2011 UOEH International Symposium

Chronology of International Seminars

The Asbestos Symposium for the Asian Countries was organized by Prof. Ken Takahashi (UOEH, Japan) in 2002 in Kitakyushu. This became the first international meeting on asbestos in Asia. Subsequently, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) has been funding the Asian Asbestos Initiative, or AAI, since 2008 with Prof. Ken Takahashi as the co-ordinator.

 AAI-1   1-3 October, 2008          Japan (Kitakyushu)
      Organizer: Prof. Ken Takahashi (UOEH, Japan)
      Support: WHO, ILO

 AAI-2   21-23 December, 2009   Thailand (Bangkok)
      Organizer: Dr. Somkiat Siriruttanapruk (MoPH, Thailand)
      Co-organizer: Prof. Ken Takahashi (UOEH, Japan)
      Support: ILO, WHO

 AAI-3   2-4 November, 2010      Japan (Fukuoka)
      Organizer: Prof. Ken Takahashi (UOEH, Japan)
      Support: WHO, ILO

 AAI-4   16-18 November, 2011   Republic of Korea (Busan)
      Organizer: Prof. Dong-Mug Kang (PNUYH, Korea)
             Ministry of Environment, Korea
             National Institute of Environmental Research, Korea
      Support: WHO

 AAI-5   6-8 November, 2012       Republic of Korea (Busan)
      Organizer: Prof. Dong-Mug Kang (PNUYH, Korea)
             Ministry of Environment, Korea
      Co-organizer: Prof. Ken Takahashi (UOEH, Japan)
      Support: WHO