30th International Congress on Occupational Health (March 18-23, 2012)

Sunday, March 18, 2012

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13:45-14:00


BK1
Coffee break

14:00-16:30


EV2
General Assembly

17:15-18:30


EV3
Opening Ceremony

18:15-18:45


OK
Opening keynote address: Occupational health as a human right

19:05-19:15


EV4
ICOH life achievement award

19:15-19:20


BK2
Break at the exhibition area

19:20-20:30


EV5
Welcome Reception and Expo Opening

Monday, March 19, 2012

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08:30-09:15


KN1
Delivery of Occupational Health to All workers

09:15-10:00


KN2
Strategic approach to occupational safety and health

10:00-11:00


BK3
Break at the exhibition area

PS-19
OH for Health Care Workers

PS-27
Occupational Exposure to Toxic Metals

PS-28
Small-scale enterprises and the Informal Sector

PS-34
Psychosocial Factors: How to Intervene

PS-49
Advances in Occupational Toxicology

PS-50
Advances in Biological Monitoring

11:00-11:45


SP1
Participatory Approaches to Sustainable Workplace Occupational Health and Safety Improvements

SP2
Occupational Cancer Research: Current State of Knowledge and Data Gaps

SP3
Physiological, Operational and Environmental Risk Factors in Manned Commercial Space Flights

11:45-12:00


BK4
Break at the exhibition area

12:00-12:45


SP4
Strategic Plan for Injury Prevention and Improving Working Conditions in Korea

SP5
Delivering Effective Accident Prevention Strategies: The Role of Leadership

SP6
Occupational Health in the Americas

12:45-14:15


BK5
Break at the exhibition area

13:00-14:00


BM40
SÃO Paulo “Joint Conference” 2013

PS-1
Occupational and Environmental Immunotoxicology

PS-6
Indoor Air Quality

PS-11
Occupational and Environmental Dermatoses

PS-15
Safety Management in the Construction Industry

PS-35
Psychosocial factors and MSDs: Cause effect interventions

PS-45
Ergonomic Risks in Non-traditional Jobs in Developing Countries

PS-53
Women, Health and Work

PS-57
Occupational HEALTH RESEARCH in Mexico-FENASTAC experience

PS-65
Aging and work

14:15-15:45


FP17
Health risks and Prevention Tools in the Construction Industry

FP3.1
Promoting health and Well-being at work

FP41
History of Occupational Health in Mexico and Latin America

FP47
Biomonitoring of Chemical exposures experiences in Developing countries

FP5.1
Improving quality in Occupational Health Practice

FP51
Radiation and Work

FP19.1
OH for Health Care Workers

FP31.1
Psychosocial Factors at Work and Worker Health

FP36.1
Work Disability Prevention and Integration

FP38.1
Occupational Health Conditions of Health Care Workers in Developing countries

FP50.1
Advances in Biological Monitoring

FP58.1
Shiftwork & Working Time

SS001
Immunotoxicology of fibers: From bulk to nanomaterials

SS022
Occupational health in the green economy

SS003.1
Global transfer of knowledge and sharing of learning materials for occupational health and safety

SS034
Innovative practices in occupational health

SS040
Tracing new occupational diseases towards OSH-vigilance system

SS063
Whole body vibration and shocks measurements, effects, and prevention

SS074
Work Integral Rehabilitation of arms and legs using biomechatronics

SS083
Educational on Occupational Health in Latin America

SS097
Climate change and occupational heat stress

SS113
Implementing Prevention Culture as a Strategy on improving Occupational Safety and Health

SS014.1
OSH research - Important to health for all people

SS024.1
Neurotoxicity of chronic exposures to xenobiotics in the working environment

SS101.1
Detergent Enzyme Hygiene and Medical Surveillance What We Have Learned

SS109.1
Deepwater Horizon Disaster Response

SS118.1
Exposure assessment in epidemiologic studies of diesel exhaust and lung cancer

15:45-16:00


BK6
Break at the exhibition area

16:00-17:30


FP1
Occupational and Environmental Immunotoxicology

FP28
Small-scale enterprises and the Informal Sector

FP3.2
Promoting health and Well-being at work

FP32
Psychosocial Interventions for Prevention of Stress at Work

FP34
Psychosocial Factors: How to Intervene

FP5.2
Improving quality in Occupational Health Practice

FP56
Work and Vision. Functional and Clinical Aspects

FP19.2
OH for Health Care Workers

FP31.2
Psychosocial Factors at Work and Worker Health

FP36.2
Work Disability Prevention and Integration

FP38.2
Occupational Health Conditions of Health Care Workers in Developing countries

FP50.2
Advances in Biological Monitoring

FP58.2
Shiftwork & Working Time

SS026
Manganese neurotoxicity  

SS003.2
Global transfer of knowledge and sharing of learning materials for occupational health and safety

SS089
Occupational Health in Fine Arts, Music, and Literature

SS093
Building capacity, research, and networking for gender mainstreaming at work: A glance to global achievements

SS103
Work-related Road Safety: Research, Policy, and Practice

SS105
Chemical splashes: mechanisms and management, Occupational Health professionals’ role

SS114
Telemedicine and Occupational Health – An Opportunity to Improve Value and Service.

