December 2008
Society of Risk Analysis meeting, presentation by Lorenzo Allio, ERF and Kings College, on ‘How to manage the regulatory state: current developments in the EU’s risk management processes’ Boston, MA, USA
November 2008
Roundtable on ‘Coming to grips with REACH: Emerging Horizontal lessons for the future of risk management in the EU’ with Gert Dancet, (Head of the European Chemicals Agency), Hugo Watershoet (European Nickel Institute), Robert Scharrenbourg (Secretariat General, European Commission), and Martina Bianchini (Dow Europe), Brussels
Forum Meeting presentation by Richard Meads, ERF Rapporteur and a director of Business Decisions Limited, on ‘Expanding the Regulatory State – Agencies, Guidelines, and Risk Management’, Brussels
Forum Meeting presentation by Bernardo Delagu, Head of Risk Assessment, DG SANCO, European Commission, on ‘Commission Decision 2008/721/EC revising the structure of the EU’s scientific committees’, Brussels
Forum Meeting presentation by Cornelis Brekelmans, Advisor, DG Enterprise, European Commission, on ‘The Commission’s strategy to manage emerging technologies – the nanotechnologies sector’, Brussels
September 2008
China-EU Roundtable on Better Regulation, presentation by Dirk Hudig, ERF Chairman, on ‘Better Regulation in the EU’, Hangzhou, China
Roundtable on ‘Assessing and managing the Impact of Environmental Factors on Human Health – Ideas for Ensuring High Quality Decision-making’ with Peter Part (Joint Research Centre, European Commission), Jacques Degerlache (Solvay), Jacques de Selliers (Greenfacts), and Richard Meads (ERF Rapporteur and Business Decisions Limited), Brussels
Forum Meeting presentation by Catherine van Reeth, a senior manager from InBev, on ‘Recent Commission initiatives to manage alcohol-related harms – comments on horizontal issues’, Brussels
Forum Meeting presentation by Marianne Klingbeil, a Director of the Secretariat-General, European Commission, on ‘Recent developments in Impact Assessment’, Brussels
Forum Meeting presentation by Jean Claude Lahaut and Anne Rose Lambers, senior executives from CEFIC, on ‘Reforming consultation, comitology, and the use of science in decision-making – Ideas from the EU High Level Group on Chemicals’, Brussels
June 2008
Policy Lunch with Dr. John Graham, Dean, Pardee Rand Graduate School, on ‘What do regulators need to do well to manage risks?’, Brussels
Roundtable on ‘Judicial Review, Regulatory Decision-making and Science’ with The Hon. Judge Nicholas Forwood (European Court of Justice), James Flett (European Commission) Minna Heikklia (European Chemicals Agency), Johan Vanhemelrijk (EuropaBio), Candido Garcia Molyneux (Convington and Burling), Alberto Alemanno (Bocconi University), Elizabeth Fisher (University of Oxford), and Michael Rogers (former GOPA member), Brussels
May 2008
Policy Lunch with Prof. Jonathan Wiener, Duke University, on ‘Managing the regulatory state: Oversight bodies in the US and the EU’, Brussels
Policy Lunch with Susan Dudley, Administrator, US Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) on ‘Trends in Cost Benefit Assessment and Ex Post Evaluation of Regulatory Decisions’, Brussels
April 2008
Policy Lunch with Nancy Nord, Acting Chairman, US Consumer Product Safety Commission on ‘Nanotechnology - New Technologies and Consumer Protection’, Brussels
March 2008
Roundtable on ‘Climate Change and the Politicisation of Risk – Ensuring High Quality Risk Management Decision-Making’, with Richard Meads (Business Decisions and ERF Rapporteur), Thomas Smitham (US Mission to the EU), Kai Lücke (Robert Bosch), Lucas Bergkamp (Hunton and Williams), Kirsten Birkegaard Staer (Europabio), Brussels
Forum Meeting presentation by Sabine Nafziger, Director of consumer information, diet and health issues, CIAA, on ‘Recent Commission Initiatives to reduce obesity, increase exercise and improve nutrition, including the 2007 White Paper – comments on horizontal issues’, Brussels
