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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH:A Basic Right at Work -

An Asset to Society

LA SANTÉ AU TRAVAIL:Un Droit Fondamental au Travail -

Un Atout pour la Société

Du dimanche 22 Mars 2009au

vendredi 27 Mars 2009

Cape Town International ConventionCentre (CTICC)

Palais des Congrès Internationaldu Cap (CTICC)

Sunday 22 March 2009to

Friday 27 March 2009

Brochure designed by University of Limpopo

KEYNOTE AND PLENARY SESSION PRESENTATIONSGlobal Perspectives and Challenges

Prevention: A Right and Asset in the WorkplaceKnowledge Transfer: Rights and Assets

Protecting Workers: A Challenge to SocietyBasic Rights at Work

For more information on topics see www.icoh2009.co.za

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

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CONTACT DETAILS COORDONNÉES UTILES

ICOH 2009 CongressPO Box 16179, Lyttelton, 0140, South Africa

+27 (0)12-8037418+27 (0)11-5075085

Kocks DJ Prof. (Daan)

admin@icoh2009.co.za

kocks@icoh2009.co.za

For more information on the ICOH2009 Congress,please feel free to contact the congresssecretariat at:

CONGRESS SECRETARIAT SECRÉTARIAT DU CONGRÈSPour de plus amples renseignements sur lecongrès ICOH2009, veuillez contacter lesecrétariat du congrès (voir ci-dessous) :

23 MARCH 2009 to 27 MARCH 2009 23 MARS 2009 au 27 MARS 2009PROGRAMME ICOH2009

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

APPEL POUR DES RÉSUMÉS

Submit your abstract NOW and qualify forEARLY BIRD REGISTRATION FEE!

DISCOUS D'OUVERTURE ET INTERVENTIONSLORS DES SESSIONS PLÉNIÈRES

Perspectives et défis sur le plan mondialPrevéntions: un droit et un atout sur le lieu de travail

Transfert des connaissances : droits et avantagesProtection de employés: un défi pour la société

Droits fondamentaux au travailPour de plus amples renseignements sur les différents thèmes, veuillez consulter www.icoh2009.co.za

PROGRAMMESCIENTIFIQUE

The submission of an abstract, which is a pre-requisite for a grant application, must besubmitted by 31 July 2008. As arranged by theCongress Secretariat grants are intended tocover some of the following expenses:

registration feeair ticket at the lowest fare possiblehotel accommodation for the duration of thecongress.

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www.icoh2009.co.za onlinegrant applications and also for online donations

La soumission due résumé, qui est un préalable àune demande de subvention, doit être effectuéed'ici le 31 juillet 2008. Selon les dispositions duSecrétariat aux Congrès, les subventions sontaccordées pour les dépenses suivantes:

frais d'enregistrementbillet d'avion au prix le plus bas possiblehébergement pour la durée du congrès.

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www.icoh2009.co.za

GRANTS SUBVENTIONS

DATES-LIMITES

The scientific committee invites the submissionof abstracts to be considered for

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Submission of an abstract requires that youfirst obtain a congress number which you willuse as a password to submit your abstract onthis site. This congress number will be sent toyou by e-mail once you have provided someinitial information, and the number will beused in future to complete registration.

Abstracts can be submitted online only; noother submissions will be accepted.

Abstracts will be printed as received, soplease follow the instructions carefully.

oral or posterpresentations

CLOSING DATEFOR RECEIPT OF ABSTRACTS:

31 July 2008

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Thisdoes not commit you to make the registrationpayment before abstract submission.

DEADLINES

ORAL SESSION TOPICS / MATIÈRES ORALES DE SESSIONT1 Advances in Occupational Toxicology T2 Advances in Technologies for Safe Workplaces: Engineering Controls and Personal Protective

