RAMAZZINI DAYS 2008
“New Chemicals, Nanotechnology and Health Protection:
Confronting the Challenges of the 21st Century”
25-26 October 2008
Carpi, Italy
Schedule of Events
FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2008
| 17:00 |
Meeting of the Executive Council (closed session)
Hotel Touring |
| 20:00 |
Welcome dinner
Ristorante B&B, Hotel Touring |
SATURDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2008
| 9:00-12:30 |
Council of Fellows Statutory Session (closed session)
Town Hall of Carpi
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| 12:30-13:45 |
Lunch catered onsite
Sala dei Cervi, Palazzo dei Pio
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| 14:00-15:00 |
Session I: Chemical Toxicity Assessment/Beyond REACH
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio
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| 14:00-14:20 |
Transplacental and developmental genotoxicology: complex dynamics of carcinogenesis
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Dr. Aleksandra Fucic, Croatia download
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| 14:20-14:40 |
The IARC Monographs: some recent evaluations of occupational carcinogens |
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Dr. Kurt Straif, France download
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| 14:40-15:00 |
Discussion
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| 15:00-15:45 |
Session II: Work of the Fellows Presentations
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio |
| 15:00-15:15 |
Estimating the prevalence of clinical manganism from a cascaded screening process in a South African ferromanganese smelter
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Prof. Jonathan Myers, South Africa download
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| 15:15-15:30 |
Breast cancer and hormonal intake among Egyptian females
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Dr. Wagida Anwar, Egypt download
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| 15:30-15:45 |
A new classification of occupational diseases and health promotion: advancing the agenda in Mexico’s multi-sector institutional context
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Dr. Carlos Santos-Burgoa, Mexico
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| 15:45-16:15 |
Work of the Fellows Poster Session A with coffee
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| 16:15-18:00 |
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| 18:00-20:00 |
Presentation of the Ramazzini Awards and Ramazzini Lectures
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio
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The 2008 Ramazzini Awards will be conferred upon
Prof. Massimo Crespi, Italy
"Cancer epidemiology in a changing world"download
Prof. Bernard Goldstein, USA
"Benzene: challenges at the interface between environmental and occupational health" download
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| 20:00 |
Social dinner
Ristorante I Portici
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SUNDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2008
| 9:30-12:30 |
Session III:Nanotechnology
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio
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| 9:30-9:45 |
Introduction by Dr. Phil Landrigan
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| 9:45-10:25 |
Keynote address on Nanotechnology and Public Policy
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Dr. Kenneth Keller, USA/Italy, Director of the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center; Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota. download
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| 10:25-10:45 |
The anticipated spectrum of human disease from exposure to novel nanoparticles
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Prof. Vyvyan Howard, UK download
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| 10:45-11:15 |
Work of the Fellows Poster Session B with coffee
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| 11:15-11:45 |
Health surveillance and fitness for work decision of workers exposed to new chemicals (nanoparticles) and new physical hazards (MSF-MRI) requires an ethical analysis
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Prof. Giuliano Franco, Italy download
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| 11:45-12:05 |
Assessing in vitro responses of murine splenocytes to dansyl-siloxane nanoparticles through flow cytometric methods
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Prof. Ellen Silbergeld, USA download
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| 12:05-12:30 |
Discussion |
| 12:30 |
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| 13:00 |
Farewell lunch
Ristorante B&B, Hotel Touring
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