| Time | Session |
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| 09:00 – 10:00 | Reception, display of posters |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Welcome and introduction
Welcome note from Albert Nienhaus SCBOH / ICOH
Welcome note from Jörg Schudmann ISSA
Short introduction on the history of working group occupational infectious agents (WGOIA) and the scientific committee Biohazards and Occupational Health (SCBOH) – Mary Ross
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| 10:30 – 11:15 | Review of the most important workplace biohazards – Gerd Schneider (Institute for Occupational Safety (IFA), Germany) |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 – 12:15 | New international labour standards on biological hazards – Francisco Santos-O’Connor (ILO, Geneva) |
| 12:15 – 12:45 | Questions and answers |
| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch break and poster exhibition |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Non-infectious biohazards in the workplace – a focus on allergy and asthma – Mohamed F. Jeebhay, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Occupational infections among workers in European countries: a scoping review – Guglielmo Dini, Italy |
| 15:00 – 15:25 | Biohazards and health complaints in Veterinary Medicine – Monika Raulf, Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine (IPA Bochum, Germany) |
| 15:25 – 15:30 | Q + A |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Biomedical waste management in the state of Kerala, India: Challenges and Roadmaps – Chandrasekharan Nair Kesavachandran, India |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Exposure to biohazards for workers in wastewater treatment plants – Evida Poopedi, South Africa |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Biohazards in sex workers in high-income countries: a systematic review – Antoon De Schryver, Belgium |
| 17:30 – 18:15 | Mocktail in front of the posters |
| 19:00 – 22:00 | Conference dinner |