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Prof. Pedro R. Mondelo
Director ORP
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Spain

Pedro R. Mondelo is a professor at Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (Spain), and Director of the Research Center for Corporate Innovation (CERpIE). He has participated in numerous research projects, and is the author of various books on Ergonomics and Occupational Risk Prevention. His principal areas of research include occupational risk prevention management, commuting accident analysis, and the relationship between working conditions and productivity. Professor Mondelo specializes in developing advanced training programs for executives and experienced occupational risk prevention professionals.

Prof. Jouni Kivistö-Rahmasto
Co-Director del Programa ORPCONFERENCE
Tampere University of Technology
Finland

Jouni Kivistö-Rahmasto es profesor del departamento de Gestión Industrial de la Universidad Politécnica de Tampere (Finlandia), donde forma parte del Centro para la Gestión y la Ingeniería de la Seguridad. Ha participado en numerosos proyectos de investigación y es autor de numerosas publicaciones entre los que se incluyen artículos y libros. Sus intereses de investigación abarcan la gestión de la seguridad, la ergonomía o el análisis de riesgos..

Prof. Waldemar Karwowski
Co-Director del Programa ORPCONFERENCE
University of Central Florida
United States

Waldemar Karwowski is professor at the University of Central Florida (USA). Certified Professional Ergonomist, he is past president of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and of the International Ergonomics Association. Author or co-author of over 350 publications, doctor Karwowski currently serves on the Committee on Human Factors (National Research Council, USA). He is editor of the journal Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, and editor-in-chief of the journal Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science.

Prof. Enrico Occhipinti
Co-Director del Programa ORPCONFERENCE
Università degli Studi de Milano
Italy

Physician Enrico Occhipinti is professor of occupational medicine at Milan University (Italy). He chairs the Centre for occupational medicine (CEMOC) at the Mangiagalli-Regina Elena Hospital, and the research unit on Ergonomics of posture and movement (EPM) at the DG Foundation in Milan. European Ergonomist (CREE), he chairs the Technical committee on musculoskeletal disorders of the International Ergonomics Association, and is member of the CEN and ISO Committees on ergonomics (biomechanics group).

Prof. Paul Swuste
Co-Director del Programa ORPCONFERENCE
Delft University of Technology
Holland

Paul Swuste is associate professor of the Safety Science Group at Delft University of Technology (The Nederlands). He has an MSc degree in Biochemistry and made his PhD on occupational hazards and solutions. His research interests include occupational exposure, control measures to occupational hazards, and occupational accidents and their legal aspects in various branches of industry.

Prof. Pedro Arezes
Co-Director del Programa ORPCONFERENCE
University of Minho
Portugal

Pedro Arezes is a Full Professor at the University of Minho (Portugal), where he coordinates the Human Engineering Research Group. In 2005, he was appointed as the Director of the Ergonomics Laboratory at the same University and member of the Direction Board of the Human Engineering MSc. and of the PhD. Programme in Industrial Engineering and Systems. He authored more than 150 papers in international journals and conference proceedings and, as he has been collaborating with several international peer-reviewed scientific journals in the domain of Ergonomics and Occupational Safety, both as a reviewer and member of the editorial committee. He is also the Vice-President of the Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO) since its foundation in 2004.

Prof. Gui Fu
Co-Director del Programa ORPCONFERENCE
University of Mining and Technology-Beijing
China

Gui Fu is currently a professor and the deputy dean of the Faculty of Resources and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing. He got his PhD and master degree on safety engineering in 1996 and 1987 respectively, and now Professor Fu is a member of National Steering Committee for Tertiary Education of Safety Engineering, Chinese National Expert Committee for OHS and several national and international profession associations. Prof Fu has more than 20 years of work experience in the field of OHS teaching, research. From 2000 to 2005, he has had three sabbatical studies in Australia, staying with School of Safety Science, UNSW, Accident Research Center and the Dept of Management, Monash University. He also made some visits to the professional organizations in the United States, Canada, South Africa and Korea. Prof. Fu’s research interests are behavioral safety, safety culture and risk management.

