The scientific programme will be on

 

Sunday 10th of June 2007 09.00 - 19.00

 

Monday 11th of June 2007 08.30 - 19.00

 

Tuesday 12th of June 2007 08.30 – 19.00

 

 

Preconference

Saturday

9th of June

Institute of Environmental Health (in the Institute of Hygiene), 1095 Wien

Kinderspitalgasse 15, lecture room 2nd floor

 

 

 

 

 

Workgroup

ISDE general assembly

Lilian Corra / Argentina

08.45 - 18.30

Workgroup

German Paediatrician Training Course

Stephan Boese-O´Reilly / Austria

 

 

 

 

19.00 - 22.00

Dinner reception

12 Apostelkeller

 


 

Sunday

10th of June

Medical University of Vienna (Medizinische Universität), 1090 Wien

Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, lecture rooms

 

 

 

 

09.00 – 10.00

Registration

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00 – 10.30

Plenary

Welcome address

 

 

 

INCHES

Peter van den Hazel / Netherlands

 

 

University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall

Uwe Siebert / Austria; Stephan Boese-O´Reilly / Austria

 

 

Institute of Environmental Hygiene Vienna

Michael Kundi / Austria, Hanns Moshammer / Austria

 

 

 

 

10.30 - 12.30

Plenary

Environmental risks for our children

Chair: Lilian Corra / Argentina

 

10.30-11.00

Global risk for children’s health

Maria Neira / Switzerland (WHO)

 

11.00-11.30

Burden of disease and children's environment

Giorgio Tamburlini / Italy (not confirmed)

 

11.30-12.00

Designing and building healthy places for children

Howard Frumkin / USA (ATDSR)

 

12.00-12.30

Nanotechnology

Vyvyan Howard / UK (ISDE)

 

 

 

 

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.30 – 15.00

Symposium

Air pollution – new aspects

Chairs: Hemsing Hurrynag / Mauritius; Joachim Heinrich / Germany

 

13.30-13.45

Fine particles, a major threat to children

Joachim Heinrich / Germany

 

13.45-14.00

Asthma and environment

Ondine von Ehrenstein / USA

 

14.00-14.15

Changing trends of asthma prevalence and seasonal variations in children

H. Paramesh / India

 

14.15-14.30

Respiratory health of Austrian school children

Hanns Moshammer / Austria

 

14.30-14.45

Asthma and the hygiene hypothesis

James Seltzer / USA

 

14.45-15.00

Discussion

Chairs: Hemsing Hurrynag / Mauritius; Joachim Heinrich / Germany

 

 

 

 

13.30 – 15.00

Symposium

Children's environmental health indicators (CEHI) - shaping priorities for action - part 1

Chair: Howard Frumkin / USA (CDC)

 

13.30-13.45

Opening remarks

Martha Berger / USA (EPA)

 

13.45-14.00

Making the case for action - The global initiative on children's environmental health indicators" - review on progress since WSSD

Fiona Gore / Switzerland (WHO)

 

14.00-14.15

CEHI in the United States and North America

Daniel Axelrad / USA (EPA)

 

14.15-14.30

CEH indicators in Canada

Susan Ecclestone / Canada (Health Canada)

 

14.30-14.45

CEHI at the US / Mexico border

Sally Edwards / USA (PAHO)

 

14.45-15.00

Discussion

Chair: Howard Frumkin / USA (CDC)

 

 

 

 

13.30 – 15.00

Workgroup

The Use of the Internet for Children's Health & the Environment - with practical training

Workshop by: Jerome Paulson /USA

 

 

 

 

15.00 - 15.15

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.15 - 16.15

Symposium

Fetal and embryological origin of diseases

Chairs: Janna Koppe / Netherlands, Wojciech Hanke / Poland

 

15.15.-15.30

Perinatal dioxin exposure in the Netherlands: the Amsterdam-Zaandam cohort, and a 15 year follow-up

Janna Koppe / Netherlands

 

15.30-15.45

Evidence of environmental translocation from mother to foetus

Antonietta M. Gatti / Italy

 

15.45-16.00

WHO activities on reproductive health and environment

Marie-Noel Brune / Switzerland (WHO)

 

16.00-16.15

Discussion

Chairs: Janna Koppe / Netherlands, Wojciech Hanke / Poland

 

 

 

 

15.15 – 16.15

Symposium

Children's environmental health indicators (CEHI) - shaping priorities for action - part 2

Chair: Howard Frumkin / USA (CDC)

 

15.15.-15.30

CEHAPE indicator based report : Children's health and the environment in Europe: A baseline assessment and information support to policy action

Dafina Dalbokova / Germany (WHO)

 

15.30-15.45

CEH policy indicators - A case study of UV radiation

Eva Kunseler / Finland

 

15.45-16.00

Reporting on environmental chemicals and children's health - A case study of POPs in human breast milk

Nida Besbelli / Germany (WHO EURO)

 

16.00-16.15

Discussion

Chair: Howard Frumkin / USA (CDC)

 

 

 

 

 15.15-16.15

Symposium

Cancer

Chair: Lorenzo Tomatis / Italy

 

15.15.-15.30

Incidence trends on childhood cancer

Charles Stiller / UK (not confirmed)

 

15.30-15.45

Childhood cancer and the environment

Michael Kundi / Austria

 

15.45-16.00

Early exposure to chemical additives on food and cancer

Morando Sofritti / Italy (not confirmed)

 

16.00-16.15

Flemish project on biomonitoring and carcinogens

Nicolas van Larebeke / Belgium

 

 

 

 

16.15 - 16.30

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.30 - 18.00

Symposium

Toxic metals

Chair: Christian Beinhoff / Austria

 

16.30-16.45

Exposure to arsenic and chromium on children playgrounds

Stephan Gabos / Canada

 

16.45-17.00

Arsenic in drinking water and ist toxicological impact on human health

Vinod Jena / India

 

17.00-17.15

Environmental exposure to platinum-group metals released by automotive catalytic converters: the case of urban youngsters of the city of Rome.

Marcelo Conti / Italy