RAMAZZINI DAYS 2007 - JUBILEE CELEBRATION
25th Anniversary of the Collegium Ramazzini
25-28 October 2007
Carpi, Italy
Schedule of Events
THURSDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2007
| 18:00 |
Meeting of the Collegium Ramazzini Executive Council (closed session)
Hotel Touring Conference Room |
| 20:30 |
Welcome Dinner for Fellows of the Collegium Ramazzini
Ristorante Belloni & Belloni, Hotel Touring |
FRIDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2007
| 8:30-12:30 |
Spouses/guests half-day tour of authentic balsamic vinegar and parmesan cheese production facilities (optional)
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Jubilee Session I: The Collegium’s Past
Sala dei Mori, Palazzo dei Pio
| 9:00-10:00 |
Jubilee Opening Address
Our origins and our victories: from the Master of Carpi to Bentivoglio
-Philip Landrigan, USA & Morando Soffritti, Italy
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| 10:00-11:00 |
a. Continuing challenges in occupational health
Co-chairs: Eula Bingham, USA & Harri Vainio, Finland
Comparative risk and impact assessment for occupational and environmental health
-Jung-Der Wang, Taiwan download
Environment and health in children at school beside a flower plantation in Ecuador
-Raul Harari, Ecuador download
Benzene carcinogenicity: industry vs. science
-Myron Mehlman, USA download
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| 11:00-11:30 |
Work of the Fellows Poster Session A with coffee
Chair: Carol Rice, USA
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| 11:30-12:30 |
b. Continuing challenges in occupational health
Co-chairs: Petar Bulat, Serbia & Daniela Pelclovà, Czech Republic
Reproductive health and work - from research to protection
-Helena Taskinen, Finland download
A century of miner's phthisis on the South African goldmines: any end in sight?
-Rodney Ehrlich, South Africa download
Occupational Health practice in India
-Tushar Kant Joshi, India download
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13:00
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Participant Lunch
Catered onsite |
Jubilee Session II: The Collegium Present
Sala dei Mori, Palazzo dei Pio
| 14:00-15:30 |
c. Recent advances
Co-chairs: John Froines, USA & Anna Tompa, Hungary
Environmental mutagens and possibilities for prevention
-Wagida Anwar, Egypt
The use of genomic technologies in assessing gene-environment interactions: implications for occupational health
-David Christiani, USA download
European network on human biomonitoring (HBM)
-Marek Jakubowski, Poland download
Characterization of exposure in a “hot spot” for air toxics: a measurement and modeling approach that can improve epidemiological and other health investigations with locally high levels of air pollution
-Paul Lioy, USA download
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| 15:30-16:00 |
Work of the Fellows Poster Session B with coffee
Chair: Melissa McDiarmid, USA
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| 16:00-17:30 |
d. Tracking emerging hazards
Co-chairs: Nikolai Izmerov, Russian Federation & Vito Foà, Italy
Scientific sentinels: what should constitute minimal scientific evidence for identifying substantial public health problems?
-Carl Cranor, USA download
The seven deadly sins and the precautionary virtues
-Philippe Grandjean, Denmark download;link to article
The secret war on cancer
-Devra Davis, USA download
A toolkit for epidemiological enquiry under global ecological change
-Colin Soskolne, Canada download
Migration and workers’ health: a methodological challenge
-Jacobo Finkleman, Mexico download
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18:00
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Private guided visit of museum of Carpi
Palazzo dei Pio
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| 20:00 |
Participant Dinner
Ristorante Belloni & Belloni, Hotel Touring |
SATURDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2007
| 9:00-13:00 |
Council of Fellows Statutory Session (closed session)
Town Hall of Carpi
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| 13:30 |
Participant Lunch
Ristorante Belloni & Belloni, Hotel Touring |
Jubilee Session III: Environmental and Occupational Origins
of Common Complex Diseases
Sala dei Mori, Palazzo dei Pio
| 15:00-15:30 |
Introduction by Phil Landrigan, USA
Keynote Presentation
by David Schwartz, USA
Chief, Laboratory of Environmental Lung Disease, National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute and NIH Scientific Advisor on Environmental
Health download
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| 15:30-17:30 |
Scientific Sessions
Co-chairs: David Hoel, USA & Peter Wardenbach, Germany
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a. Cancer
Colorectal cancer: not just a western disease
-Massimo Crespi, Italy download
The Ecnis (environmental cancer risk, nutrition and individual susceptibility) network of excellence - in the fight against environmental cancer
-Konrad Rydzynski, Poland download
New carcinogenicity data on aspartame and the need to revaluate available data on intense artificial sweeteners
-Morando Soffritti, Italy download
b. Neurodegenerative disease
The contribution of environmental lead and tobacco exposure to child and adolescent psychopathology
-Bruce Lanphear, USA download
The Parkinson disease discovery project
-Phil Landrigan, USA
c. Chronic Respiratory disease
Exposure to gases and fumes increase the mortality from pneumonia
-Kjell Torén, Sweden download
Occupational Bronchiolitis Obliterans (b.o.) in food flavoring
-Nachman Brautbar, USA download
d. Cardiovascular disease
Workplace interventions and changing patterns of cardiovascular disease
-Martin Cherniack, USA download
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| 17:30-19:00 |
Free time to prepare for the Jubilee Gala Celebration
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| 19:00-20:00 |
Presentation of the
Ramazzini Award
and Ramazzini Lecture |
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Fuels: a persistent threat to public health
-Fiorella Belpoggi, Italy download
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| 20:30 |
Jubilee Gala Dinner
Villa Fondo Tagliata, Mirandola |
SUNDAY, 28 OCTOBER 2007
Jubilee Session IV: The Collegium’s Future
Sala dei Mori, Palazzo dei Pio
| 9:30-12:00 |
a. Strategies for short term action
Facilitator: Karel Van Damme, Belgium
b. Priority topics for Collegium Statements
Facilitator: Steven Markowitz, USA
c. Training future scientists and the next generation of Fellows
Facilitator: Carol Rice, USA
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| 12:00-12:30 |
Jubilee Closing Remarks
-Myron Mehlman, USA
Co-founder, Collegium Ramazzini
-Phil Landrigan, USA
President, Collegium Ramazzini
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| 13:00 |
Farewell Lunch
Ristorante Belloni & Belloni, Hotel Touring |
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