PINCHE Start Conference

PINCHE Start Conference

6 and 7 February 2003 in Amsterdam

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Conference Programme

Program Thursday February 6	Presentations

12:00-13:00	Possibility for Lunch, Registration, set up presentations, coffee
13:00-13:15	Peter van den Hazel + Management Hulpverlening Gelderland Midden Welcome and introduction of participants
13:15-14:00	Peter van den Hazel, Marie Bistrup, and Moniek Zuurbier (Project Management Team PINCHE) Brief introduction of PINCHE There will be room for questions about the PINCHE objectives and expected achievements and participants may want to put forward their expectations of the PINCHE project
Presentations of members of PINCHE
14:00-14:10	Marie Bistrup: National Institute of Public Health
14:10-14:20	Gabriele Bolte: GSF National Centre for Environment and Health, Germany Children's environmental health - why socio-economic factors should be taken into account
14:20-14:30	Wojciech Hanke & Wieslaw Sulkowski: Nofer Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, Poland
14:30-14:40	Hanns Moshammer: University of Vienna, Institut für Umwelthygiene, Austria Doctors for a Healthy Environment & Institute of Environmental Health
14:40-14:50	Leendert van Bree: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, The Netherlands AIRNET
14:50-15:00	Gaudenz Silberschmidt: International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE) Switzerland
15:00-15:10	Janna Koppe: Ecobaby Foundation, Netherlands Neurotoxic effects on behaviour and brain function of background levels of dioxins in the perinatal period 1990/1991 in the Netherlands
15:10-15:20	Margaret Saunders: University of Bristol, Medical Physics Research Centre UK Current progress on the EU FP5 project Plutocracy
15:20-15:30	Alena Bartonova: Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Norway Exposure from air
15:30-15:50	Tea-break
15:50-16:00	Charlotte Braun: Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland Environmental Health Surveillance Programme SCARPOL: Time trends of allergy and effects of air pollution reduction on respiratory health.
16:00-16:10	Vicente Felipo: Instituto de Investigaciones Citologicas, Fundación Valenciana de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Spain Effects of environmental neurotoxicants on the glutamate-nitric oxide-cGMP pathway in brain in vivo and in culture models. Implications in cerebral development and neurological alterations.
16:10-16:20	Edith Rameckers: European Federation on Asthma and Allergy Associations EFA
16:20-16:30	Sandra Ceccatelli: Institute of Environmental Medicine (division of toxicology), KarolinskaInstitutet, Sweden Toxic insults during development: life-long consequences on the central nervous system
16:30-16:40	Georges Salines: Institut de Veille Sanitaire; Responsable Département Santé Environnement, France Children's health and the environment in France : ongoing research and surveillance programs; role of the InVS
16:40-16:50	Staffan Hygge: Laboratory of Applied Psychology Centre for Built Environment, University of Gävle, Sweden Recent studies on noise and children
16:50-17:00	Rosette van den Heuvel: Vito Centre of Environmental Toxicology Belgium Environment and health studies at Vito
17:00-17:10	Ari Rabl: Centre d'Energétique of ARMINES, France Quantification of Health Impacts of Air Pollution on Children
17:10-17:20	Christofer Lundqvist and Moss I Lossius: Foundation for Health Services Research, Norway Heltef - Foundation for Health Services Research
17:20-17:40	Break
Thematic
17:40-19:00	Parallel sessions: First discussions of thematic workgroups
Air Partners 1: Public Health Services Gelderland Midden, The Netherlands 4: GSF National Centre for Environment and Health, Germany 6: University of Vienna, Institut für Umwelthygiene, Austria 8: Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) Norway 9: Cattedra di Pediatria, University of Rome, Italy 12: Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland 13: European Federation on Asthma and Allergy Associations 23: Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung gGmbH (IUF), Germany 31: Public Health Institution in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic 33: Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Republic 37: AIRNET: RIVM, The Netherlands Carcinogenity Partners 1: Public Health Services Gelderland Midden, The Netherlands 3: University of Bristol, Medical Physics Research Centre, UK 17: Vito Centre of Environmental Toxicology , Belgium 19: University of Kaunas, Biomedical Research Institute, Lithuania 21: Scientific Office ISDE, Italy 25: National Hellenic Research Foundation - Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, Greece Noise Partners 2: National Institute of Public Health, Denmark 5: Nofer Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health, Poland 11: Centre d'Energétique of ARMINES, France 16: Laboratory of Applied Psychology Centre for Built Environment, University of Gävle, Sweden 18: TNO-PG, Netherlands 26: Department of Environment and Health, Federal Environmental Agency, Germany 27: Queen Mary and Westfield college, University of London, United Kingdom Neurotoxicity Partners 1: Public Health Services Gelderland Midden, Netherlands 10: Instituto de Investigaciones Citologicas, Fundación Valenciana de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Spain 14: Institute of Environmental Medicine (division of toxicology), Karolinska Institutet, Sweden 15: Institut de Veille Sanitaire (InVS); Responsable Département Santé Environnement, France 17: Vito Centre of Environmental Toxicology, Belgium 20: Foundation for Health Services Research, Norway 22: Ecobaby Foundation, Netherlands 32: Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Croatia In one of the 4 groups Partners 7: International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE), Switzerland 28: Ökologischer Ärztebund, Germany 35: Joint Research Centre, ISPRA, Italy 36: CEFIC 39: PATY project, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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Program Friday February 7	Presentations

