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International Occupational and Environmental Cancer Prevention Conference Stirling, Scotland Friday April 25 2008
It's £300 for a day - 9.15 to 5.30 ( perhaps the afternoon slot got cut off in some postings)  - and there are international speakers from major agencies such as WHO and the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, the European Environment Agency, from international NGOs, leading researchers in the field from USA, Canada and Australia and key countries such as Finland and its Institute of Occupational Health.
 
 
 

 

Programme

 

 

Friday 25 April 2008                     Morning Session                            Chair:  Andrew Watterson

                                                                                                                   University of Stirling

 

 

 

The Problem              Occupational and Environmental Cancers

 

 

08.15hrs                                    Registration and Coffee

 

09.00hrs                                    Welcome and Introduction

 

9.10hrs                                     Occupational and Environmental Cancer.  A global view of the statistics

                                                Dr Dick Clapp, School of Public Health, Boston University, USA

 

9.35hrs                                     Estimating Occupational and Environmental Cancer Burdens in Australia

                                                Dr Lin Fritschi, University of Western Australia

                                                Dr Tim Driscoll, University of Sydney, Australia

 

 

Solutions 1                 Global and General

 

 

9.55hrs                                     Occupational Cancer Prevention and the WHO:  the WHO Global Plan of Action on Workers Health

                                                Dr Kim, WHO Europe Office

 

10.15rs                                     Cancer Exposure Databases

                                                Dr Timo Kauppinen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

 

10.35hrs                                    A UK Perspective on Occupational Cancer.  What’s gone wrong, why and how we can improve prevention?

                                                Professor Rory O’Neil, Hazards/OEHRG University of Stirling

 

10.50hrs                                    10 minutes for questions

 

11.00hrs                                    Break with Refreshments

 

11.30hrs                                    The European Agency for Health and Safety at Work Perspective on Occupational Cancer.

                                                Dr Takala, (Speaker TBC) European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Bilbao, Spain

 

11.50hrs                                    The Precautionary Principle on Environmental Cancer Prevention:  Is it Working and How?

                                                Dave Gee, European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark

 

12.10hrs                                    Worker Clinics and Occupational Cancer

                                                Simon Pickvance, SOHAS, The Sheffield UK Experience

 

12.20hrs                                    10 minutes for questions

 

Updated:  21 January 2008

 
12.30hrs                                    Lunch

 

 

Provisional Programme

 

 

Friday 25 April 2008                     Afternoon Session                           Chair:  Tommy Gorman,

                                                                                                                           University of Stirling

 

 

 

Solutions 2                 NGO, Legal, Trade Union and Industry Perspectives

 

 

 

13.30hrs            Cancer prevention – what we can learn from beyond Scotland. The National Committee on Environmental & Occupational Exposures (NCEOE)(Canada) Larry Stoffman, Chair NCEOE, Director OHS UFCW. Canada

 

 

14.00hrs                                Occupational Cancer and Cancer Prevention in France

                                            Dr Christophe Coutanceau, INSERM, France.

 

                                            The International, European and UK Trade Union View of Occupational Cancer Prevention

 

14.10hrs                                Fiona Murie, BWI

 

14.20hrs                                The European TU Perspective, ETUI – HESA

 

14.40hrs                                John Mclean, National HSO, GMB

 

 

14.55hrs                                Environmental / NGO Perspectives

 

 

15.15hrs                                10 minutes for questions

 

15.25hrs                                Break with Refreshments

 

15.55hrs                                Tried and tested solutions to occupational cancer exposure

                                            Toxic Use Reduction:  What it is and how it works

                                            Pam Civie, Industry Research Program Manager, Toxics Use Reduction Institute, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA

 

16.15hrs                                An Industry Perspective on Toxics Reduction

                                            Speaker TBC

 

16.35hrs                                Roundtable on International Occupational Cancer Campaigns with Questions.

 

                                            Hugh Robertson, TUC

                                            Steve Mullins, ACTU OHS Officer, Melbourne, Australia

                                            Laurie Kazan-Allen, BAN Campaign Analysis

                                            Pam Civie, USA; Fiona Murie, Geneva

 

 

Updated:  21 January 2008

 
17.30hrs                                Close


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£300 for half a day!
 

Terry Jones

Occupational Health Advisor
HMP Full Sutton

01759 475454



 

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Programme


Friday 25 April 2008    Morning Session Chair:  Andrew Watterson

                                                                                                                   University of Stirling

       

The Problem     Occupational and Environmental Cancers

       

08.15hrs        Registration and Coffee

09.00hrs        Welcome and Introduction

9.10hrs Occupational and Environmental Cancer.  A global view of the statistics
        Dr Dick Clapp, School of Public Health, Boston University, USA

9.35hrs Estimating Occupational and Environmental Cancer Burdens in Australia
        Dr Lin Fritschi, University of Western Australia

        Dr Tim Driscoll, University of Sydney, Australia


Solutions 1     Global and General

       

9.55hrs Occupational Cancer Prevention and the WHO:  the WHO Global Plan of Action on Workers Health
        Dr Kim, WHO Europe Office

10.15rs Cancer Exposure Databases
        Dr Timo Kauppinen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

10.35hrs        A UK Perspective on Occupational Cancer.  What’s gone wrong, why and how we can improve prevention?
        Professor Rory O’Neil, Hazards/OEHRG University of Stirling

10.50hrs        10 minutes for questions

11.00hrs        Break with Refreshments

11.30hrs        The European Agency for Health and Safety at Work Perspective on Occupational Cancer.
        Dr Takala, (Speaker TBC) European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Bilbao, Spain

11.50hrs        The Precautionary Principle on Environmental Cancer Prevention:  Is it Working and How?
        Dave Gee, European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark

12.10hrs        Worker Clinics and Occupational Cancer
        Simon Pickvance, SOHAS, The Sheffield UK Experience

12.20hrs        10 minutes for questions

Updated:  21 January 2008

12.30hrs        Lunch


Registration fee: £300 for the day with lunch and refreshments
Posters welcomed

For further information, please contact
Professor Andrew Watterson,
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Group ,
RG Bomont Building, (R3T11)
University of Stirling,
Scotland, FK9 4LA
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Tel:  44-1786-466283
Fax: 44-1786-466344
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