ECORISC Conference 2025

This session will look to address:

• What are the latest advancements in novel sampling and analytical techniques to quantify chemical presence in water, soil, sediment, and the atmosphere?

• How do models contribute to assessing the bioavailability and uptake of chemicals into biota?

• How can we improve detection and monitoring of emerging contaminants?

• How do different ecosystems and environmental conditions influence contaminant persistence and bioavailability?

This session will look to address:

• How can we better extrapolate individual-level effects to population and community impacts?

• Which ecosystem services are most at risk from chemical exposure?

• What are the challenges in linking ecotoxicology to ecosystem services?

• How do we assess the long-term ecological consequences of chemical exposure?

• What are the latest insights into the integrative effects of chemicals on individuals at molecular, cellular and tissue levels?

• What role do modern technologies (-omics etc.) play in uncovering mechanistic pathways?

• How do we move beyond traditional toxicological endpoints (ECx, ICx, LCx) to understand real-world impacts?

• Are we any further from the use of animals in chemical testing?

This session will look to address:

• How do chemical mixtures interact with other environmental stressors (e.g. increasing temperature, acidification, eutrophication etc.)?

• Can landscape-scale risk assessment provide a more holistic understanding of ecological threats?

• How do we bridge the gap between science, policy and public perception?

Details of this session are still under developement.