January

Conference

Plastics Update Conference

January 1, 2020 - January 2, 2020; Province of Parma, Italy
Plastics Innovation Competence Center
Webinar

EU Food Contact Regulatory Update and Opinion

January 9, 2020; Online
Smithers
Workshop

Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) and Their Alternatives in Food Packaging

January 14, 2020; Sacramento, CA, USA Online
California Department of Toxic Substances Control
Conference

SVI Annual Conference 2020

January 14, 2020; 8957 Spreitenbach, Switzerland
Swiss Packaging Institute (SVI)
Webinar

Adverse Outcome Pathways: Assembling and evaluating weight of evidence and quantitative understanding

January 15, 2020; Online
OECD
Conference

Food Contact Materials Regulation Conference

January 27, 2020 - January 28, 2020; Berlin, Germany
Chem Academy
Webinar

Webinar on PFAS in Food Packaging Alternatives Assessment

January 28, 2020; Online
Washington State Department of Ecology
Webinar

Webinar on Adverse Outcome Pathway Knowledgebase (AOP-KB) and AOP Development Tools

January 30, 2020; Online
OECD

February

Conference

Annual Petcore Europe Conference

February 5, 2020 - February 6, 2020; Brussels, Belgium
Petcore Europe
Conference

Food Contact Regulations Europe 2020

February 11, 2020 - February 12, 2020; Brussels, Belgium
Chemical Watch
Webinar

Webinar on PFAS in Food Packaging Alternatives Assessment (Hazard and Exposure Assessment)

February 11, 2020; Online
Webinar

Webinar on the European Union’s Actions to Regulate PFASs

February 25, 2020; Online
OECD

March

Conference

7th Biopolymers and Sustainable Composites Seminar

March 4, 2020 - March 5, 2020;
AIMPLAS
Conference

Food Contact Regulations USA 2020

March 9, 2020 - March 10, 2020; Washington, DC, USA
Chemical Watch
Conference

Circular Materials Conference

March 17, 2020 - March 18, 2020; Gothenburg, Sweden
Nordic Publishing
Webinar

Food Contact Materials: TPE vs. Migration Testing

March 19, 2020; Online
Business Review
Webinar

Underestimating BPA levels: The need for reanalysis of population data and reassessment of risk is urgent

March 24, 2020;
Collaborative on Health and the Environment

April

Webinar

COVID-19 and zero waste

April 7, 2020; Online
Zero Waste Europe
Webinar

3rd PFAS Alternatives Assessment Webinar

April 14, 2020; Online
State of Washington Department of Ecology
Webinar

EDCs, Glyphosate, Arsenic and Cancer Risks

April 15, 2020; Online
Collaborative on Health and the Environment
Conference

PET Monomer Recycling Forum (Postponed - new date pending)

April 16, 2020; Brussels, Belgium
Petcore Europe
Webinar

Nestlé and Havi: Drivers for change in FCMs and packaging

April 16, 2020; Online
Chemical Watch
Webinar

Toward a Global Understanding of Chemical Pollution: A First Comprehensive Analysis of National and Regional Chemical Inventories

April 22, 2020; Online
Collaborative on Health and the Environment
Conference

European Food Contact Plastics Seminar

April 23, 2020 - April 24, 2020; Brussels, Belgium
Webinar

13th plenary meeting of the EFSA CEP Panel

April 28, 2020 - April 30, 2020; Online
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Webinar

The Safety and Future of Reuse

April 30, 2020; Online
UPSTREAM

May

Conference

Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference

May 4, 2020 - May 5, 2020; Brussels, Belgium
European Commission
Conference

SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting

May 5, 2020 - May 7, 2020; Dublin, Ireland
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
Webinar

From plastics to policy: How can we improve the performance of food packaging?

May 5, 2020 - May 7, 2020; Online
REFUCOAT
Webinar

Exposures and Latent Disease Risk: Linking Exposures to Diseases with Long Latency Periods

May 11, 2020; Online
US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Webinar

Food contact materials (FCM) Webinar

May 12, 2020; Online
Zero Waste Europe
Webinar

Exposure to Phthalates and Aging

May 14, 2020; Online
Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)
Webinar

Chemical Mixtures and Cancer

May 20, 2020; Online
Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)
Webinar

International computational collaborations for predictive toxicology

May 26, 2020; Online
American Society for Cellular and Computational Toxicology (ASCCT)
Webinar

Exposures and Latent Disease Risk: Identifying Hallmarks and Key Characteristics

May 28, 2020; Online
US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Conference

Integrated Approaches to Testing and Assessment: The Future of Regulatory Toxicology Assessment