SS116
Emergency in occupational setting : should we suggest a new scientific committee ?

SS014.2
OSH research - Important to health for all people

SS024.2
Neurotoxicity of chronic exposures to xenobiotics in the working environment

SS101.2
Detergent Enzyme Hygiene and Medical Surveillance What We Have Learned

SS109.2
Deepwater Horizon Disaster Response

SS118.2
Exposure assessment in epidemiologic studies of diesel exhaust and lung cancer

17:45-19:45


BM1
Health Care Workers

BM2
Cardiology in Occupational Health

BM3
Educational and Training in OH

BM4
Indoor Air Quality

BM5
International OCRA Schools

BM7
OH construction Industry

BM8
FECACSO

BM9
Occupational Toxicology

BM10
Working Group Occupational Infectious Agents

BM11
Unemployment, Job Insecurity and Health

BM12
Allergy and Immunotoxicology

BM13
Thermal factors

BM14
Health Services Research and Evaluation in OH

BM15
ICOH Working Group on Young Workers and Child Labor

BM50
ICOH 2015 meeting

NSM
ICOH National Secretaries Meeting

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

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08:30-09:15


KN3
Radiation exposure issues in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident and the role of occupational health

09:15-10:00


KN7
Learning from the past to prepare for the future of work

10:00-11:00


Student Poster Track Session 1

BK7
Break at the exhibition area

PS-4
Development and Evaluation of evidence-based practice guidelines in Occupational Health

PS-5
Improving quality in Occupational Health Practice

PS-20
Pneumoconioses

PS-25
Pesticide Risk Assessment and Management in Agriculture

PS-29
Noise

PS-44
Occupational Health Conditions of Informal Outsourcing Workers in Developing Countries

PS-51
Radiation and Work

PS-60
Cardiology in OH

PS-62
Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace

11:00-11:45


SP7
Basic Occupational Health Services in Agriculture: A strategy to Increase Interventions for Rural Workers and Reduce Health Inequalities in Rural Areas

SP8
Construction Safety and Health: Origin in Europe, Advancement in North America, and Adoption in India

SP9
Where the Hazardous Jobs Are: Migrant Workers in the 21st Century

11:45-12:00


BK8
Break at the exhibition area

12:00-12:45


SP10
Contribution of Molecular Biology and Toxicology to Occupational Health

SP11
The concealment of occupational diseases. An unsolved problem affecting workers worldwide

SP12
Solar Radiation: An Underestimated Occupational Risk

12:45-14:15


BK9
Break at the exhibition area

13:00-14:00


Student Poster Track Session 2

PS-23
Training for Pesticide Exposure Reduction, Online resources, for Low income countries

PS-26
Infectious Diseases and Prevention in Agriculture and Animal Breeding

PS-52
Molecular Biology in Occupational Health

PS-56
Work and Vision. Functional and Clinical Aspects

PS-63
Occupational Medicine

14:15-15:45


FP5.3
Improving quality in Occupational Health Practice

FP12.1
Occupational Health and Development

FP13.1
Occupational Health Nursing

FP19.3
OH for Health Care Workers

FP29.1
Noise

FP31.3
Psychosocial Factors at Work and Worker Health

FP33.1
Job-specific Workers health Surveillance

FP53.1
Women, Health and Work

FP54.1
History of Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Diseases

FP59.1
Accident Prevention

FP63.1
Occupational Medicine

FP64.1
Education and Training in OH

SS002
Allergic contact dermatitis: Up to the date on prevention and treatment

SS008
How to read and write Cochrane Systematic Reviews

SS021
WHO healthy workplace framework: Conceptualization and Development

SS028
Promoting Occupational Safety and Health among Mexican Immigrant Workers in the United States: A Model for Binational Collaboration

SS030
Occupational Safety and Health and Nanotechnology: Current Status

SS031
Shiftwork and working time effects: updating news

SS033
Recognition, prevention and control of work-related cardiovascular disorders

