About the EPAC 2026 Conference
AIM
The conference will facilitate greater understanding of new precision application technologies and the importance of including these in regulatory processes.
Arising from the conference will be recommendations to regulators on how to consider recognising these technologies in regulatory exposure, risk assessment and other regulatory processes.
THEMES
This conference is aligned with the “Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development” (OECD) “Co-operative Research Programme (CRP): Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems” research themes of:
FORMAT
A two-day hybrid conference accommodating both in-person and virtual attendance.
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Please note that the nature of this conference is technical and requires a balance of delegate expertise from different sectors and countries. For this reason, in-person attendance will be subject to your expression of interest. There will be provision for additional attendees in the virtual format, but involvement will still require expression of interest given places are limited.
Please register your expression of interest no later than 12 October 2025. We will contact you by the end of October to confirm your place and complete your registration. If we are unable to offer you a place please confirm whether you would like to receive details of the conference proceedings when available.
CONFERENCE HOST
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) is the host of the conference.
OECD CRP Sponsorship Acknowledgement
The conference is sponsored by the OECD, under its Co-operative Research Programme: Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems. Their financial support is making it possible for many of the invited speakers to participate in the conference.
The opinions expressed and arguments communicated by each speaker are those of the invited speakers.
This work, as well as any data and map included herein, should not be reported as representing the views of OECD Member countries or the OECD Secretariat.
