Short Courses

On Sunday 11 May 2014, a range of half- and full-day short courses are scheduled prior to the opening of the congress. Registration is open to all participants to the Annual Meeting.

The purpose of short courses at SETAC Annual Meetings is to provide educational opportunities to the membership and our guests. Teaching a short course also provides an excellent opportunity for getting to know (young) people working in the same field of interest and thus forming networks.

Short course proposals could be submitted until 30 November 2013. Feel free to contact SETAC if you have any questions on short courses.

Following short courses (with leading instructors) will be available at the SETAC Europe 24th Annual Meeting:

• Full day courses
• Half day courses in the morning
• Half day courses in the afternoon 

           Full day courses (08:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 17:00):

1. Advances in environmental and human risk assessment - a transatlantic perspective  
   Martin F. Wilks (Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology), Switzerland 
   
2. Bayesian statistical methods in ecotoxicology  
   Elise Billoir, Plateforme de Recherche en Toxicologie Environnementale et Ecotoxicologie de Rovaltain, France (CANCELLED)
   
3. Disseminating publicly-funded science and technology research: challenges, issues and strategies  
   Simon Pardoe, PublicSpace Ltd., UK  (CANCELLED)
   
4. From quality platform and poster presentations to proper dissemination of findings - learn tools, get practice, gain experience  
   Thomas-Benjamin Seiler, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (CANCELLED) 
   
5. How to best conduct aquatic ecotoxicity tests according to the International Guidelines  
   Hans Rufli, Ecotoxsolutions, Switzerland 
   
6. Modelling human and ecosystems exposure and impacts for life-cycle assessment: the USEtox® consensus model  
   Peter Fantke, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark 
   
7. PROERA: A Multi-Criteria based Decision Support System for probabilistic ecological risk assessment  
   Alex Zabeo, Consortium Venice Research (CVR), Italy (CANCELLED)
   
8. Statistical issues in the design and analysis of ecotox experiments  
   John W. Green, DuPont, USA 
   
9. Statistical Methods in Ecotoxicology Using R  
   Christian Ritz, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (CANCELLED)
   
10. The Endocrine System:  Global Perspectives on Testing Methods and Evaluation of Endocrine Activity  
    Ellen Mihaich, Environmental and Regulatory Resources, USA
    
    Half day courses in the morning (08:00 - 12:00):
    
    
11. Application and interpretation of the new life cycle impact assessment methodology IMPACT World + that considers regionalisation  
    Cécile Bulle, École Polytechnique of Montreal, Canada 
    
12. Environmental Fish Diseases, Diagnosis and management   
    Salah H. Afifi, Assiut University, Egypt 
    
13. ISO 14046 Water Footprinting & Water Impact Assessment in LCA  
    Anne-Marie Boulay, École Polytechnique of Montreal, Canada (CANCELLED)
    
14. The "ecological scarcity" impact assessment & weighting method: How to How to develop national and regional eco-factors  
    Rolf Frischknecht, treeze Ltd., Switzerland (CANCELLED)
    
    Half day courses in the afternoon (13:00 - 17:00):
    
    
15. Bridging the Gap Between Risk and Injury Application of Ecosystem Service Valuation to Remedial Decision Making  
    Joseph Nicolette, ENVIRON, USA (CANCELLED)
    
16. Social and Professional Networking Tools for Science Communication  
    Dragan Jevtić, Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Poland (CANCELLED)
    
17. Using single score weighting results for decision making: Learnings from 20 years experience in industry  
    Arthur Braunschweig, E2 Management Consulting, Switzerland (CANCELLED)

Registration fees for the full day courses

• SETAC member:   245 €
• SETAC student member:   110 €
• non-member:   375 €
• student non-member:   165 €

The registration fee for a full day course (08:00 - 17:00) includes attendance to the course, course materials, coffee break(s) and lunch from 12:00 - 13:00.

Registration fees for the half day courses

• SETAC member:   175 €
• SETAC student member:   80 €
• non-member:   265 €
• student non-member:   120 €

The registration fee for a half day course (08:00 - 12:00 or 13:00 - 17:00) includes attendance to the course, course materials, coffee break. Lunch is not included.

We strongly encourage early registration for short courses in order to avoid disappointment, as 1) the number of registrations for some courses are limited and 2) the final decision on whether the short course will be programmed at the meeting will depend on the number of registrations received on 15 March. If you have not registered by that date, we might need to cancel the course you are interested in, due to lack of registrations.

Would you have any questions on short courses, please contact SETAC.

• You can register for one of the short courses + the meeting (go to the registration page and complete the online registration).
  
• You can register for a short course only (go to the registration page and register online by indicating your attendance to a short course on Sunday only).
  
• You are already registered for the meeting and you would like to add a short course to your registration? No problem, simply go to the SETAC Europe store and register for the course of your choice.

Need some financial support to attend a short course?

A limited number of grants are available for SETAC student members who wish to attend a short course in Basel. The grant application deadline is 15 March 2014. These are the main conditions to apply for a SETAC course grant:
-    must be a SETAC student member (provide member number)
-    must submit a brief CV and motivation letter
-    must submit a letter of recommendation

Interested? Please complete this application form and return it to SETAC in Brussels before 15 March 2014.