Monday, September 18, 2000 | |
| Teatro Municipal de Osasco (Plenary Session): |
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| 10:00 | Opening of Congress Dr. Silas Bortolosso (Mayor of Osasco), Dr. Paolo Mascarino (Mayor of Casale Monferrato, Italy), Peter Skinner (Member of the European Parliament), Júlio Sebastião Fernandes de Carvalho (Mayor of Viana, Angola), Deputy Eduardo Jorge (Brazil), ABREA, BAN Asbestos Network and IBAS |
| 11:00 | Introduction to South African Photographic Exhibition Thabo Makweya (Minister in Northern Cape Parliament, South Africa) |
| 10:30 | The ILO and Asbestos Armand Pereira, Director, ILO Office for Brazil |
| 11:50 | Past, Present and Future of the Asbestos Struggle Dr. Richard Lemen (former Assistant Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service and President of SOEH, Society for Occupational and Environmental Health, USA) |
| 12:10 | Joint Health Initiative: Mount Sinai Hospital-Osasco Project Drs. Steven Markowitz and João de Souza Filho |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 14:00-18:00 | Poster Presentations |
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| 14:00-16:00 | Round-Table Discussion A: Strategies for Latin America and the Developing World to Ban Asbestos Coordinators: Dr. Eduardo Rodrigues (Argentina), Lic. Eva Delgado Rosas (Peru) and Dr. René Mendes (Brazil) |
| 14:00-18:00 | Workshop A: Liability/ Compensation Coordinator: Leonardo Amarante (Brazil) Participants: Luisa Formato, Jock McCulloch and Robert Vojakovic (Australia) Bob Ruers (Holland) Fuyushi Nagakura and Shigeharu Nakachi (Japan) Dr. Audrey Banyini (South Africa) Colin Ettinger, Richard Meeran, John Pickering and Geoffrey Tweedale(UK) Dianna Lyons and Charles Siegel(USA) Thomas Hart (Virgin Islands) |
| 14:00-18:00 | Workshop B: Epidemiology, Public Health and Sociological Research Coordinator: Dr. Hermano Albuquerque Castro (Brazil) Participants: Epidemiology: Dr. Antti Tossavainen (Finland) Prof. Benedetto Terracini (Italy) Prof. Julian Peto (UK) Drs. Peter Infante and Richard Lemen (USA) Sociology: Dr. Annie Thébaud-Mony (France) Lic. Eva Delgado Rosas (Peru) Public Health: Dr. Mario Epelman (Argentina) Dr. Yuji Natori and Sugio Furuya (Japan) Dr. Daniela Degiovanni (Italy) Dr. Domyung Paek (Korea) Dr. T Jayabalan (Malaysia) Dr. Metoda Dodic-Fikfak (Slovenia) Dr. Sophia Kisting (South Africa) Mavis Robinson (Asbestos Nursing Specialist, UK) |
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| 16:00-19:00 | Prevention: Asbestos Management, Identification, Maintenance or Removal, Contaminated Land Chair: Dr. Barry Castleman Presentations: Prevention: Role of Trade Unions Nigel Bryson (UK) A Program to Minimise Occupational and Environmental Exposure to Asbestos Cement. A Regulatory View of "Controlled Use" Dr. Peter Infante (USA) Exposure in Buildings: Case Study (1): The Berlaymont – Are there Measurable Health Effects Associated with Work in a Building Containing Sprayed Asbestos? Prof. Benoit Nemery (Belgium) Case Study (2): The Removal of Sprayed Limpet Asbestos in Brazil Eng. João Baptista Galvão Filho and Drs. Fátima Sueli Ribeiro and Eduardo Bethlem Contaminated Land: Case Study (1): Prieska and Kuruman, South Africa Dr Sophia Kisting (South Africa) Case Study (2): Libby, Montana, USA Gayla Benefield and John Constan (USA) Case Study (3): Antophyllite Mine in Brazil – The Case of Itapira Rosana Pereira de Lima and Dr. Danilo Fernandes Costa (Brazil) |
| 19:00 | Performance by "Projeto Família Negritude and 100% COHAB" |
| 20:00 | Brazilian Cocktails and Press Conference |
| 21:00 | Conference Dinner |
Tuesday, September 19, 2000 | |
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| 9:00 | Social Activism: How Collective Strategies of Resistance are Organized by Asbestos Victims and Anti-Asbestos Campaigners in Various Countries Chair: Dr. Annie Thébaud-Mony Presentations: Brazilian Association of People Exposed to Asbestos (ABREA) Eng. Fernanda Giannasi (Brazil) Ban Asbestos Network Japan (BANJAN) and Japan's Citizen's Network for Wiping Out Asbestos Sugio Furuya (Japan) Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia, Inc. Ella Sweeney (Australia) Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia Robert Vojakovic (Australia) Casale Monferrato Asbestos Victims' Group Bruno Pesce (Italy) Dutch Committee of Asbestos Victims Bob Ruers (Holland) The Association of Asbestos Victims in Slovenia (ANHOVO) Dr. Metoda Dodic-Fikfak (Slovenia) White Lung Association Jim Fite (USA) The Manipulation of "Scientific Organizations" Dr. Barry Castleman (USA) |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-18:00 | Poster Presentations |
