SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting

May 17-21, 2026
Maastricht, The Netherlands

ARCHE Consulting will be present at the SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting. This year, the conference takes place in Maastricht, The Netherlands, from May 17th till 21st.

Feel free to pass by the ARCHE Consulting Booth (booth 67) during the SETAC Europe conference.

Join us at the SETAC Europe conference in Maastricht, The Netherlands from May 17th till 21st!

An overview of our contributions:

Monday, May 18th - 2026

Platform presentation
3.12.B.T.-01
(11:40, Room 0.4)

Chronic toxicity of metal-organic mixtures to Daphnia magna: To what extent can Concentration Addition and Independent Action predict effects?

Franz Marius Schmitt, Karel Viaene, Karel Vlaeminck, Charlotte Nys, Lara Van de Merckt, Hugo Waeterschoot ,Gijs Du Laing, and Karel De Schamphelaere

Platform presentation
3.12.B.T.-02
(11:55, Room 0.4)

Beyond default Mixture Allocation Factor settings: increasing the
applicability and scientific relevance of mixture risk assessments for metal(loid)s

Charlotte Nys, Karel Vlaeminck, Karel Viaene, Marnix Vangheluwe, Koen Oorts, Hugo Waeterschoot, Lara Van De Merckt, Laura De Donno, Marius Schmitt, Karel De Schamphelaere

Poster presentation
1.07.P-Mo030
(all day, Exhibition hall)

To What Extent Can the Fungicide Azoxystrobin Affect the Uptake and Elimination of Copper in Daphnia magna?

Marius Schmitt, Kayawe Valentine Mubiana, Karel Viaene, Ronny Blust and Karel De Schamphelaere

Poster presentation
2.04.P-Mo121
(all day, Exhibition hall)

Chemical Mixtures in European River Basins: A Probabilistic Risk Model for Integrating Additive and Independent Effects

S. Jannicke Moe, Anders L. Madsen, Sophie Mentzel, Karel Viaene, Karel Vlaeminck, Merete Grung, Samantha Martins, Gašper Šubelj, Frederik Verdonck, and Sam Welch

Poster presentation
3.12.P-Mo170
(all day, Exhibition hall)

Environmental Hazard Assessment of Cadmium in Soil. A Comparison between Toxicity to Soil Organisms and Secondary Poisoning to Wildlife.

Koen Oorts, Mehrnoosh Babaahmadifooladi, Christopher Cooper, Frank Van Assche and Christine Spirlet

Poster presentation
3.12.P-Mo186
(all day, Exhibition hall)

Influence of Environmentally Realistic Organic Micropollutant Mixtures on Metal Mixture Toxicity: Toward More Ecologically Relevant Risk Assessment

Matthieu Gallin, Marius Schmitt, Charlotte Nys, Hugo Waeterschoot, Lara Van de Merckt, Karel De Schamphelaere

Tuesday, May 19th - 2026

Platform presentation
4.10.T-03
(10:05, Room 2.1)

Chemical Co-Exposure and Risk Estimation for European Watersheds: A Probabilistic Approach Combining Models and Monitoring Data 

S. Mentzel, J. Van Gils, M. Grung, F. Verdonck, K.P.J. Viaene, K. Vlaeminck, A. L. Madsen, L. Snoj, G. Šubelj, S. J. Moe

Wednesday, May 20th - 2026

Platform presentation
3.02.A.T-01
(11:40, Auditorium 02)

Predicting Chemical Co-Exposure in Europe: Development of a Continental Fate Model

Karel Vlaeminck, Frederik Verdonck, Jos van Gils, Devanshi Pathak, Jannicke Moe, Sophie Mentzel, Samantha Martins, and Karel Viaene

Platform presentation
3.13.B.T-01
(11:40, Room 2.1)

VIRTUE: A Virtuous Cycle of Phytoremediation, Pyrolysis and Biochar Applications towards Safe PFAS Levels in Soil, Feed and Food

Gerard Cornelissen, Erlend Sørmo, Nicolas Estoppey, Raoul Wolf, Nathalie Briels, Thomas D, Bucheli, Daniel Rasse, Hans Peter Schmidt, Emma Knight and Hans Peter H. Arp

Poster presentation
1.10.P-We013
(all day, Exhibition hall)

Scaling Up Biomonitoring: Eukaryotic Community-Wide 18S Profiling Enables to Identify Priority Taxa Across Upstream–Downstream Pollution Gradients

Vanessa de Almeida Moreira, Karel Viaene, Jana Asselman, Charlotte Nys, Lara Van De Merckt, Marnix Vangheluwe, Hugo Waeterschoot and Karel De Schamphelaere

Poster presentation
3.02.P-We195
(all day, Exhibition hall)

Stay updated: use of Bayesian learning algorithms for updating a probabilistic exposure model with chemical monitoring data 

S. Jannicke Moe, Anders L. Madsen, Sophie Mentzel, Karel Viaene, Karel Vlaeminck, Gašper Šubelj, and Frederik Verdonck

Poster presentation
3.13.P-We263
(all day, Exhibition hall)

Nature-based Remediation of Metal Pollutants in Nature Areas (NARMENA): An Ecological Modelling Approach

Karel Vlaeminck, Karel Viaene, Marnix Vangheluwe, Froukje Kuijk

Poster presentation
3.28.P-We312
(all day, Exhibition hall)

Monitoring Ultra-Short Chain PFAS in Flanders: Occurrence, Patterns, and Tracing TFA

Karel Vlaeminck, Nathalie Briels, Karel Viaene, Marnix Vangheluwe, Frederik Verdonck, Maarten De Jonge, Ann De Meester

Thursday, May 21st - 2026

Poster presentation
4.04.P-Th162
(all day, Exhibition hall)

MEED: Finalization of the multiyear Metals Environmental Exposure Data collection program anticipating the challenges of the EU Zero Pollution Ambition Policy and the Combined Exposure to Mixtures 

Hugo Waeterschoot, Marnix Vangheluwe, Charlotte Nys, Karel Viaene, and Lara Van de Merckt