Posted on August 30, 2017

On behalf of ADAO, I am honored to present during the XXI World Congress on Safety and Health at Work – Global Forum for Prevention Congress on September 3 – 6, in Singapore.

ADAO’s presentation,“U.S. Experience in Prevention and Control of Occupational Cancers,” will discuss the progress and challenges in our journey toward a national ban, as well as our major recent achievements and the ethical considerations of our work.

The ICOH and IOSH Symposium Prevention of Occupational Cancer Moderators:

Dr. Jukka Takala, President, ICOH, Singapore
Professor Sergio Iavicoli, Secretariat General, ICOH, Italy
Professor Jorma Rantanen, Former President, ICOH, Finland

Provisional agenda

16:00 – 16:20 hrs. Opening Addresses
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT OCCUPATIONAL CANCER – EUROPEAN VIEW
Mr. Michel Servoz, Director-General, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission, France

EXPERIENCES IN ELIMINATION OF OCCUPATIONAL CANCER EXPOSURES IN FINLAND
Ms. Pirkko Mattila, Minister of Social Affairs and Health, Finland

16:20 – 16:30 hrs. IDENTIFICATION OF OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENS. THE IARC MONOGRAPHS AS THE BASIS FOR ESTIMATING THE BURDEN OF OCCUPATIONAL CANCER.
Dr. Kurt Straif, International Agency for Research on Cancers (IARC), France

16:30 – 16:40 hrs. ESTIMATING THE BURDEN OF CANCER ARISING FROM OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO CARCINOGENS
Prof. Tim Driscoll, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia

16:40 – 16:50hrs. RECENT STATUS OF MESOTHELIOMA AND COUNTERMEASURES ON ASBESTOS-RELATED CANCER AT GLOBAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS
Prof. Ken Takahashi, Asbestos Diseases Research Institute, University of Sydney, Australia

16:50 – 17:00 hrs. U.S. EXPERIENCE IN PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF OCCUPATIONAL CANCERS
Ms. Linda Reinstein, Asbestos Diseases Awareness Organization (ADAO), United States of America

17:00 – 17:10 hrs. RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA PREVENTION – A GLOBAL ROLE FOR THE NEPSI PROJECT
Mr. Martin Isles, International NEPSI Council, United Kingdom

17:10 – 17:20 hrs. ASBESTOS REGULATION IN AUSTRALIA AS A TEMPLATE IN THE GLOBAL CAMPAIGN
Mr. Michael Borowick, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Australia

17:20 – 17:30 hrs. GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLES FROM THE NO TIME TO LOSE CAMPAIGN IN ACTION
Mr. Graham Parker, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, United Kingdom

17:30 – 17:40 hrs. ROADMAP ON CARCINOGENS
Mr. Jos de Lange, TNO, Netherlands

17:40 – 17:50 hrs. ELIMINATING EXPOSURES, PREVENTING OCCUPATIONAL CANCER – A GLOBAL PROGRAMME
Dr Jukka Takala, President, ICOH, Singapore
Prof Sergio Iavicoli, Secretariat General, ICOH, Italy
Prof Jorma Rantanen, Former President, ICOH, Finland

17:40 – 18:00 hrs. Moderated Dialogue Session & Closing

View the World Congress schedule.

Linda

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