The SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting will take place from 17–21 May 2026 in Maastricht, The Netherlands, at the MECC Maastricht.

This global event will gather professionals from academia, industry, and government to discuss the latest advances in environmental toxicology, chemistry, and sustainable development. Under the theme “Embrace the Outlier: In Science, Regulations and Networks,” participants will have the chance to dive into latest research, explore innovative and interdisciplinary solutions to environmental challenges.

Nico van den Brink, from our partner Wageningen University and Research(WUR), will be one of the chairs of this year’s event.

A wide range of sessions will be available for all attendees, including insightful keynote lectures, interactive poster presentations, and hands-on training courses tailored to various levels of expertise. These will cover topics such as chemical risk assessment, ecotoxicology, environmental monitoring, sustainable solutions, regulatory science, and interdisciplinary innovations bridging research and policy.

SYBERAC contributions:

Directly about SYBERAC

• Aafke Saarlos, WUR Platform presentation on Wednesday, 20 May 2026: "Agricultural Practices Drive Pesticide Residues in Soil and Earthworms"
  Session 3.10 – Experimental, Modelling, Monitoring approaches to assess the Environmental Fate and Exposure of Pesticides

• Dana Bashkir, WUR Poster on Wednesday, 20 May 2026: “Exploring Pesticide Effects on Biological Pest Control Through Ecological Modelling”
  Session 1.11 – From Molecules to Models: Integrating Mechanistic Insights and Quantitative Modelling into Predictive Ecotoxicology

• Sophie Lennartz, AU Oral presentation on Thursday, 21 May 2026: "Sewage sludge application as biofertilizer: microbial effects and preliminary persistence assessment of quaternary ammonium biocides in soil"
  Session: 3.25 - Safe Organic Waste Circularity: Monitoring and Managing Contaminants in Valorisation Processes

• Claudia Santamaría-Cervantes, UCLM Oral presentation on Tuesday, 19 May 2026: “Multi-Level Impacts of Fungicide Exposure on Red-Legged Partridges”
  Session: 2.09 - Integrative and Mechanistic Approaches to Wildlife Ecotoxicology: Cross-Species Variability and One Health perspective

• Paula Bolívar-Muñoz, UCLM Poster on Wednesday, 20 May 2026: “Triazole Fungicides: New Disruptors of Hormonal Signaling in Coleopterans.”
  Session: 2.11 - Non-Target Arthropod Risk Assessment: A Simple Matter of Protection Goals or a Complex Web of Interactions?

• Bárbara Righetto, WUR Poster on Tuesday, 19 May 2026: “Identification Of Pesticides Along the Flyway: The First Step in a Risk Assessment for the Black Tailed Godwit”
  Session: 3.10 - Experimental, Modelling, and Monitoring approaches to assess the Environmental Fate and Exposure of Pesticides

• Ana Lemos-Marques, UCLM Poster on Wednesday, 20 May 2026 “Preliminary Overview of the Direct and Indirect Effects of Chemical Contamination on Amphibians in the Interface Between Water and Land in Agricultural Landscapes”
  In Session: 1.06 - Crawling Through Challenges: Emerging Trends in Ecotoxicology for Amphibians and Reptiles

Related sessions chaired by SYBERAC project members:

• Manuel Ortiz Santaliestra, UCLM: Session on Wednesday, 20 May 2026:
  Session 1.05.P – Crawling Through Challenges: Emerging Trends in Ecotoxicology for Amphibians and Reptiles

• Andreas Focks, UOS: Session 4.09 on Monday, 18 May 2026: Session 4.09 – From Outliers to Insights: Transforming Environmental Risk Assessment through Effect Modelling

Presentations related to SYBERAC:

• Yrsa Larsson, AU Presentation on Wednesday, 20 May 2026: "Metabolic pathways for biotransformation of benzalkonium compounds in fungal- and bacteria-based biofilm reactors"
  Session: 3.13 - Harnessing Nature: Innovative Bioremediation and Phytotechnologies for Contaminant Removal and Ecosystem Recovery

• Kai Bester, AU Presentation on Thursday, 21 May 2026: "Indications towards cooperative degradation of micropollutants in biofilms by mass spectrometric imaging"
  Session: 3.24.T-04 - Indications towards cooperative degradation of micropollutants in biofilms by mass spectrometric imaging