Hosted by The Environmental Forum, Pesticide Action Network Europe, Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) and Environmental Pillar.
Where: Europe House, Balfe Street 5, Dublin (D02 E7K4) & Online
When: 6 October 2026, 10:00 - 14:00 (GMT+1)
Language: English
Programme:
Chair/Moderator: Ella McSweeney, journalist and broadcaster
10.00 - 10.05: Welcome/Opening: Bernadette Connolly (TEF), Gergely Simon (PAN Europe)
10.05 - 10.25: Irish Regulatory Perspective on Pesticides. Anne Marie Dillon, Head of Pesticide Controls Division, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
10.25 - 10.40: Food and Feed Safety Simplification Package – what is relevant for plant protection products? - Mr Klaus Berend, Director, Food Safety, Sustainability and Innovation, DG SANTE, European Commission
10.40 - 10.55: PAN Europe - European NGOs' position on the Omnibus deregulation package - Martin Dermine, Executive Director of PAN Europe
10.55 - 11.10: Q&A
11.10 - 11.40: The Prevalence of Pesticides
- Pesticides and the water sector - Fiona Regan, Dublin City University
- The Earth’s Gut, Our Gut: The Intangible Untangleable Web of Microbial Relations - Dr Rupa Marya, Trinity College Dublin
- Pesticides and pollinators; non-target impacts of pesticides on biodiversity - Dr Dara Stanley, University College Dublin
11.40 - 12.00: Coffee Break
12.00 - 12.55: How to achieve effective regulation - Panel Discussion
- Thomas O’Connor, Manna Organics & Talamh Beo
- Eoin McAleer, Environmental Protection Agency (TBC)
- Martin Dermine, Pesticide Action Network, Europe
- Fiona O’Regan, Dublin City University
- Dr Rupa Marya, Trinity College Dublin
- Dr Dara Stanley, University College Dublin
12.55 - 13.00: Closing of conference Puneeta Sreenivas, Sustainable Water Network
13.00: Lunch