders Bolmstedt
Health Care Without Harm Europe

• Chair of the Board of Health Care Without Harm Europe. 
• Has worked as a chemist for 15 years in Region Västra Götaland, Sweden, whose main mission is public health care.
• Works primarily with strategies to reduce and substitute harmful chemicals.