Shade and Built Environment

Tuesday 10 September 2024
9:00AM - 5:00PM

This pre-conference workshop will focus on the significant role of shade in reducing skin cancer risk and how to deliver and sustain quality shade in the built environment. We will address the key challenge of getting shade for UV protection on the healthy built environment policy agenda through cross sector engagement. The complex context of delivering shade effectively in the built environment will be explored through presentations, panel discussions, case studies and a site visit. A key outcome of the day is to share strategies and tactics to deliver long term sustainable quality shade outcomes.

Sunscreens: formulations, regulations
and behaviours

This pre-conference workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to hear from world leaders on all aspects of sunscreen – from formulation and testing to behavioural sunscreen research, education, and communication of sunscreen use. It aims to bring together key stakeholders from academia, industry, and national and international health protection agencies to address the current state of knowledge and challenges in the sunscreen space. During this workshop there will be opportunities for open discussions and networking, with a view to develop a vision statement that provides direction for future work and development in the sunscreen space.

CHAIRS:

Occupational Skin Cancer

This pre-conference workshop & Multi-Stakeholder Summit follows successful prior meetings in Paris 2019 and Berlin 2023. It will bring together an international panel of experts to discuss the impact, measurement, prevention, costs and challenges associated with occupational related skin cancer. Topics that will be covered include the size of the burden of occupational related skin cancer from a cancer, insurance, consumer and legal perspective. Exemplary practices will be highlighted along with the challenges and opportunities to improve current sun safe polices and guidance in workplace settings.