Derek Knight, Senior Scientific Advisor at the European Chemicals Agency and member of the Advisory Committee for EFSA’s 2nd Scientific Conference “Shaping the Future of Food Safety, Together”, explains the relevance of the conference and the importance of scientific cooperation. The conference will be held on 14-16 October 2015 in Milan, Italy, in the context of EXPO 2015. https://www.efsaexpo2015.eu/