Program - 2025 Dust and Respiratory Health Forum
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| Time | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8.00 - 8.30am | Registrations | |
| 8.30am | Welcome | Professor Rick Valenta, Director Sustainable Mineral Institute (SMI), The University of Queensland |
| 8.40am | Keynote address | Ken Singer, Acting Commissioner for Resources Safety and Health Queensland |
| 8.55am | Professor Bob Cohen, University of Illinois, Chicago | |
| 9.25am | Advancing lung dust characterization by automated scanning electron microscopy | Professor Emily Sarver and Lizeth Jaramillo, Virginia Tech (Lizeth presenting) |
| 9.55am | Morning tea | |
| 10.25am | Advancing dust monitoring and control through characterisation | Dr Nikky LaBranche, Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, SMI |
| 10.55am | The compositions of dust particles and their relationships of source to size and shape | Professor Nick Cook, WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre, SMI |
| 11.25am | Life after diagnosis: Exploring the lived experience of workers affected by occupational lung disease | Amy Henderson, Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, SMI |
| 11.55am | Safe transitions and dust mitigation - why research matters | Scott Anderson |
| 12.05pm | Platinum sponsor presentation | Ian Cattell, BreatheSafe |
| 12.10pm | Lunch | |
| 1.10pm | National research priority setting in occupational-COPD | Lauren Williams, Lung Foundation Australia |
| 1.40pm | Exploring coal mine dust composition and longer term health effects on lung cells | Siqi (Sheila) Sun, University of New South Wales |
| 2.10pm | Occupational dust and immune surveillance: NK cell dysfunction in dust-related lung cancer | Dr Yingying Sun, University of New South Wales |
| 2.40pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 3.10pm | Dr Lynda Lawson, Global Centre for Mineral Security, SMI | |
| 3.40pm | Mine Labour Protection Campaign Trust | Dr Rana Sangupta, Rajasthan Pneumoconiosis Policy 2019 |
| 4.10pm | Using artificial intelligence to identify diesel particulate matter in coal mine dust | Nana Meeso, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, UQ |
| 4.20pm | Wrap up and forum close | Dr Nikky LaBranche, Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, SMI |