Unwrapping Conflict of Interest in Chemicals and Waste Governance

Description

In the webinar organized by the IPCP on 26 January 2023, hosted by Prof. Martin Scheringer (IPCP Chair) and moderated by Dr. Jane Muncke (Managing Director of the Food Packaging Forum Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland), the issue of conflicts of interest (COI) and corporate manipulation and suppression of scientific evidence was addressed and presented to a wide audience of over 400 participants by five renowned experts who have been working on this issue for many years. The invited speakers included David Azoulay (Director of Environmental Health, Center of International Environmental Law, Switzerland), Prof. Laura Vandenberg (University of Massachusetts, USA), Prof. David Michaels, (George Washington University, USA), Rob Bilott (Attorney, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, USA) and Dr. Marcos Orellana (UN Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights and Adjunct Professor, George Washington University, USA). This event was hosted via a webinar platform made available by the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Gothenburg.

Period	26 Jan 2023
Event type	Workshop
Degree of Recognition	International