BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:www.eu-parc.eu BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f3b26a2ce0d DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250831 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250901 SUMMARY:3Rs Integrating 3 Worlds: Human\, Animal\, and Environmental Health – World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life S ciences ↗ is a leading international event dedicated to advancing altern atives to animal testing in research and education. Bringing together scie ntists\, researchers\, policymakers\, and industry professionals\, the con gress provides a vital platform for knowledge exchange\, best practice sha ring\, and discussions on cutting-edge developments in the field. \;Th e congress covers a wide range of topics\, including alternative method de velopment and validation\, ethical considerations\, regulatory frameworks\ , and the application of alternative approaches in toxicology\, biomedical research\, and education. By fostering collaboration\, this event plays a crucial role in accelerating progress toward the 3Rs principles—Replace ment\, Reduction\, and Refinement—shaping the future of scientific resea rch and policy. \;The Scientific Program ↗ will cover key topics\, i ncluding: \;Animal HealthEnvironmental HealthEducationOne Health / Har monization / TechnologiesHuman Health – Reduction\, Refinement\, and Oth er ConsiderationsHuman Health – PolicyHuman Health – Replacement \ ;PARC will contribute to the event with following presentations: \;Est ablishment of Readiness Criteria for AI-Based Tools for Risk Assessment: R EADYAI\" Presented by Joyce de Paula Souza ↗ (University of Basel ↗\, Switzerland) \;A combined in vitro and in silico strategy to predict t oxicokinetics of emerging mycotoxins. Presented by Blandine Descamps ↗ a nd Georg Aichinger ↗  \;(ETH Zurich ↗\, Switzerland)Developing and designing INVITES-IN\; a tool for assessing the internal validity of in v itro studies Presented by Gro Mathisen ↗ (Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment ↗\, Norway)3D spheroids for genotoxicity asses sment Presented by \; Marc Audebert ↗ - Invited speaker (INRAE ↗\, France)Tackling sex bias in next generation risk assessment with women-sp ecific physiologically based kinetic modelling Presented by Georg Aichinge r ↗ (ETH Zürich\, Switzerland ↗)AOP-based IATAs to stimulate the use of NAMs: genotoxicity as a case study Presented by Birgit Mertens ↗\, (S ciensano ↗\, Belgium)Non-animal Models in DIT Testing Presented by Emanu ela Corsini ↗ (UNIMI ↗\, Italy)We invite researchers\, policymakers\, and professionals from various scientific fields to join this prestigious congress and contribute to shaping the future of alternatives in life scie nces. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences ↗ is a leading international event dedicated to adv ancing alternatives to animal testing in research and education. Bringing together scientists\, researchers\, policymakers\, and industry profession als\, the congress provides a vital platform for knowledge exchange\, best practice sharing\, and discussions on cutting-edge developments in the fi eld. \;

The congress covers a wid e range of topics\, including alternative method development and validatio n\, ethical considerations\, regulatory frameworks\, and the application o f alternative approaches in toxicology\, biomedical research\, and educati on. By fostering collaboration\, this event plays a crucial role in accele rating progress toward the 3Rs principles—Replacement\, Reduction\, and Refinement—shaping the future of scientific research and policy. \;< /p>

The Scientific Program ↗ will cover key topics\, including: \;