Monday 4 December 2006
9.00-9.30 - Paglietti - Participant registration and welcome

9.30-10.40 - Italian and european authority and guests

10.40-11.00 - U.E. Member - LIFE Environment Programme like Community funding instrument

11.00-11.30
Coffee break

Session 1
Topics: Compensation for damages due to asbestos and legal aspect; work of asbestos victim groups; municipalities' role

11.30-11.50 - Battenstein - Lack of compensation of asbestosis, asbestos related lung cancer and mesothelioma in Germany

11.50-12.10 - Rodríguez Sanz de Galdeano - Asbestos damages compensation in Europe, Spain and France

12.10-12.30 - D'Ercole- Il ruolo del sindacato in Italia ed in Europa

12.30-12.50 - Virgili - L'importanza delle associazioni di tutela degli esposti ad amianto

12.50-13.10 - Cantiani - Le azioni del sindacato a tutela dei lavoratori

13.10-13.30 - De Carlo - Canadian auto workers and the fight against asbestos

13.30-14.30
Lunch

Session 2
Topics: Diagnosis of asbestos related damage; medical treatments; medical research; epidemiological studies

14.30-14.50 - Bellis - Critical elements in the diagnosis of diseases caused by asbestos

14.50-15.10 - Franko - Asbestosis and GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms

15.10-15.30 - Cardile - In vitro assessment of fibrous minerals on cellular systems

15.30-15.50 - Mastrangelo - Formulation of a screening policy regarding early detection of lung cancer in asbestos workers

15.50-16.10 - Marinaccio - Malignant mesothelioma surveillance in Italy : incidence and asbestos exposure by Italian register

16.10-16.30
Coffee break

16.30-16.50 - Cavone
Tremolite:environmental exposure in Basilicata region

16.50-17.10 - Bianchi- Malignant mesothelioma in Leghorn , Italy

17.10-17.30 - Dodik Fikfak - Predicted incidence of mesothelioma in Slovenia

17.30-17.50 - Nicita- Asbestos exposure in agriculture

Tuesday 5 December 2006
Session 2
Topics: Diagnosis of asbestos related damage; medical treatments; medical research; epidemiological studies

9.00-9.20 - Silvestri - Participant registration and welcome

9.20-9.40 - Bianchi- Malignant mesothelioma in Monfalcone, Italy

9.40-10.00 - Barone Adesi - Trends of pleural cancer mortality in a cohort of asbestos workers after long latency: evaluation of the possible role of asbestos clearance

Session 3
Topics: Workers protection in asbestos remediation activities; watchdog bodies' role and experiences

10.00-10.20 - Verardo - Le azioni di bonifica della presenza di amianto: tutela della persona e dell'ambiente attraverso una coerente preparazione professionale dell'operatore

10.20-10.40 - Cortese - Restitution procedures in the course of friable asbestos reclamation: experience in a thermo-electric station

10.40-11.00 - Barbieri - Lung fibre burden among italian subjects occupationally exposed to asbestos suffering from a mesothelioma

11.00-11.30
Coffee break

11.30-11.50 - Jones- An assessment of risks due to asbestos-containing material on tracks

11.50-12.10 - Hartley - Asbestos contamination in rural communities in South Africa and the role of community-lead engagement on public health risk? The role of the asbestos interest group

Session 4
Topics: Assessment and mapping of large asbestos contaminated areas; fibrous mineral in natural environments:
prevention and eco- compatibility

12.10-12.30 - Kovalevskiy- Mineral fibre measurement in the urban environment

12.30-13.10 - Papacchini- Inquinamento ambientale da fibre di amianto aerodisperso: messa a punto di una mappa di diffusione delle fibre

13.10-13.30 - Jones - Asbestos as far as the eye can see

13.30-14.30
Lunch

14.30-14.50 - Gianfagna - Nature and extent of the exposure to fibrous amphiboles in Biancavilla

14.50-15.10 - Surace - Tunnelling in asbestos bearing rocks: insights in the investigation and excavation material procedures

15.10-15.30 - Marescotti - Asbestos fibres release from serpentinites during quarry operations: case studies from eastern ligurian ophiolites

