Occupational Medicine meetings & conferences

International Smoke Symposium

Presented by the International Association of Wildland Fire, in conjunction with National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Smoke Committee and Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP)

October 21-24, 2013 The Marriott Inn & Conference Center, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland, USA

As the extent of global wildland fire and smoke increases, changes in air quality and climate will result in greater threats to human health, ecosystems, and infrastructure in the United States and internationally. The International Smoke Symposium will provide a venue to explore the complex issues surrounding wildland fire and smoke; discuss different management strategies adopted around the world; and identify knowledge gaps within the field of smoke science for future research, innovation, and development.

This symposium will serve as a nexus of interdisciplinary research, management, and policy. Research specialists, managers, and policy makers from non-governmental organizations, government agencies, tribes, and private institutions will be able to discuss and evaluate current practices and the latest research and technological developments that inform decision making and provide a critical sounding board for future research needs and practical solutions to management challenges.

OBJECTIVES

The Symposium will:

Create an international forum to discuss complex smoke issues surrounding both wildland and agricultural fire.

Identify research gaps and priorities for smoke science and air quality communities to address and meet contemporary challenges regarding public health, transportation safety, fire personnel exposure and changes in climate.

Increase awareness of ongoing smoke science research for professionals engaged in fire activities, air quality management, resource stewardship, military land-use activities, and emergency services.

Provide innovative training opportunities for managers and operational professionals through a virtual platform.

Showcase contemporary science and technologies to promote pioneering management and policy strategies.

Raise awareness of the global diversity of approaches, issues, ideas and mitigation strategies in fire behavior and smoke management as they pertain to ecological concerns, social perceptions, and economic issues.

Contact Us:

Mikel Robinson
Executive Director
International Association of Wildland Fire
1418 Washburn Street
Missoula, Montana 59801 USA

(01) (406) 531-8264
Toll Free from US & Canada:
(888) 440-IAWF (4293)
execdir@iawfonline.org

American Association of Occupational Health Nurses 2nd Global Summit

Occupational Health Nursing Across Borders: Practice, Protection, and Productivity

May 4-5, 2014 Dallas, Texas

Preconference May 3-5, 2014

Contact

AAOHN National Office
7794 Grow Drive, Pensacola, FL 32514
Phone: (800) 241-8014 | Fax: (850) 484-8762
www.aaohn.org | aaohn@dancyamc.com

2013 North American Agricultural Safety Summit

September 25-27, 2013 Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dialog with agricultural producers, manufacturers, employers and their organizational leadership!

Theme: Translational Research in Agricultural Safety and Health

XX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work 2014--Global Forum for Prevention

24 - 27 August 2014 Frankfurt, Germany

The German Social Accident Insurance is proud to be the national organizer of the 2014 World Congress. Occupational safety and health has become a far-reaching task in our globalized world. People on all continents suffer under dangerous and unhealthy working conditions. Each year, well over 2 million people are killed in occupational accidents. Only by means of sustainable solutions we be able to prevent occupational accidents, occupational diseases and work-related health hazards.

Discussion – debate – action: this is the focus of the 2014 World Congress. Over 4,000 experts from all over the world will be discussing the latest OSH developments and trends. Our hope is that each and every delegate will return home with new ideas and newly forged contacts. In addition, we offer you the opportunity to experience practical prevention activity on-site during visits to companies in a range of sectors, and to learn about new OSH products at the accompanying trade fair.

Inhaled Particles XI (IPXI)

23 to 25 September 2013 Nottingham, United Kingdom

Inhaled Particles XI (IPXI), organised by the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) and to be held in the city of Nottingham, UK on 23 to 25 September 2013 is the latest in a long line of highly successful and prestigious meetings and is the oldest ongoing symposium series.

The first Inhaled Particles conference was held in Oxford in 1960 and ever since the meetings have been aimed at attracting leaders and students in all of the scientific disciplines associated with particle-related lung disease. Over the intervening years, Inhaled Particles has been the event at which all of the key developments in occupational and public health associated with airborne particles have been aired and debated. Its integrative approach to the science of particle-mediated lung disease is a distinctive and successful feature of the Inhaled Particles Conference series. IPXI seeks to continue this fine tradition and invites all researchers who work on exposure, metrology, epidemiology and toxicology of particle-associated diseases to visit Nottingham, in September 2013 to attend the latest in Inhaled Particles meeting.

The meeting is multi-disciplinary in its approach to addressing topics within exposure (e.g. controls, instrumentation / measurement), hazard (e.g. deposition/ clearance of inhaled particles, fate / mechanisms of disease) and risk assessment (e.g. health impacts and links with policy) of particles brought together to under the theme of human occupational health. The meeting brings together leading researchers on the adverse effects of particles on the lungs and extrapulmonary target tissues to showcase cutting edge research and debate solutions to the challenges faced within particle research and risk assessment.

Lang Tran (Organising Committee Chair)

Ken Donaldson (Scientific Committee Chair)

conferences@bohs.org

7th National Smokeless & Spit Tobacco Summit

“Empowering Advocates for the Next Frontier in Smokeless Tobacco”

August 6 – 8, 2013 The University of Montana – Missoula, Montana

Presented by University of Montana The College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences

The 7th National Smokeless and Spit Tobacco Summit is the ONLY national conference dedicated to addressing the health and social issues attributed to smokeless and spit tobacco use.

