Program and speakers of the Technical Conference "Preventing Work-Related Cancer"

Check the details of the program and the speakers of the day.

Monday, November 20

12:30

Registration

13:00

Welcome cocktail

14:00
 

Welcome and presentations

Joaquín Pérez Rey
Secretary of State for Employment and Social Economy, MITES. Spain
Charlotte Grevfors Ernoult
Representative of the European Commission
William Cockburn Salazar
Executive Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, EU-OSHA
Carlos Arranz Cordero
Director of the National Institute for Safety and Health at Work, INSST. Spain
14:30
 

The roadmap on carcinogens: where do we stand?

Jos de Lange
TNO. Netherlands
14:45
 

Presentation of the first results of the EU-OSHA Workers´ Exposure Survey on Cancer Risk Factors in Europe (WES)

Marine Cavet
WES project coordinator. Prevention and Research Unit. EU-OSHA
15:30
 

Session: Sources of information on carcinogens

Introduction into the session

Elke Schneider
Senior OSH and policy specialist, EU-OSHA

Roadmap Challenge 1.1 - Sources of exposure data in EU

Sirkku Saarikoski
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Finland

The INFORCARQUIM database

Rocío Guevara de Bonis
INSST.  Spain
16:15

Coffee break

16:45
 

Face to face Parallel Sessions

Parallel Session 1 · CARCINOGENS NOT INCLUDED IN REACH

Moderator: Montserrat Solórzano Fàbrega 
INSST. Spain
Roadmap challenge 4.2 - Process-generated carcinogens. Exposure to silica dust
Gerlinde Ziniel
Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy, 
BMAW. Austria
Diesel motor exhaust fumes
Pablo Menéndez
National Institute for Silicosis. Spain
Hazardous medicinal products in hospitals
Nuria Jiménez Simón
INSST. Spain
Exposure to wood dust
Torunn Kringlen Ervik
STAMI. Norway

Parallel Session 2 · SAFE WORKING PROCEDURES & CARCINOGEN EXPOSURE PREVENTION

Moderator: Amber Vernooij
TNO. Netherlands
Roadmap challenge 4.3 - Safe working procedures
Marie Meima
TNO. Netherlands
Carcinogens at work: Knowledge is prevention. Carcinogenic Agents Fact Sheets
Teresa Sánchez Cabo
INSST. Spain
Good practice: Action protocol in case of unplanned presence of carcinogenic
José Terol
Repsol. Spain
Roadmap on carcinogens Challenge 4.1 - Bridging the gap between science (materials development) and the world of work (materials 
used throughout the life cycle).
Michaela Clever
BAuA. Germany

Parallel session 3 · ASBESTOS

Moderator: Marta Zimmermann Verdejo 
INSST, Spain
Prevention management in interventions in the presence of asbestos-containing materials in firefighting and rescue operations
Diana Torremocha García
INSST. Spain
Preventive management of interventions in the presence of asbestos-containing materials in Germany
Romy Marx
Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. 
Germany
Asbestos risk assessment in France: screening by the sponsor of the work and establishment of working procedures by the employer
Jeremy De Saint-Jores y Thomas Colin
Labour General Direction. France
18:15

End of parallel sessions

Tuesday, November 21

09:30

Presentation of the conclusions of the workshops

Rapporteur of the parallel session 1
Ruth Jimenez Saavedra
INSST. Spain
Rapporteur of the parallel session 2
Cristina Arrimadas Berzosa
INSST. Spain
Rapporteur of the parallel session 3
José María Rojo Aparicio
INSST. Spain
10:15

Conference: Green transition and OSH

Rüdiger Pipke
BAuA. Germany
10:45

Coffee break

11:15

Roundtable

CARCINOGENS IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND 
GREEN TRANSITION

Moderator: Pilar Cáceres Armendáriz
INSST. Spain
Lung toxicity of carbon nanotubes
Carole Seidel
INRS. France
Exposure risk assessment and management for
metals exposure in the battery industry
Steven Verpaele
Nickel Institute, Belgium
Solar UV Exposure
Silvia Torres Ruiz
INSST. Spain
12:15

Panel Discussion

EUROPEAN LEGISLATION ON CARCINOGENS. PROGRESS AND NEXT ACTIONS

Moderator: Virginia Gálvez Pérez
INSST. Spain
European Commission and representatives of the stakeholders of the Advisory Committee for Safety and Health at Work (ACSH): workers, employers and governments
Charlotte Grevfors Ernoult
COM representative
Isabel Maya Rubio
Representative of the EIG
Tony Musu
Representative of the WIG
Sirkku Saarikoski
Representative of the GIG
13:00

Closing session

Carlos Arranz Cordero
Director of the National Institute for Safety and Health at Work, INSST. Spain