15.30-15.50 - Brancia - il rischio da roccie amiantifere nell'ambiente naturale: correlazione tra grado di erosione e dispersione a distanza

15.50-16.10 - Damiani - Distribuzione orizzontale e verticale di particolato aerodisperso nel sito di interesse nazionale di Biancavilla Etnea

16.10-16.30
Coffee break

16.30-16.50 - Moscato - Similitudini geologiche degli affioramenti ofiolitici fra la costa occidentale calabrese e la costa ligure: esempio della comparazione di esiti analitici

16.50-17.10 - Bancomina - Valutazione dello stato di conservazione di materiali contenenti amianto in matrice compatta

17.10-17.30 - Galiffa - La mappatura dell'amianto a livello nazionale

17.30-17.50 - Giacomelli - Naturally occurring asbestos mapping project: the experience of Regione Piemonte

17.50-18.10 - Gaggero- Structural and microstructural control on chrysotile distribution in serpentinites from eastern ligurian ophiolites

18.10-18.30 - Mangano- Asbestos monitoring in civil and industrial environments of selected Italian sites. The case of the ceramic factory

Wednesday 6 December 2006
Session 5
Topics: Asbestos removal or management: techniques and case studies

9.00-9.20 - Kropiunik- Risk assessment tools for asbestos containing materials

9.20-9.40 - Bianchi - Case study: asbestos removal at the Vienna International Centre

9.40-10.00 - da definire

10.00-10.20 - Nguyen Ba - Current status of asbestos pollution at fibro-cement roofing factories in Vietnam and pollution control measures

10.20-10.40 - Colman - ESB experience of remediating asbestos contaminated land

10.40-11.00 - Foltyn- Examination of fisical properties of soft asbestos saturated wit h preparation for the asbestos fibres suppression (lather on referred to as ASF preparation)

11.00-11.30
Coffee break

11.30-11.50 - Nguyen Ba - Mitigation of asbestos impact in Vietnam : the lesson learned

11.50-12.10 - Addison- The release of dispersed asbestos from soi

12.10-12.30 - Malinconico - Filtering of asbestos fibres in leachate from hazardous waste landfills – The LIFE Environment Project

12.30-12.50 - Oberta- Risk assessment and remediation prioritization for asbestos-containing materials (Part 1)

12.50-13.10 - Brennan- Risk assessment and remediation prioritization for asbestos-containing materials (Part 2)

13.10-13.30 - Zamengo - LIFE FALL - Filtering of asbestos fibres in leachate from hazardous waste landfills – On site exploitation plant and analytical results

13.30-14.30
Lunch

Session 6
Topics: Management and treatment of asbestos waste: european and italian legislation and applications

14.30-14.50 - Ghione - Il risanamento ambientale della miniera di Balangero e Corio: approccio progettuale e principali interventi

14.50-15.10 - Pecchini - Valutazione analitica del rifiuto di cemento amianto dopo trattamento di inertizzazione con processo pirolitico

15.10-15.30 - Gualtieri - Understanding the high temperature reaction sequence during the thermal treatment of cement-asbestos slates

15.30-15.50 - Paglietti - Italian asbestos management and treatment: legislation and application

15.50
Final document discussion and submission - Conference conclusions

Session 7
Topics: Posters

Belluso - Indirect assessment of breathable inorganic fibres by sentinel animal of Piedmont areas

Bianchi - Asbestos traffic in the Mediterranean region: the port of Trieste

Capella - Monitoring of mineral fibres background in the Biancavilla area by OM and SEM-EDS investigations of animal lung

Cavone - A spatial case-control study of the environmental asbestos exposure on malignant mesothelioma in Bari , Italy

Damiani - I piani regionali amianto: stato di avanzamento

De Simone - Valutazione dell'efficienza dei portafiltri nei campionamenti di aerodisperso

Martines - Cases studies of asbestos contaminated sites of national interest

Silvestri - Job-exposure matrices for cohort studies: reconstructing past asbestos exposure in a railway stock production industry

Tinazzi - Valutazione dei parametri che influenzano il conteggio delle fibre d'amianto aerodisperse mediante microscopia elettronica a scansione