Kuopio Risk Assessment Workshop 2008

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Kuopio risk assessment workshop 2008 is the second workshop about new methods in risk assessment, organised by the National Public Health Institute (KTL), Kuopio, Finland. Its main purpose is to promote the idea and practice of open risk assessments, and further develop methods to perform them. The workshop has started from the needs of several EU-funded research projects, notably Intarese, Beneris, and Heimtsa. The workshop is mainly directed to doctoral students working in the fields of environmental health or risk assessment, but it is also open to anyone interested. If you want to join, please create a user account (by following the log in/create account link in the right-top corner) with your contact information and add your username to the list on the bottom of this page. The number of participants is limited due to practical reasons. If we have to restrict participation, people from the projects mentioned above will have an advantage.

General information

Time: 18.2 - 22.2.2008
Place: KTL, Kuopio, Finland
Organizer: National Public Health Institute (KTL), Department of Environmental Health

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Description

The workshop will be on open risk assessment, namely:

  • Theory
  • Method
  • Technical facilitation
  • Application

Program

Daily schedule (suggestion):

  • 9.00-11.00 Lectures on selected topics. (A web conference access provided)
  • 11.00-11.45 Practical arrangements and tasks for the day. (A web conference access provided)
  • 11.45-12.45 Lunch
  • 12.45-16.45 Group work on the case study on Heande website

We will try to arrange lectures and group work in a way that people can attend the lectures via Internet (and possibly even participate). Group work will be mostly done in the Internet anyway. People who can not make it to Kuopio can be in contact using Skype. This way, we may be able to organise the workshop without a need to limit participation.

In addition to lectures and groupwork, there will naturally be a great social programme including e.g. winter sports.

Case study

One objective of the workshop is to work on a real-life case study using the Internet tools that have been developed in the projects mentioned above. The work will be chopped into bite-size pieces so that a flexible number of people can effectively work on it. The actual topic of the case study has not been decided yet. Add your suggestion below.

Possible case study topics:

  • Fine particle risks in urban areas
  • Health impacts of actions reducing greenhouse gas emissions
  • One of the Intarese case studies
  • Benefits and risks of food (e.g. vegetable-risk vs. vegetable-poor diet)

Attendees

The registration is now open. We do not limit participation unless it is necessary due to practical reasons. We are trying to arrange a student-apartment-level accommodation for participants, but you may also organise your own accommodation yourself. Each participant should have a laptop; if this is not possible for you, please let us know well in advance and we will see what we can do about it. You may also participate from where you are, as most major things - except the social programme - will be made available via Internet.

Please list your name and organisation here:

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