Ramazzini Days
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) |
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 |
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 |
11:00-11:30 | Work of the Fellows Poster Session A with coffee Chair: Carol Rice, USA |
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 |
13:00 |
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 |
15:30-16:00 | Work of the Fellows Poster Session B with coffee Chair: Melissa McDiarmid, USA |
16:00-17:30 | d. Tracking emerging hazards |
18:00 |
Private guided visit of museum of Carpi Palazzo dei Pio |
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 |
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 |
15:30-17:30 | Scientific Sessions Co-chairs: David Hoel, USA & Peter Wardenbach, Germany |
a. Cancer b. Neurodegenerative disease c. Chronic Respiratory disease d. Cardiovascular disease |
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17:30-19:00 | Free time to prepare for the Jubilee Gala Celebration |
19:00-20:00 | Presentation of the
Ramazzini Award and Ramazzini Lecture |
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 b. Priority topics for Collegium Statements c. Training future scientists and the next generation of Fellows |
12:00-12:30 | Jubilee Closing Remarks -Myron Mehlman, USA Co-founder, Collegium Ramazzini -Phil Landrigan, USA President, Collegium Ramazzini |
13:00 | Farewell Lunch |