April 18 to 19

ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH International conference

Promoted by ISDE in collaboration with International School on Environment, Health and Sustainable Development - SIASS

 

Simultaneous translation Italian-English-Italian will be provided on April 18-19

Grand Hotel Terme Astro - Via Castello, 2 - Tabiano Bagni – Salsomaggiore (PR)

 

ATTI del Convegno  ( 856KB)

 

 

April 17 (15.00-19.00) - ISDE Directing Board meeting

 

April 18

 

8.45-9.00        Welcome, Authorities

 

I SESSION:

Role and Responsibility of the Medical Profession in Environmental Health

9.00-13.00

Chairs: Amedeo Bianco (President Italian Federation of Medical Associations – FNOMCeO); Roberto Romizi (President of ISDE Italy, SIASS Coordinator)

 

Profession values for life ecosystem protection, Maurizio Benato (FNOMCeO ) ( 856KB)

Environmental burden of disease, WHO representative

Tools to improve medical professional participations: education and information, WHO representative

Centrality of primary prevention, Maria Grazia

 (ISDE Italy, Local Health Agency USL 11  Empoli)

Primary prevention between science and ethics: the lasting lesson of L. Tomatis, Stefano Beccastrini (ISDE Italy, SIASS)

 

Round table - Health protection and Colleges of Physicians

12.00-13.00

Chair:  Nicolino D’Autilia (FNOMCeO)

 

Participants:

 

II SESSION: Climate Change and Health Effects

14.30-18.30

Chairs: Bettina Menne (WHO); Vyvyan Howard (ISDE) ( 21257KB)

 

WHO World Year on Climate Change and Health, Bettina Menne (WHO) ( 652KB)

Climate change and chemical safety, Lilian Corra (ISDE Argentina) ( 679KB)

Greenhouse gases, combustion and health costs, Vincenzo Migaleddu (ISDE Italy; WWF) ( 3491KB)

Climate Change: action to prevent and protect health effects in the more vulnerable population, Philip Michael (ISDE Ireland) ( 341KB)

 

Round table – Role of health professionals

17.30-18.30

Chair: Roberto Romizi

 

Participants:

Simone Orlandini (Florence University)                                                                   →

Hanns Moshammer (ISDE Austria)

Paolo Lauriola (ARPA Emilia Romagna; ISDE Italy)

Guy Magnus (ISDE Belgium; SREH Advocacy Network)                                      

 

 

April 19

 

III SESSION: Chemical Safety and Health

9.00-13.00

Chairs: Judy Stober (IFCS Secretariat) ( 1922KB); Lilian Corra (FSC IFCS) ( 92KB)

 

Nanotechnology and Health: what is new? Vyvyan Howard (ISDE)

Heavy Metals: New International strategies to phase out highly toxic Lead, Mercury and Cadmiun. Nida Besbelli (WHO) ( 1452KB)

SAICM - Strategic Approach to the International Management of Chemicals, Lilian Corra (FSC IFCS)

The REACH regulation, a tool to implement the precaution and responsibility principles, Gianni Tamino (ISDE Italy; Padova University) ( 1339KB)

Environmental health: science, policy or both? Peter van den Hazel (ISDE Netherlands; INCHES) ( 1410KB)

 

Round table - Health Professionals can help

12.00-13.00

Chair: Vyvyan Howard (ISDE)

 

Participants:

Stefania Borgo (ISDE Italy, SIASS)

Cathey Falvo (ISDE USA)

Valerio Gennaro (ISDE Italy) ( 249B)

Peter Kalin (ISDE Switzerland)

Marcelo Enrique Conti (Università Roma La Sapienza)

 

IV SESSION: Chronic diseases: the case for urgent global action

14.30-18.30

Chairs: Leda Nemer (WHO) ( 1236KB); Fabrizio Bianchi (Pisa CNR; ISDE Italy) ( 99KB)

 

Environmental changes and fetal origins of adult diseases, Ernesto Burgio (ISDE Italy) ( 6753KB)

Actions taken under Children’s Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe - CEHAPE, Leda Nemer (WHO)

Certainties and uncertainties on Children’s Environmental Health, Giorgio Tamburlini (ISDE Italy)


Round table – The increase of children’s cancers: just alarmism?

17.30-18.30

Chair: Sergio Bernasconi (Parma University)

 

Participants:

Gaetano Rivezzi (ISDE Italy) ( 554KB)

Patrizia Gentilini (ISDE Italy) ( 1676KB)

 

April 20 (9.00-13.00) - DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCES National Conference

ISDE Italy Directing and Scientific Boards Meeting

 

Final Tests