Partners
The 4FUN consortium consists of 14 partners from 9 European countries and comprises SMEs, research organizations, large companies, non-governmental organization and a non-profit standardization organization.
AEIFORIA Srl – Italy (Coordinator)
Expertise: risk assessment, management and communication, pesticide fate modelling, environmental monitorings
Website: www.aeiforia.it
4FUN participants: Gabriella Fait, Federico Ferrari (federico.ferrari@aeiforia.it), Tommaso Ferrari, Marco Trevisan
Electricité de France S.A. – France
Expertise: (eco)toxicology, exposure assessment, envioronmental and health risk assessment, multi criteria decision analysis, modelling
Website: www.edf.fr
4FUN participants: Philippe Ciffroy (philippe.ciffroy@edf.fr), Laura Marang, Bertille Richard, Taku Tanaka
Facilia AB – Sweden
Expertise: risk assessment, radioecology, simulation modelling, software development, web programming, statistical methods
Website: www.facilia.se
4FUN participants: Boris Alfonso, Rodolfo Avila, Annika Johansson, Erik Johansson (erik@facilia.se)
Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des Risques – France
Expertise: human toxicology, multimedia modelling, regulation in environmental and health, risk assessment
Website: www.ineris.fr
4FUN participants: Celine Brochot (celine.brochot@ineris.fr), Alexandre Pery, Florence Zeman
Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek N.V. – Belgium
Expertise: risk assessment, exposure modelling, biomonitoring
Website: www.vito.be
4FUN participants: Johan Bierkens (johan.bierkens@vito.be), Tine Fierens, Mirja Van Holderbeke
ARCHE bvba – Belgium
Expertise: environmental toxicology, exposure modelling, preparation of risk assessment dossiers for industry
Website: www.arche-consulting.be
4FUN participants: Tineke Dewilde, Patrick Vansprang, Frederik Verdonck (frederik.verdonck@arche-consulting.be)
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas – Spain
Expertise: fate of environmental pollutants, envioronmental chemistry
Website: http://www.cid.csic.es/
4FUN participants: Damià Barcelo Culleres, Zoran Banjac, Marinella Farré Urgell, Antoni Ginebreda Marti (agmqam@cid.csic.es)
Consorzio Venezia Ricerche – Italy
Expertise: environmental risk assessment and management, rehabilitation of contaminated sites, development of GIS-based Decision Support Systems (DSSSs), Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA)
Website: www.veneziaricerche.it
4FUN participants: Elisa Giubilato (giubilato@unive.it), Marina Zago
Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia – Italy
Expertise: analytical determination of pollutants in environmental matrices, environmental modelling, human and ecological risk assessment
Website: www.unive.it/dais
4FUN participants: Andrea Critto (critto@unive.it), Antonio Marcomini
BearingPoint
Expertise: business consulting, technology transfer
Website: www.bearingpoint.com
4FUN participants: Sabine Albouy, Xavier Houot, Romain Striffling (romain.striffling@bearingpoint.com)
Enviresearch Ltd. – United Kingdom
Expertise: consulting in regulatory and risk assessment, technology transfer through training
Website: www.enviresearch.com
4FUN participants: James Garratt (garratt@enviresearch.com), Loraine Smith
Group for Environmental Awareness Development – Serbia
Expertise: promotion of environmental awareness, operational projects for environment protection (Natura 2000)
Website: www.gres.org.rs
4FUN participants: Aleksandar Vlajic (a.vlajic@gres.org.rs)
Austrian Standards Institute – Austria
Expertise: development of norms, rules, and standards, coordination of the Austrian experts in the development of European and International standards
Website: www.as-institute.at
4FUN participants: Annette Altenpohl (annette.altenpohl@as-institute.at), Karl Gruen, Josef Winkler
EUrelations AG – Switzerland
Expertise: project management, innovation strategies, dissemination of scientific results also to non-scientific target audience, training
Website: www.eurelations.com
4FUN participants: Katrin Reschwamm (KReschwamm@eurelations.com)
Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore – Italy
Expertise: risk assessment and management, risk communication, stakeholder analysis and communication
Website: http://www.unicatt.it/
4FUN participants: Ettore Capri (ettore.capri@unicatt.it), Nicoleta Suciu
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NEWS & EVENTS
Free webinar: MERLIN-Expo in the context of regulations and other models
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27/APR/2016
Modelling Training Course in Newcastle UK 12-13 September 2016
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22/APR/2016
New MERLIN-Expo webinar - Building a food web
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29/FEB/2016
The meeting of the International Society of Exposure Sciences to be held in Utrecht from 9-13 Oct...
21/FEB/2016
New MERLIN-Expo webinar - Linking models together: a practical guide
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01/FEB/2016
Workshop: NEW TRENDS IN CHEMICAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT, Piacenza, Italy (18 January 2016)
Workshop: NEW TRENDS IN CHEMICAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT, Piacenza, Italy (18 January 2016) Aeiforia srl.,...
23/DEC/2015
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Workshop in Barcelona, Spain (22 September 2015)
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22/SEP/2015
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Workshop in Barcelona, Spain (22 September 2015)
On 22 September 2015, the day before the ...
22/SEP/2015
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Online course to learn how to use MERLIN-Expo
The online course on "The Future of Environmental and Human Health Exposure Modelling ...
21/SEP/2015
CEN Workshop Agreement - Standard documentation of chemical exposure models
Today models are intensively used to predict exposure of the environment or of humans to chemicals. However, the underlying h...
21/SEP/2015
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The new MERLIN-Expo tool represents the state-of-the-art modelling framework for chem...
17/SEP/2015
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First GLOBAQUA Conference in Freising, Germany (11-12 January 2016)
The GLOBAQUA project organizes an International Conference that will be held in Freising, Germany, on 11-12 Janua...
