[IUFRO RG 7.03 FORENT] Norwegian VKM & EFSA Symposium

Posted by request: Dear Colleague., We are pleased to announce the joint VKM & EFSA Symposium "Advancing Environmental Risk Assessment by Accounting for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services as Protection Goals", which will be held in Oslo, Norway, on 26th - 27th October 2017. How can we derive operational protection goals for use in environmental risk assessments? This question will be addressed at the Symposium where EFSA's latest guidance on making protection goals operational will be presented. The Symposium also aims at fostering dialogue and cooperation on protection goals between risk assessors and risk managers. The Symposium will include presentations from international speakers, as well as a panel discussion with representatives from environmental and food safety Agencies in the Nordic Zone. The programme, as well as information about the venue and accommodation, is available on VKM's website<http://www.english.vkm.no/eway/default.aspx?pid=278&trg=Content_6444&Main_6359=6582:0:31,2556&Content_6444=6750:2255742::0:6596:1:::0:0> and as well attached. Interested parties are requested to register online<https://response.questback.com/nasjonaltfolkehelseinstitutt/i3ccm… by 19th September 2017. There is no fee for participation. Please be aware that there is a limited number of seats for the Symposium (200), and therefore registrations are on a first-come / first-serve basis. Registrations may close once the maximum number of participants is reached. For more information, feel free to contact VKM at EFSAFocalPoint-norway@vkm.no<mailto:EFSAFocalPoint-norway@vkm.no>. We kindly ask you to disseminate this information through the relevant national networks/organisations/stakeholders. Thank you for your cooperation! Your sincerely, Micael Wendell PhD Plant Sciences Coordinator Plant Health, The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety. [Forest Service Shield] Andrew Liebhold Research Entomologist Forest Service Northern Research Station p: 304-285-1512 c: 724-317-8668 f: 304-285-1505 aliebhold@fs.fed.us<mailto:aliebhold@fs.fed.us> 180 Canfield St. Morgantown, WV 26505 www.fs.fed.us<http://www.fs.fed.us/> [http://wwwstatic.fs.usda.gov/images/email/usda-logo.png]<http://usda.gov… Logo]<https://twitter.com/forestservice>[Facebook Logo]<http://facebook.com/USDA> Caring for the land and serving people This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately.