Scientific Program


Under the broad heading of ˇ§Occupational Health under Globalization and New Technology,ˇ¨ the conference anticipates keynote addresses by leading world experts, invited lectures, and contributed oral presentations by researchers, scientists, farmers and students. There will be a lot of space for hundreds of posters.

Topics

Globalization:

  • Sustainability in occupational health
  • Social inequality in occupational health
  • Unemployment and economic recession
  • Migrant workers
  • Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances (REACH)
  • Chemicals of emerging environmental concern (emerging contaminants)
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Ethics, human rights, social justice

 

New Technology:

  • Information society
  • Modern Industry
  • Microelectronics
  • Biomedical technology
  • Nanotechnology

 

Methodology:

  • Study design and data analysis
  • Biomarkers
  • Gene/environment interactions
  • Disease and injury surveillance
  • Health risk assessment and communication

 

Exposure Assessment:

  • Exposure assessment and exposure modeling
  • Endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Chemical safety
  • Pesticide safety
  • Food safety
  • Heavy metals (e.g. As, Ga, In)
  • Electromagnetic fields
  • Ergonomics
  • Shift work
  • Work organizational and psychosocial factors
  • Workplace violence
  • Emerging infectious diseases

 

Health Outcomes:

  • Cancers
  • Cardiovascular diseases
  • Respiratory diseases
  • Neurotoxic disorders
  • Hepatotoxic disorders
  • Nephrotoxic disorders
  • Reproductive disorders
  • Musculoskeletal disorders
  • Skin diseases
  • Stress-related disorders
  • Emerging infectious diseases

 

Interventions:

  • Occupational health policy
  • Workplace health promotion
  • Elimination of asbestos
  • Poison control in Asian countries
  • Antidote
  • Tobacco control
  • Health safety

 

Specific populations:

  • Womenˇ¦s health
  • Informal sectors