RAMAZZINI DAYS 2009
23-25 October 2009
Carpi, Italy
Schedule of Events
FRIDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2009
| 17:30 |
Meeting of the Executive Council (closed session)
Hotel Touring |
| 20:00 |
Welcome dinner
Ristorante B&B, Hotel Touring |
SATURDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2009
| 9:00-12:15 |
Council of Fellows Statutory Session (closed session)
Town Hall of Carpi
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| 12:30-13:45 |
Lunch
Ristorante B&B, Hotel Touring
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| 14:00-14:30 |
Session I: Work of the Fellows Attended Posters A
Chair:Carol Rice
Sala delle Vedute Foyer, Palazzo dei Pio
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| 14:30-16:30 |
Session II: Potential health risks related to food additives and contaminants: the case of aspartame
Co-Chairs: TBC
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio
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| 14:30-14:50 |
New results of carcinogenicity bioassays on rats and mice performed by the Ramazzini Institute on aspartame
Morando Soffritti, Italy
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| 14:50-15:10 |
Transgenic mice studies on aspartame conducted by the US National Toxicology Program
John Bucher, USA
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| 15:10-15:30 |
Carcinogenic risk assessment of aspartame
David Hoel, USA
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| 15:30-15:50 |
The power of the industrial product lobby
Myron Mehlman, USA
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| 15:50-16:30 |
Discussion
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| 16:30-18:30 |
Free time
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| 18:45-20:00 |
Presentation of the 2009 Ramazzini Award and Ramazzini Lecture
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio
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The 2009 Ramazzini Award will be conferred upon
Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol, President of Chulabhorn Research Institute
“Cancer Risk From Exposure to Air Pollution”
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| 20:00 |
Dinner
Sala dei Cervi, Palazzo dei Pio
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SUNDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2009
| 9:30-10:45 |
SESSION III: Work of the Fellows Continued
Chair: Melissa McDiarmid
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio
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| 9:30-9:45 |
3 brief oral communications selected via abstract submission
(deadline Sept 1st)
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| 9:45-10:15 |
Work of the Fellows Attended Posters B
Sala delle Vedute Foyer, Palazzo dei Pio
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| 10:15-10:35 |
Coffee
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| 10:45-12:25 |
SESSION IV: The Public Health of Migrant Workers
Chair: Knut Ringen
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio
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| 10:45-11:05 |
Overview of the public health of migrant labor and experience of Hispanic workers in the US construction industry
Knut Ringen, USA
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| 11:05-11:25 |
Survey results of migrant labor in China
Sheng Wang, China
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| 11:25-11:45 |
Experiences of migrant workers in South America
Raul Harari, Ecuador
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| 11:45-12:05 |
Safety and Health of Migrant Labor in Southeast Asia
Krishna Gopal Rampal, Malaysia (TBC)
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| 12:05-12:45 |
Discussion and Conference Closing
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| 13:00-14.30 |
Farewell lunch
Ristorante B&B, Hotel Touring
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