SS047
Radiographs and pneumoconioses

SS005.1
Protecting health workers from biological hazards: Success stories and good practices

SS054
Risk assessment of pesticide use in agriculture: New tools and traditional approaches

SS055
Occupational and environmental lead exposure is still a threat to childrens health

SS100
From Occupational Health to Optimal Health

SS018.1
Asbestos: Combining issue from past to future and from factory to civil society

SS051.1
Work with seafood - Exposure and health effects

15:45-16:00


BK10
Break at the exhibition area

16:00-17:30


FP16
The state of Construction Safety and Health Science

FP48
Children and adolescent workers Occupational Health work conditions in Developing countries

FP62
Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace

FP12.2
Occupational Health and Development

FP13.2
Occupational Health Nursing

FP19.4
OH for Health Care Workers

FP29.2
Noise

FP31.4
Psychosocial Factors at Work and Worker Health

FP33.2
Job-specific Workers health Surveillance

FP53.2
Women, Health and Work

FP54.2
History of Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Diseases

FP59.2
Accident Prevention

FP63.2
Occupational Medicine

FP64.2
Education and Training in OH

SS013
Impact of climate change on occupational health and safety

SS020
Occupational Diseases - new international developments and campaigns

SS043
Economic incentives and promotion of OHS in enterprises

SS005.2
Protecting health workers from biological hazards: Success stories and good practices

SS057
Promoting employment, job security and mental health among young workers

SS067
Fresh perspectives of OH and psychology: From ill-health to well-being

SS086
Migration and OH

SS099
Expatriates on high risk assignments: Best practices in pre-assignment health assessment programs

SS112
The role of social security in the prevention of risk in Latin America and the Caribbean

SS115
The reciprocal influences of Corporate Social Responsibility and Occupational Security and Health. Sustainable Work in Sustainable Development?

SS018.2
Asbestos: Combining issue from past to future and from factory to civil society

SS051.2
Work with seafood - Exposure and health effects

17:45-19:45


BM17
Occupational Medicine

BM18
Occupational Health for HCW

BM19
OH in the Chemical Industry

BM20
Rural Health

BM21
Toxicology of Metals

BM22
Work and Vision

BM23
History of prevention of occupational and environmental diseases

BM24
Women, Health, & Work

BM25
Radiation and Work

BM26
Vibration and Noise

BM27
FeNaSTAC

BM28
Respiratory Disorders

BM29
Shiftwork and Working Time

BM30
Work Disability Prevention and Integration

BM31
Board of the cochrane occupational safety and health review group

BM32
Africa regional association of occupational health

BM34
NB scohn exco

19:30-21:30


EV6
Cultural night

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

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08:30-09:15


KN5
Let's find out what works in occupational health

09:15-10:00


KN6
Fundamental Moral Values, Cultural Diversity and Ethics Regulation within the Health Professions

10:00-11:00


Student Poster Track Session 3

BK11
Break at the exhibition area

PS-14
OH in the Chemical Industry

PS-39
Cardiovascular and Chronic diseases and Occupational risks in Developing countries

PS-46
Social Responsibility for Vulnerable Population in Mexico

PS-59
Accident Prevention

PS-64
Education and Training in OH

11:00-11:45


SP13
Role of Ergonomics in Development

SP14
Shiftwork and Health: Working Graveyard Shifts-the Next Step to the Graveyard?

SP15
New Patterns for scientific communication on OSH: The view of scientific editors

11:45-12:00


BK12
Break at the exhibition area

12:00-12:45


SP16
Changing Role of Occupational Physician in Developing Countries

SP17
Development, Implementation and Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines in Occupational Health

SP18
New Patterns for scientific communication on OSH: The view of scientific editors

12:45-14:15


BK13
Break at the exhibition area

13:00-14:00


Student Track Poster Session 4

PS-2
Occupational Allergies

PS-21
Occupational Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

PS-31
Psychosocial Factors at Work and Worker Health

PS-58
Shiftwork & Working Time

PS-61
Nanoparticules and Occupational Health

14:15-15:45


FP8
Co-occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders and mental health problems

FP14
OH in the Chemical Industry

FP15
Safety Management in the Construction Industry

FP2.1
Occupational Allergies

FP21
Occupational Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

FP3.3
Promoting health and Well-being at work

FP35
Psychosocial factors and MSDs: Cause effect interventions

FP31.5
Psychosocial Factors at Work and Worker Health

FP39.1
Cardiovascular and Chronic diseases and Occupational risks in Developing countries

FP59.3
Accident Prevention

FP63.3
Occupational Medicine

SS010
A hands-on workshop: Facebook, Twitter, and Wikipedia for OSH professionals

SS016
Return to work and job retention - What can be done at the individual, workplace, health service provision and societal levels

SS019
Health effects in the semiconductor industry (Semiconductor industry)

SS032
Progress in prevention of occupational skin diseases: Global medical regulatory and societal aspects

SS038
SCOHN Special Session

SS046
Emerging lung disease including nano particles

SS050
Protection, reduction, or banning of pesticides? What are the effective and realistic interventions to avoid occupational/accidental/suicidal intoxications - examples from high and low income countries

SS069
Workplace social capital and cardiovascular and mental health

SS007.1
Caring for the health of all workers: What can we expect from primary health care reforms?

