Managing occupational risks associated with nanomaterials

Venue: Euskalduna Conference Centre (morning) and the Faculty of Engineering, University of the Basque Country (afternoon)
Date: 2012.05.24
Hours: 9:00 - 17:00
Duration: 8 hours
Organiser: TECNALIA, UPV-EHU, EUSKAMPUS
Price: Free

We are pleased to announce the Workshop “MANAGING OCCUPATIONAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH NANOMATERIALS” taking place on 24th May 2012 at Euskalduna Conference Centre, Bilbao (Spain).

The Workshop is organised by TECNALIA and the University of the Basque Country in the framework of the 10^th International Conference on Occupational Risk Prevention (ORP2012) and under the umbrella of the European Project SCAFFOLD.

The Workshop focuses on the industrial needs of companies and aims to provide a practical overview of the results of current research in the field of management of exposure to nanomaterials. The ultimate objective of the Workshop is to provide companies a set of skills that enable them - with the available evidence - proper management of the nano-risks.

The Workshop will include technical presentations from very well known speakers from the different disciplines involved in occupational nanosafety (USA, France, Finland, Spain); experiences in industry, a round table with involved stakeholders (Industry, Administration, Prevention Services, Research Organisations, Certification Bodies) and finally, a demonstration session  to show equipments and devices for exposure measurement. Due to the international nature of the event, the language of the Workshop will be in English. There will be a simultaneous translation system to facilitate the participation of industry and other interested organizations.

The Workshop will be held in two venues: the Euskalduna Conference Centre (Morning Session) and the Faculty of Engineering, University of the Basque Country (Afternoon Session).

PROGRAM

 INVITED SPEAKERS AND SESSION CHAIRS:

• Acciona Infraestructuras S.A. (ACCIONA), Spain: PhD. José Vera, Head of Traditional Materials Group, Materials Area, Technological Innovation Division. 
• Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación (AENOR), Spain: Mario Calderón, Assistant Director.
•  Asociación para la Prevención de Accidentes (APA), Spain: Jesús Dalmau, Vice-president,  Eduardo Nicolás, Management and Dissemination Department.
• Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA), France : PhD. Luana Golanski, Project Manager.
• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Spain: Emmanuelle Brun, Risk Observatory Project Manager. 
• Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH),Finland: PhD. Kai Savolainen, Director of the Nanosafety Research Centre.
• Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo (INSHT), Spain: Olga Fernández, General Director of the National Centre of New Technologies.
• Instituto Vasco de Seguridad y Salud Laborales (OSALAN), Spain: Pilar Collantes, General Director.
• NANOBASQUE, Spain: Amaia Martínez, Manager of the Nanobasque Agency.
• TECNALIA, Spain: Dra. Asun Rivero, Technological Director of the Manufacturing Business, Industry and Transport Division;  Jesús M. Lz. de Ipiña, SCAFFOLD Project Coordinator, Industry and Transport Division; Celina Vaquero, Nanosafety Researcher, Industry and Transport Division.
• Tecnología Navarra de Nanoproductos S.L. (TECNAN), Spain: PhD. Claudio Fernández, General Director.
• Universidad del País Vasco (UPV-EHU), Spain: PhD. Enrique Amezua, Director of the Faculty of Engineering at Bilbao, PhD. Cristina Guitierrez-Cañas, Professor of the  Faculty of Engineering at Bilbao.
• University of  Minnesota, USA: PhD. David Pui,  Distinguished McKnight University Professor and the Director of the Particle Technology Laboratory.

 

 

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