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Monday, 27 April 2026. Operationalising the Exposome – Policy, Tools, and the Road Ahead

08.15 h Opening secretary
08.30 - 09.00 h Registration
09.00 - 10.30 h Opening session - Setting the scene
  • Opening remarks
    Roel Vermeulen. Utrecht University: Framing the exposome as a bridge between science and policymaking
  • Keynote address 1
    Christophe Clergeau. Member of European Parliament
  • Keynote address 2
    Francesca Racioppi. WHO Regional Office for Europe | European Centre for Environment and Health
  • Keynote address 3
    Alex Mulet Indrayanti. Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG-RTD), European Commission
  • Welcoming Reflections
    Kyle M. Walsh. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
  • Q & A
10.30 - 11.00 h Break*
11.00 - 13.00 h Exposome: Europe’s strategic advantage for health, data and competitiveness (panel discussions)
  • Panel 1: Europe’s next health flagship: A Mission Exposome for Research, Innovation & Competitiveness
    Marta Temido. Member of European Parliament.
    Alex Mulet Indrayanti. DG RTD, European Commission.
    Wolfgang Fecke. Association of European Cancer Leagues.
    Martine Vrijheid. Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).
  • Panel 2: Building the European Exposome Data Space: Connecting Environment, Health and Social data for prevention
    Tomislav Sokol. Member of European Parliament.
    Pierre Breton. Green Data for Health, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES).
    Damien Weidert. Macif Santé Prévoyance, Aéma groupe.
    Jana Klánová. RECETOX, Masaryk University.
  • Panel 3: Cities, Built Environments & Chemicals: Real-World Exposures and the Case for Coordinated EU Action
    Marcos Ros Sempere. Member of European Parliament.
    Christophe Clergeau. Member of European Parliament.
    Amélie Crepet. French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES).
    Génon Jensen. Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL).
    Roel Vermeulen. Utrecht University.
  • Panel 4: A European Common Prevention Pillar: coordinating policies across the life course using the exposome
    Tilly Metz. Member of European Parliament.
    Joana Lobo Vicente. European Environment Agency.
    Zorana Jovanovic Andersen. European Respiratory Society.
    Sylvain Sebert. University of Oulu.
  • Closing Remarks
13.00 - 14.00 h Break*
14.00 - 15.30 h Deployable exposome tools and infrastructures
  • Introduction: The federated ecosystem and the paths towards exposome research and policies in the European Region
    Sylvain Sebert. University of Oulu.
  • FAIR exposome maps and tools: State-of-play and case study
    Justiina Ronkainen.University of Oulu.
    Hüseyin Küçükali. Utrecht University.
  • FAIR Exposome Cohort Catalogues: State-of-play and case study
    Eleanor Hyde. UMCG.
    Augusto Anguita-Ruiz. ISGlobal.
  • Call for Action: Empowering the European Exposome Research Environment through global cooperation, participation and engagement
    Rafael Buralli. University of São Paulo.
    Yu Ait Bamai. Hokkaido University
  • Discussion
15.30 - 16.00 h Break*
16.00 - 17.30 h Exposome research roadmap & regional priorities
  • General overview
    Roel Vermeulen. Utrecht University.
    Manel Rihani. ANSES.
  • Goal 1: How does global change impact the exposome
    Léa Maitre. ISGlobal.
  • Goal 2: How transitions affect the exposome
    Roel Vermeulen. Utrecht Univesity.
  • Goal 3: How can the exposome support public health policy/regulation
    Manel Rihani. ANSES.
  • Goal 4: How can the exposome improve medicine
    Tatiana Saad. Inserm.
  • Goal 5: Development of methods, tools, infrastructures
    Roel Vermeulen. Utrecht University.
  • Global perspectives from Africa, Asia, Latin America and USA
    Meaza Shentema. Addis Ababa University.
    Krithiga Shridhar. Centre for Chronic Disease Control.
    Diana Marcela Marín Pineda. Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.
    Gary Miller. Columbia University.
  • Discussion
18:00 - 19:00 h Welcome reception and networking*

*ISGlobal as IHEN project coordinator will cover meals during the meeting and dinner event for participants. This implies that IHEN will not cover per diems for the event.

