Directorate General for Employment at the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment is headed by political and administrative officials. Political leadership is provided by the minister and state secretary, while the secretary general, deputy secretary general, directors general and inspector general together form the ministry’s administrative leadership. […]
Harry Vonk will be presenting on his asbestos awareness museum in Delft, the first such in the world and recently founded by the International Asbestos Awareness Foundation in Delft. By means of the museum’s rich collection of asbestos artefacts, he will explain about the asbestos industry’s strategy to indoctrinate the use of ‘safe’ asbestos and […]
Lydia has been working as personal injury lawyer since 1992, at first for the law firm Oudenoord (the law firm used by Dutch labour union FNV) and as of 2005 at the reputed law firm of Beer Lawyers in Amsterdam. She only represents the victims. Her practice is focused on liability cases, in particular occupational […]
Professor Nico van Zandwijk will speak on the developments in treating malignant mesothelioma, a subject of increasing promise. In 2007, he joined ADRI after a long career in thoracic oncology in Europe. In 1985, he founded the department of thoracic oncology at the Netherlands Cancer Institute and made major contributions to the identification of prognostic […]
Retired Assistant Surgeon General of the United States of America and retired Acting Director of NIOSH Dr. Richard Lemen is a former Assistant Surgeon General of the United States. He served as Acting Director and Deputy Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) before his retirement. Since retiring from the United […]
Christian Lahnstein has studied law in Tubingen, Munich, Genève and Salamanca. As lawyer he worked for Munich Re in Colombia (from 1982 to 1988) and Munich (until 2014), responsible for fundamental issues relating to tort and insurance law, for developing strategies to deal more effectively with long-tail risks, risks of change and mass litigation, and […]
Wayne Williams has over 25 years’ experience running his own business, DMW Environmental Safety, in the field of health & safety and asbestos management to UKAS standards. He is actively involved in marketing, project management and health & safety training. Wayne is an IATP Director and also examiner for the British Institute of Occupational Hygiene […]
Mr Barry Robson has been President of the Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia since 2003 and was a delegate between 1995 and 2003. From 1995 to 2003 he was also Assistant Secretary, Maritime Union of Australia and prior to that a Councilor of Blacktown City Council, NSW. Mr Robson is currently President of the Blacktown […]
Arco is the owner of HumanNova training, an occupational hygienist and a qualified asbestos expert. He also acts as Examiner for the Post-Secondary Safety Science (the PHOV Foundation), is a member of the Central College of Asbestos Experts and representative of the Dutch Association of Labour Asbestos experts on asbestos. He has nearly 20 years […]
Mark Winter has seen a fair bit of the world. Born in England, he has worked long stints in both South Africa and Australia. After returning to England, he began as an independent asbestos trainer in 2004, establishing CNM Training Solutions Ltd. From 2009 to 2014, he has also been a director of IATP, working […]