Prof. Young-Guk Kwon
Co-Director del Programa ORPCONFERENCE
Seoul Tech University
South Korea

Doctor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems (MIS), Yonsei University, Koera. Ph. D. in Ergonomics, Department of Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University ,USA. MS in Industrial Engineering, Rugers University, USA (2005). Visting Professor in UPC (University of Polytech, in Catalunia). Department of Industrial Engineering (2011-2012). Expertise areas and consulting: Safety aspects of occupational safety and health, safety information systems, safety management, risk management in government, Accident prevention management in public and government, MSD (MuscularSkeletal Disorders), Accident Statistics, safety culture, human error prevention, behavior-based safety. Consultant for Korean Government and Blue House (Korean White House).

Prof. Harry Shannon
Co-Director del Programa ORPCONFERENCE
McMaster University
Canada

Harry Shannon is a Professor in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University. He obtained his B.A. in Mathematics from Oxford University in 1970, an M.Sc. in Mathematical Statistics from Birmingham in 1971, and a Ph.D. in Applied Statistics from the University of London in 1978. He was Director of McMaster’s Program in Occupational Health and Environmental Medicine from 1999-2005, and served as President of the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health in 2003-2004. He is on the Editorial Boards of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and Safety Science. His research projects have included mortality and morbidity studies in various industries. He has explored the role of organizational factors and interventions to create safe workplaces. He is currently chair of the Methodology Working Group for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

MANAGING COMITTEE


Pedro R. Mondelo
Director CERpIE-UPC


Pascual Llongueras
Vice-president FIORP


Fernando Terrés
Scientific direction ORP


Xialei You
Technical Director FIORP

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

SAFETY AT WORK
President: Emilio Castejón, EasyTech Global
Secretary: José Luis Lérida, SUEZ
Kai Savolainen, Nanosafety Research Centre
Juan Carlos López, CERpIE-UPC
Ignacio Valero, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Pilar Almagro, Vertisub
Lawrence Schulze, University of Houston
Mª Carmen Rubio, Universidad de Granada
Enda Fallon, National University of Galway
John Stoop, Delft University of Technology
Kwan Lee, Hongik University
Raija Koivisto, VTT Automation

OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE
President: Gabriel Martín, Universitat de Barcelona
Secretary: Carlos Ruíz-Frutos, Universidad de Huelva
Encarnación Tato, Accenture
Gloria Morgan, Positiva
John Cherrie, Institute Occupational Medicine
Tore Larsson, Centre for Health and Building School of Technology and Health
Juan Goiria, Academia de Ciencias Médicas de Bilbao
Francisco Marqués, Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo
Mª Luisa Canals, Sociedad Española de Medicina Marítima
Juan Dancausa, ANEPA
Pilar Alfranca, Acciona
Marta Serrano, AENOR

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
President: Pere Deià, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Secretary: Milena Gómez-Yepes, Universidad de Quindío
Joan Guasch, Centro Nacional de Condiciones de Trabajo
Xavier Guardino, Centro Nacional de Condiciones de Trabajo
Sérgio Miguel, Sociedade portuguesa de Segurança e Higiene Ocupacionais
David Pui, University of Minnesota
Félix Bernal, Ministerio de Defensa
Lázaro Cremades, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Heiner Bubb, Munich University of Technology
Helmut Strasser, University of Siegen
Tomás Camacho, Universidad de Vigo
Rudolf van der Haar, Asociación Española de Higiene Industrial

ERGONOMICS
President: Sebastiano Bagnara, Politecnico de Milano
Secretary: Alexander Nikov, The University of West Indies
Paula Sánchez, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Carmen Otero, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Ahmet Özok, Istambul Technical University
Miguel Ángel de la Iglesia, ErgoGrup
Miguel Martín, LantegiBatuak
Javier Llaneza, Asociación Española de Ergonomía
Pedro Guillen, Asociación de Ergonomía de la Comunidad Valenciana (ERGOCV)
Marino Martínez, Universidad Zaragoza
Gustavo Rosal, SGS HFE Consultancy

