MEDICHEM 2011 - Invitation to register

October 25, 2010 

MEDICHEM 2011 - Invitation for Exhibition and/or Sponsoring

March 15, 2011

MEDICHEM 2011 - Register as early bird until March 15!

February 25, 2011 

MEDICHEM 2011 - Scientific Program available. Information for bookings until April 15

April 01, 2011 

MEDICHEM 2011 - Last chance to book an exhibition booth until May 10!

April 29, 2011

MEDICHEM 2011 - Last chance to register until May 15!

April 29, 2011 

For any questions please contact medichem2011@bgrci.de.  

Either Gabriele Haass or Dr. Maren Beth-Huebner will answer you.

For urgent cases only, which do need personal contact:

Gabriele Haass

Tel.: 0049 6221 523409

Fax.: 0049 6221 523420

or

Dr. Maren Beth-Hübner

Tel.: 0049 6221 523400

Fax.: 0049 6221 523420

Organizer: 

BG RCI (Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie; German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the raw materials and chemical industry, formerly BG Chemie)

Kurfürsten-Anlage 62

69115 Heidelberg/Germany

c/o Dr. med. Maren Beth-Hübner

Chair of the Organizing Committee

Tel: +49 (0)6221 523 400

Fax: +49 (0)6221 523 420

E-mail: maren.beth-huebner@bgrci.de

medichem2011@bgrci.de

Web: www.medichem2011.org

Venue:

Heidelberg Marriott Hotel, Vangerowstraße 16,

69115 Heidelberg, Germany, Phone: +49 (0)6221 908-610

www.heidelberg-marriott.com

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View on the Congress Venue and Exhibition Plan.

The exhibition will be located in the same passage from the Marriott Lobby to main conference hall, where also the Coffee breaks and Poster presentations will take place. The breaks will be long enough for the congress participants to walk around and inform themselves about the new developments you, the exhibitors, present. Therefore, the best possible interaction with the conference participants is expected.

The Exhibition and Sponsoring Packages are described at the Registration Form for Exhibitors and Sponsors. 

To discuss any question or alternative proposals for your company's involvement please contact:

Dr. med. Maren Beth-Hübner

Chair of the Organizing Committee

Tel: +49 (0)6221 523 400

Fax: +49 (0)6221 523 420

E-mail: maren.beth-huebner@bgrci.de (quoting "Sponsorship and Exhibition" in the subject line)

medichem2011@bgrci.de (quoting "Sponsorship and Exhibition" in the subject line)

The accreditation of 15 credits (points) in the category B for participants of the MEDICHEM Congress 2011 in Heidelberg has been approved from the Medical Association of Baden-Württemberg (Landesärztekammer Baden-Württemberg) for Continuous Medical Education. A certificate will be issued during the congress.

The Swiss Accreditation Authority has approved 21 credits for participants of the whole congress.

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• World-famous castle and landmark sites
• Germanys oldest university: 625th anniversary in 2011
• 145.000 inhabitants
•  Pioneering research and science institutes
•  9 Nobel laureates
• Symbol of the German Romantic Movement and inspiration to numerous writers and poets
• A city in balance with natur
• Mediterranean climate and vegetation
• Lively hub of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region

The city of Heidelberg, home to Germany´s oldest university founded in 1386, celebrating its 625^th anniversary in 2011, with its romantic townscape is an event in itself. The harmonious ensemble of the world´s most famous castle ruins, the Old Town and the Neckar river nestling amongst the hills already inspired the painters and poets of 19th century Romanticism. Heidelbergs fascination continues until today for millions of visitors from all over the world.

Heidelberg is located approximately 80 km to the south of Frankfurt. Getting to and from Heidelberg is simple by either plane, train or road. From Frankfurt airport to Heidelberg we recommend to book the TLS Transfer door-to-door shuttle-service (Euro 33,00 one way), which brings you directly to the hotel you booked and back from there to the airport. With the following links you can book your flights, and book your train, and find your car route. 