Tuesday, 28 April 2026. Exposome Science

09.00 - 10.30 h Scientific session 1 - keynotes and selected abstracts (Gary Miller & Adrian Covaci)
  • Keynote 1: Climate action as a driver of healthier exposomes
    Cathryn Tonne. ISGlobal
  • Keynote 2: From Sample to Molecules to Meaning: High-Resolution Chemical Exposomics for Precision Health
    Jonathan Martin. Stockholm University
  • Abstract presentation 1: Developing An Integrative Exposomics Platform (ExposomeX) to Expedite Discovery of "Exposure-Biology-Disease" Nexus
    Bin Wang. Peking University
  • Abstract presentation 2: Exploring the exposome and the unexplained variance in biological ageing – insights from a genetically controlled twin study in early adulthood
    Annika Opperbeck. University of Jyväskylä
10.30 - 11.00 h Break*
11.00 - 11.30 h Poster presentations 1
11.30 - 13.00 h Scientific session 2 - keynotes and selected abstracts (Roel Vermeulen)
  • Keynote 3: Integrating Consumer Product-Based Exposure with AOP-Anchored AI-Based Toxicity Prediction for Exposome-Informed Chemical Prioritization
    Jinhee Choi. University of Seoul
  • Abstract presentation 3: Brain Exposomics Reveals Dietary Lipids Linked to Reduced Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathology
    Donghai Liang. Emory University
  • Abstract presentation 4: A Novel Causal Discovery-based Exposome Analysis Pipeline: Screening for Causally Influential Pregnancy Exposures Driving Fetal Growth
    Molly Grant. A*STAR, National University of Singapore
  • Abstract presentation 5: Advancing Urban Microbial Exposome for Planetary Health
    Marja Roslund. Natural Resources Institute
  • Abstract presentation 6: From Exposome Domains to Health and Mortality: Estimating Attributable Risks and Proportions Mediated by Biomarkers
    Helene Colineaux. Imperial College London
13.00 - 14.00 h Break*
14.00 - 14.30 h Poster presentations 2
14.30 - 15.00 h Poster presentations 3
15.00 - 16.00 h Scientific session 3 - keynotes and selected abstracts (Fenna Sillé & Chioma Nwakanma)
  • Keynote 4: Advances in Spatiotemporal Modelling for External Exposome Assessment
    Kees de Hoogh. Utrecht University
  • Abstract presentation 7: Early life social and environmental exposures and all-cause hospital visits among children under five in Southern Mozambique
    Stefan Sieber. ISGlobal
  • Abstract presentation 8: From the environment to the heart: Joint effects of long-term external exposome on ischemic heart disease incidence in Europe
    Huyen Nguyen Thi Khanh. Karolinska Institutet
16.00 - 16.30 h Break*
16.30 - 18.00 h Scientific session 4 - keynotes and selected abstracts (Martine Vrijheid & Léa Maitre)
  • Keynote 5: Unequal exposomes shaping global brain health
    Joaquin Migeot. Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat)
  • Keynote 6: From Exposures to Outcomes: A Multi-Omics Window into the Infant Gut Microbiome
    Tanya Alderete. Johns Hopkins University
  • Abstract presentation 9: Artificial Intelligence for Identifying Treatable Exposomic Root Causes of Chronic Disease
    Krisna Bhargava. The Exposome Intelligence Company
  • Abstract presentation 10: Effect-based human biomonitoring of complex chemical mixtures in human matrices
    Georg Braun. Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
18:15 - 19.00 Open meeting: Microsampling in exposomics: where we stand and how to move forward
Moderators:
Jos Bessems. VITO
Vinicius Verri Hernandes. University of Vienna
19:30 Summit Dinner*

*ISGlobal as IHEN project coordinator will cover meals during the meeting and dinner event for participants. This implies that IHEN will not cover per diems for the event.

