Posted on April 26, 2016

The 13th International Mesothelioma Interest Group (iMig) Conference will be held May 1–4, 2016 at the International Conference Centre in Birmingham, UK.

2 The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) is delighted to join delegates from around the world at the 13th International Mesothelioma Interest Group (iMiG) Conference in Birmingham, UK. For ten years, ADAO has been attending, presenting, and exhibiting at iMig conferences in Chicago, Amsterdam, Kyoto, Boston, and South Africa.

Every two years, the iMig conference brings together experts dedicated to treating and curing mesothelioma, featuring groundbreaking workshops, presentations and discussions, and strengthening collaborative efforts making this conference the largest international gathering of clinicians and scientists in the field of mesothelioma. Last conference, iMig brought together nearly 300 scientists, clinicians, and patient advocates from around the world with nearly 350 platform and poster presentations.

Peto and Egilman CANVA Building on the success of preceding iMig conferences in Boston in 2012 and Cape Town in 2014, this year’s conference will feature a highly interactive, stimulating and multidisciplinary program including workshops, plenary sessions as well as oral abstract and poster sessions. This conference’s theme, ‘Towards Personalized Care”, addresses the entire patient pathway and will look beyond just scientific topics. The conference will provide the ideal forum to stimulate ideas and establish collaborations as well as to initiate impactful discussions about mesothelioma.

On May 1st, Dr. Julian Peto from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Dr, David Egilman from Brown University will discuss and debate about “How Much Cancer Does Chrysotile Cause?”   For ADAO there is no debate, all forms of asbestos are a carcinogen and their is no safe level of exposure. I look forward to being your eyes and ears during this session.

I look forward to exhibiting the important facts about asbestos exposure at this exciting event.

Please visit the conference website at www.iMig2016.org for further information.

Together, we make change happen.

Linda Reinstein

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