Upcoming CAAT Workshop: 21st Century Validation Strategies for 21st Century
Tools: July 13-14, 2010Chemical safety testing has come into the limelight. The emerging discussion of the TSCA reauthorization in the US and the start of REACH registration in the EU leave no doubt that a new approach to toxicology is called for. That new approach was neatly outlined in the 2007 NRC report Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy.Now it is time to put that vision into practice. The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) has teamed up with American Chemistry Council and the Doerenkamp-Zbinden Foundation to offer a two-day forum on the new approach and its scientific challenges. The program will address the following topics: Integrated Testing Strategies, Modern Technology Integration, Evidence-based Toxicology, and Endocrine Disruption as a possible pilot area. A half-day session will be devoted to each of these four pertinent aspects of the Tox-21c implementation. An opinion leader in each in field will present a keynote paper, to be followed by three renowned respondents and then an open one-hour discussion in the plenary. The number of participants has been limited to allow intense discussions. The event will be documented for publication and webstreaming is planned. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
615 N Wolfe St., Baltimore MD
July 13-14 2010
Sheldon Hall W1214 Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Session 1: Integrated Testing Strategies
Plenary Speaker: Joanna Jaworska, Procter & Gamble-Europe
Panel Commentary
Discussion Session 2: Enhancing Modern Technologies for Risk Assessment
Plenary Speakers: Kim Boekelheide, Brown University and
Mel Andersen, The Hamner Institute for Health Sciences
Panel Commentary
Discussion Wednesday, July 14, 2010 Session 3: Evidence-Based Toxicology
Plenary Speaker: Thomas Hartung, Johns Hopkins University
Panel Commentary
Discussion Session 4: Endocrine Disruption – A Pilot for Tox-21c
Plenary Speaker: Dan Dietrich, University of Konstanz, Germany
Panel Commentary
Discussion REGISTRATION FORM Hotel recommendations:
The Admiral Fell Inn
888 S Broadway
866 583 4162 (reservations)
Inn at Henderson’s Wharf
1000 Fell St.
Phone: (410) 522-7777 For more information, contact Marilyn Principe More information, including registration, can be found here Jointly sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, Doerenkamp-Zbinden Foundation, American Chemistry Council, CropLife America, Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates, Soap and Detergent Association, American Petroleum Institute, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Consumer Specialty Products Association, Personal Care Product Council, Chemical Producers and Distributors Association, Styrene Information and Research Center and the Society of Toxicology | 
