Occupational Medicine meetings & conferences

2012 Annual Meeting of the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology

The American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and the American Association of Poison Control Centers are pleased to announce that the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology 2012 and associated pre-meeting functions will be held at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas located in Las Vegas, NV; October 1-6, 2012.

This annual conference allows an opportunity for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and scientists from around the world to participate in the sharing of knowledge on a wide variety of clinical toxicology topics and issues. In addition, there will be multiple original research papers presented, a number of symposia, as well as other traditional and novel continuing education sessions.

General Objectives:

-- Identify the acute and/or chronic toxic effects of various drugs, chemicals and biologicals.

-- Utilize research data to determine new approaches to the prevention, assessment, and treatment of poisoning victims.

-- Compare and contrast approaches to the treatment of poisoned patients.

-- Identify the principles of assessing the severity and predicting the outcome of poisonings.

-- Define innovations in the responsibilities and functions of poison centers.

-- Identify the principles involved in the laboratory evaluation of poisonings.

-- Identify the risks and treatment of occupational and environmental hazards to humans.

12th World Congress on Stress, Trauma & Coping

February 19-24, 2013 Baltimore, Maryland

The 12th World Congress on Stress, Trauma and Coping is the premier forum for multidisciplinary exchange of ideas and information among those who provide crisis and disaster mental health services.

Sessions during the 12th World Congress have been designed to provoke critical thinking challenge current convention offer innovative ideas and insights & fully explore the many applications of critical incident response in various industries, settings and situations.

World Congress participants will identify the tools needed to solve current problems and explore the future direction of the crisis intervention field. The 6 day World Congress will include a variety of presentation formats ideally suited to exploring concepts, practical applications and results in sessions designed for professionals in all practice settings and experience levels.

World Congress Major Content Themes
Over 125 presenters will cover the spectrum of crisis intervention in these and other areas:

Research / Innovations Military Disaster Response Healthcare Settings Faith Based Applications Emergency Services, Public Safety Corporate / Industry / EAP Specialty Populations Team Development and Care Schools, Children

Who Should Attend

The ICISF 12th World Congress is a “must attend” experience for anyone working in the fields of crisis intervention, traumatic stress, emergency services & disaster mental health, including:

Disaster response personnel Psychiatrists Humanitarian aid workers Counselors Law-enforcement officers Social workers Firefighters Faith-based providers EMTs / Paramedics Employee representative organizations & Unions Military personnel First response support agencies Homeland security personnel Media correspondents / journalists Emergency service administrators Grief counselors Emergency operations administrators & managers Employee assistance professionals Corrections officials Commercial & industrial organization employees Healthcare professionals & administrators Airline & other transportation industry personnel Educators, school employees Communication officers & dispatch personnel Crisis workers Security professionals Suicidologists Victim's advocates Psychologists Risk managers

Why Attend?
The Crisis Intervention field continues to grow, building on excellent proven programs and strategies while incorporating innovations that meet the needs and challenges of the diverse populations we serve. As crisis interventionists we must learn from one another to continually improve the services provided to the level of best practices.

At the 12th World Congress, you'll have an incomparable opportunity to interact with experts in the field and hundreds of your peers from around the U.S. and world who, like you, are committed to providing assistance to those affected by critical incident stress. Choose from over 70 presentations that will explore how the practice of crisis intervention is evolving and adapting to meet the needs and challenges of the future.

Please address any questions to:

Shelley Cohen
World Congress Program Manager
scohen@icisf.org
(410) 750-9600

4th International Conference Well-Being in the Information Society (WIS 2012) – Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities

The 4rd International Conference “Well-being in the Information Society (WIS 2012) – Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities” will take place on 22-24 August 2012 in Turku, Finland. The conference will be organised by University of Turku – Turku School of Economics and Baltic Region Healthy Cities Association.

The core topic of WIS 2012 is health-related inequalities in daily life. Among others, vision-, hearing- and movement-impaired people have difficulties in accessing services in the modern society, including information-technology enabled services. Yet information technology also offers a multitude of possibilities for improving the life of impaired people. Most often these solutions are well in line with the needs and benefits of everyone. WIS 2012 will review academic contributions on these topics at the intersection of health, ICT and urban way of living, all manifested in the information society context, but also room for industry and third-sector contributions is found in the program.

A special track on Age and Information Society will be organized!

Themes
Areas of particular interest during WIS 2012 conference include, but are not limited to:

e-Health
Urban planning for health and sustainable development
Measuring and documenting health and well-being
Empowering and educating citizens for healthy living and equal opportunities
Governance for health
Safe and secure cities

3rd International Medical Convention on Performing Arts Medicine

2012, December 7th, 8th and 9th Rome, Italy

Language: English

The main topics of interest for this workshop include, but are not limited to, the following ones:

• Gerontology in Performing Arts Medicine
• Pathologies in the artists: from prevention to treatment and to rehabilitation
• Medical Humanities and Performing Arts Medicine
• Fine arts and Performing Arts Medicine
• Construction and collection of cross-language resources
• Guidelines and evaluation
• Methods to adapt existing resources to new domains and styles

Info: congress08@ceimars.it

Nanosafe 2012

After the success of Nanosafe 2008 and Nanosafe 2010, the next edition Nanosafe 2012 will be held from 13th to 15th November 2012 in Minatec, Grenoble, France .

Topics

Exposure assessment
Detection and identification
Toxicology
Environmental interactions
Nanomaterials release
Protection technology
Industrial production
Life Cycle Analysis
Ethics and societal issues
Commercial equipements
Risk management for OHS experts

Programme
The three-day programme for this conference will comprise:

-- Invited plenary lectures

G. Oberdörster (U. ROCHESTER), D. Pui (U. MINNESOTA), D. Brouwer (TNO), T. Nhuyen (NIST), F. Schuster (CEA), B. Nowack (EMPA), R. Muir (NANEUM). D. Bernard (ARKEMA), J. Rose (CEREGE), C. Engeman (UCSB) A. Grobe (U. STUTTGART). A. Grinbaum (CEA), F. Roure (FRENCH MINISTRY FOR ECONOMY, FINANCE AND INDUSTRY), A. Kishimoto (AIST, RISS), C. EMOND (U. MONTREAL), L. Golanski (CEA), O. Witschger (INRS), E. Drais (INRS).

-- Selected oral contributions

- Posters sessions

-- Panel discussions: Governance/ Toxicology/ The opinion of the civil society regarding nanomaterials

-- Exhibition of equipments related to safe production and use of nanomaterials

-- Satellite meetings: TITNT, TRIMATEC, NANOHOUSE

XIX Congress of the European Union of Medicine in Assurance and Social Security (EUMASS)

June 14 to 16, 2012 Padova, Italy

The Scientific Committee proposes the following themes:

Population and work force challenges in Europe
A healthy worker in a healthy workplace
Evidence based benefit decisions
Return to work: what works?
The influence of e-health on healthcare

Organising Secretariat

Sistema Congressi S.r.l.
Via A. Gabelli 7 int. 1
35121 Padova - Italy

Phone +39 049 651699
Fax +39 049 651320

E-mail: eumass12@sistemacongressi.com
Web: www.sistemacongressi.com 

For registration and accommodation inquiries please contact

E-mail: registration@sistemacongressi.com
 

International Forum on Disability Management 2012

September 10-12, 2012 London, England, United Kingdom

The Royal Society of Medicine will host the 2012 International Forum on Disability Management in London, England on the tenth anniversary of the conference.

The vision for the IFDM is to gather representatives & stakeholders in disability management from all over the world, to assemble global perspectives on consensus-based best practices, cutting-edge research and successful disability management policies and programs.

Held biennially since 2002, IFDM is a catalyst for addressing issues of disability on a world stage. IFDM is the only global conference dedicated to in-depth discussion of problems, trends, and best practices in disability management. A major goal of IFDM is to bring key policy makers into the discussion and be an agent of change.

A group of leaders gathered in Vancouver in 2002 to share best practices, measure and evaluate outcomes, and promote better public policy toward individuals with disability. This tradition continued with events in Maastricht (2004), Brisbane (2006), Berlin (2008), Los Angeles (2010). The next conference will be held in London (September 2012) and in New Zealand in 2014.

IFDM provides the only forum with delegates from across the globe representing the health, safety, and workers' compensation communities. A diverse group of employers, workers, risk managers, unions, practitioners, jurisdictional and local government agencies, the insurance industry, policy makers and the public travel to meetings to participate in presentations, discussions, and workshops.

