Covid-19 Global Overview: Getting the right biocides to market

David has recently retired after 35 years in global legislative processes, and a wide range of experience of EU biocide committees, working groups and technical workshops. In addition to his recent role as Senior Regulatory Analyst in Chemical Watch he worked for just under 20 years at UK HSE (UK Competent Authority for Biocides) as well as 7 years in industry and 5 years as a consultant.

Emma has 35 years of experience working as a journalist and editor specialising in the health and environmental impacts of chemicals in products - 15 of those at Chemical Watch. She left in 2021 to explore avenues for raising general awareness about chemical issues, in the broader context of sustainability. Working with a great team of consumer journalists, she is in the process of launching the Ocki website, which blends information, with community activities, events and tools - all aiming to empower people who want to live sustainably.

Olivier is the deputy head of the office of Chemical Products, in charge of the regulation of pesticides (phytopharmaceutical products and biocides). His unit is the competent authority for the Biocidal Products Regulation, both at EU and national level. They work closely with the national evaluation agency Anses on all matters regarding biocides. He was formerly a policy advisor at the Directorate for Water and Biodiversity in charge of implementing the Water Framework Directive on all issues regarding chemical contamination of surface waters.

Eugen is senior scientific officer in the chemical safety unit, dealing with inspections & enforcement for the??State Government Services in Vorarlberg. He is the Austrian Member of the ECHA FORUM & also appointed chair of the BPR Enforcement Forum. He has 20+ years experience in national & international regulatory issues on chemicals in the context of implementation, enforcement & regulation setting.

Dorota holds PhD degrees in Biology (Biochemistry) and in Biomedical Sciences (Nanotoxicology). Prior to joining Zero Waste Europe (ZWE), Dorota was leading the Safer Chemicals programme at Health Care Without Harm Europe, and worked for the European Commission (DG Joint Research Center) and at the Department of Public Health of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). At ZWE, Dorota's work focuses on the topic of non-toxicity of products and packaging (food packaging in particular), and clean and effective material cycles needed for achievement of a truly circular economy.

Mike has a background in regulatory and toxicology. For the past 20+ years he has worked primarily in the biocides sector covering a wide variety of different applications (e.g. hygiene, preservation, paints & coatings, insect-control) managing groups in a number of different companies including Zeneca, Avecia, Arch Biocides and SC Johnson. Mike currently has global responsibility for Arxada's (formerly Lonza's Specialty Ingredients) active-ingredient programme, supporting the extensive portfolio of biocidal actives through the required regulatory schemes.

Ernesto works to expand Lonza???s existing Specialty Ingredients product portfolio by integrating core competencies from other technologies particularly into microbial control platforms, to foster strategic growth, and through the assessment of technology based opportunities for product development. He also explores ways to improve Hygiene solutions, as well as Consumer Care Preservation platforms to address infection control and prevention challenges and microbial contamination concerns. He has worked for almost 30 years in the Cleaning and Detergent Industry in four countries across Europe and the Americas.

As Scientific Policy Officer of the Consumer Products Unit EU Commission, Roberto is responsible for the implementation of EU Cosmetic products Regulation including managing the Borderline Product Working group. His expertise in the public sector stems from 5 years??? experience in the European Commission (Chemicals Unit) and 7 years' experience as Head of the Waste and Soil Bureau in the Environmental Protection Agency in Italy.

Anita is the Director of the Antimicrobials Division (AD) in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency???s Office of Pesticide Programs. As the Director of AD, Anita has oversight of all registration and registration review activities including review of scientific data, development of human health and ecological risks assessments and regulatory decisions for antimicrobial pesticides.

Steve leads the Scientific Affairs and Regulatory Affairs team at HCPA. He and his team work on the technical aspects of FIFRA, TSCA, air quality, sustainability and a wide-range of regulatory issues in support of HCPA???s seven product divisions. Before joining HCPA, he taught several years in academia and continues to lecture at Johns Hopkins University. Steven holds a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Delaware and a B.S. in Chemistry from Lock Haven University.

Debora Leite is regulatory affairs consultant and coordinates Vigna Brasil???s international projects in Latin and North America and Europe, since 2017, covering all the company???s area of expertise, from sanitizers, foods and cosmetics to pesticides and fertilizers. At Vigna Brasil, she is also responsible for the Biotech Division, supporting companies to regulate their activities with GMOs in Brazil. Her past professional experiences include R&D in sugarcane genetic transformation and biosafety regulatory affairs in a multinational company.

Seth leads Steptoe???s global chemical regulatory, environment and life sciences practice. His chemical regulatory practice is based on a deep knowledge of US federal and state regulatory programs (e.g. the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and similar state programs, such as California Proposition 65. His environmental practice encompasses air, water and waste regulation and environmental remediation at both federal and state levels, as well as regulatory and allocation issues arising from contaminated properties.

Selina holds an MSc degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Melbourne. She has a wealth of experience in biocides, with more than 8 years??? experience working with Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and 5 years in coating and paper additives industry. Whilst with Shanghai Johnson she was presented with an ???Officer Award???, a prestigious award from SC Johnson???s China office in recognition for her outstanding role in supporting a major project launch.

Cristina studied Chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal. She worked for several years in regulatory affairs for industrial and consumer goods business, where she gained experience in the EU chemicals legislation (REACH, CLP, biocides, FCMs, electronics, ???) and in chemical legislation for other regions such as Latin American countries. She recently joined knoell as a Project Manager for the Chemicals and Product Safety Regulatory Affairs.

Alison joined Exponent in 2014 and leads the biocides regulatory team. She has extensive regulatory and research chemistry experience obtained from working in contract research and regulatory consultancy, within residue chemistry and regulatory affairs (focusing primarily on biocides and industrial chemicals) for almost 30 years.

Gwen is a project manager in the Exponent biocides regulatory team and has worked in the biocides sector for more than 10 years. Her experience includes data evaluation, dossier preparation and study monitoring for BPR product/product family/active substance dossiers; and also biocidal product registration in countries outside of Europe.