For English information about getting to Heidelberg and away, as well as about visitor attractions, restaurants, bars and useful facts for the visitor please click here.

Useful English information about sightseeing in Heidelberg with beautiful pictures and short descriptions you will find here. 

Helpful English information about the history of Heidelberg, the student restaurants, the region, and the attractions of Heidelberg with many photos you can find here.

Nice picures about all main attractions in Heidelberg with very short English information are shown here.

A suggestion for 3 days in Heidelberg with walking tours for two days and excursions out of town for the third day is given here.

Name	Present Job Information	Country
Dr. Peter J. Boogaard	Senior Toxicologist, Shell International BV	Netherlands
Dr. Stephen W. Borron	International Toxicology Consultants, LLC	USA
Dr. Adriaan Combrinck	Elixir Health Consultants	South Africa
Prof. Elpida-Niki Emmanouil-Nikoloussi	Associate Professor of Histology-Embryology & Anthropology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Greece
Dr. Jiin Ger	Taipei Veterans General Hospital	Taiwan
Prof. Koichi Kono	Dept. of Hygiene and Public Health, Osaka Medical College	Japan
Dr. Jorge A. Morales Camino	Associate Medical Director, Procter & Gamble	Mexico
Dr. Diane J. Mundt	Senior Manager, ENVIRON International Corporation	USA
Dr. Abed bin Onn	47500 Subang Jaya Selangor	Malaysia
Prof. Dr. Todor Popov	Head of Dept. of Toxicology, National Centre of Hygiene and Occupational Health	Bulgaria
Dr. Thirumalai Rajgopal	Medichem President (Chairman), Vice President, Medical and Occupational Health, Hindustan, Unilever Limited & Head of Occupational Health, Unilever Asia	India
Dr. Shrinivas Shanbhag	Chief Medical Advisor, Reliance Industries Ltd.	India
Dr. Edwin Whiteside	Exxon-Mobil Oil (N2), Unilever Australasia	New Zealand
Dr. Avi Wiener	Director of Institute of Preventive Occupational Medicine, Rambam Medical Center	Israel
Doz. Dr. Robert Winker	Senior Physician, Occupational Medicine Unit, University of Vienna	Austria

Please follow the respective links in the speakers list at the right side of this page for more information on each member of the Committees:

Organizing Committee:

• Dr. Maren Beth-Hübner, BG RCI (Chair)
• Thomas Birk, ENVIRON Germany GmbH
• Dr. Andreas Flückiger, Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
• Gabriele Haass, BG RCI
• Dr. Steffen Hitzeroth, Procter & Gamble Service GmbH
• Thomas Köhler, Managing Director, BG RCI
• Dr. Michael Nasterlack, BASF SE
• Dr. Erwin Radek, President, ISSA Section on Prevention in the Chemical Industry, and Honorary Life Member of MEDICHEM
• Professor Dr. Alfred Thiess, Founder and Honorary President of MEDICHEM
• Dr. Harald Wellhäußer, BG RCI

We, the Organizing Committee, greatly look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues at MEDICHEM 2011 in Heidelberg next year in early June. Register early (possible from 15 June 2010 - 15 March 2011) to take all the advantages we offer for early birds!

Scientific Committee

• Dr. Maren Beth-Hübner, BG RCI (Chair)
• Thomas Birk, ENVIRON Germany GmbH
• Dr. Andreas Flückiger, Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
• Dr. Steffen Hitzeroth, Procter & Gamble Service GmbH
• Dr. Matthias Kluckert, BG RCI
• Dr. Michael Nasterlack, BASF SE
• Professor Dr. Alfred Thiess, Founder and Honorary President of MEDICHEM
• Dr. Harald Wellhäußer, BG RCI

Local Organizing Team

• Dr. Maren Beth-Hübner, BG RCI, Heidelberg (Chair)
• Annett Bruhns, BG RCI, Langenhagen
• Helga Dykema, BG RCI, Heidelberg
• Gabriele Haass, BG RCI, Heidelberg
• Holger Imhoff, BG RCI, Langenhagen
• Christoph Mann, BG RCI, Heidelberg

Technical Support

• Doris Keller, BG RCI, Heidelberg
• Bernd Nellinger, BG RCI, Mainz 

Dear Exhibitor, dear Sponsor,

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I'm proud to invite you today to participate actively at the international MEDICHEM Congress from 2 - 5 June 2011 in Heidelberg!

