Non-SOT Event: Advanced Approaches for Species Surrogacy in Chemical Risk Assessment Topical Event

The Advanced Approaches for Species Surrogacy in Chemical Risk Assessment Topical Meeting will be held November 1–2, 2026. The meeting will examine how advances in toxicology, comparative biology, computational modelling, and data integration are strengthening the scientific basis for species surrogacy. Participants will explore how scientific tools, curated toxicity databases, and bioinformatics approaches are improving the ability to extrapolate findings across species, helping researchers better predict impacts on humans and wildlife from laboratory data.

The organizers also plan to review recent advances in new approach methods (NAMs) and examine how these approaches can support chemical risk assessment, support regulatory decision-making, and reduce reliance on vertebrate animals in testing.