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| 14:00-16:00 | Round-Table Discussion B: Asbestos Victims Speak-Out! Coordinator: Eliezer João de Souza (Brazil) |
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Round-Table Discussion C: Trade Unions and Asbestos: Old Problems and New Solutions Coordinator: Edison Luiz Bernardes (Brazil) All the unionists present were invited to attend this meeting. |
| 14:00-18:00 | Workshop C: Asbestos-Related Diseases, Diagnosis, Pathology, Treatment and Experimental Studies (Gene Therapy)
Coordinator: Dr. Eduardo Algranti (Brazil) Participants: Drs. Ubiratan de Paulo Santos and Hermano Albuquerque Castro (Brazil) Prof. Benoit Nemery (Belgium) Dr. Yuji Natori and Shigeharu Nakachi (Japan) Dr. Domyung Paek (Korea) Dr. T. Jayabalan (Malaysia) Dr. Metoda Dodic-Fikfak (Slovenia) Dr. Gurnam Basran (UK) Drs. Steven Markowitz, Christine Oliver and Jerrold Abraham (USA) |
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| 16:00-19:00 | Compensation Chair: Laurie Kazan-Allen Presentations: Personal Injury Compensation in Brazil (including Brazilian Cases Against General Motors and Saint Gobain) Leonardo Amarante (Brazil) Product Liability Litigation In the USA / Implications for Foreign Claimants Dianna Lyons (USA) How Does the French Legal System Compensate the Injured? Dr. Annie Thébaud-Mony (France) The Netherlands: Civil Claims, Compensation Boards and Government Awards Bob Ruers (Holland) Compensation for Asbestos-Related Diseases in Australia Luisa Formato (Australia) Compensation for Occupational Respiratory Diseases including Asbestosis in South Africa Dr Audrey Banyini (South Africa) Case Study (1): Hancock and Margereson vs. T&N plc - Landmark Case for Environmental Exposure John Pickering (UK) Case Study (2): Multinational Claims Against Cape plc by South African Workers Richard Meeran (UK) Book Launch - Dr. João de Souza Filho (Health Secretary, Osasco), Dr. Bernardo Bedrikow (Coordinator of Scientific Commission) and Dr. Diogo Pupo Nogueira (University of São Paulo) will introduce the release of a special conference edition of the book: Victims of the Workplace: Breaking the Silence by Carlos Aparício Clemente (Member of the Governing Board of the Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de Osasco) |
| 19:00 | Brazilian Cocktails & Performance by "Projeto Família Negritude and 100% COHAB" |
Wednesday, September 20, 2000 | |
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| 9:00 | Social-Medical Aspects Chair: Dr. Christine Oliver Presentations: Asbestos Diseases Dr. Gurnam Basran (UK) Problems with Diagnosis and Recognition of Pleural Plaques as Occupational Disease Dr. Jefferson Freitas (Brazil) A Mesothelioma Project Mavis Robinson (UK) A Precautionary Program for Exposed Workers? Prof. Benedetto Terracini (Italy) A Social and Legal Role for Doctors of Asbestos Victims Prof. Diogo Pupo Nogueira (Brazil) Support for the Family Rose Marie Vojakovic (Australia) Just Transition: Safe Jobs, not No Jobs Rory O'Neill (UK) Asbestos and Profit: Case Study (1): Limpet: Spraying Ill-Health World-Wide Dr. Geoffrey Tweedale (UK) Case Study (2): Mining Asbestos in South Africa: Miners, Capital and the State Dr. Jock McCulloch (Australia) |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-18:00 | Poster presentations |
| 14:00 | The Future Chair: Eng. Fernanda Giannasi Presentations: A World Free of Asbestos: The Future Eng. Fernanda Giannasi (Brazil) Nordic Experiences After Early Asbestos Bans Lars Vedsmand (Denmark) Implications of The World Trade Organization Verdict for Public Health and Global Trade Dr. Barry Castleman (USA) |
| 15:00 | Conference Debate and Resolution |
| 16:30 | Break |
| 16:45 | The Award Ceremony |
| 18:00 | Closing Session Performance by "Projeto Família Negritude and 100% COHAB" |