Abstract Submission

Proposed Session Topics: Symposium Pesticide Chemistry Cremona 2026

1. Pesticides monitoring and behavior in air, soil and water and non target organisms
   • Monitoring technologies: Advances in conduct detection and quantification methods for pesticides in different environmental media including biota.
   • Distribution and transport: How pesticides move between air, soil, water and biota.
   • Persistence and degradation: Long-term behavior, breakdown products, and residues in ecosystems.
   • Case studies: Regional and global monitoring programs, challenges, and best practices.
   • Evaluation of monitoring studies: Environmental forensics, read across 
   • Data integration: Using monitoring data for risk assessment and management.

2. Modelling pesticides fate, exposure and effects: multi-scale environmental scenarios and recent developments

1. • Modeling approaches: Overview of current models simulating pesticide fate.
   • Scaling: Challenges in transferring models from local to regional to global scenarios. Integrating GIS and fate models for spatial risk assessment
   • Exposure assessment: Methods for evaluating human and environmental exposure. 
   • Effect assessment: Linking exposure data to ecotoxicological effects. New developments in effect modelling (toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic TKTD models, behaviour models, population models), Multi-level modelling: from in-field effects to population-level impacts
   • Validation and calibration: of concepts and models with dedicated case studies, monitoring data 
   • Innovations: New developments such as AI-driven models and uncertainty analysis.

3. New frontiers in pesticide science: linking application technology, exposure and effect risk assessment

1. • Integrated risk assessment: Combining exposure and effect data for holistic evaluation. Advances in human exposure assessment (e.g., biomonitoring)
   • New methodologies: Utilizing Omics technologies, biomarkers, high-throughput screening in ecotoxicology and exposure. Precision application techniques/technologies to improve risk mitigation and risk assessment 
   • Interdisciplinarity: Collaboration across chemistry, biology, toxicology, and environmental sciences.
   • Biocontrol: Integrating pesticide risk assessment with biocontrol strategies ensuring effective pest management. 

4. Enhancing policy uptake through new options for pesticides risk assessment and management

1. • Science-policy interface: Pathways for scientific findings to inform policy. Socio-economic analysis of pesticide use and regulation
   • Innovative assessment tools: New methods for risk assessment and management.
   • Stakeholder engagement: Collaboration with farmers, industry, NGOs, and authorities. The role of stakeholder engagement in pesticide management decisions
   • Implementation: Success factors and barriers in applying new measures. Communicating complex risk data to policymakers and the public.
   • Future perspectives: Recommendations for more sustainable pesticide policies. Harmonizing risk assessment protocols across different regulatory bodies