Registration deadline:
10th December
Agenda
CONFERENCE AGENDA
1st day - 15th of February, 2024 (Thursday)
13:00 - 14:00 Registration, buffet lunch
14:00 - 16:00 I. Section
1. Plant Protection Products Registration in the EU
Presenter: József Csilla, Hungarian Crop Protection Association, Regulatory Working Group Lead (Hungary)
2. New type of non-Glyphosate herbicide for efficient vegetation control
Presenter: Uri Stoin, Alfa Cleantech (Switzerland)
3. Reduction in the use of chemicals:perspectives in Belgium
Presenter: Jean-Pierre Deforet, Infrabel SA, Tracks maintenance, Environment Advisor (Belgium)
4.On the lookout for alternative weed control methods for railways since 2006 – A Swedish perspective
Presenter: Harald Cederlund, Researcher, Uppsala BioCenter, Department of Molecular Sciences (Sweden)
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00 II. Section
1.New Weed ID technology and how it can be incorporated into the US Rail market and use for herbicide resistance management in the US
Presenter: Ryan Cammack, Ferrovia Services LLC. (USA)
2.New products, new regulations: How SNCF Réseau rose to the challenge of phasing out glyphosate
Presenter: Baptiste Bonzon, SNCF Reseau (France)
3. Experiences and challenges treating the railway networks of Scandinavia
Presenter: Neil Bangham/ Jonathan Caine, Weedfree on Track Ltd. (UK)
19:00 – 22:00 Dinner
2nd day - 16th of February, 2024 (Friday)
09:00 – 10:30 III. Section
1. Mechanical weeding, pressurized water and electroweeding on railway tracks- Selection, advantages and challenges
Presenter: Carolina Archut (Projektleiterin, RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
2. Development of alternative chemicals
Presenter: Dr. Nagy Viktor, Syngenta (Hungary)
3. Directions of G&G Ltd's technical developments
Presenter: Mészáros Dániel, G&G Kft. (Hungary)
10:30 – 13:30 Factory visit, Szőreg