Programme

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Pōwhiri and opening ceremony

A traditional Māori welcome to open ANOH2027.

Opening keynote address

Strengthening work related health through partnership, shared learning and manaakitanga.

Chair: Dr Jane Smith · Dr Bob Lee

• Designing healthier work for tomorrow — Dr Sarah Tiong

Morning tea and exhibition

Exposure science: Monitoring and measurement

Measurement, modelling and emerging hazards.

Chair: Prof. David Chen

• Real-time monitoring of respirable dust on mine and quarry sites — Dr Liam Walker
• Modelling inhalation exposure for new chemicals before they reach the workplace — Dr Aisha Rahman
• Low-cost sensors: are they good enough for compliance monitoring? — Tomasz Nowak

Exposure science: Dusts, fumes and chemicals

Chair: Dr Emma Wilson

• Emerging hazards in lithium-ion battery recycling — Dr Grace Liu
• Engineered stone: lessons from a national silica screening programme — Dr Rawiri Kingston
• Welding fume after the Group 1 reclassification: what has changed on the shop floor? — Chloe Martin

Exposure science: Noise, vibration and radiation

• Hearing conservation programmes that work in construction — Marcus Reid
• Whole-body vibration in forestry machinery operators — Dr Anna Kowalski
• Solar UV exposure of outdoor workers in Aotearoa — Sione Taufa

Lunch and exhibition

Sustainable workplaces: Climate and heat

Climate, energy transition and new industries.

Chair: Prof. David Chen

• Heat stress planning for outdoor work in a warming climate — Dr Priya Nair
• Wildfire smoke and outdoor workers: when should work stop? — Ethan Brooks
• Heat-health warning systems for employers — Dr Leilani Faleolo

Sustainable workplaces: The energy transition

Chair: Dr Emma Wilson

• Hazards in the hydrogen and renewables transition — Dr Oliver Grant
• Solar panel end-of-life: exposure risks in recycling — Mei Tanaka
• Offshore wind: occupational health for a new industry — Callum Fraser

Sustainable workplaces: Buildings and indoor air

• Designing healthier low-carbon buildings — Dr Isabel Moreno
• Indoor air quality in schools: what the CO2 monitors told us — Nathan Hughes
• Mould and dampness exposures in social housing maintenance work — Ruby Patel

Afternoon tea

Poster session and exhibition

Meet presenters and exhibitors.

Conference dinner

An evening celebrating our community.

Keynote addresses

Health, wellbeing and the changing world of work.

• Exposure intelligence across Asia — Prof. Kenji Sato
• Equity at the heart of prevention — Dr Elizabeth Adebayo

Morning tea and exhibition

Health and wellbeing: Equity and access

• Equity in occupational health services — Dr Ana Tupou
• Occupational health for migrant and seasonal workers — Rahul Singh
• Kaupapa Māori approaches to health surveillance — Dr Hemi Rangitaawa
• Reaching gig and contract workers — Emily Zhang

Health and wellbeing: Psychosocial risk

Psychosocial risk, human factors, equity and prevention.

Chair: Prof. David Chen

• Managing psychosocial risk in practice — Dr Hannah Cho
• Measuring workload and fatigue in healthcare shift workers — Josh Tane
• ISO 45003 in small businesses: what actually changes? — Dr Fiona McLeod
• Bullying and harassment as an occupational hazard — Karan Mehta

Health and wellbeing: Human factors

Chair: Dr Emma Wilson

• Human factors in control selection — Dr Samuel Okafor
• Why workers don't wear their PPE, and what to do about it — Laura Jensen
• Designing controls people will actually use — Dr Adam Carter
• Respirator fit-testing programmes that stick — Holly Evans

Lunch and exhibition

Regional collaboration: Building capability

Building capability across Asia and the Pacific.

Chair: Prof. David Chen

• Building occupational hygiene capability across the Pacific — Dr Losa Fonoti
• Mentoring the next generation of hygienists — Claire Donovan
• A shared competency framework for Asia-Pacific hygienists — Dr Arjun Pillai

Regional collaboration: Data and evidence

Chair: Dr Emma Wilson

• Shared exposure databases in Asia — Dr Yuki Nakamura
• Harmonising workplace exposure limits across the region — Dr Marie Dubois
• Open data for occupational disease surveillance — Patrick O'Neill

Regional collaboration: Industry partnerships

• Mining health partnerships in the Western Pacific — Dr Joseph Kila
• Supply-chain approaches to worker health — Sarah Lindqvist
• Joint inspections: regulators working across borders — Dr Wei Chen

Afternoon tea

Closing ceremony

Awards and handover to the next ANOH host.