Conference Programme

 

Programme-at-a-Glance

TIME

PRESENTATION

VENUE

12.00 – 17.00

Pre Conference Workshop

Room 4

13.00 – 17.00

Pre Conference Tour

 

18.00 – 21.00

Conference Opening Reception

Rooms 1-3

 

 

 

CONFERENCE DAY 1: 28 MAY 2020

08.15 – 08.30

Conference Welcome Session

Auditorium

08.30 – 09.15

Opening Keynote: Working and Breathing in Global Africa.

Auditorium

09.15 – 10.45

Abstracts Session 1: Colonialism, Crossroads of Empires and Workers’ Health

Auditorium

10.45 – 11.15

TEA and COFFEE

Dining Room

11.15 – 12.00

Keynote 2: The Guardians of Workers’ Bodies: Rise and Fall of the Role of Unions in OEH

Auditorium

12.00 – 13.30

Abstracts Session 2: Old Occupations: Mining History and Health

Auditorium

13.30 – 14.30

LUNCH

Dining Room

14.30 – 16.00

Panel Discussion: Historical perspectives of OEH in Africa – the tracing of the emergence of disciplines in occupational health

Auditorium

16.00 – 16.30

TEA AND COFFEE

Dining Room

16.30 – 17.30

Parallel Abstract Sessions 3.1: Truth, Hope and the Unknown

Auditorium

16.30 – 17.30

Parallel Abstract Sessions 3.2: Organisation and Government

Room 4

17.30 – 18.15

ICOH SC Business Meeting

Auditorium

19.00 – 23.00

Conference Dinner

TBC

 

 

 

CONFERENCE DAY 2: 29 MAY 2020

08.45 – 9.30

Keynote 3: Occupational Health as a Ligament of Empire: Histories from the Gold Coast (Ghana) & India

Auditorium

09.30 – 11.00

Abstracts Session 4: Work processes and Occupational Diseases

Auditorium

11.00 – 11.30

TEA AND COFFEE

Dining Room

11.30 – 13.00

Parallel Abstract Sessions 5.1: Migration, Colonies and Worker Health

Auditorium

11.30 – 13.00

Parallel Abstract Sessions 5.2: Informal Work, Migrant Workers and Women

Room 4

13.00 – 14.00

LUNCH

Dining Room

14.00 – 15.00

Poster Presentation and Discussion (See Titles and Presenters below)

Rooms 1 – 3

15.00 – 15.45

Keynote 4: Immigration and Indentured Labour

Auditorium

15.45 – 16.00

Presentation of International Award

Auditorium

16.00 – 16.45

Closing Keynote: The Invisible aspects of OEH

Auditorium

16.45 – 17.00

Conference Closure

Auditorium

 

Programme Detail

TIME

PRESENTATION

PRESENTER/S 

(CO-CHAIRS)

VENUE

PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: 27 MAY 2020

12.00 – 13.00

Workshop Social

 

Dining Room

13.00 – 15.00

Bootcamp: How to do history in OEH – Session 1

Catherine Burns, Thembisa Waetjen; Gabrielle Hecht, Keith Breckenridge 

Room 4

15.00 – 15.30

Workshop Tea

 

Dining Room

15.30 – 17.00

Bootcamp: How to do history in OEH – Session 2

Catherine Burns, Thembisa Waetjen; Gabrielle Hecht, Keith Breckenridge 

Room 4

 

 

 

 

PRE CONFERENCE TOUR: 27 MAY 2020

12.30 – 17.00

Tour of Durban and Museums: Participants to meet in Foyer of Conference Venue

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONFERENCE OPENING RECEPTION

18.00 – 21.00

Rooms 1-3 at Conference Venue

 

 

 

 

 

CONFERENCE DAY 1: 28 MAY 2020

08.15 – 08.20

Conference Welcome

Conference Chair: Rajen Naidoo

Auditorium

08.20 – 08.25

ICOH SC Welcome

ICOH SC Chair: Paul Blanc

Auditorium

08.25 – 08.30

UKZN Welcome

DVC Health Sciences: Prof Busi Ncama

Auditorium

08.30 – 09.15

Opening Keynote: Working and Breathing in Global Africa.

Gabrielle Hecht

(Chair: Kjell Toren)

Auditorium

 

 

 

 

09.15 – 10.45

Abstracts Session 1: Colonialism, Crossroads of Empires and Workers’ Health

Co-Chairs: Kjell Toren and Saloshni Naidoo

Auditorium

09.15 – 09.30

Workers health and the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga in the Belgian Congo

Nemery B

 

09.30 – 09.45

A Global History of Occupational Health and Safety in Agriculture.

