Join EFLA's 2025 Congress 'In search of a nexus: science, law, and the landscape of uncertainty'
EFLA is hosting its 2025 Congress, 'In search of a nexus: science, law, and the landscape of uncertainty.' The event will take place in Milan, Italy, on 18 & 19 September 2025, at the Worldhotel Cristoforo Colombo (Corso Buenos Aires, 3, 20124 Milano MI, Italy).
Programme
A detailed event programme is available here.
Please note that the programme may be subject to change.
Programme highlights
The Congress will start with a session dedicated to different cases of the Court of Justice of the EU showing food law challenges. The key note speech will set the scene by discussing how the Court of Justice of the EU approaches the risk analysis.
We will also look into the actions of risk managers when handling scientific complexity. Specific examples in the areas of food additives, fortified foods, flavourings and plant protection products will be addressed as well. The second session of the Congress will focus on the substantiation of marketing claims, including environmental claims, beauty claims and nutrition and health claims.
On the second day of the Congress the third session will address the importance of red tape reduction and facilitation of innovation. Examples of regulatory challenges in the US and in the EU will be shared with the audience.
Confirmed speakers
- Gilles Boin, Qolumn
- Ricardo Carvajal, Phelps & McNamara
- Hannah Chanoine, O’Melveny & Myers
- Paola Corte, Studio Legale Corte
- Guillaume Cousyn, ProductLife Group
- Thomas Delille, Squire Patton Boggs
- Emmanuel Durand, DWF France
- Katharina Ewert, Covington
- Vicente Rodriguez Fuentes, Legal Agrifood Abogados
- Ina Gerstberger, Gerstberger Products & Law
- Peter Loosen, Lebensmittelverband Deutschland
- Andreas Meisterernst, Meisterernst Rechtsanwälte
- Claudio Mereu, Fieldfisher
- Francesco Montanari, Wageningen University
- Manon Ombredane, Squire Patton Boggs
- Francesco Planchensteiner, Nestlé
- Lucia Serena Rossi, University of Bologna
- Elisabetta Righini, Sidley Austin LLP
- Karin Verzijden, Axon
How to register
Please note that we have reached capacity for this event. For more information, please contact the EFLA team.
Should you be interested in joining us for the Informal aperitivo on 17 September or the Networking dinner on 18 September, don't hesitate to register at this page.
We look forward to meeting you at the 2025 EFLA Congress!