Topics and their Chairs and Speakers
With an A-List of brilliant speakers we intend to provide scientific excellence and exchange of knowledge on cutting-edge developments in all fields concerned. They will be discussing the challenges and finding solutions together with you, the participants of the 2011 International Health Event in Heidelberg, within the different topics of the MEDICHEM 2011 Theme: Occupational Health in a Changing World.
| REACH - Impact on occupational and environmental health | |
| Chair: | Prof. Dr. Heidi Foth |
| Keynote: | Dr. Gisela Stropp "Occupational Exposure Limits and REACH" |
| Nanotechnology - Challenges and solutions | |
| Chair: | Prof. Dr. Dr. Uwe Heinrich |
| Keynote: | Prof. Dr. Günter Oberdörster "Nanotoxicology, a challenge for nanotechnology" |
| Invited Lectures: | Prof. Dr. Dr. Uwe Heinrich "Nanotechnology - challenges for and solutions via inhalation toxicology" Dr. Vincent Castranova "Responses to pulmonary exposure to nanoparticles in NIOSH animal studies" Prof. Dr. Ken Donaldson "Studies on the carcinogenicity of carbon nanotubes" Prof. Dr. Andrea Hartwig "Evaluation of nanoparticles by the German MAK Commission: Current status and reseach needs" Dr. Thomas H. Brock "Exposure Control: Prudent Practices at the Workplace" |
| Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) - Status and developments | |
| Chair: | Prof. Dr. Maged Younes |
| Introduction: | Prof. Dr. Maged Younes "Management of chemicals: The global context" |
| Keynote: | Dr. William Murray Coombs "South Africa - international conventions (ILO, REACH), local legislative framework, best practice and biological monitoring - a 25 years perspective. What can we learn from this for developing countries?" |
| Biomarkers - Progress in research and practical application | |
| Chair: | Dr. Heiko U. Käfferlein |
| Keynote: | Dr. Heiko U. Käfferlein "Aromatic amines and bladder cancer - current and future biomarkers for health preventive measures" |
| Toxicology - New results, emerging risks | |
| Chair: | Prof. Dr. Günter Oberdörster |
| Keynote: | Dr. Avi Wiener "Environmental Toxicology - new results, emerging risks" |
| Regulation in occupational health - Recent developments | |
| Chair: | Prof. Dr. Andrea Hartwig |
| Keynote: | Prof. Dr. Helmut Greim "The concept of SCOEL to set OELs" |
| Invited Lecture: | Prof. Dr. Andrea Hartwig "The role of expert judgement and conceptional approaches in setting OELs by the German MAK Commission" |
| Shift work and cancer - Current discussion | |
| Chair: | Prof. Dr. Helmut Greim |
| Keynote: | Prof. Dr. Kurt Straif "The carcinogenicity of shift-work - the IARC evaluation and beyond" |
| Invited Lecture: | Dr. Michael Nasterlack "Shiftwork and cancer - state of science and practical consequences" |
| Case Reports - Interesting observations in the occupational health world | |
| Chair: | Dr. Andreas Flückiger |
| Occupational health - Trends and evolution | |
| Chair: | Dr. Steffen Hitzeroth |
| Keynote: | Evelyn Kortum "A WHO perspective on healthy workplaces with a particular focus on psychosocial risks" |
| Invited Lecture: | Dr. Steffen Hitzeroth "Trends and recent developments in the occupational health field" |
| Adverse effects on employees, customers and the general public - Preventive measures | |
| Chair: | Dr. Michael Nasterlack |
| Keynote: | Dr. Andreas Flückiger "BG information brochure on safe work in the Pharma industry - a view from a foreign multi-national Pharma company" |
| Invited Lecture: | Dr. Michael Nasterlack "Chemical risk management - bringing Responsible Care to life" |