Schenker, M

 

09.45 – 10.00

Occupational Health of Migrant Workers: The colonial legacy of unhealthy working conditions

Seneviratne M

 

10.00 – 10.15

The Colonial Legacy of Mercury Toxicity: The Story of Thor and a Tribute to Mark Colvin

Hariparsad, S

 

10.15 – 10.30

Work Accident Insurance in the Italian colonial empire

Riva, MA

 

10.30 – 10.45

“Left behind”: Migrant farm workers & the necessity of cross-sector collaboration for health & wellbeing in South Africa

De Gruchy, T

 

 

 

 

 

10.45 – 11.15

TEA and COFFEE

Dining Room

 

 

 

 

11.15 – 12.00

Keynote 2: The Guardians of Workers’ Bodies: Rise and Fall of the Role of Unions in OEH

Arthur McIvor

(Chair: Rodney Ehrlich)

Auditorium

 

 

 

 

12.00 – 13.30

Abstracts Session 2: Old Occupations: Mining History and Health

Co-Chairs: Rodney Ehrlich and Thembisa Waetjen

Auditorium

12.00 – 12.15

Leveraging the association between silica dust and autoimmunity to explore the role of “environment” in idiopathic systemic disorders.

Cavalin, C

 

12.15 – 12.30

Reconstructing the fragmented history of “Colinet-Caplan syndrome”.

Ronsman, S

 

12.30 – 12.45

Silicotuberculosis – unstable in history and neglected in science.

Ehrlich, R

 

12.45 – 13.00

The legacy of the manufacture and use of asbestos-cement in Katanga (DR Congo)

Nemery, B

 

13.00 – 13.15

Social and Clinical History of Occupational Diseases in Chilean Mining

Parra, M

 

13.15 – 13.30

Historical Response to Environmental Disasters in the United States: A review of governmental intervention

Wilkenfeld, M

 

 

 

 

 

13.30 – 14.30

LUNCH

Dining Room

 

 

 

 

14.30 – 16.00

Panel Discussion: Historical perspectives of OEH in Africa – the tracing of the emergence of disciplines in occupational health

 

Panellists: Rene Loewenson (Zimbabwe), Edith Clarke (Ghana), Chafiq Hicham (Morocco), David Stanton (South Africa)

(Chair: Sophia Kisting-Cairncross)

Auditorium

 

 

 

 

16.00 – 16.30

TEA AND COFFEE

Dining Room

 

 

 

 

16.30 – 17.30

Parallel Abstract Sessions 3.1: Truth, Hope and the Unknown

Co-Chairs: Muzimkhulu Zungu and Sujatha Hariparsad

Auditorium

16.30 – 16.45

Legal Discovery and the Search for Truth.

Castleman, B

 

16.45 – 17.00

The history of a hypothesis: On acute and chronic kidney disease in industrial agriculture.

Jakobsson, K

 

17.00 – 17.15

Three decades of HIV and TB in the South African Mining Industry: from despair to hope.

Govender, VG

 

17.15 – 17.30

Artificial stone silicosis as a new public issue:  the Spanish case

Menéndez-Navarro, A

 

 

 

 

 

16.30 – 17.30

Parallel Abstract Sessions 3.2: Organisation and Government

Co-Chairs: Rene Loewensen and Shumani Phaswana

Room 4

16.30 – 16.45

The contribution of ICOH Congresses in the evolution of knowledge and preventive actions for the protection of workers’ health and safety

Lavicoli, S

 

16.45 – 17.00

The History of MEDICHEM and the ICOH SC on Chemical Industry.

Coombs WM

 

17.00 – 17.15

Occupational Hygiene in Mining in Africa

Badenhorst, C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.15 – 18.15

ICOH SC Business Meeting

 

Auditorium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.00 – 23.00

Conference Dinner

Shuttle services will be provided from the Coastlands on the Ridge Hotel from 18.45

 

TBC

 

 

 

 

CONFERENCE DAY 2: 29 MAY 2020

08.45 – 9.30

Keynote 3: Occupational Health as a Ligament of Empire: Histories from the Gold Coast (Ghana) & India

Laura Alfers

(Chair: Gabrielle Hecht)

Auditorium

 

 

 

 

09.30 – 11.00

Abstracts Session 4: Work processes and Occupational Diseases

                 Co-Chairs: Shahieda Adams and Alfredo Menéndez-Navarro

Auditorium

09.30 – 09.45

Thomasslag pneumonia

Toren, K

 

09.45 – 10.00

Importance of historical information for exposure assessment in the soft tissue paper industry

Andersson, E

 

10.00 – 10.15

Benzene and leukemia. The contribution of the occupational medicine in Northern Italy

Belingheri, M

 

10.15 – 10.30

“Tennis leg”: how disease nosology can obscure work-relatedness.

Domeracki, S

 

10.30 – 10.45

A burning issue: the history of industrial burns and scalds in nineteenth-century Britain

Reinarz, J

 

10.45 – 11.00

The good in the racist Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act, 78 of 1973

Balfour, T

 

 

 

 

 

11.00 – 11.30

TEA AND COFFEE

Dining Room

 

 

 

 

11.30 – 13.00

Parallel Abstract Sessions 5.1: Migration, Colonies and Worker Health

Co-Chairs: Simon Mamuya and Edith Clarke

Auditorium

11.30 – 12.00

Lead Talk: The European Greed for Gold and Silver, Slavery, and the Development of Occupational Health

David Stanton –

 

12.00 – 12.15

Healthcare facilities for migrant workers in 18th century Almaden mercury mines.

