Program
MODERNET 2025
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
THURSDAY
8:30 – 9:15 Reception and registration
9:15 – 9:30 Welcome and opening the meeting
Theme: New and Emerging Occupational Health Risks (Morning Session)
Session Chairs: Claudio Colosio, Jolinde Kettelarij
| Time | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Occupational diseases in Slovenia | Alenka Franko Clinical institute Of Occupational Medicine |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Early detection of New and Emerging Risks of Chemicals (NERCs) – an overview of risk-first methods |
Nicole Palmen National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | An emerging zoonotic occupational risk: leptospirosis infection in the Region of Lombardy, Italy | Claudio Colosio Post Graduate School of Occupational Medicine of the University of Milano |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Plant protection products on roses grown outside the European Union – a risk assessment |
Jolinde Kettelarij National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) |
| 10:30 – 10.45 | Skin absorption of tritium and metals derived from cement particles derived from dismantling nuclear power plants: Results from the TITANS project |
Francesca Larese Filon University of Trieste |
| 10:45 – 11.00 | Q&A | |
| 11.00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break & Poster Viewing |
Theme: Epidemiology, Toxicology, and Environmental Medicine (Late MorningSession)
Session Chairs: Nicole Palmen, Alenka Franko
| Time | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Chemical risk in academic research: from raising cultural awareness to providing innovative solutions | Federico Maria Rubino University of Milano |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Occupational respirable crystalline silica dust exposure and risk of non-lung cancer mortality among German uranium miners (1946-2018) | Dirk Pallapies Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Artificial Stone Silicosis in Europe: Key Insights and Future Perspectives | Marcella Mauro University of Trieste |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Silicosis and artificial stone silicosis in the Czech Republic |
Vladimira Lipsova NIPH Prague |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | The relationship between organophosphate pesticide exposure and anthropometric outcomes among a cohort of children from four informal settlements in the Western Cape |
Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie University of Cape Town |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Contrasting hair mercury in fishermen and workers of fish industry of Marano Lagunare (Upper Adriatic Sea), a coastal lagoon area contaminated by mining and industrial activities, against residents from the Dolomites Alps |
Luca Cegolon University of Trieste |
| 13:00 – 13:15 | Q&A | |
| 13:15 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
Theme: Occupational Disease Recognition (Afternoon Session)
Session Chairs: Francesca Larese Filon, Daniela Pelclova
| Time | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Recognized occupational diseases caused by chemical agents in the construction sector in Finland during 2013-2022 |
Kirsi Koskela Finnish Institute of Occupational Health |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Introducing the Belgian Occupational Cancer (BOCCA) Dataset. |
Wouter Smeets Data Science Institute, Hasselt University, Belgium |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Occupational Intoxications – View from Czech Toxicological information Centre | Daniela Pelclova Department of Occupational Medicine, Toxicological Information Centre |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Occupational cancer in Croatia – a new approach is needed | Karmen Bradvica-Kelava Croatian Institute of Public Health |
| 15.00 – 15.15 | Barriers to Occupational Disease Recognition: A Monocentric, Cross- Sectional Study of Workers with Suspected Occupational Diseases in Slovenia |
Dani Mirnik Institute Of Occupational Safety Ljubljana |
| 15.15 – 15.30 | Asbestos Bodies (ABs) counts identified by autopsy reports in a group of mesothelioma patients |
Francesca Rui Occupational Medicine Unit, University of Trieste |
| 15.30 – 15.45 | Q&A | |
| 15.45 – 16.00 | Short Coffee Break | |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | 16:00 – 17:00 | Chair: Lode Godderis |
18:00 – 19:30 Guided tour of Ljubljana
19:30 – 22:30 Conference dinner at Ljubljana Castle (Gostilna na Gradu)
FRIDAY
8:30 – 9:00 Reception and registration
8:55 – 9:00 Welcome and opening the meeting
Theme: Innovative Technologies and Platforms for Detecting Occupational Diseases (Morning Session)
Session Chairs: Henk van der Molen, Dani Mirnik
| Time | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Toolbox for the Prevention of Skin Cancer Among Outdoor Workers: An Intervention Study |
Henk van der Molen Amsterdam UMC, Department Public and Occupational Health |
| 9:15 – 9:30 | Utility of non-invasive biomarkers for diagnostics and prevention of workrelated skin diseases |
Sanja Kezic Amsterdam UMC |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Plasma and exhaled breath condensate microRNAs as early biomarkers of asbestos-related disease | Cocco Pierluigi University of Manchester |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Toluene Flanders Exposome Project: Feasibility and usability of the Human Sentinel Surveillance Platform (HSSP) |
Hilde De Raeve IDEWE, Belgium |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Vibrotactile and Thermal Perception Thresholds and personal risk factors Workers Exposed to Hand-Arm Vibrations |
Fabiano Barbiero UOC Unit of Occupational Medicine, University of Trieste |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Q&A | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break & Poster Viewing |
Theme: Clinical Case Studies (Late Morning/Afternoon Session)
Sesson Chairs: Riita Sauni, Lipsova Vladimira
| Time | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Case series: An exploration of working conditions in patients with renal ANCA vasculitis | Monique Derikx Netherlands Center for Occupational Diseases |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Optimizing Return to Work for Cardiovascular Patients: An Interdisciplinary Approach | Donatella Sansone University of Trieste |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Physical Workload and Health Risk in Workers with Musculoskeletal Disorders |
Žaja Roko University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Shift Work Sleep Disorder Among Rotating Night Shift Textile Workers and Its Association with Occupational Accidents |
Zehra Nur Töreyin Ege University Faculty of Medicine |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Closing the Gap in Bee Sting Allergy Management an Interventional Study in Beekeepers from Friuli Venezia Giulia | Alice Tassinari University of Trieste |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Q&A | |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:30- 14:30 | Workshop: How to assess compensation claims for diseases caused by mixture exposure | |
| 14:30– 15:00 | Closing session with a discussion on collaboration |
Poster Section
| Poster | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assessment of occupational diseases in the Czech Republic and other countries: Focus on repetitive strain injury | Mrazova Karolina |
| 2 | BE-PIN: Evaluating infection monitoring tools in the labour force | Hanne Van Dijck |
| 3 | Epidemiology of Hymenoptera venom allergy among Slovenian beekeepers: a cross-sectional study | Tanja Carli |
| 4 | Work and Health: a new occupational and environmental health journal | Cocco Pierluigi |