SS079
Macroergonomics: Emotions and mind helping lean manufacturing

SS082
Biological monitoring for occupational risk assessment

SS092
Work-life balance for working women

SS094
Gender perspective in health, agriculture, and work in Latin America

SS027.1
Nervous system impacts of rural exposures to pesticides (2)

SS036.1
Skill sets for OH

SS070.1
Basic Ocupational Health Services

15:45-16:00


BK14
Break at the exhibition area

16:00-17:30


FP9
Neurobehavioral Methods in Occupational and Environmental Health

FP20
Pneumoconioses

FP2.2
Occupational Allergies

FP22
Occupational Asthma and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

FP25
Pesticide Risk Assessment and Management in Agriculture

FP27
Occupational Exposure to Toxic Metals

FP3.4
Promoting health and Well-being at work

FP37
Occupational Infectious Agents

FP31.6
Psychosocial Factors at Work and Worker Health

FP39.2
Cardiovascular and Chronic diseases and Occupational risks in Developing countries

FP63.4
Occupational Medicine

SS006
Protecting health workers: WHO, ILO and UNAIDS actions and instruments

SS009
What do we know in OSH: Systematic reviews of occupational health topics

SS035
Occupational safety and health culture

SS052
Farming- Impact of organic dust exposure and genes on respiratory health

SS007.2
Caring for the health of all workers: What can we expect from primary health care reforms?

SS077
Occupational Health: Innovation programs

SS081
Promoting health and well-being of outdoor workers exposed to solar radiation

SS087
Well-being in small-scale enterprises

SS090
Exposure to cooking fumes and health effects among cooks and kitchen workers

SS102
Linking  Health Risk to Business Risk Management

SS117
Occupational Health in Pemex -Mexican Petroleum Company-

SS119
Building bridges between occupational health and occupational safety

SS027.2
Nervous system impacts of rural exposures to pesticides (2)

SS036.2
Skill sets for OH

SS070.2
Basic Ocupational Health Services

16:00-18:00


SS012
Revised ICOH Code of Ethics for occupational health professionals

17:45-19:45


BM6
Occupational Health and Development

BM16
Occupational health nursing

BM33
WOPS

BM35
Occupational and Environmental Dermatoses

BM36
Latin American OH Society

BM37
Small-scale enterprises and the Informal Sector

BM38
Musculoskeletal Disorders

BM39
WHO Collaborating Center Network

BM41
Industrial Hygiene

BM42
Latin American research network of occupational psychosocial factors

BM43
Epidemiology in Occupational Health

BM44
Neurotoxicology and Psychophysiology

BM45
Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace

BM46
Working group on Nanotechnology

BM47
Aging and work

BM48
Accident Prevention

Thursday, March 22, 2012

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08:30-09:15


KN4
How to go from applied research to prevention solutions for company employees?

09:15-10:00


KN8
Improving Psychosocial Factors at Work: Behavioral Medicine Meets Occupational Health

10:00-11:00


BK15
Break at the exhibition area

PS-8
Co-occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders and mental health problems

PS-10
Neurotoxic effects from Chemical agents

PS-13
Occupational Health Nursing

PS-18
MSDs in the Construction Industry: Risks and Prevention

PS-33
Job-specific Workers health Surveillance

PS-40
Education Sector Workers Occupational Health Conditions

PS-48
Children and adolescent workers Occupational Health work conditions in Developing countries

11:00-11:45


SP19
Socioeconomic Factors, Work and Chronic Diseases

SP20
What is the Role of Acute and Chronic Exposure to Irritants on the Development of Asthma

SP21
Building Professional Occupational Health and Safety Capacity Through a Learning Repository

11:45-12:00


BK16
Break at the exhibition area

12:00-12:45


SP22
Advances & Perspectives in Psychosocial Factors

SP23
From an Idea Through to an International Training Program – a 21st. Century Paradigm Shift in Occupational Hygiene Training – www.OHLearning.com

SP24
The ILO SOLVE strategy: integrating health promotion into OSH policies to deal with emerging psychosocial risks.

