Ramazzini Days 2009

Meeting of the Executive Council (closed session)
Hotel Touring

Welcome dinner
Ristorante B&B, Hotel Touring

Council of Fellows Statutory Session (closed session)
Town Hall of Carpi

Lunch
Ristorante B&B, Hotel Touring

Session I: Work of the Fellows Attended Posters A
Chair:Carol Rice
Sala delle Vedute Foyer, Palazzo dei Pio

Session II: Potential health risks related to food additives and contaminants: the case of aspartame
Co-Chairs: TBC
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio

New results of carcinogenicity bioassays on rats and mice performed by the Ramazzini Institute on aspartame
Morando Soffritti, Italy

Transgenic mice studies on aspartame conducted by the US National Toxicology Program
John Bucher, USA

Carcinogenic risk assessment of aspartame
David Hoel, USA

The power of the industrial product lobby
Myron Mehlman, USA

Discussion

Free time

Presentation of the 2009 Ramazzini Award and Ramazzini Lecture
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio

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”

Dinner
Sala dei Cervi, Palazzo dei Pio

SESSION III: Work of the Fellows Continued
Chair: Melissa McDiarmid
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio

3 brief oral communications selected via abstract submission
(deadline Sept 1st)

Work of the Fellows Attended Posters B
Sala delle Vedute Foyer, Palazzo dei Pio

Coffee

SESSION IV: The Public Health of Migrant Workers
Chair: Knut Ringen
Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio

Overview of the public health of migrant labor and experience of Hispanic workers in the US construction industry
Knut Ringen, USA

Survey results of migrant labor in China
Sheng Wang, China

Experiences of migrant workers in South America
Raul Harari, Ecuador

Safety and Health of Migrant Labor in Southeast Asia
Krishna Gopal Rampal, Malaysia (TBC)

Discussion and Conference Closing

Farewell lunch
Ristorante B&B, Hotel Touring