May 28, 2020; Online
Society of Toxicology and US Food and Drug Administration

June

Conference

The Future of Food

June 2, 2020 - June 3, 2020; Online
Innovation Forum
Webinar

Microplastics and the Chemical Industry

June 3, 2020; Online
American Chemistry Council
Webinar

Exposures and Latent Disease Risk: Arsenic as a Case Study

June 8, 2020; Online
US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Conference

ENDO Online 2020

June 8, 2020 - June 22, 2020; Online
Endocrine Society
Conference

Plastics Circularity Multiplier Conference

June 10, 2020; Brussels, Belgium
Plastics Circularity Multiplier Group
Webinar

Webinar on Analytical and Monitoring Methods for PFASs

June 11, 2020; Online
OECD
Webinar

Food packaging: is it just for protection or is there more to it?

June 12, 2020; Online
ILSI Europe
Conference

Plastic Free World Conference

June 16, 2020 - June 17, 2020; Cologne, Germany
Trans Global Events
Webinar

Exposures and Latent Disease Risk: Moving Forward

June 16, 2020; Online
US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Webinar

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and COVID-19

June 18, 2020; Online
Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)
Webinar

Symposium: Science Gaps for Risk Assessment of PFAS in Food

June 23, 2020; Online
ILSI North America
Webinar

Novel bioassays to improve FCM safety testing

June 30, 2020; Online
Food Packaging Forum

July

Conference

5th International Conference on New Business Models

July 1, 2020 - July 2, 2020; Online
Radboud University
Conference

Inaugural International Conference for the Circular Economy

July 6, 2020 - July 7, 2020; Exeter, UK
IS4CE
Conference

SHIFT 20

July 13, 2020 - July 15, 2020; Online
Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
Conference

Global Food Contact 2020

July 14, 2020 - July 23, 2020; Online
Smithers
Conference

ILSI North America 2020 Annual Meeting

July 22, 2020 - July 23, 2020; Online
ISLI North America

August

Webinar

Sustainability in Focus: From Environmentally-friendly Packaging to Responsible Ingredients Sourcing

August 6, 2020; Online
Food Navigator
Conference

Circular Economy Forum

August 26, 2020; Zürich, Switzerland
Swiss Recycling
Workshop

Public Workshop on Food Packaging with Perfluoroalkyl or Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)

August 31, 2020; Online
California Department of Toxic Substances Control

September

Webinar

An overview of the production and use of PFASs

September 7, 2020; Online
The European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
Webinar

(Eco)toxicology of PFASs: a few highlights

September 14, 2020; Online
The European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
Conference

FEICA 2021 Conference and EXPO

September 15, 2020 - September 17, 2020; Warsaw, Poland
The Association of the European Adhesive & Sealant Industry (FEICA)
Webinar

The pathway to Test Guidelines: from science to standards for nanomaterials

September 16, 2020; Online
OECD
Webinar

PFAS and the essential use concept

September 17, 2020; Online
The European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
Conference

Match2Pack 2020: Recycled Materials in Food Packaging

September 21, 2020 - September 25, 2020; Online
NRW International
Webinar

Measuring PFASs - possibilities and challenges

September 21, 2020; Online
The European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
Conference

World Circular Economy Forum Online Event

September 29, 2020 - September 30, 2020; Online
Sitra
Conference

European Recycling Conference 2020

September 30, 2020; Madrid, Spain
EuRIC

October

Workshop

2020 PET Monomer Recycling Forum

October 7, 2020; Online
Petcore Europe
Conference

Food Matters Live 2020

October 13, 2020 - October 14, 2020; Online
Food Matters
Webinar

All Wrapped-Up? Improve Your Plastic Packaging Analyses

October 14, 2020; Online
Chemical & Engineering News
Webinar

Adhesives and Sealants, enablers of the EU Green Deal

October 14, 2020; Online
The Association of the European Adhesive & Sealant Industry (FEICA)
Webinar

Non-Toxic: Guide to Living Healthy in a Chemical World

October 14, 2020; Online
Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)
Conference

Scientific Colloquium: “Microplastics and nanoplastics in food and feed”

October 15, 2020 - October 16, 2020; Lisbon, Portugal
European Food Safety Authority
Conference

Farm to Fork Conference

October 15, 2020 - October 16, 2020; Online
European Commission
Conference

AFERA Annual 2020 Online Conference

October 15, 2020 - January 14, 2021; Online
The European Adhesive Tape Association (AFERA)
Conference

Food Contact Asia

October 19, 2020 - October 21, 2020; Shanghai, China
Smithers
Conference

The Future of Plastics

October 20, 2020 - October 22, 2020; Online
Innovation Forum
Workshop

Improving the chemical safety of food contact articles: Linking policy-making with scientific research

October 21, 2020 - October 23, 2020; Online
Food Packaging Forum
Conference

Food Packaging Law Seminar

October 27, 2020 - October 29, 2020; Online
Keller and Heckman LLP
Conference

Plastics Recycling Show Europe

October 27, 2020 - October 28, 2020; Amsterdam, Netherlands
Plastic Recyclers Europe
Webinar

Restriction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under REACH

October 29, 2020; Online
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
Webinar

Packaged in pollution: are food chains using PFAS in packaging?

