08.30 |
Registration |
09.00 |
Conference Opening Ms Frances Wright OHSI Hon. Pres. |
09.05 |
Annual Tom O’Connor Lecture: “Nano-Particles” |
09.50 |
“Advances in Diffusive sampling” Eddie Salter, SKC |
10.35 |
Tea/Coffee Break |
11.00 |
“Setting OELs” Nicholas DePaor, Health and Safety Authority. |
11.45 |
"Development and Validation of New Occupational Hygiene Air
and Surface Sampling Methods". Matt Meiners, Bureau Veritas. |
12.30 |
Open Forum |
12.45 |
Business Networking Session, |
13.00 |
Lunch |
14.00 |
OHSI AGM – all members welcome. |
14.20 |
“The Future of Occupational Hygiene” Frances Wright, OHSI Pres. |
14.30 |
“Advanced REACH Tool” Patricia McDonnell, NUIG. |
14.45 |
“Reliability of measurements of respirable crystalline silica at proposed
exposure limits”. Peter Stacey, Health and Safety Laboratory, UK. |
15.30 |
“Utilizing New Tools for Hazard Communication”. Max Lum, NIOSH-CDC |
16.15 |
Conference Close. Ms Frances Wright OHSI Hon. Pres |
Dr. Norah O’Farrell is an Inspector in the Chemicals Policy and Services Division of the Health and Safety Authority (HSA). Norah is the Irish delegate to the European Commission’s REACH Competent Authority’s subgroup on nanotechnology and the Irish nominee to the OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials.
Eddie Salter is currently Managing Director of SKC Ltd and a Director of SKC Inc –USA. Eddie has over 40 years of practical experience in gas analysis, analytical techniques and air sampling, principally with the Atomic Energy Authority. Eddie was involved in designing gas chromatographs early in the 1960’s. Eddie has lectured extensively across the UK and worldwide and presented at the first meeting of the OHSI.
Matt Meiners is a Division Manager for the Bureau Veritas Lake Zurich Industrial Hygiene laboratory. He has 25 years of experience in IH sample analysis and method development, focused in the pharmaceutical and related industries for the past 15 years. Matt is a contributing author to the ISPE Guidance Document, “Assessing the Containment Performance of Pharmaceutical Equipment”, is certifi ed in industrial hygiene by ABIH (CIH) and his professional affi liations include AIHA, ISPE, and AAPS.
Dr Max R. Lum Ed.D., MPA, is Director of the Offi ce of Health Communication and Global Collaboration at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). He is responsible for the NIOSH’s initiatives in health communication, media relations and serves as team leader for the international program portfolio of the Institute.
Nicholas DePaor is an inspector with the Health and Safety Authority. He holds a master’s degree in Occupational Hygiene from the University of Greenwich and has 25 years of experience in all aspects of occupational hygiene and general safety in the pharmaceutical industry. For the past 3 years he has been an inspector with the Health and Safety Authority in the Chemicals Policy Services Division, specialising in Occupational Hygiene policy.
Peter Stacey is a chartered chemist, member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and convener of the International Standards Organisation working group on silica measurement. He is a senior scientist at the Health and Safety Laboratory in the UK and project manager for research concerning the measurement of workers’ exposure to respirable crystalline silica.
Frances Wright is the current honorary president of the OHSI and managing director of Wright Environmental Services, an environmental and occupational hygiene consultancy company, specialising in air and noise monitoring.
Patricia McDonnell completed her M.Sc. in Occupational Health and Safety, worked as a consultant Occupational Hygienist, and is currently doing a PhD in Occupational Hygiene in National University of Ireland Galway. Her research, funded by GlaxoSmithKline, aims to refi ne and validate the Advanced REACH Tool (ART) specifically for the pharmaceutical industry.
Presentation materials and resources from the OHSI 2010 Conference are available to all attendees from the event's download area.
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