It is anticipated that the 2011 International Occupational Health Event - MEDICHEM 2011 in Heidelberg - will attract around 200 top delegates from all over the world: Occupational health physicians, especially the medical directors of the global chemical and pharmacological players, occupational hygienists, epidemiologists, toxicologists, environmental and safety specialists, occupational health nurses, regulators, and students in these fields.

With an A-List of brilliant speakers we intend to provide scientific excellence and exchange of knowledge on cutting-edge developments between science and practise within the different topics of the MEDICHEM 2011 Theme: Occupational Health in a Changing World: 

• REACH - Impact on occupational and environmental health
• Nanotechnology - Challenges and solutions
• Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) - Status and developments
• Biomarkers - Progress in research and practical application
• Toxicology - New results, emerging risks
• Regulation in occupational health - Recent developments
• Shift work and cancer - Current discussion
• Case Reports - Interesting observations in the occupational health world
• Occupational health - Trends and evolution
• Adverse effects on employees, customers and the general public - Preventive measures

The overall goal is to increase safety and health, and resulting from this also the productivity, of the workers at their workplaces in the production and use of chemicals. We will stage a congress touching all areas and aspects of preventive occupational health and safety.

Besides this it is my goal - and I personally will put all my efforts into it - that all participants, including the exhibitors and sponsors, will not only benefit from a productive and profitable congress but also enjoy a few memorable days in Heidelberg in the early summer of 2011. To reach this goal we offer an all-inclusive conference package and an attractive social programme as well as a comfortable congress venue with on-site accommodation, situated on the banks of the Neckar River. The City of Heidelberg, with its romantic townscape is an event in itself and attracts millions of visitors from all over the world.

Therefore MEDICHEM 2011 is presenting an excellent advertising opportunity for agencies, companies and organisations which have to do something with the themes and topics of the congress and which want to reach the target groups of the conference.

Exhibition will be posed in the same area of the breaks, which will be long enough for the congress participants to walk around and inform themselves about the new developments you, the exhibitors, present.

Below are examples of some of the exhibition and sponsoring packages available, although we are happy to be flexible to reflect each organisation's individual needs. To discuss further your company's involvement in Sponsorship and Exhibition at MEDICHEM 2011, please contact Dr. Maren Beth-Hübner, medichem2011@bgrci.de, quoting "Sponsorship & Exhibition" in the subject line.

With this information I am sure to have kindled your interest in attending this major event.

I am greatly looking forward to welcoming you personally at the 39th MEDICHEM-Congress 2011 in Heidelberg, Germany for an unconventional as well as socially enjoyable meeting! 

Dr. Maren Beth-Hübner 

Chair of the Organizing Committee

Exhibition and Sponsorship Programme for the 39th MEDICHEM Congress 2011 in Heidelberg, Germany, 2 - 5 June, 2011

The MEDICHEM Prize will be open to trainees in the fields of Occupational Medicine, Occupational Health (including Occupational Health Nursing), Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Occupational Safety, Toxicology and Epidemiology. Only residents of the country hosting the congress are eligible. Applicants should submit papers for oral presentation at the Congress. Information about the MEDICHEM Prize.

Information about the MEDICHEM Young Professionals Program.

Conference Fees 

With the conference fee of 590 Euro, which also includes the social events, we hope to satisfy participants who have an active working life. To give a possibility for our retired colleagues to join the congress we offer a reduced fee for them of 250 Euro, all inclusive. Register early for reduced prices!