17/AUG/2015
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Summer School, Cremona, Italy (29 June - 3 July 2015)
A summer school was held in Cremona (Italy), from 29th June to 3rd July 2015. It was aimed at junior modellers, research...
31/JUL/2015
4FUN Summer School in the newspaper "La Provincia di Cremona"
The 4FUN Summer School held in Cremona from 29 June to 3 July 2015 appeared in the daily newspaper "La Provincia di Cremona". The article...
13/JUL/2015
Summer school, Cremona, Italy (29 June - 3 July 2015)
The summer school is aimed at junior modellers, research students, post-docs and anyone in the early stages of their career. It will be run as...
29/JUN/2015
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4FUN presented at the 2nd GLOBAQUA Annual Progress Meeting
On 15 June 2015 a presentation about the interactions between 4FUN and GLOBAQUA was given at the 2nd GLOBAQUA annual progress me...
15/JUN/2015
4FUN presented at the GLOBAQUA technical workshop
On 7 May 2015 a presentation about “MERLIN-EXPO program on Fate and Risk assessment of Pollutants” was given the GLOBAQUA technical meeting (...
07/MAY/2015
Workshop at SETAC, Barcelona (3 May 2015)
A full day workshop will be run as a SETAC short course in Barcelona on the 3rd of May (...
03/MAY/2015
4FUN workshop in Belgrade, Serbia
A 2-day day workshop was run in Belgrade on the 20th and 21st April. The workshop was aimed at environmental scientists, government ministries and...
21/APR/2015
Workshop in Belgrade, Serbia (20 - 21 April 2015)
Visit http://software.4funproject.eu/learn/training-events/ to register your int...
20/APR/2015
4FUN regulatory workshop, Paris, France
A 2-day regulatory workshop was held on the 26th and 27th of March 2015, aimed at regulators and regulatory specialists in or...
27/MAR/2015
Workshop for regulators (26-27 March 2015)
A 2-day workshop on the 26th and 27th of March 2015, to be held in Paris with free-of-charge attendance, will provide an introducti...
26/MAR/2015
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Workshop for regulators (26-27 March 2015)
A 2-day workshop on the 26th and 27th of March 2015, to be held in Paris with free-of-charge attendance, will provide an introduction...
21/JAN/2015
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Workshop at SETAC, Barcelona (3 May 2015)
A full day workshop will be run as a SETAC short course in Barcelona on the 3rd of May (...
21/JAN/2015
Summer school, Cremona, Italy (29 June - 3 July 2015)
The summer school is aimed at junior modellers, research students, post-docs and anyone in the early stages of their career. It will be run as p...
21/JAN/2015
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2nd press release via CORDIS Wire
A press release entitled "New CEN Workshop "Merlin-Expo" in Brussels on July 2" was published via CORDIS Wire. It presents the Kick-O...
25/JUL/2014
22nd Annual European Chemicals Policy & Risk Management (9-10 September 2014, Barcelona, Spain)
The 22nd Annual European Chemicals Policy & Risk Management aims to help you Evaluate technical an...
18/JUL/2014
ICCA-LRI & JRC Workshop (17-18 June 2014, Lugano, Switzerland)
What Is Safe? Integrating Multi-Disciplinary Approaches for Decision Making about the Human Health and Environmental ...
21/MAY/2014
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International Symposium on Environment and Health (4-5 July 2014, Beijing, China)
To promote scientific information interchange between researchers, engineers, students and practitioners working in Ch...
14/MAY/2014
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ISES 24th Annual Meeting (12-16 October 2014, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
The International Society of Exposure Science organizes its 24th Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio. This year's theme is ...
14/MAY/2014
3rd Journal Conference on Environmental Science and Development (4-5 July 2014, Nottingham, UK)
2014 3rd Journal Conference on Environmental Science and Development (JCESD 2014 3rd) aims to provide ...
14/MAY/2014
1st press release via CORDIS Wire
A press release entitled "Assessing human exposure to chemicals" was published via CORDIS Wire. It describes the 4FUN project and the M...
09/MAY/2014
This congress will bring together the world’s leading experts to share recent discoveries...
02/APR/2014
During the 4FUN 3rd Consortium Meeting, which took place in Barcelona on 3rd-5th February 2014, a decision was made on the name of the standardised software. It was decide...
02/APR/2014
SETAC Europe 24th Annual Meeting (11-15 May 2014, Basel, Switzerland)
This international conference brings together experts from academia, government and industry. The conference will focus on the mos...
02/APR/2014
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The 3rd Consortium Meeting was held in Barcelona (Spain), on 3rd – 5th February 2014.
11/FEB/2014
Conference of ISEE, ISES and ISIAQ (19 – 23 August 2013, Basel, Switzerland)
The ISEE (International Society for Environmental Epidemiology), ISES (International Society of Exposure Science), and the...
19/AUG/2013
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The 2nd Consortium Meeting took place in Milan (Italy), on 8th-10th July 2013.
11/JUL/2013
22nd SRA Europe Conference 2013 (17 -19 June 2013, Trondheim, Norway)
The special theme of this years' conference is «Safe societies – coping ...
17/JUN/2013
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23rd SETAC Europe Annual Meeting (12-16 May 2013, Glasgow, UK)
This international conference brings together experts from government, industry, consultancy, and a...
18/MAR/2013
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Pesticide Behaviour in Soils, Water and Air (2-4 September 2013, York, UK)
The conference will present the latest research into the env...
18/MAR/2013
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The 4FUN project was launched during the kick-off meeting, which was held in Brussels (Belgium), on the 11th – 12th November 2012. The participants ga...
11/DEC/2012