Collegium Ramazzini

RAMAZZINI DAYS 2008
“New Chemicals, Nanotechnology and Health Protection:
Confronting the Challenges of the 21st Century”
25-26 October 2008
Carpi, Italy

Schedule of Events

FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2008

17:00	Meeting of the Executive Council (closed session) Hotel Touring
20:00	Welcome dinner Ristorante B&B, Hotel Touring

SATURDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2008

9:00-12:30	Council of Fellows Statutory Session (closed session) Town Hall of Carpi
12:30-13:45	Lunch catered onsite Sala dei Cervi, Palazzo dei Pio
14:00-15:00	Session I: Chemical Toxicity Assessment/Beyond REACH Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio
14:00-14:20	Transplacental and developmental genotoxicology: complex dynamics of carcinogenesis
	Dr. Aleksandra Fucic, Croatia download
14:20-14:40	The IARC Monographs: some recent evaluations of occupational carcinogens
	Dr. Kurt Straif, France download
14:40-15:00	Discussion
15:00-15:45	Session II: Work of the Fellows Presentations Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio
15:00-15:15	Estimating the prevalence of clinical manganism from a cascaded screening process in a South African ferromanganese smelter
	Prof. Jonathan Myers, South Africa download
15:15-15:30	Breast cancer and hormonal intake among Egyptian females
	Dr. Wagida Anwar, Egypt download
15:30-15:45	A new classification of occupational diseases and health promotion: advancing the agenda in Mexico’s multi-sector institutional context
	Dr. Carlos Santos-Burgoa, Mexico
15:45-16:15	Work of the Fellows Poster Session A with coffee
16:15-18:00	Free time
18:00-20:00	Presentation of the Ramazzini Awards and Ramazzini Lectures Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio
	The 2008 Ramazzini Awards will be conferred upon Prof. Massimo Crespi, Italy "Cancer epidemiology in a changing world"download Prof. Bernard Goldstein, USA "Benzene: challenges at the interface between environmental and occupational health" download
20:00	Social dinner Ristorante I Portici

SUNDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2008

9:30-12:30	Session III:Nanotechnology Sala delle Vedute, Palazzo dei Pio
9:30-9:45	Introduction by Dr. Phil Landrigan
9:45-10:25	Keynote address on Nanotechnology and Public Policy
	Dr. Kenneth Keller, USA/Italy, Director of the Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center; Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota. download
10:25-10:45	The anticipated spectrum of human disease from exposure to novel nanoparticles
	Prof. Vyvyan Howard, UK download
10:45-11:15	Work of the Fellows Poster Session B with coffee
11:15-11:45	Health surveillance and fitness for work decision of workers exposed to new chemicals (nanoparticles) and new physical hazards (MSF-MRI) requires an ethical analysis
	Prof. Giuliano Franco, Italy download
11:45-12:05	Assessing in vitro responses of murine splenocytes to dansyl-siloxane nanoparticles through flow cytometric methods
	Prof. Ellen Silbergeld, USA download
12:05-12:30	Discussion
12:30	Conference closing
13:00	Farewell lunch Ristorante B&B, Hotel Touring

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