ROAD SAFETY
President: Milagro del Arroyo, DGT
Secretary: José Luis Pedragosa, CERpIE-UPC
Horacio Botta, Grupo SANCOR Seguros
Sonia Vírseda, Accenture
Carme Huguet, Provial
Patrocinio Monzón, CERpIE-UPC
Julio Ureña, CERpIE-UPC
Teresa Lascorz, DGT
Fernando Terrés, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Antonio Gella, Gas Natural Fenosa
Mirita del Valle, Sistemas Reid, S.A.

INDOOR AIR QUALITY
President: Gloria Cruceta, SEGLA
Secretary: Josep Montserrat, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Anna Cusí, ACESEM
Julio Vidal, ACECAI
Pedro Gurrutxaga, AVECAI
Angel Abril, AVECAMI
Mauricio Espaliat, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

TRAINING IN PREVENTION
President: Víctor Guédez, Universidad de los Andes de Mérida
Secretary: Ricardo Ros, Universidad de Zaragoza
Jaume Llacuna, EasyTech Global
Maribel Novella, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Bartolomé Bennassar, MC Prevención

PSYCHOSOCIOLOGY
President: José María Peiró, Universidad de Valencia
Secretary: Bernardo Moreno, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Ivars Vanadzins, Riga Stradins University
Frank Guldenmund, Delft University of Technology
Dolores Díaz, Universidad de La Laguna
Ken Parsons, Loughborough University
Ramón Ferrer, Universitat de Barcelona
Carmen Soler Pagán, Asociación de Ergonomía de la Comunidad Valenciana (ERGOCV)
Kaj Frick, Technology Mälardalen University

SOCIAL CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
President: Estrella Nieto, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Secretary: Javier Tarín, OHL
Ignacio Fuentes, Grupo Santander
Joaquín Trigo, Fomento Nacional del Trabajo
Ramona García, Generalitat de Catalunya
Juan Carlos Rubio, Universidad de Málaga
Andrés Herreros, ACHS

IT AND PREVENTION
President: Núria Talavera, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Secretary: Oscar Martos, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Emilio Hernández, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Mª Esther Trujillo, PrevencionIntegral.com
David García, Sabentis.com
Xavier Baraza, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Sabentis.com

SYSTEMS INTEGRATION: Quality, Environment, and Occupational risk prevention
President: Xavier Tort, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Secretary: Pablo Yáñez, Acciona
Juan José Tarí, Universidad de Alicante
Asun Galera, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Juan Carlos Bajo, Ampell Consultores
Luz Stella Rodriguez, Colmena Seguros

PREVENTION MANAGEMENT
President: Ána Bermúdez, Fundación para la PRL
Secretary: Narcís Berberana, SUEZ
Daniel Podgórski, Centra Institute for Labour Protection
Danuta Koradecka, Central Institute for Labour Protection
Carlos Sánchez-Prieto, Aceralia Grupo Arcelor
Joan Miró, TBK Facility Management
Carlos Salas, TUSGSAL
Ewa Górsla, Warsaw University of Technology
Jan Hovden, NTH
Philippe Schallier, European Space Agency
Wolfang H. Steinicke, FAV-Berlin

AUDITS
President: Manel Bestratén, Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo
Secretary: Jesús Abad, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Antonio Gil, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Javier Sanz, Deloitte & Touche
Alberto Jiménez, ACESA Autopistas Manuela Brinques, Full Audit

LEGAL ISSUES IN PREVENTION
President: Montserrat Nebrera, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Secretary: Jaume Guixá, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Margarita Ramos, Universidad de La Laguna
Ignacio Camós, Universitat de Girona
Cristóbal Molina, Universidad de Jaén
María del Mar Alarcón, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Ruth Vallejo, Universidad Zaragoza
Manuel Hernández, Sagardoy Abogados
Rubén Rodríguez-Martínez, ASPA
Juan José Llona, Inspección de Trabajo y Seguridad Social