12:45-14:15


BK17
Break at the exhibition area

13:00-14:00


PS-12
Occupational Health and Development

PS-17
Health risks and Prevention Tools in the Construction Industry

PS-32
Psychosocial Interventions for Prevention of Stress at Work

PS-47
Biomonitoring of Chemical exposures experiences in Developing countries

14:15-15:45


FP4
Development and Evaluation of evidence-based practice guidelines in Occupational Health

FP6
Indoor Air Quality

FP10
Neurotoxic effects from Chemical agents

FP40
Education Sector Workers Occupational Health Conditions

FP45
Ergonomic Risks in Non-traditional Jobs in Developing Countries

FP49
Advances in Occupational Toxicology

FP55
Work and Vision. Assessing the risk of the work environment

FP61
Nanomaterials and occupational health

FP12.3
Occupational Health and Development

FP57.1
Occupational health research in Mexico-FeNaSTAC experience

SS011
The use of new media to improve risk communication and build our community of practice

SS017
Occupational health issues in developed, emerging, and developing countries

SS041
Human Biomonitoring: From theory to practical use and interpretation

SS042
Results and preventative recommendations about physical work load at construction workplaces

SS064
Psychosocial approaches in healthy organizations

SS065
National and regional framework of prevention of work stress: An update

SS075
Occupational Infectious Diseases

SS084
Risk analysis and prevention of biomechanical overload experiences by the international OCRA schools

SS088
Good Practices and methods for small-scale enterprises

SS091
Women and Aging - is there a difference between women and men in aging?

SS110
Protection of Workers in Disaster Relief

SS111
Emerging illness in workers and age of retirement

SS044.1
Occupational radiation protection - Global initiatives

SS048.1
Structures and services for occupational health surveillance in agriculture

SS106.1
Global occupational health for the common good

SS108.1
Current Challenges in Occupational Health and Safety in Europe

15:45-16:00


BK18
Break at the exhibition area

16:00-17:30


FP11
Occupational and Environmental Dermatoses

FP18
MSDs in the Construction Industry: Risks and Prevention

FP30
Vibration

FP42
Psychosocial Risks Interventions at Work in Developing Countries

FP52
Molecular Biology in Occupational Health

FP60
Cardiology in OH

FP65
Aging and work

FP57.2
Occupational health research in Mexico- FeNaSTAC experience

SS037
Occupational health challenges toward globalization in Asian countries

SS053
Creating tools for risk assessment and management in agriculture: Updating the text health surveillance of pesticide workers

SS056
Promoting job retention and health of older employees in times of organizational restructuring

SS066
Workplace bullying: Prevalence, risk factors, and consequence in a cross-cultural perspective

SS076
Occupational Illnesses in Central America and Caribbean

SS080
Case studies of ergonomics

SS095
Different models of occupational health administration in Latin America

SS096
Occupational respiratory disorders the difficult diagnosis, a joint session

SS107
Occupational Safety and Health Culture in African Continent

SS044.2
Occupational radiation protection - global initiatives

SS048.2
Structures and services for occupational health surveillance in agriculture

SS106.2
Global occupational health for the common good

SS108.2
Current Challenges in Occupational Health and Safety in Europe

17:35-19:30


BM49
Old and New Scientific Committee Officers

20:00-23:55


EV7
Gala dinner

Friday, March 23, 2012

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08:30-09:15


KN9
Risk Management of Nanoparticles in the Workplace

09:15-10:00


KN10
Occupational Health Aspects of Climate Change

10:00-11:00


BK19
Break at the exhibition area

PS-3
Promoting health and Well-being at work

PS-9
Neurobehavioral methods in Occupational and Environmental Health

PS-22
Occupational Asthma and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

PS-30
Vibration

PS-36
Work Disability Prevention and Integration

PS-37
Occupational Infectious Agents

PS-38
Occupational Health Conditions of Health Care Workers in Developing countries

11:00-11:45


SP25
Skin Absorption of Metal Nanoparticles: A new possible Risk in the Nanotechnology Industry

SP26
Ergonomic Studies and Treatment of Gender in Epidemiological Investigations

SP27
Advances in Human Behavioral Neurotoxicology Research

11:45-12:00


BK20
Break at the exhibition area

12:00-12:45


SP28
Towards the Absolutely Safe and Healthy Factory: The FASyS Project

SP29
International Approaches to Asbestos

SP30
The Importance of the Laboratory Quality Control for Improving Occupational Health in Developing Countries

12:45-13:15


BK21
Lunch time