The congress social events (all included in the conference fee) will feature the Opening Ceremony, framed by music, with cold and warm buffet reception on Thursday, an organ concert in the Church of the Holy Spirit in the heart of Heidelberg's famous Old Town and the reception by the Mayor of Heidelberg at the Town Hall just opposite the church on Friday, as well as the Champagne reception on the Castle Gallery, the Gala Dinner in the Castle, and the Giant Firework display on Saturday. Also included in the conference fee is an Excursion to BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, which is the cradle of MEDICHEM in the year 1972, on invitation of BASF on Thursday morning, before the official opening of the Congress on Thursday evening.

With this all-inclusive conference package we hope that all participants will not only benefit from a productive and profitable congress but also enjoy a few memorable days in Heidelberg in the early summer of 2011. We greatly look forward to welcoming you at MEDICHEM 2011 in Heidelberg, Germany.

Registration

Complete: Registration Form

Send to: medichem2011@bgrci.de with Registration in the subject line. 

Please consider: The Registration Form is interactive, with the advantage that the fees are calculated automaticly, and with the disadvantage, that every step takes its time. Please be patient. 

MEDICHEM Membership

If you wish to become a member of MEDICHEM please fill in the form Application for MEDICHEM Membership (Euro 40.00/year) and send to medichem2011@bgrci.de with Membership in the subject line.

MEDICHEM Prize, Scholarship and Young Professionals Award

If you would like to apply with your abstract for one of the awards please consult the information at MEDICHEM Prize and Scholarships first and mark the respective in the Registration Form as well as in the Abstract Form. 

Cancellation and Refund Policy: Up to six weeks prior to the conference you may cancel your registration for the conference without penalty and receive a refund with the exception of a handling fee of Euro 30; 50% refund is available for cancellation requested between three to six weeks prior to the conference; and no refund will be available after the three week window. The cancellation date is determined by the date the participant e-mails the cancellation to medichem2011@bgrci.de with "Cancellation" in the subject line.

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The congress social events (all included in the conference fee) will feature the Opening Ceremony, framed by music, with cold and warm buffet reception on Thursday, an organ concert in the Church of the Holy Spirit in the heart of Heidelberg's famous Old Town and the reception by the Mayor of Heidelberg at the Town Hall just opposite the church on Friday, as well as the Champagne reception on the Castle Gallery, the Gala Dinner in the Castles Ottheinrichsbau, and the Giant Firework display on Saturday. Also included in the conference fee is an Excursion to BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, which is the cradle of MEDICHEM in the year 1972, on invitation of BASF on Thursday morning, before the official opening of the Congress on Thursday evening.

With this all-inclusive conference package we hope that all participants not only benefit from a productive and profitable congress but also enjoy a few memorable days in Heidelberg in the early summer of 2011. We greatly look forward to welcoming you at MEDICHEM 2011 in Heidelberg, Germany.  

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Excursions for Accompanying Persons (to be booked via Registration Form)

-	River Neckar Valley Roundtrip, Friday, 03.06.2011 Time: 9:30 - 13:00 hrs. (Minimum of participants: 15 persons) Beginning/end of tour: Heidelberg Marriott Hotel Pick up by boat directly at the hotel and trip to the public landing stage at the convention center. Start for the 1,5 hours regular boat trip along the most beautiful part of the Neckar valley to the 4-castles-town Neckarsteinach. Pick up by our bus in Neckarsteinach and trip to fortress Dilsberg - short visit of this picturesque, medieval village with it's lovely view down the river Neckar valley. Return trip to Heidelberg. Price: Euro 45,00 per person Services: English speaking tourist guide, boat trip, coach hire.
-	Historical city of Heidelberg, Friday, 03.06.2011 Time: 14:30 - 17:00 hrs. (Minimum of participants: 15 persons) Beginning/end of tour: Heidelberg Marriott Hotel  Guided walking tour through the historical part of the city incl. visit of the Old University (University Museum, Students' Prison, eventually, if free, historical Assembly Hall "Alte Aula"), University Library, Old Bridge. Price: Euro 25,00 per person Services: English speaking tourist guide, transportation downtown and back to hotel, entrance fee Old University.
-	Excursion Speyer - Schwetzingen, Saturday, 04.06.2011 Time: 9:00 - 13:00 hrs. (Minimum participants: 15 persons) Beginning/end of tour: Heidelberg Marriott Hotel Bustrip to Speyer, which is a real place of German history. Towering above this old imperial city is the splendid romanesque cathedral, 1000 years old and quite unique. In the historical old city and in the part of the old Jewish quarter you also find a Jewish ritual bath (Mikwe), one of the oldest, still conserved in its original form. Continue trip to Schwetzingen, former summer residence of the Prince Electors of the Palatinate. Visit of the castle gardens which are one of the most beautiful in Germany. Price: Euro 53,00 per person Services: English speaking tourist guide, coach hire, entrance fees Speyer (cathedral crypt/Jewish bath), entrance fee castle gardens Schwetzingen.

