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Seminars and Meetings

Fincopa was an organizer of REACH seminar in Helsinki: 3.11.2005 together with Finnish Laboratory Animal Science Association and Finnish Society of Toxicology. The meeting was very successful having together 63 participants. The program consisted of lectures of from academia, industry and administration.

Presentations:
Hanna Tähti: In vitro -testien kehitystilanne vaihtoehtona toksikologiselle testaukselle (Situation of in vitro testing as an alternative to toxicologic testing);
Kimmo Louekari: Pohjoismainen yhteistyö ja REACH (Nordic cooperation and REACH)

Participation in EU programs

EU 6th Framework Programme :
A-Cute-Tox project – Hanna Tähti, the Advisory Board member
Re-Pro-Tect project – Kirsi Vähäkangas

EU 7th Framework Programme :
Hanna Tähti –  preparation of ecopa START-UP project (Scientific and Technological Issues in 3Rs alternatives Research in the Process of Drug Development and Union Politics)

Participation in other meetings

ECOPA 8th Workshop, November 2007, Brussels (Kirsi Vähäkangas ja Hanna Tähti)

Ecopa/CONAM Consensus Meeting 2005, June 9-12, Ljubljana, Slovenia

5th World Congress on Alternatives & Animal Use in the Life Sciences, August 21-25 2005, Berlin, Germany

Ecopa annual meeting 2005, Brussels, Belgium