Outcomes

The EPAC 2026 conference generated valuable discussions, insights and collaborative exchanges among regulators, researchers, industry representatives and policy experts working in precision application and sustainable agriculture.

Recordings and presentation slides from the conference are available below in the same order and groupings as the conference programme. Please click on the topics above the recordings to access the presentations.

Welcomes and Introductions

9.00 AM Welcome to Country
Uncle Ian Hunter

Day 1 - Technical Presentations

Please find below the recordings and presentation slides (click on the title) from the Day 1 conference sessions.

9.05AM Welcome to EPAC 2026
Catherine Ainsworth

9.35AM Thoughts on how to consider precision applications in European regulatory risk assessment
Domenica Auteri

10.55AM Precision application of plant protection products in agriculture: role and contribution of the European Precision Application Task Force (EUPAF)
Anne Alix

11.55AM Application technology: a crop protection manufacturer perspective and biological product use case
Marcelo Nishikawa

2.10PM A grower's perspective on precision agriculture in Australia
Broden Holland

3.10PM Overview- state of the science for targeted precision applications
Heping Zhu

4.30PM Precision application and drone adoption in Korea: current status and challenges
Se-Woon Hong

9.15AM Introduction (OECD CRP)
Andy Sheppard

Day 2 - Workshop

A presentation was made to the 41st meeting of the OECD Working Party on Pesticides on 27th February in which some initial themes arising from the conference were presented and a copy of the presentation is included below.

OECD CRP Report

The final report arising from EPAC2026 has been sent to OECD CRP.  This contains the major outcomes and recommendations arising from the conference a copy of which can be found here.

view report here
view presentation here

9.55AM Practical experience in developing a regulatory approach to support the implementation of precision applications with drones
Anthony Wilson

11.15AM Industry efforts to support UAV-based pesticide applications: overview of the Unmanned Aerial Pesticide Application System Task Force (UAPASTF)
Travis Bui

12.15PM Green-on-Green” technology and precision application in Australian broadacre cropping systems
David Keetch

2.30PM People, incentives, outcomes: working the value chain for adoption - precision application as a practical case
Matthew Strmiska

3.50PM Precise spray application versus regulatory needs: technology grows faster than legislation
Emilio Gil

4.50PM A runoff-based modeling framework for assessing spatially variable agrochemical applications
Bernie Engel

9.25AM Introduction (APVMA)
Hugh Dawick

10.15AM Drone application in Canada - gaps and opportunities
Ross Breckels

11.35AM Digital labeling in the context of precision and site-specific application
Sarah Hovinga

1.50PM Targeted application technologies: U.S. developments in standardized performance and ISO alignment
Adam Barlow

2.50 PM Overview of See & Spray technology
Jesaelen Gizotti de Moraes

4.10PM Spot spraying robots in vegetable row crops: mitigating the environmental exposure of pesticides with targeted applications
Joshua Witsoe

5.10PM From drift to decision making – why testing and regulation must evolve with application technology.
Jens Karl Wegener