Note: Realization of a tour is only guaranteed if the indicated minimum number of participants is reached. If this is not the case the payed money will be refunded.

If you would like to book a pre- or post-congress tour you could do so on your own responsibility: http://www.touring-travel.eu/?id=6 or http://www.touring-travel.eu/index.php?id=18.  

Thursday, 2 June 2011
09:00 – 15:00	Excursion to BASF SE, Ludwigshafen (the cradle of MEDICHEM; optional)
19:00 – 22:00	Opening Ceremony with Welcome Addresses, Music and Reception (cold and warm buffet) Registration open from 18:00
Friday, 3 June 2011
08:30 – 09:30	Introduction/Keynote
09:30 – 10:15	Keynote, Lectures
10:45 – 12:00	Morning Session
13:30 – 16:00	Afternoon Session
16:00 – 17:00	Poster Viewing
18:00 – 19:00	Organ Concert/Church of the Holy Spirit
19:00 – 21:30	Reception/Heidelberg Town Hall
Saturday, 4 June 2011
08:30 – 09:30	Keynote, Lectures
09:30 – 10:15	Contributions for the MEDICHEM Prize
10:45 – 12:00	Morning Session
13:30 – 16:00	Afternoon Session
16:00 – 17:00	General Assembly
19:00 – 23:30	Reception, Gala Dinner and Giant Fireworks, Heidelberg Castle
Sunday, 5 June 2011
09:00 – 09:30	Keynote
09:30 – 10:15	MEDICHEM Prize Ceremony   Promotion ICOH/MEDICHEM 2012
10:45 – 12:00	Panel Discussion/Closing Ceremony

Programme details as they become available: Comprehensive Programme

To be able to provide the one and only complete program for global experts in the fields of occupational health in the production and use of chemicals worldwide we give you the platform: You are cordially invited to submit abstracts for free communications or poster presentations. The conference language is English. 

Submission of Abstracts: Topics

Occupational Health in a Changing World:

• REACH Impact on occupational and environmental health
• Nanotechnology Challenges and solutions
• Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Status and developments
• Biomarkers Progress in research and practical application
• Toxicology new results, emerging risks
• Regulation in occupational health Recent developments
• Shift work and cancer Current discussion
• Case Reports Interesting observations in the occupational health world
• Occupational health Trends and evolution
• Adverse effects on employees, customers and the general public Preventive measures

Submission of Abstracts: Conditions

Oral presentations (10 or 20 minutes) and posters will be selected by the Scientific Committee on the basis of a review of one-page abstracts. Abstract submission is open from 15 June 2010 to 15 January 2011. Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference programme book and made available at the conference. Formally presented papers at the Congress will be published at www.medichem2011.org. 

Presenting authors must be registrants at the Conference. All abstracts must be submitted online via the Conference website and using the online Abstract Submission Form. Abstracts sent via fax will NOT be accepted.

Please note that an accepted presentation cannot be included in the Final Programme unless it is accompanied by a completed Registration Form with the appropriate payment of the presenting author. One registration give the right of one poster presentation. One person may be author in several posters but it should be at least one different registered person per poster.

