Unit Scientific Event Management

In its capacity as a Federal Institute that undertakes risk assessment, conducts research and advises political circles, BfR’s remit includes specific event formats as part of its active risk communication.

Some of the event formats used within BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment are:

• Expert meetings

• Regular meetings of BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment Committees

• Scientific meetings, congresses and symposia for experts

• The twice-yearly BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment Consumer Protection Forum which draws on a participatory stakeholder dialogue

• Public BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment stakeholder fora (e.g. on risk-benefit analysis, costs of a crisis, perceived risks)

• Further training events, e.g. for the public health service

• Public events (Open Day, Green Week, Long Night of Sciences)

Lectures and discussions are made available to the general public through the publication of conference proceedings and documentation about the events on the BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment website. In this way the results of each event are taken over in a sustainable and lasting manner into the discussions about consumer health protection.

The central tasks of the Scientific Event Management Unit are:

• Strategic design of events

• Organisational-technical staging of events

• Proceedings

• Event evaluation