Wednesday, 29 April 2026. Building the Global Exposome Community

08.30 - 08.55 h GEF Plenary session 1: Framing the Discussion
Auditorium

David Balshaw. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Jana Klánová. Masaryk University.
Fenna Sillé. Johns Hopkins University.
09.00 - 10.00 h GEF Parallel sessions 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D
  • 2A: Chemical and biological analytics
    Auditorium room

    Jon Martin. Stockholm University.
    Elliott Price. Masaryk University.
    Adrian Covaci. University of Antwerp.
    Benedikt Warth. University of Vienna.
    Jessica Ewald. EMBL-EBI.
    Dinesh Barupal. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
    Lauren Petrick. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
    Lea Maitre. ISGlobal.
    Paolo Vineis. Imperial College London.
  • 2B: Geospatial methods and applications
    Tramuntana 2

    Rima Habre. University of Southern California.
    Kees de Hoogh. Utrecht University.
    Itai Kloog. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
    Jean-Baptiste Guimbaud. Meersens.
    Hüseyin Küçükali. Utrecht University.
    Anne Thessen. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
    Thahn H. (Helen) Nguyen. University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign .
  • 2C: Wearables
    Garbí 1

    Krystal Pollitt. Yale University.
    Thomas Hankemeier. Leiden University.
    Chao Jiang. Zhejiang University.
    Jos Bessems. VITO.
    Ville Pimenoff. University of Oulu.
    Johannes Zauner. Technical University of Munich.
  • 2D: ExWAS and Big data / AI
    Garbí 2

    Chirag Patel. Harvard University.
    Alison Motsinger-Reif. NIEHS.
    Vasilis Vasiliou. Yale University.
    Heidi Hanson. Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
    Marc Chadeau-Hyam. Imperial College London.
    John P.A. Ioannidis. Stanford University.
    Mingliang Fang. Fudan University.
    Arjun Manrai. Harvard University.
10.00 - 10.30 h Break*
10.30 - 11.25 h GEF Plenary session 3: Partnering for Success
Auditorium

Fenna Sillé. Johns Hopkins University
John Randell. Human Cell Atlas
Casimiro Vizzini. UNESCO
Milena Foerster. IARC
Floriane Pereira. Biocodex Microbiota Institute
Mircea Sofonea. University of Montpellier
Amy Foreman. EMBL-EBI
11.30 - 12.30 h GEF Parallel sessions 4A, 4B, 4C
  • 4A: Exposomics in practice: Cities as testbeds
    Auditorium

    Roel Vermeulen. Utrecht University.
    Tina Woods. Collider Health.
    Denis Sarigiannis. National Hellenic Research Foundation / Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
    Song Tang. National Institute of Environmental Health - China CDC.
    Chris Edmond. WorkHealth Jersey.
    Mark Nieuwenhuisen. ISGlobal.
    Agis Tsouros. Boston University.
    Miriam Weber. City of Utrecht.
  • 4B: Exposomics in practice: Individual exposomics (& precision health)
    Garbí 2

    Socrates Papageorgiou. University of Athens.
    Manish Arora. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
    Carmen Messerlian. Vie Institute for Generational Health / Harvard University.
    Zodwa Dlamini. Pan Africa Cancer Research Institute (PACRI) / University of Pretoria.
    Shai Shen-Orr. Technion.
  • 4C: Exposomics in practice: Next steps for cohorts
    Tramuntana 2

    Martine Vrijheid. ISGlobal.
    Yu Ait Bamai. Hokkaido University.
    David Balshaw. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
    Zisis Kozlakidis. IARC/WHO.
    Lida Chatzi. USC.
    Shoji Nakayama. Japan Environment and Children’s Study / National Institute for Environmental Studies.
    Myriam Mrad. Health & Environment Response Agency (HERA-ME).
    Diana Marín Pineda. Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.
    Poornima Prabhakaran. Ashoka University.
12.30 - 13.30 h Break*
13.30 - 14.25 h GEF Plenary session 5: Exposome and policy: creating insightful, actionable and ethical solutions
Auditorium

Jeanette Stingone. Columbia University
Ming Yang. Nature Publishing
Kyle M. Walsh. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Denis Naughten. Innosphere Consulting
Remí Quirion. Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie du Québec
Xiaoming Shi. National Institute of Environmental Health - China CDC
Eleonora Chinchio. Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Caspar Safarlou. University Medical Center Utrecht
14.30 - 15.30 h Plenary closing session, next steps
Auditorium

Gary Miller. Columbia University
Roel Vermeulen. Utrecht University

*ISGlobal as IHEN project coordinator will cover meals during the meeting and dinner event for participants. This implies that IHEN will not cover per diems for the event.