Submission of Abstracts: Instructions

1. Fill in all data fields.
2. Write title in CAPS, written without final point.
3. E-Mail contact: we will use main author´s E-Mail address to send confirmation of shipment. Therefore, it is important to insert the correct data and always use the same E-Mail address.
4. Maximum number of co-authors: 10. If you add co-authors please write complete name
5. After having successfully completed all the steps, please safe the form and send the form to medichem2011@bgrci.de with Abstract in the subject line. An E-Mail of confirmation will be sent to the e-mail address of the presenting Author.

Incomplete or incorrect submissions will be returned to the author and must be resubmitted immediately in the correct format to be considered for inclusion in the programme.

Submission of Abstracts: Example

Submission of Abstracts: Deadline 

The deadline for submissions is January 15th, 2011. Receipt of abstract will be acknowledged electronically within 14  working days of submission. If you have submitted an abstract and do not receive a receipt, please notify us via E-Mail at medichem2011@bgrci.de. Abstracts will be considered by the scientific committee of the conference following the closure date, and scientists will be advised of their success in due course. Please address any queries related to abstract submissions to E-Mail: medichem2011@bgrci.de with Abstract Query in the subject line.

Posters:

The dimensions of the poster should not exceed 110 cm wide x 140 cm high. Allocate the top of the poster for the title and authors as stated on the submitted abstract. The text, illustrations, etc should be bold enough to be read from a distance of two meters (six feet). 

Submission of Abstracts:

With an A-List of brilliant speakers we intend to provide scientific excellence and exchange of knowledge on cutting-edge developments in all fields concerned. They will be discussing the challenges and finding solutions together with you, the participants of the 2011 International Health Event in Heidelberg, within the different topics of the MEDICHEM 2011 Theme: Occupational Health in a Changing World. 

We are pleased to confirm that the following A-List of brilliant speakers will present at MEDICHEM 2011 (please follow the respective links in the speakers list at the right side of this page for more information on each speaker or chair).

To view the topics of each speaker please look at Topics and their Chairs and Speakers

Dr. Thomas Brock

BG RCI (Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie; German Social Accident Insurance for the Raw Materials and Chemical Industry, formerly BG Chemie), Heidelberg, Germany

Dr. Vincent Castranova

NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), Chief of the Pathology and Physiology Research Branch, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

Dr. William Murray Coombs

Dow, Regional Health Director - Middle East, Africa & India, Sentrachem Limited, Bryanston, South Africa

Prof. Dr. Ken Donaldson

Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 

Dr. Andreas Flückiger

Head of Roche‘s Corporate Health Protection Dept., Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel, Switzerland

Member of the Organizing and of the Scientific Committee of MEDICHEM 2011

Prof. Dr. Heidi Foth

Director of the Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle / Saale, Germany

Prof. Dr. Helmut Greim

Member of SCOEL and of the Risk Assessment Committee of ECHA, Munich, Germany

Prof. Dr. Andrea Hartwig

President of the „MAK-Commission“ (Senatskommission der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft zur Prüfung gesundheitsschädlicher Arbeitsstoffe), Professor at the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Chair of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Berlin, Germany

Prof. Dr. Dr. Uwe Heinrich

Head of Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM), Hannover, Germany

Dr. Steffen Hitzeroth

Medical Director Occupational Health,  Procter & Gamble Service GmbH, Schwalbach a. Ts., Wiesbaden, Germany,

Member of the Organizing and of the Scientific Committee of MEDICHEM 2011

Dr. Heiko U. Käfferlein

Head of Center of Toxicology, Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance (IPA), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

Thomas Köhler

Managing Director of BG RCI (Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und chemische Industrie; German Social Accident Insurance for the Raw Materials and Chemical Industry, formerly BG Chemie), Heidelberg, Germany

Member of the Organizing Committee of MEDICHEM 2011

Evelyn Kortum

Technical Officer Occupational Health, Interventions for Healthy Environments, Department of Public Health and Environment, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Michael Nasterlack

Associate Corporate Medical Director BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Member of the Organizing and of the Scientific Committee of MEDICHEM 2011

