SPEAKERS

Raúl Peralta Girón
Director Food Safety Director
Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA)
Dietary exposure assessment for chemicals in food

Anna Elenna Kolbaum
Researcher
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Total diet studies (TDS) as a tool for risk assessment (BfR)

Gustavo Sotomayor Demuth
Food Risk Assessment Unit
Chilean Agency for Food Safety and Quality (ACHIPIA)
ACHIPIAs experience in risk assessment of inorganic arsenic and cadmiun across various food matrices

Georgina Gómez Salas
Teaching and research staff
Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Costa RIca (UCR)
Latin American nutrition and health study, Costa Rica experience

Victoria Brusa
Teaching and research staff
IGEVET – Veterinary Genetics Institute “Ing. Fernando N. Dulout”
(UNLP-CONICET LA PLATA), Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, UNLP
Quantitative risk assessment of haemolytic uremic syndrome associated with beef consumption in Argentina

Marta Mesías García
Senior Scientist
Institute of Food Science and Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN)
Dietary Exposure Risk Assessment of Acrylamide

Frederic Müller
Risk Communication Department
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Strategies for risk and crisis communication – messages and audiences

María Ángeles Carlos Chillerón
Risk Assessment Unit
Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN)
The Scientific Assessment in Defining Healthy and Environmentally Sustainable Dietary Recommendations

Pedro Rocha Salavarrieta
Biotechnology and Biosafety Coordinator
Institute Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Environmental risk assessment of organisms generated using genetic modification techniques

George Kass
Leading expert in toxicology
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Risk assessment of food and feed: what to do with TTC and NAMs?

Claudio Canales
Risk Communication Department
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Innovative and creative approaches to risk communication

Rita Carvalheiro
Inspector
Operations Planning Division (ASAE)
Olive oil: Risk assessment and associated fraudulent practices

Gustavo Alberto Polenta
Researcher at the Protein Laboratory, Institute of Food Technology (Castelar)
National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA)
Food allergen labelling

Angélica Godínez Oviedo
Food Safety Specialist
Faculty of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Querétaro (UAQ)
Quantitative risk assessment of contracting salmonellosis in Mexico from chicken consumption: Integration of genotypic and phenotypic fingerprinting

Carsten Fauhl-Hassek
Researcher
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Analytical strategies for food and feed authentication

María Rosa Repetti
Professor
Faculty of Chemical Engineering, National University of Litoral (FIQ-UNL)
Cumulative risk assessment
with pesticides in the framework of MRL setting

Christian Sieke
Researcher
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Cumulative risk assessment
with pesticides in the framework of MRL setting

Eloisa Dutra Caldas
Teaching and research staff
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasilia (UnB)
Cumulative risk assessment
with pesticides in the framework of MRL setting

Veronica Picado
Technical Operations Director
Minor Use Foundation
Cumulative risk assessment
with pesticides in the framework of MRL setting

Ivania Morera Rodriguez
Agrochemical Residues Control Unit
State Phytosanitary Service
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, C.R
Cumulative risk assessment
with pesticides in the framework of MRL setting

André Luis de Sousa dos Santos
Advisor, Food Safety and Surveillance
Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Veterinary Public Health (PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO)
PAHO's Technical Cooperation - Strengthening Food Safety Systems

Marcela Cáceres Wenzel
Postdoctoral researcher
Brazilian National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), LNNano, Nanotoxicology and Biosafety Laboratory
Safety of
nanomaterials in Food for Human Consumption

José Roberto Vega Baudrit
Director
National Center for High Technology (CeNAT-CONARE)
Safety of
nanomaterials in Food for Human Consumption

María Gabriela Rodríguez Fonseca
Head of Research and Development (R&D)
Quantum Nanomedical Solutions Costa Rica
Safety of
nanomaterials in Food for Human Consumption

Ligia Lindner Schreiner
Food Efficacy and Risk Assessment Manager
ANVISA-Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency
Safety of
nanomaterials in Food for Human Consumption

Yolanda Irasema Chirino López
Teaching and research staff
Faculty of Higher Education Iztacala, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Safety of
nanomaterials in Food for Human Consumption

Miguel Andrés de Pablo Goya
Food Safety and Risk Analysis Coordinator
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Improving food safety risk analysis capacity in Latin America through a South-South cooperation approach to facilitate regional trade

Mirian Bueno Almendarez
Food Safety Technical Director
National Service of Agrifood Health and Safety (SENASA) of Honduras
The inspection, surveillance, and communication based on risk, as tools for prioritization and modernization of the official food safety management system in SENASA Honduras

Pedro Nabais
Head of Food Risks Unit
Operations Planning Division (ASAE)
Olive oil: Risk assessment and associated fraudulent practices

Silvana De Souza
Teaching and research staff
Biological Testing Laboratory (LEBi), School of Chemistry, University of Costa Rica (UCR)
PFAS studies using artificial intelligence

Fernando Sampedro Parra
Coordinador de Proyecto – Especialista en Inocuidad de los Alimentos
Food Safety Risk Analysis Network (FSRisk)
Risk-based inspection and surveillance models: Implementation in Latin American countries

Britt Maestroni
Technical Officer
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Data Sharing and Joint Efforts of the Latin American and Caribbean Analytical Network to Ensure the
seguridad de los productos agrícolas y ganaderos

Yajaira Salazar Chacón
Head of Food Safety Department
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), de Costa Rica
Data Sharing and Joint Efforts of the Latin American and Caribbean Analytical Network to Ensure the
seguridad de los productos agrícolas y ganaderos
