6 May 2026

9:30 Registration of Participants

10:00 Alternative Methods, New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) and Artificial Intelligence (AI): Approaching the Future for a Predictive Science
Francesca Caloni – Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Milan

11:00 Air liquid interface exposure approaches for environmental pollutants and engineered nanoparticles
Maurizio Gualtieri – Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Milan

12:00 Navigating the AI Frontier in Toxicology: Trends, Trust, and Transformation
Thomas Hartung – Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14.00 Simplicity in a time of complexity – How simple or how complex do we want to be?
Arno Gutleb – Invitrolize and UMF, Cluj Napoca

15:00 Validation Secrets: How Not to Fail
Helena Kandarova – Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Centre of Experimental Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia and InVitroTox Consulting, Bratislava, Slovakia

16:00 Open Debate with the Participants

7 May 2026

9:30 Where NAMs are not Alternatives
Marisa Meloni – Salus ante Omnia, In vitro Science and NAMs expert

10.30 Behind the Barrier: Unmasking Infection and Fast-Tracking Therapies in Species-Specific Models
Doris Wilflingseder – Ignaz Semmelweis Institute, Interuniversity Institute for Infection Research, Vetmeduni, Wien

11:30 Liver Toxicity: Mechanisms, Assessement, Strategies, Challenges and Future Prospects
Hassan Rashidi – Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London

12:30 Open Debate with the Participants and Conclusion