Program and speakers

TimeTitle Speaker
8.00amRegistrations 
8:30amWelcomeProfessor Rick Valenta, Director Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), The University of Queensland
8:40amOpening Keynote James Sumner, Safe Work Australia
9:10amTen years on: Transforming respiratory health surveillance following the re-identification of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis in QueenslandDianah A-Izzeddin, Resources Safety and Health Queensland
9:35amReducing Silica Exposure: A National ApproachNoel Pinkerton, Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency
10:00amMorning tea 
10.30am Determinants of respirable crystalline silica exposure in Australian tunnellingKate Cole, The University of Sydney
10.55amIntegrated Translational Research in Silicosis: Silica Burden, Mechanisms, Susceptibility and Emerging TherapiesDr Simon Apte, Queensland Lung Transplant Service / The Prince Charles Hospital / UQ
11.20amImproving silicosis screening using chemical biomarkers in exhaled breathDr Paris Papagianis, Monash University
11.45amUQ Dust and Respiratory Health Program: current research and emerging prioritiesDr Nikky LaBranche, Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, UQ
12:10pmWorking with industry: engaging researchers and industryScott Anderson
12.20pmPlatinum sponsor presentationBreatheSafe
12.25pmLunch and poster session 
1.25pmStrengthening Occupational Hygiene through Validation of Real-Time Monitors and Characterisation of Dust ParticlesJoseph Pak, Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, UQ
1.35pmParticle-Resolved Dust Characterisation from Gravimetric Samples via Redeposition and High-Resolution Electron MicroscopyDaniel Vu, Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, UQ
1.45pmAssociations between Physicochemical Characteristics of Engineered and Natural Stone Dusts and Cellular Responses Following Longer-term Exposure in Lung Epithelial SpheroidsSiqi (Sheila) Sun, University of New South Wales
1:55pmTowards Predictive Assessment of Emerging Dust Hazards: Repeated Amorphous Silica Exposure Induces Pro-Fibrotic Lung ResponsesEllen Donohoe, ADDRI
2:05pmBreathe in, breathe out: exploring non-invasive lung sampling for disease detection and monitoring
 
Kiara Knuckey, Queensland Lung Transplant Service / UQ
2:15pmPiloting an accelerated health monitoring clinical pathway for workers at high risk of silicosis – insights and next stepsCatherine Field, icare NSW

 
2:25pmTBCAmy Henderson, UQ
2:35pmShort Oral Session DiscussionShort oral speakers
2:50pmAfternoon tea and poster viewing 
3:20pmFeature PresentationTBC
3:45pmWhere do we go next on dust and respiratory health?Panel
4.20pmClosing RemarksDr Nikky LaBranche, Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, UQ