Public health practitioners, researchers, medical and dental care providers, American Indian Tribal leaders, youth leadership professionals and more will gather to inform and motivate unified policies and programs aimed at reducing smokeless and spit tobacco use.

A National Steering Committee has assembled to plan the Summit, and has identified the following goals for the 3-day Summit:

Focus national attention on smokeless and spit tobacco addiction as a critical public health issue.

Bring a united voice to smokeless tobacco advocates in the fields of prevention, research, and treatment.

Empower attendees with viable public health solutions to take action in support of programs and policies that reduce smokeless and spit tobacco use in their communities.

Share current treatment guidelines and promising approaches for dental health providers to utilize in their oral health practice.

Update health practitioners and public health workers about addiction and cessation issues.

Controlling the use of dangerous smokeless and spit tobacco products requires a comprehensive effort, involving many different sectors of the community.

To this end, the Conference Committee will be promoting the Summit to the following groups:

Tobacco Prevention  & Cessation Specialists

Public Health Officials

Tribal Health Officials

Dental Care Providers & Association Reps

Medical Providers & Association Reps

Voluntary Health Organizations

Health Scientists, Researchers, Academia

Health Science Writers

Health Communication Organizations

American Indian Tribal Leaders

K-12 Health & P.E. Educators

Military Leaders

Parks & Recreation Leaders

Youth Leadership Professionals

Sports & Athletic Leaders

Mining Industry Officials

Law Enforcement Leaders

Clergy

Pharmaceutical Industry Representatives

General Inquires

Mikel Robinson
info@smokelesstobaccosummit.com
(406) 546-8584

Interpersonal Violence Interventions - Social and Cultural Perspectives

August 28–30th 2013 University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

How has violence been understood in different ages and cultures? How is it defined today? Conference’s aim is to bring together experts on interpersonal violence in the fields of social and legal studies, history, cultural research, psychology and health care or from any relevant discipline.

Topics:Interpersonal violence and tolerance to it from various cultural aspects

Gendered violence, interpersonal violence, sexual violence

Violence and lifespan: childhood, youth, adult, seniors

Honour, shame and violence

Religion, authorities and violence

Mental violence, bullying, virtual violence

International comparisons of homicide rates, violence and media

Social labeling - perpetrator, victim

Violence in subcultures, violence in sports, workplace violence

Contact Information

University of Jyväskylä, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy and the Department of History and Ethnology

Conference email: ipvi-info@jyu.fi

Conference Chair: Mikko Mäntysaari, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy

Conference Secretary: Ville Sarkamo, Department of History and Ethnology

MEDGEO 2013—The Natural Environment & Health: Hidden Dangers, Unlimited Opportunities

25–29 August 2013, Arlington, Virginia

The International Medical Geology Association (IMGA) and the Geology and Health Division of the Geological Society of America (GSA) are pleased to announce MEDGEO 2013: The Fifth International Conference on Medical Geology.

Technical Sessions Include: Climate Change and Human Health; Medical Geography; Therapeutic Uses of Geologic Materials; Veterinary Geology; Energy-related Health Issues Including Fracking and its Effects in the Environment; Arsenic and other Toxic Oxyanions in the Environment; The Legacy of Natural Disasters; Regional Medical Geology Issues; Health Impacts of Natural Dust; Water-borne Diseases; Urban Medical Geology Issues; Military Applications of Medical Geology; Health Impacts of Mining; Asbestos: Environmental contamination and health effects; Biogeochemical monitoring and treatment of disease; Medical geology impacts on children’s health; Soils in medical geology; Mercury and Environmental Health; and Occupational health issues.

The conference will be held at the Hilton Crystal City Hotel, near Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, only minutes away from Washington, DC.

For additional information visit the conference Web site at: http://rock.geosociety.org/GeoHealth/MEDGEO_2013/Welcome.html or contact Bob Finkelman at medgeo2013@utdallas.edu. (1/13)

Progress in Motor Control IX

July 14-16, 2013 Montreal, Canada

Sponsored  by the International Society of Motor Control

The three-day meeting brings together experts in diverse areas of Motor Control including the performing arts, such as dance, circus arts and music. There will be two scientific plenary sessions per day addressing the following areas:

Cortical and spinal mechanisms of motor control
Variability and redundancy in motor control
Equilibrium-point control and perception-action coupling
Motor control of speech and language
Motor control and recovery from injury
Motor control and the performing arts

Contact information:

Email: pmcix2013@gmail.com

RESNA 2013 Annual Conference - Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America

June 20-24, 2013 Bellevue, Washington

This conference is an international gathering of multidisciplinary professionals working to provide technology solutions for people with disabilities. Conference attendees include rehabilitation engineers, clinicians, researchers, educators, and therapists.

Keywords: Rehabilitation Engineering, Assistive Technology, Computer Access, Cognition & Sensory Loss, Job Accommodations, Accessibility, Research Outcomes, Universal Design