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ICOH 2012 Congress Dear ICOH members, Please accept this warm invitation to participate in the 30th Congress of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) to be held in Monterrey, Mexico, from Sunday, March 18 to Friday, March 23, 2012. The 2012 ICOH Organizing Committee has made the following three commitments to those attending this year’s Congress: 1. A superior level scientific program, 2. Lower entry fees than those at the two previous ICOH Congresses, and 3. Excellent congress facilities. These commitments were expressed to ICOH members at the closing ceremony of the 2009 ICOH Congress in Cape Town, since when we have been making every effort to honor these pledges. The theme of the upcoming Congress is “Occupational Health for All: From Research to Practice”, and is based on the belief that all workers of the world require health protection to prevent any occupational disease or injury as part of their human and labor rights. To achieve such an important goal, we need to take advantage of new scientific information to develop innovative guidelines, new approaches and procedures, training courses, and so on that can be applied to workers’ health protection. Over 90% of scientific papers on occupational health are written in developed countries, though it is in developing countries where the most compelling needs in this field are a part of everyday reality. The Monterrey Congress aims to build a bridge between research and practice in order to help developed and developing countries improve the level of health protection for workers and help prevent occupational injuries and diseases. The Congress will deal with subjects relevant to occupational health at its ten plenary sessions, thirty semi-plenary and up to two hundred mini-symposiums. The languages used at the Congress will be English, French and Spanish. A number of grants will be available to support speakers attending from developing countries. Monterrey is Mexico’s third major city and where most of the country’s modern industry is based. It is the capital city of the state of Nuevo León, which borders the US state of Texas. The city has many local industry plants as well as in-bond assembly plants. In recent years, Fortune and América Económica magazines have rated Monterrey as the best city in which to conduct business in Latin America and Mexico respectively. Monterrey is also one of the best connected cities in Mexico in terms of international and domestic flights. The venue for this year’s Congress, Cintermex, is located on a site once occupied by a very large foundry, and one which is now home to a beautiful park, convention center and industry museum thanks to the city’s efforts to ensure the sustainable development of the region. The members of the 2012 ICOH Congress Organizing Committee cordially invite you to join colleagues from around the world in Monterrey, Mexico. Come and enjoy our culture and hospitality. We look forward to seeing you in Monterrey. Jorge A. Morales-Camino MD, MS President of the ICOH Congress 2012 Please visit our website at www.icohcongress2012.org for more detailed information. Watch the video |
