Celebrating the Advancement of Public Health and Animal Welfare With Sound Science:
Envisioning New Directions in Toxicology
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Consumer Products Safety Commission Headquarters
Bethesda, MD
Over one hundred people attended a symposium to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the
establishment of ICCVAM and to announce the release of the NICEATM-ICCVAM Five Year Plan.
Attendees represented many of the ICCVAM stakeholder groups, including Federal agencies,
academia, industry, international organizations and the animal welfare community. Distinguished
speakers addressed ICCVAM's role in advancing toxicology testing in the 21st Century, and
representatives from ICCVAM stakeholder groups participated in a panel discussion with the
theme “Test Method Research, Development, Translation and Validation: The Way Forward for
ICCVAM and its Stakeholders.”
As a part of the symposium, NICEATM and ICCVAM also presented their Five-Year Plan.
The plan describes how NICEATM and ICCVAM, in partnership with federal agencies, will
promote the research, development, translation and validation of alternative test methods
over the next five years. Acceptance and implementation of scientifically valid methods
will further reduce, refine and replace the use of animals in testing while maintaining
and promoting scientific quality and the protection of human health, animal health and
the environment.
Links to more information about the symposium, including the agenda, speaker presentations,
biographical information on the speakers and panelists, and the NICEATM-ICCVAM Five-Year Plan, can be found on this page.
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