E4 Eventos

Satellite Meeting of the IX Congress of the Brazilian Society of Environmental Mutagenesis, Carcinogenesis e Teratogenesis - SBMCTA

Date: 16th to 20th of november/2009
Location: Campinas, SP, Brazil

Organizing Committee:
Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro, CESET UNICAMP e SBMCTA.
Alice Itani, Centro Universitário SENAC.
Silvia Berlanga de Barros, FCF - USP e SBTOX.
Rubia Kuno, CETESB, SP.
Paolo DiMascio, IQ- USP e SBMCTA.
Vera Maria Ferrão Vargas, FEPAM – RS e Sociedade Brasileira de Ecotoxicologia.
Marina Jakomin – Ministério do Planejamento, Argentina.

Institutional Support: LEAL – CESET-UNICAMP, Sociedade Brasileira de Toxicologia SBTOX; Sociedade Brasileira de Ecotoxicologia – SETAC-BR.

Objective: Discuss and propose a framework for strategies to define Brazilian environmental criteria for chemicals aiming the protection of human health and the ecosystem. Expected Results: Our objective is that this meeting will launch a multi-agency project with a permanent working group to propose standardized protocols for the derivation of environmental criteria for Latin America.

Confirmed Foreign Participants:
Rita Schoeny-Agência de Proteção Ambiental dos Estados Unidos (USEPA.).
Jean Cadet-Centro de Energia Atômica (CEA).
Robert Baan-Agência Internacional de pesquisa sobre o Câncer –IARC.
Marina Jakomin-Subsecretaria de Recursos Hídricos da Argentina, Ministério do Planejamento.
Claudio Laboranti-Subsecretaria de Recursos Hídricos da Argentina, Ministério do Planejamento.
Laura Pertusi-Subsecretaria de Recursos Hídricos da Argentina, Ministério do Planejamento.
Peter Von der Ohe – Helmoltz Center – Centro de Pesquisa em Ambiente de Leipzig-Halle, Alemanha.
Tamara Grummt – Umwelt Bundes Amt, Alemanha.

Around 40 Brazilian specialists from universities, government agencies and industry were invited. The organizers will open the opportunity for the participation of 20 people. They will be selected based on CV and experience in the field. The registration fee will be R$ 3000 for non SBMCTA member and R$ 2000 for SBMCTA members. Applications will be received by email with a CV attached until 15th of September of 2009. The applicants will be notified by September, 30th of 2009.

The official language of the Workshop will be English. No translation will be provided. More information and application: giselau@ceset.unicamp.br

Preliminary Program

Nov 16th – morning: Foreign Participants contributions; afternoon: Brazilian contributions.
Nov 17 th – morning and afternoon: two working group activities.
Nov 18 th – morning and afternoon - two working group activities.
Nov 19 th – morning – two working group activities; afternoon - writing the proposal.
Nov 20th - morning: two groups meeting; afternoon: presentation in a open section.

written by Rafael