Welcome,
The Portuguese Society of Occupational
Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO) organises on 9 and 10 February 2012,
the 8th edition of the International Symposium on Occupational
Safety and Hygiene - SHO 2012. Similarly to the past five years,
the event will be held in the main Auditorium of the School of
Engineering at University of Minho in Guimarães, which is the
European Capital of Culture during this year.
The 2012 edition covers
the issues of Ergonomics and Physical Environment, Chemical and
Biological Risk, Fire Safety and Prevention Management, which
will occur both in plenary sessions and parallel sessions.
For the first time, the
selection of the studies to be considered in the final program
was made through the submission of extended abstracts with 2 to
3 pages length and using an electronic platform, both for the
submission and review.
Throughout this
submission process more than 200 papers were submitted,
corresponding to an equal number of extended abstracts, which
were reviewed by the international Scientific Committee (SC) of
the Symposium, consisting of more than 90 specialists in the
various scientific fields covered by the event.
Papers submitted
correspond to a total of 400 authors from 10 countries.
Also for the first
time, the submission and review process previewed that the
submission of accepted abstracts could subsequently be submitted
in full-paper format, with a length between 5 and 8 pages and
written entirely in English. The reviewed and accepted
full-papers by the SC are published in the Conference
Proceedings book, which is published electronically, hoping that
this can be a motivation for the increasing international
diffusion of the presented works.
At the end of the event,
there will be a selection of articles with the aim of publishing
a special issue in the International Journal of Human Factors
and Ergonomics.
This edition of the
symposium will also include the completion of two pre and
post-symposium courses, one on "Heat Stress and Comfort", by
Prof. Jacques Malchaire, from Belgium, and another entitled "Is
it possible to influence safety in construction?", by Prof. Paul
Swuste, from the Netherlands.
We appreciate the
participation of all the national and foreign experts, who
kindly acceded to our invitation.
We appreciate the
institutional support of the School of Engineering of the
University of Minho, School of Engineering of the University of
Porto, Faculty of Human Kinetics of the Technical University of
Lisbon and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, as well as
the scientific sponsorship of the Portuguese Engineers
Professional Association (OE), the European Network of Safety
and Health Professionals’ Organisations (ENSHPO), the
International Social Security Association (ISSA / ISSA), the
Latin American Association of Work Safety Engineering (ALAEST),
the Brazilian Society of Safety Engineering (SOBES) and its
subsidiary of the State of Rio de Janeiro (SOBES-RIO), the
Portuguese Society of Occupational Medicine (SPMT), the
Portuguese Society of Occupational Health (SPSO), the Portuguese
Association of Ergonomics (APERGO), the Portuguese Society of
Acoustics (SPA), the Brazilian Association of Civil Engineers
(ABENC), the Asociación de Especialistas de Prevención y Salud
Laboral (AEPSAL), the Galician Society of Occupational Risk
Prevention, the Research Network on Working Conditions (RICOT),
and the Portuguese Society of Environmental Health (SPSA).
We also thank the
official support of the Authority for Working Conditions (ACT),
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Municipality of
Guimarães and Guimarães ECC 2012, as well as the valuable
support of several Companies and Institutions.
Again, we believe that
we will count with the participation of a big and active
audience and wish that this event would continue to have an
increasing importance in the field of Occupational Hygiene and
Safety, not only nationally but also internationally.
We want to highlight
again the fact that this edition occurs during the celebration
of Guimarães European Capital of Culture, which supports our
initiative, and will surely provide to SHO2012 attendants a vast
and rich cultural program.
Guimarães, February 9th, 2012
The
Organizing Committee
A. Sérgio
Miguel
Gonçalo
Perestrelo
J. Santos
Baptista
Mónica
Barroso
Nélson Costa
Patricio
Cordeiro
Paula
Carneiro
Pedro Arezes
Rui Melo
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