Society of Risk Analysis meeting, presentation by Lorenzo Allio, ERF and Kings College, on ‘How to manage the regulatory state: current developments in the EU’s risk management processes’ Boston, MA, USA
November 2008
Roundtable on ‘Coming to grips with REACH: Emerging Horizontal lessons for the future of risk management in the EU’ with Gert Dancet, (Head of the European Chemicals Agency), Hugo Watershoet (European Nickel Institute), Robert Scharrenbourg (Secretariat General, European Commission), and Martina Bianchini (Dow Europe), Brussels
Forum Meeting presentation by Richard Meads, ERF Rapporteur and a director of Business Decisions Limited, on ‘Expanding the Regulatory State – Agencies, Guidelines, and Risk Management’, Brussels
Forum Meeting presentation by Bernardo Delagu, Head of Risk Assessment, DG SANCO, European Commission, on ‘Commission Decision 2008/721/EC revising the structure of the EU’s scientific committees’, Brussels
Forum Meeting presentation by Cornelis Brekelmans, Advisor, DG Enterprise, European Commission, on ‘The Commission’s strategy to manage emerging technologies – the nanotechnologies sector’, Brussels
September 2008
China-EU Roundtable on Better Regulation, presentation by Dirk Hudig, ERF Chairman, on ‘Better Regulation in the EU’, Hangzhou, China
Roundtable on ‘Assessing and managing the Impact of Environmental Factors on Human Health – Ideas for Ensuring High Quality Decision-making’ with Peter Part (Joint Research Centre, European Commission), Jacques Degerlache (Solvay), Jacques de Selliers (Greenfacts), and Richard Meads (ERF Rapporteur and Business Decisions Limited), Brussels
Forum Meeting presentation by Catherine van Reeth, a senior manager from InBev, on ‘Recent Commission initiatives to manage alcohol-related harms – comments on horizontal issues’, Brussels
Forum Meeting presentation by Marianne Klingbeil, a Director of the Secretariat-General, European Commission, on ‘Recent developments in Impact Assessment’, Brussels
Forum Meeting presentation by Jean Claude Lahaut and Anne Rose Lambers, senior executives from CEFIC, on ‘Reforming consultation, comitology, and the use of science in decision-making – Ideas from the EU High Level Group on Chemicals’, Brussels
June 2008
Policy Lunch with Dr. John Graham, Dean, Pardee Rand Graduate School, on ‘What do regulators need to do well to manage risks?’, Brussels
Roundtable on ‘Judicial Review, Regulatory Decision-making and Science’ with The Hon. Judge Nicholas Forwood (European Court of Justice), James Flett (European Commission) Minna Heikklia (European Chemicals Agency), Johan Vanhemelrijk (EuropaBio), Candido Garcia Molyneux (Convington and Burling), Alberto Alemanno (Bocconi University), Elizabeth Fisher (University of Oxford), and Michael Rogers (former GOPA member), Brussels
May 2008
Policy Lunch with Prof. Jonathan Wiener, Duke University, on ‘Managing the regulatory state: Oversight bodies in the US and the EU’, Brussels
Policy Lunch with Susan Dudley, Administrator, US Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) on ‘Trends in Cost Benefit Assessment and Ex Post Evaluation of Regulatory Decisions’, Brussels
April 2008
Policy Lunch with Nancy Nord, Acting Chairman, US Consumer Product Safety Commission on ‘Nanotechnology - New Technologies and Consumer Protection’, Brussels
March 2008
Roundtable on ‘Climate Change and the Politicisation of Risk – Ensuring High Quality Risk Management Decision-Making’, with Richard Meads (Business Decisions and ERF Rapporteur), Thomas Smitham (US Mission to the EU), Kai Lücke (Robert Bosch), Lucas Bergkamp (Hunton and Williams), Kirsten Birkegaard Staer (Europabio), Brussels
Forum Meeting presentation by Sabine Nafziger, Director of consumer information, diet and health issues, CIAA, on ‘Recent Commission Initiatives to reduce obesity, increase exercise and improve nutrition, including the 2007 White Paper – comments on horizontal issues’, Brussels