Prof. Dr. Günter Oberdörster

Professor of Toxicology, Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Director of the University of Rochester-EPA Ultrafine Particle Center, Head of the Pulmonary Core of the NIEHS Center Grant Rochester, Rochester, USA

Prof. Dr. Kurt Straif

Senior scientist, Section of the IARC Monographs of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), World Health Organization (WHO), Lyon, France

Dr. Gisela Stropp

Head, Institute for Toxicology, Department of Product Stewardship Industrial Chemicals & Operations at Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Chairperson of the subcommittee on “Hazard Risk Assessment” of the German Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (AGS-UAIII) Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany

Dr. Avi Wiener

Medical Director, Institute of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Rambam Medical Center, Israel

Prof. Dr. Maged Younes

Director Governing Bodies (GBS), Director Food Safety, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland and former Head, UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), Chemicals Branch, Nairobi, Kenya 

High ranking representatives from Politics, Industry, Trade Unions and Academia will be welcoming you at the Opening of the MEDICHEM Congress 2011:

We have the honour to announce the following notabilities to give a welcome address at the official Opening Ceremony with Reception on Thursday, 2 June 2011, 7 p.m. at the congress venue (please follow the links in the speakers list at the right side of this page for more information on each dignitary):

| Bild: |	Prof. Dr. Peter Frankenberg The Minister of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg, Germany
| Bild: |	Dr. Eggert Voscherau Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
| Bild: |	Michael Vassiliadis President of the Industrial Union of Mining, Chemical and Energy (IG BCE), Hannover, Germany
| Bild: |	Dr. Eckart Würzner Lord Mayor of the City of Heidelberg, Germany
| Bild: |	Prof. Dr. Heidi Foth Director of the Institute of Environmental Toxicology Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle / Saale, Germany
| Bild: |	Dr. Gerd Romanowski Executive Director of the Chemical Industry Association (VCI), Frankfurt, Germany
| Bild: |	Prof. Dr. Alfred M. Thiess Founder and Honorary President of MEDICHEM Ludwigshafen, Germany Member of the Organizing and of the Scientific Committee of MEDICHEM 2011
| Bild: |	Thomas Köhler Managing Director BG RCI (Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und Chemische Industrie; German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the Raw Materials and Chemical Industry, formerly BG Chemie), Heidelberg, Germany Member of the Organizing Committee of MEDICHEM 2011

MEDICHEM's prime objective is international co-operation in those occupational and environmental health issues related to the production and use of chemicals that are of universal concern, which are most effectively resolved through a globally co-ordinated approach.

MEDICHEM promotes the exchange of information and ideas between all those involved:

Occupational health physicians, occupational hygienists, epidemiologists, toxicologists, environmental and safety specialists, occupational health nurses, regulators, and students in these fields.

With an A-List of brilliant speakers we intend to provide scientific excellence and exchange of knowledge on cutting-edge developments in all fields concerned. They will be discussing the challenges and finding solutions together with you, the participants of the 2011 International Health Event in Heidelberg, within the different topics of the MEDICHEM 2011 Theme: Occupational Health in a Changing World.

To be able to provide the one and only complete program for global experts in these fields we give you the platform: You are cordially invited to submit abstracts for free communications or poster presentations.

Bringing together the new and the old world in a special event – 25 years after the last MEDICHEM Congress in Germany – the 39th Congress in Heidelberg will be discussing the challenges and finding solutions in a changing world.

Through keynote addresses, presentations, posters and discussions, we will ensure maximum academic and professional collaboration to provide benefits for practical applications in the field of occupational health.

The MEDICHEM 2011 Topics:

• REACH – Impact on occupational and environmental health
• Nanotechnology – Challenges and solutions
• Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) – Status and developments
• Biomarkers – Progress in research and practical application
• Toxicology – new results, emerging risks
• Regulation in occupational health – Recent developments
• Shift work and cancer – Current discussion
• Case Reports – Interesting observations in the occupational health world
• Occupational health – Trends and evolution
• Adverse effects on employees, customers and the general public – Preventive measures