Equipment and New MethodologiesT3 Africa: Occupational Health and Safety IssuesT4 Age ManagementT5 Aging Female WorkersT6 Agricultural and Rural Health: Risks, Surveillance, and SolutionsT7 Allergy and ImmunotoxicologyT8 Asbestos and Fibrous Materials : Problems and SolutionsT9 Assessing the Risk of the Work Environment on VisionT10 Biological Monitoring and Biomarkers: New Methods, and ApplicationsT11 Cardiovascular Disease and WorkT12 Child LabourT13 Construction Health and Safety ManagementT14 Construction Industry – Problems, Solutions and Better PracticesT15 Cost Effectiveness of Occupational Health ServicesT16 Dermal Risk Assessment and Occupational DermatosesT17 Development and Application of Evidence-based Guidelines for Occupational Health ProfessionalsT18 Disasters and PandemicsT19 Economic Dimensions of Occupational HealthT20 Education and Training in Occupational HealthT21 Endocrine disruption and chemical exposuresT22 Epidemiology in Occupational HealthT23 Ergonomics at workT24 Ethics in Occupational HealthT25 Evidence Based Practice in Occupational HealthT26 Exposure Assessment, Modeling, and ControlT27 Functional and Clinical Aspects of Work and VisionT28 Gene-Environment InteractionsT29 Global Plan of Action for Workers’ Health: Implementation of WHO and ILO AgendasT30 Health and Well-Being of Aging WorkersT31 Health for Health Care WorkersT32 Healthy Working, Healthy Living: Health Promotion and ProtectionT33 Heat Waves and Global Warming: Effects on Worker Health and ProductivityT34 History of Prevention of Occupational and Environmental DiseasesT35 HIV/Aids in the WorkplaceT36 Indoor Air Quality and HealthT37 Industrial HygieneT38 Infectious Diseases and WorkT39 Infectious Diseases Among Health Care WorkersT40 Informal Sector and Small Scale EnterprisesT41 International Standards for Work in the Heat and ColdT42 Kaizen ActivityT43 Metals: Exposures, Risks, and ToxicologyT44 Migrant Workers: Special Problems and New SolutionsT45 Mining Industry Hazards and SolutionsT46 Mobbing, Bullying and Violence at WorkT47 Musculoskeletal Risks, Disorders, and SolutionsT48 Nanoparticles: Challenges and SolutionsT49 Neurosensory and Neurobehavioral MethodsT50 Neurotoxicology and PsychophysiologyT51 Noise and Vibration Hazards at Work: Problems and New SolutionsT52 Occupational AsthmaT53 Occupational CancerT54 Occupational Health and Safety for Every Agricultural Worker in the Third MillenniumT55 Occupational Health and Safety for Health Care Workers in Developing CountriesT56 Occupational Health for MunicipalitiesT57 Occupational Health, Human Rights and Economic DevelopmentT58 Occupational Health Services: Innovative Practices and Lessons Learned T59 Participatory Approaches to Workplace Health and SafetyT60 Pneumoconioses: Prevention, Surveillance, and DiagnosisT61 Prevention of Infectious Diseases in Animal and Fish BreedingT62 Psychosocial Factors and WorkT63 Radiation Risks at Work: Electromagnetic Fields, Ionizing and Solar RadiationT64 Reproductive HealthT65 Respiratory Diseases and WorkT66 Risk Assessment: Qualitative and QuantitativeT75 Sexual Harassment at WorkT67 Shiftwork, Nightwork, and Flexible HoursT68 Substance Abuse in the WorkplaceT69 Travel and WorkT70 Unemployment, Job Insecurity and Health: Interventions and Their ImpactT71 Women, Work and HealthT72 Work AbilityT73 Work Disability Prevention and Return to WorkT74 Working Time: Balancing Interests of Workers, Companies and Society