Contact the International Forum on Disability Management

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7290 3946
Email: ifdm2012@rsm.ac.uk

4th American Conference on Human Vibration

June 13th through June 15th, 2012 Hartford, Connecticut

The 4th American Conference on Human Vibration (ACHV) will be held in Hartford, Connecticut, from June 13th through June 15th, 2012. The 4th ACHV is being organized by the Biodynamics Laboratory and the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center and will have the conference theme of "Fostering Collaborative Academic, Clinical, and Industrial Research in Vibration Exposure and Control". This biennial conference will provide a unique and convenient opportunity for researchers, engineers, medical professionals, and industry representatives to exchange information on all aspects of vibration control and human responses to hand-transmitted vibration and whole-body vibration.

The American Conference on Human Vibration (ACHV) was originated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in 2006. NIOSH is the federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness and is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NIOSH is actively involved in studies of both hand-arm vibration and whole-body vibration.

Program and Topics
Projected Program Sessions include:

Tissue Response to Vibration
Hand-Arm Vibration
Biodynamics
Whole Body Vibration
Instrumentation and Measurement Methods
Whole Body Vibration Exposure Risk Reduction
Foot Response to Vibration Exposure
Human Body Modeling and Vibration
Epidemiology, Standards Applications, and Prevention
Hand-Arm Vibration Exposure Risk Reduction

Contact with the Conference Chair of 4th ACHV

Donald R. Peterson Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor of Medicine - School of Medicine
Director, Biodynamics Laboratory
Director, Biomedical Engineering Program - School of Engineering

Biodynamics Laboratory
University of Connecticut Health Center
263 Farmington Ave.
CSM-011, MC2017
Farmington, CT 06030-2017

Phone: 1-860-679-4665
FAX: 1-860-679-1989
E-mail: peterson@uchc.edu

General Inquiries (including registration, exhibition, sponsorship, etc...)
Please email the conference chair at ACHV2012@uchc.edu.

International Conference on Occupational Health and Safety Summit

OMICS Group invites all the participants across the globe to attend the International Conference on Occupational Health and Safety Summit 5-7 September 2012 Philadelphia, Pennslyvania.

Occupational Health-2012 is a remarkable event which brings together a unique and International mix of large and medium Diagnostic companies, leading universities and Occupational safety research institutions making the conference a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaboration across industries and evaluate emerging technologies across the globe.
Occupational Health & Safety is a cross-disciplinary area concerned with protecting the Safety, Health and Welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The main goal of this program is to foster a safe work and working environment.

The International Conference on Occupational Health & Safety Summit-2012 will schedule and coordinate all meetings with our Editorial Board Members and other experts in the Research and Therapy field across the World. The scientific program paves a way to gather visionaries through the research talks and presentations and put forward many thought provoking strategies on Occupational Health & Safety.

Conference Highlights the following topics:

• Health Informatics
• Medical Informatics
• Occupational Disease
• Agricultural Health and Safety
• Physical Health
• Public Health
• Infection Disease
• Occupational Vaccination
• Biological Weapons

15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health (ICCH15)

August 5-10, 2012 Fairbanks, Alaska

Through the ICCH, the International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH) promotes exchange of the health-related knowledge and discussion of recent research results between scientists, health care professionals, policy analysts, government agency representatives, and community leaders for the benefit of all humankind.

Preliminary Scientifc Program Themes:

The North: Unique Land and Social Environment
Anthropology, demography, genetics, housing, infrastructure, health service, delivery, climate change, health impacts, etc.
History of Circumpolar Health
The International Polar Year legacy, evolution of public health organizations in the North, etc.
Research in the Circumpolar North
Indigenous research and ethics, community participatory research methods, building research capacity, etc.
Social Determinants of Health
Social justice, education, health promotion, social marketing, health and social well-being, etc.
Healthy Families
Family health and well-being, women’s health, men’s health, child health, etc.
Nutrition and Food Security
Traditional diets, factors affecting food security, the politics of food, climate change for food
Behavioral Health
Suicide, addictions, holistic and other healing community programs, etc.
Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health
Water and sanitation issues, successful occupational health programs, etc.
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention in the North
Chronic Diseases
Cancer, diabetes, obesity, pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, etc.
Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis, hepatitis, H. pylori, HPV, etc.