Menéndez-Navarro, A

 

12.15 – 12.30

Jean Rodier: a pioneer in occupational medicine in Morocco.

Hicham, C

 

12.30 – 12.45

Historic Evolution of Occupational Health of Migrant Workers in the US: From social vulnerability to strong advocacy.

Salmen-Navarro, A

 

12.45 – 13.00

Advancing Our Understanding of Migration, Work, and Health by Exploring Our Historical Roots in Social Medicine.

Flynn, M

 

 

 

 

 

11.30 – 13.00

Parallel Abstract Sessions 5.2: Informal Work, Migrant Workers and Women

Co-Chairs: Keith Breckenridge and Julius Fobil

Room 4

11.30 – 12.00

Lead Talk: Decolonizing Occupational Health: Informal Workers and the Struggle for Occupational Health

Francie Lund

 

12.00 – 12.15

The role of the first industrial heath nurse in migrant workers’ health

Hirdi, H

 

12.15 – 12.30

History of the Braceros —Migrant Laborers in California, US.

Das, R

 

12.30 – 12.45

A hidden history – perspectives on the role of women in the history of occupational and environmental health and safety in Africa in the past 60 years

Kisting-Cairncross, S

 

12.45 – 13.00

Women and Girls In Mine Labour: From Italy To South Africa.

Salerno, S

 

 

 

 

 

13.00 – 14.00

LUNCH

Dining Room

 

 

 

 

14.00 – 15.00

Poster Presentation and Discussion

(See Titles and Presenters below)

Paul Blanc and Rajen Naidoo

 

15.00 – 15.45

Keynote 4: Immigration and Indentured Labour

Ashwin Desai

(Chair: Francie Lund)

Auditorium

 

 

 

 

15.45 – 16.00

Presentation of International Award

Paul Blanc and Kjell Toren

Auditorium

16.00 – 16.45

Closing Keynote: The Invisible aspects of OEH

Keith Breckenridge (Chair: Paul Blanc)

 

16.45 – 17.00

Conference Closure

Paul Blanc and Rajen Naidoo

 

 

 

 

 

Poster Themes [presentation at 14.00 – 15.00 on Day 2]

Colonialism and Health (Venue: Room 1)

P1. Silvere Kokou KEVI. The first steps of occupational health during the German colonization in Togo: 1884-1914.

P2. Vearey, J. Decolonizing migrant health in the world of work – from vectors to people

P3. Acquah A.A. Electronic waste recycling and its associated ergonomic exposures among e-waste workers at Agbogbloshie, Accra.

Mining and Health (Venue: Room 1)

P4. Renton, K. Big time hazard in small scale mining.

P5. Nkhama, E. Effect of mining related air pollution on human health between 2000 – 2018: the case of Zambia.

P6. Ndlovu, N. Evaluation of production of research outputs of the Pathology Division, National Institute for Occupational Health.

P7. Govender, VG. A History of the Mine Medical Professionals Association.

P8. Riva, M.A. The contribution of Italian doctors on silicosis and asbestosis at the 1930 International Labor Office Conference on Silicosis in Johannesburg.

 Agricultural and Environmental Exposures (Venue: Room 2)

P9. Pelclova, D. 50 years history and consequences of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin intoxication in the Czech workers.

P10. Glaser, J. A way forward: The Adelante Initiative, protecting laborers in a warming world.

P11. Njee RM. Assessment of exposure and health impact of indoor biomass smoke sources in Rombo, Tanzania.

Work Processes and Exposures (Venue: Room 2)

P12. Photphisutthiphong, T. Periodic health examination of female sex workers in Bangkok, Thailand.

P13. Dahlman-Höglund, A. Metal working fluids and bacteria.

P14. Kwarteng, L. The history of e-waste at Agbobloshie, Accra, Ghana.

Organisation (Venue: Room 2)

P15. Mamuya, S. Collaborative effort to build capacity for Universities in the reduction of the occupational injuries and diseases among workers in Tanzania.

P16. Zaidi, M.A. ICOH-SAC: A short history; yet significant contribution.

P17. Kocks DJ. SASOM 70: 1948 to date.

P18. Amoabeng N. History of Occupational Health and Safety Laws in Ghana.

P19. Davies, K. History of the Scientific Committee on Occupational Health Nursing then till now.

P20. Rees, D. Margaret Becklake – A lifetime advancing occupational health

P21. Lu, JL. History of Occupational Health in the Philippines

Migrant and Informal Work (Venue: Room 3)

P22. Kedote, N.M. Needs, opportunities and challenges assessment of environmental and occupational health teaching and research sustainability in West Africa.

P23. Ribeiro, E.A. Asbestos in Brazil: The process of creating agendas, subjects and policies.

P24. Hui, C. Decolonizing migrant heath – flipping the map.

P25. Takyi, SA. A historical perspective of dietary transitions and occupational exposures among informal e-waste workers in Ghana