Biocides Symposium 2025 – Highlights

The 15th annual edition of Biocides Symposium 2025 took place in Amsterdam + virtually on 19–20 May. The two-day conference brought together senior representatives of European institutions, member state competent authorities and industry. The event addressed a wide range of topics from ED testing strategies, the BPR, CLP classification and ethanol to antimicrobial resistance and efficacy updates.

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Speakers

Maria Amon

Austrian Competent Authority for Biocides, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management

Brigitte van Noorloos

Senior Project Manager, Ctgb, Netherlands

Oliver Brylski

Scientific Officer, BAuA

Mervyn Parr

Agricultural Inspector, Pesticide Controls Division, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Peter van Kampen

Senior Policy Officer Biocides, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

Darja Duh

Efficacy Assessor of Active Substances and Biocidal Products, Chemicals Office of the Republic of Slovenia (CORS)

Patrick Eakins

General Manager and Technical Director, Hammonds Fuel Additives, Inc.

Yuhua Wu

Sector group manager, Biocides for Europe, Cefic

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Testimonials

“Very informative, generates good discussion, focus on important topics that are brought to the spotlight in front of diverse audience”

“Each presentation contained interesting details, the content level was high and very satisfactory”

“The Q&A session gave a very good extension to the presentations and added a lot of value”

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EU BPR evaluation to kick off in July

European Court dismisses industry case against creosote approval conditions 

Danish study finds azole-resistant fungi in all locations tested

ECHA and EFSA want chemicals data platform for biocides

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