Moderators: Dr. Sebastian Taylor, Chief Executive, Action on Armed Violence
Ime John, MD, MPH, PhD, IPPNW Nigeria
Health Effects of the Atomic Bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Recent Evidence and New Topics Room: 116 Organizer: JPPNW Chair: Shizuteru Usui, President of JPPNW (President of Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association) Moderator: Katsuko Kataoka, Secretary General of JPPNW (Professor Emeritus of Hiroshima University) Speakers: Masao Tomonaga, President of JPPNW Nagasaki Branch (Director of Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital), Makoto Matsumura, Board member of Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association. Nanao Kamada, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivors Relief Foundation
Establishing the Physician's Role in Combating Climate Change Room: 119 Organizer: Dr. Tony Waterston Speakers: Dr. Tony Waterston, consultant Paediatrician, Newcastle upon Tyne, Medact lead for climate change; Robert Gould, MD, President, SF-Bay Area PSR, Associate Pathologist, Kaiser Hospital, San Jose, CA; Mustafa Abbas, medical student, UK.
Increased Childhood Cancer Rates Near Nuclear Power Plants Room: 117 Organizer: IPPNW German affiliate Moderator Winfrid Eisenberg; co-moderator Malte Andre Speakers: Ian Fairlie (GB), an independent consultant on radiation in the environment, will give an input lecture; he has reviewed over 60 studies world-wide dealing with cancer near nuclear reactors. Alfred Körblein (D), a statistician, has been invited to comment; he will add further aspects to be discussed in the workshop.