SETAC Media Policy

Media representatives are cordially invited to attend the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, taking place from 30 April–4 May 2023,  in Dublin, Ireland.

To apply for a complimentary meeting registration and a media pass, please fill out the SETAC Dublin Media Pass Application Form and submit your application to Kelly Derom no later than 1 April 2023.  Credentialed journalists will receive a confirmation email and can pick up their free media pass on-site, at the registration desk. Freelance writers and producers, please email a letter of assignment from an accepted media outlet.

SETAC’s media policy is designed to ensure a professional forum in which presenters and other meeting registrants can discuss science-based issues freely and in which their concerns about proprietary research data and other information is acknowledged and respected. It is further designed to ensure a forum in which journalists and other media representatives can gather the information they need to deliver factual reporting.

How can SETAC serve you as a media representative?

  • By keeping you posted through updated press releases and news updates.
  • By providing you with photos, videos or other supporting files when available.
  • By helping you arrange interviews with SETAC staff, officers, members and presenters before or at the meeting. Please note that SETAC executive directors or their designees are the only sanctioned representatives of the society.

In return, we expect you to:

  • Use an online profile that clearly identifies you as a media representative.
  • Identify yourself as a member of the press when you attend live sessions or talk with any group or individual.
  • Obtain permission from the executive director of SETAC Europe, Bart Bosveld, and from the subject presenters or meeting registrants before you film, tape or otherwise record any activity or interview at this event.
  • Respect a presenter’s or meeting participant’s choice to speak with you or to decline.

Any media representative who sells, markets or represents a company for purposes of obtaining advertising or subscriptions from any exhibitor or registrant will immediately forfeit press credentials for this and subsequent meetings.

Please note that conference attendees represent researchers from a variety of disciplines and sectors; The answers reflect the views of the presenter but do not imply endorsement of SETAC.

For more information on SETAC go to www.setac.org.