Keynote and Plenary Speakers

We are delighted Professor Sir Michael Marmot will be presenting his Keynote Lecture as part of the Opening Session of the Congress.

Professor Sir Michael Marmot

University College London UK Health inequalities in the workplace

Professor Paul Blanc

University of California San Francisco USA The past as prologue: how the history of occupational illness and injury teaches us about today
Associate Professor Hanifa Denny

Diponegoro University Indonesia Effectiveness of basic occupational health services in the informal sector
Professor Frida Marina Fischer

University of Sao Paulo Brazil Impact of the 24 hour work cycle on worker health and safety
Dr Margaret Kitt

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health USA Emerging workplace health and safety threats
Mr Frank Muchiri

International Labour Office Preventing infectious diseases in the workplace
Dr Karen Nieuwenhuijsen

Coronel Institute The Netherlands Mental health, sickness absence and return to work
Dr Frank Pega

World Health Organization The new WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury
Professor Jorma Rantanen

Finnish Institute for Occupational Health Finland Globalisation and the implications for worker health
Dr Elisabete Weiderpass

International Agency for Research on Cancer France Programs for workplace cancer prevention
Professor Alistair Woodward

University of Auckland New Zealand Worker health and safety in a changing climate