Posted on July 19, 2022

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You’re Invited! ADAO’s 17th Annual International Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Virtual Conference September 16-17, 2022

ADAO is proud to present its yearly Academic Conference, held during ADAO’s 17th Annual International Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Virtual Conference the morning of Saturday, September 17th, 2022. We are excited to highlight the many asbestos prevention and awareness advocates and experts as we gather to promote awareness and action during this year’s events.

The conference will be held at Emory University and streamed via Zoom to audiences across the globe. Our yearly conference is a place to come together as a world-wide community and feature these expert speakers, victims’ stories, and art advocacy movements. ADAO is the only U.S. nonprofit that organizes annual conferences dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure and eliminating asbestos-caused diseases. See this year’s schedule below. 

  • Session I: Progress and Challenges from the Frontline
  • Session II: Medical Advancements: Diagnosing and Treating Mesothelioma and Other Asbestos-Related Diseases
  • Session III: Prevention: Legacy Asbestos: What Is It? Where Is It? What Do I Do? 
  • Session IV: Global Ban Asbestos Action

See the full list of speakers and read their bios below!

To register and keep up with the latest conference updates, visit the 2022 AAPC Conference Website

Check out our 2022 invitational video which also shares highlights from last year’s AAPC. And watch presentations from Previous AAPCs here

In Unity
Linda Reinstein

2022 AAPC Academic Conference Speakers: 

Laura Baker
Kathy Best
Brad Black, MD
David Boraks
Barry Castleman, ScD
Mark Catlin
Raja Flores, MD
Arthur Frank, MD, PhD
Sharon Gayoso
Fernanda Giannasi
Brent Kynoch
Tom Laubenthal
Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH
Carmen Lima
Toby MacDonald
Steven Markowitz, MD, DrPH
Jacqueline Moline, MD, MSc
Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH
Mavis Nye
Rory O’Neill, CMIOSH, FRSPH, Hazards Editor
Christine Oliver, MD, PhD, MPH, MS
Linda Reinstein
Tony Rich
Barry Robson
Sean and Nicole Shields
Robert Sussman, JD
Andrea Wolf, MD, MPH