SPECIAL SESSION TOPICS / MATIÈRES SPÉCIALES DE SESSIONS1 Accident Prevention – Zero Harm with Zero ToleranceS2 Acute and Chronic Neurotoxicity after Pesticide ExposureS3 Advances in Health and ProductivityS4 Aging and Women: Do Women Face the ‘Aging Glass Ceiling’ Earlier Than Men?S5 Aging and WorkS6 Agriculture in Developing CountriesS7 Allergy and Asthma in the Fishing and Seafood Processing IndustryS8 Assessing the Risk of the Work Environment on VisionS9 Asthma and COPD in Organic Dust Exposed SettingsS10 Basic Occupational Health Services: New ApproachesS11 Biological Monitoring, Biomarkers of Susceptibility, and Human Risk Assessment of Metal ExposuresS12 Bridging General and Occupational Health Care: Coping with the Blind SpotS13 Building the Business Case for Employers: Investment in Occupational Health and SafetyS92 Case-based E-learning in Occupational Health - The International NetWoRM ProjectS14 Child LabourS15 Chemicals – New Occupational and Environmental Health Challenges and SolutionsS16 Classification of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Occupational Health Practice and ResearchS17 Contribution of International Programs to Occupational Health in Developing CountriesS18 Dermal Risk AssessmentS19 Distance Education: Demonstration of Current Modalities and Planning for Global CoursesS20 E-Learning in Occupational Health: Academic and Continuing EducationS89 Emerging EMF Technologies and Health Risk ManagementS21 Ethical and Scientific Issues Related to Studies in Human Volunteers for Regulation of Pesticide UsageS22 Ethics in Occupational HealthS23 Exposure Assessment, Modeling, and ControlS24 Exposure to Genotoxic Chemicals and BiomonitoringS25 Fitness for workS26 Flu Immunization in a Globalizing World: Strategies and Lessons From the FieldS27 Functional and Clinical Aspects of Work and VisionS28 Global Plan of Action for Workers Health: Implementation UpdatesS29 Global Road Safety for WorkersS30 Globalization and Occupational Health: Current Trends and Future DirectionsS31 Globally Harmonized Systems: Challenges, Implementation Issues, and the Role of the Occupational Health ProfessionalS32 Grantees and Students: Introductions and NetworkingS33 Healthy Workplaces - An integrated, comprehensive approach to Total (Mental, Physical and Psychosocial) Health at WorkS34 Heat Waves and Global Warming: Effects on Worker Health and ProductivityS35 HIV/AIDS in the WorkplaceS37 IEA/ILO Toolkit: Ergonomics CheckpointsS38 Identification and Recognition of Occupational Diseases and the List of Occupational DiseasesS39 ILO/WHO Global Program to Eliminate SilicosisS40 ILO/WHO Workshop on Elimination of Asbestos-Related DiseasesS41 Innovative Approaches for Small Scale Workplaces and the Informal SectorS42 International Support to Professional Education for Basic Occupational Health ServicesS43 Ionizing Radiation in the WorkplaceS46 Late BreakersS47 Leadership and Organizational Impact on Health for Health Care WorkersS48 Mechanisms in Emerging Ill-health Symptoms in Occupational and Environmental Allergy and ImmunotoxicityS49 MiningS50 Nanotechnologies: Global Sharing of Advances in Occupational Safety and HealthS74 Neurotoxic Diseases by Chemicals in the Old and New GenerationsS45 Neurotoxicity by Solvents: Chronic Toxic EncephalopathyS51 New Approaches for Pesticide Risk Assessment and Health SurveillanceS52 New Challenges of Neurotoxic Agents: MetalsS44 New Developments That Will Keep Safety Alive in the WorkplaceS53 New problems in Indoor Air QualityS90 New Strategies on Health Surveillance in the 21st CenturyS54 Noise Hazards at Work: Problems and New SolutionsS55 Occupational Health: A Common Goal in the Global VillageS56 Occupational Health and Safety in AfricaS57 Occupational Health and Safety in Africa - session in FrenchS58 Occupational Health and Safety in Africa - session in PortugueseS59 Occupational Health and Safety in AsiaS60 Occupational Health and Safety in Latin AmericaS91 Occupational Health for MunicipalitiesS61 Occupational Health and Safety in South African Public ServiceS62 Occupational Health NursingS63 Occupational Health Risks for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in ConstructionS64 Occupational Medicine: New Trends in Work-related DiseasesS94 Occupational Risk Management and Control Banding: Evaluation of ToolkitsS65 Panel of Scientific Journal Editors: Future Perspectives of Scientific Publishing in Occupational HealthS66 Prediction and Prevention Strategy for Allergic and Immunotoxic Responses in Occupational and Living EnvironmentS67 Preventing Air and Blood-borne Occupational Exposure Among Health Care WorkersS68 Psychosocial Risk Management: A European FrameworkS69 Qualitative Risk Assessment and Control BandingS70 Reproductive Health in Developing CountriesS71 Revisiting Knowledge Translation: Moving Research to PracticeS72 Risks of the RescuersS73 Role of Biomonitoring in Occupational Health Risk AssessmentS75 Shiftwork, Working Hours and HealthS76 Silica, Silicosis and TBS77 Sleep Problems in Shift WorkersS92 Solar Radiation and Health Risk in Exposed WorkersS78 Standardization of Chest Digital Images in the Screening and Education for Occupational Respiratory DisordersS79 Strategies and Programs of International Organisations: WHO, ILO, UNEP, ISSA, ICOH, IEA, IOHA, EUS80 Strategies for Education and Training on Pesticide UseS81 Student Poster Session and ICOH awardS82 Successful Occupational Health Networks: Global, Regional and LocalS83 Travel, Health and Risk Management in the WorkplaceS84 Unemployment, Job Insecurity and Health: Interventions and ImpactS85 Vibration Hazards at Work: Problems and New SolutionsS86 Women at Work and Women at Home: Is There a Difference?S87 Work and Family: Keeping a Healthy BalanceS88 Work Organisation and Psychosocial Factors: Policy, Standards and Surveillance

SCIENTIFIC TOPICS

SOUMISSION DES RÉSUMÉSABSTRACT SUBMISSION

An online registration facility will be availablefrom 03 March 2008 at:

Deadline dates for conference registration areas follows:

Special rate - before 30 April 2008

Middle rate - from 01 May 2008 to30 November 2008

High rate - from 01 December 2008to 27 March 2008

Participants wishing to apply for membershipcan access the ICOH website for all therelevant information:

www.icoh2009.co.za

www.icohweb.org

Early Conference Registration

Conference Registration

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INSCRIPTIONSREGISTRATION FEES

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DELAI POUR LASOUMISSION DES RESUMÉS:

le 31 juilet 2008

Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez consulterle site Web suivant : www/icoh2009.co.za

De ce fait, vous n'êtes pas tenud'effectuer le paiement avant de soumettrevotre résumé.

SUJETS SCIENTIFIQUES

1. Early congress registration : 30 April 2008

3. Grant application submissions : 30 September 2008

5. Grant confirmations : 10 November 2008

7. Cancellations with reimbursement : 30 November 2008

2. Abstract submissions : 31 July 2008

4. Abstract acceptance notification : 15 October 2008

Pré-inscription au congrès le 30 avril 2008

Soumissions des demandes de subventions le 30 septembre 2008

Avis d'acceptation des résumés le 15 octobre 2008

Confirmations de subventions accordées le 10 novembre 2008

Inscription au congrès (Tarif normal) le 30 novembre 2008

Annulations avec remboursement le 30 novembre 2008

Soumissions des résumés le 31 juillet 2008

Inscription tardive le 28 février 2009

6. Congress registration (Middle rate) : 30 November 2008

8. Late registration : 28 February 2009