More presentations of members of PINCHE
09:00-09:10	Rima Naginiene: University of Kaunas, Biomedical Research Institute, Lithuania Recent Activity of the Institute for Biomedical Research Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania
09:10-09:20	Willy Passchier: TNO-INRO, Netherlands
09:30-09:40	Sam Pattenden: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London Children and Environmental Risks - epidemiological and children's perspectives
09:40-09:50	Radim J. Sram: Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Republic Impact of air pollution on pregnancy outcome
09:50-10:00	Roberto Ronchetti: Cattedra di Pediatria, University Of Rome, Italy Changes and differences of histamine skin reactivity (HSR) in children
10:00-10:10	Paul Borm: Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung gGmbH (IUF), Germany
10:10-10:20	Maria Botsivali: National Hellenic Research Foundation - Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, Greece
10:20-10:30	Stephan Stansfeld: Queen Mary and Westfield college, University of London, UK
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-11:10	Erik Petersen: Ökologischer Ärztebund, Germany German Network for Children's Health and Environment
11:10-11:20	Wolfgang Babisch: Department of Environment and Health, Federal Environmental Agency, Germany Epidemiological Noise Research
11:20-11:30	Rob Taalman: CEFIC Allies in improving children's environmental health
11:30-11:40	Aleksandra Fučić: Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Croatia Genotoxicological studies in children
11:40-11:50	Ivan Benes: Institute of Hygiene, Czech Republic Teplice Program - a short introduction
11:50-12:00	Lorenzo Tomatis: Scientific Office ISDE, Italy
12:00-12:10	Radim J. Sram: in behalf of Lisbeth Knudsen CHILDRENGENONETWORK
Thematic
12:10-12:55	Outcomes of parallel sessions per thematic group
12:55-13:45	Lunch
Workplan
13:45-15:00	All participants: Discussion on workplan In this part of the program there will be room for discussion about the focus of the PINCHE Workpackages, deliverables, interaction within the network and with other working groups, planning of future work. Subdivision on exposure assessment, epidemiology, toxicology, risk assessment and impact of socio-economic factors
15:00-15:20	Deliverables
15:20-15:40	Tea
15:40-16:15	Additional stakeholders
16:15-16:30	Locations for workpackage-meetings/ Planning of Annual Conferences
16:30-16:45	Any other business
16:45	Adjourn

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PINCHE Travel policy 6 and 7 February 2003

Travel will be reimbursed for participants having 'Contractor' or 'Member' status. Economy class travel will be reimbursed only. This includes transfer to and from the airport of departure, and from airport of arrival to meeting location but not car rental or taxi. Travel cost will be reimbursed after the attended meeting upon presentation of original tickets or receipts. Please keep your boarding pass! A 'travel claims form' will be distributed at the meeting to be completed and returned to the Coordinating center.

Hotel accommodation has been reserved by PINCHE co-ordinator. Please refrain from making your own arrangements. You are expected to cover incidental cost (telephone etc.) yourself. Hotel cost will be Euro 95,- per night for those who intend to stay longer.

Meals will generally be provided and paid for during the meetings. When necessary, additional meals will be reimbursed after presentation of receipts.