October 29, 2020; Online
Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families
Conference

Sustainable Packaging Summit

October 29, 2020 - December 3, 2020; Online
Packaging Europe

November

Conference

Österreichischer Verpackungstag 2020 (Austrian Packaging Day)

November 3, 2020; Vienna, Austria
FH Campus Wien
Workshop

Global Forum on Environment: Towards cost-effective management systems for industrial and consumer chemicals

November 3, 2020 - November 4, 2020; Paris, France
OECD
Conference

European Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference

November 3, 2020 - November 4, 2020; Online
European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee
Conference

Chemical Recycling Conference

November 3, 2020 - November 4, 2020; Online
AMI
Webinar

What will the German Presidency deliver on Circular Economy?

November 5, 2020; Online
FEAD
Workshop

Consumer and Environmental Safety: Food Packaging and Kitchenware

November 9, 2020 - December 12, 2020; Online
University of Torino
Webinar

Plastic Free World Virtual Summit

November 9, 2020 - November 10, 2020; Online
Trans Global Events
Workshop

6th Round-table Meeting: Rethink, Reduce, Recycle

November 12, 2020; Basel, Switzerland
Appoll Forum
Conference

SETAC North America 41st Annual Meeting

November 15, 2020 - November 19, 2020; Online
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
Conference

9th International Akademie Fresenius Conference "Residues of Food Contact Materials in Food"

November 18, 2020 - November 19, 2020; Online
Akademie Fresenius
Conference

Empack 2020

November 18, 2020 - September 19, 2020; Zürich, Switzerland
The Swiss Packaging Institute (SVI)
Webinar

Endocrine Disruptors – Reduce the impact on our health

November 19, 2020; Online
Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)
Conference

MICRO 2020: Fate and Impact of Microplastics

November 23, 2020 - November 27, 2020; Online
CCSD
Workshop

13. IK-Lebensmittelverpackungstagung (Postponed to Spring 2021)

November 25, 2020 - November 26, 2020; Online
IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V.
Webinar

Perfecting circularity with fibre-based packaging

November 25, 2020; Online
Confederation of European Paper Industries (Cepi)
Workshop

Recyclates in packaging - challenges and solutions

November 26, 2020; Online
German Ministry for Environmnent, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety
Conference

European Bioplastics Conference

November 30, 2020 - December 3, 2020; Online
European Bioplastics
Webinar

We must reduce and rethink plastic - Our health is at risk!

November 30, 2020; Online
Race for Water

December

Conference

Plastics and Paper in Contact with Foodstuffs

December 1, 2020 - December 3, 2020; Online
Smithers
Webinar

New solutions for innovative and sustainable food packaging

December 2, 2020; Online
SUSFOOD 2
Webinar

Circular transitions: Will incumbent companies make it?

December 2, 2020; Online
IS4CE
Conference

Sustainable Future Summit 2020

December 2, 2020 - December 3, 2020; Online
Politico
Webinar

Developing criteria for 'essential uses' of PFASs

December 3, 2020; Online
Chemical Watch
Webinar

Are fluoropolymers really of low concern for human and environmental health and separate from other PFAS?

December 3, 2020; Online
Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE)
Webinar

Food Contact Materials in the Circular Economy

December 7, 2020; Online
ILSI Europe
Conference

Plastics Recycling Show Europe

December 9, 2020 - December 11, 2020; Online
Plastics Recyclers Europe
Webinar

A Beginner's Guide to FDA Food Contact Materials Regulations

December 9, 2020; Online
Smithers
Webinar

The United States of Plastic: A conversation with Dr. Jenna Jambeck and Dr. Kara Lavender Law

December 16, 2020; Online
UPSTREAM
Webinar

Chemicals and Waste Briefng - Year in Review and Priorities for 2021

December 16, 2020 - December 16, 2020; Online
Geneva Environment Network
Conference

Second Annual Forum on Endocrine Disruptors

December 17, 2020 - December 18, 2020; Online
European Commission
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