ISRP Edinburgh 2002

Conference programme

 

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SUNDAY 29 SEPT


 

 

 

 

 

1500 - 1730

 

Registration

George Hotel
Chandos Suite

 

 

 

 

1830 - 2000

 

Welcome Reception

George Hotel
Chandos Suite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONDAY 30 SEPT


 

 

 

 

 

0800 - 0930

 

Registration

RCP Foyer

 

 

 

 

OPENING SESSION

 

 

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

0930 - 1000

 

Welcome Speeches

ISRP President

 

 

 

 

1000 - 1030

 

PLENARY LECTURE

The Lung and the World Outside

Professor Anthony Seaton

 

 

 

 

1030 - 1100

 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Personal Protective Equipment: Lessons Learned From Terrorist Attacks

Rich Metzler

 

 

 

 

 

1100 - 1130

 

COFFEE

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION  1

 

DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS AND COUNTER TERRORISM

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

1130 - 1200

ABS 45

NIOSH CBRN Respiratory Protection Standards Update

John Dower and Leslie Boord

 

 

 

 

1200 - 1220

ABS 21

Use Of The Smartman Test Apparatus In Testing Respiratory Protection

James A. Hanzelka, John Davis, Raymond Lins and Lee Campbell

 

 

 

 

1220 - 1240

ABS 50

Environmental Issues and Possible Effects on Cartridges/Filters Used for CBRN Agents

Rob Weber

 

 

 

 

1240 - 1400

 

LUNCH

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION  2

 

GAS AND PARTICULATE FILTRATION

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

1400 - 1420

ABS 27

Protective Performance Of Respirators Against Dioxin Generated In A Waste Incineration Plant

Hiroshi Yamada, Katsumi Kodera, Masaharu Mori

and Kazunori Kurano

 

 

 

 

1420 - 1440

ABS03

Organic Gas Filter Performance against Single and Binary Vapor mixtures

Piotr Pietrowski

 

 

 

 

1440 - 1500

ABS 48

Thermal Regeneration of a Respirator Cartridge for Organic Vapors

Hajime Hori, Toru Ishidao, Sumiyo Ishimatsu

 

 

 

 

1500 - 1520

ABS 01

Regenerative Filtration – the new Defence against Chemical and Biological Weapons

Rob. M. Fielding

 

 

 

 

1520 - 1550

 

TEA

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION  3

 

GAS AND PARTICULATE FILTRATION

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

1550 - 1610

ABS08

Bio-Aerosol Filtration Using Electrostatic Media

Leo Steenweg, Ilse Tuinman, Sven Van Der Gijp and Olaf Kievit

 

 

 

 

1610 - 1630

ABS 14

The Effect Of Selected Aerosols On The Electrostatic Filtering Materials For Respiratory Protective Devices.

Krzysztof Makowski

 

 

 

 

1630 - 1650

ABS 23

The Performance Of Newly Developed Electrostatic Filters

H Yuasa and K Kimura

 

 

 

 

1640 - 1710

ABS 37

Carbon Fibres For Combined Particulate And Vapour Filtration

Chris J. Hindmarsh

 

 

 

 

1710 - 1730

ABS 44

An Evaluation Of Filtering Efficiency For Reusable-Particulate Respirators Simulating Actual Conditions

Takaharu Enjoji and Hiroshi Yamada

 

 

 

 

 

 

EVENING FREE

 

       

 

 

TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER


 

 

 

 

 

SESSION  4

 

INWARD LEAKAGE STUDIES

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

0900 - 0920

ABS02

How Leak-Tight are New Respirators?

Andy Capon and   Mike Savarin

 

 

 

 

0920 - 0940

ABS31

Inward Leakage Testing Of Protective Suits

Göran Berndtsson

 

 

 

 

0940 - 1000

ABS 24

Modification Of The Respirator-Hood Interface To Reduce The Protection Factor Requirement Of The Face-Seal

Mike R. Dennis

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION  5A

 

STANDARDS AND REGULATION

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

1000 - 1020

ABS 13

Standards For The 21st Century Worker? Don’t Hold Your Breath

Jaques.Forrest and Nick Graves

 

 

 

 

1020 - 1050

 

COFFEE

 

 

 

 

 

1050 - 1110

ABS 15

New Standard for Dust Respirators in Japan

Toshihiko Myojo

 

 

 

 

1110 - 1130

ABS 43

PPE Breathing Devices Within ISO Technical Committee TC 94

Wolfgang Drews

 

 

 

 

1130 - 1150

ABS 22

Test Methods Of Gas Masks And Particulate Respirators In Compliance With The Japanese Standards

Y. Matsumura, K. Suzuki And A. Ogawa

 

 

 

 

1150 - 1210

ABS 49

Establishment of the NIOSH National Personal Protective Technology laboratory

Rich Metzler

 

 

 

 

SESSION  5B

 

SUPPLIED AIR & MINING

SMALL THEATRE

 

 

 

 

1050 - 1110

ABS 25

Breathing Air System Design For The 21st Century

Stuart J Harris

 

 

 

 

1110 - 1130

ABS 30

Non-Destructive Testing Of Self-Contained Self-Rescuers Used In The United States And The Program To Develop A Universal Breathing And Metabolic Simulator

Jeffery Kravitz

 

 

 

 

 

1130 - 1150

ABS05

Protection By Positive Pressure

Tineke Albers, Piet Baak, And Sven Van Der Gijp

1215 - 1430

 

EXHIBITION AND BUFFET LUNCH

FOYER

 

 

 

 

SESSION 6A

 

MASKS IN THE MILITARY

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

1430 - 1450

ABS07

Evaluation of the Fm12 Mask with respect to The Protection Factors

Leo Steenweg

 

 

 

 

1450 - 1510

ABS 28

Measurement Of Operational Fit Factors For Soldiers Wearing The S10 Respirator

S Scanlan, B Gray, & W Roberts.

 

 

 

 

1510 -1530

ABS 36

A Dual-Seal Respirator Concept For Increased Respiratory Protection

Grant S. Richardson

 

 

 

 

SESSION 6B

 

PHYSIOLOGY AND HUMAN INTERACTION

SMALL THEATRE

 

 

 

 

1430 - 1450

ABS 12

Evaluation of Personal Cooling Technologies to Alleviate Mask Thermal Discomfort

 

David M. Caretti

 

 

 

 

1450 - 1510

ABS 19

Wear Time And Peak Airflow Monitoring In A Lead Smelter

Sanya Kranenburg

 

 

 

 

1510 - 1530

ABS 17

Recapturing The Sizing Issues Of Respirator Fit-Test Panels For Emergency Response

Ziqing Zhuang, Jinhua Guan and Hongwei Hsiao

 

 

 

 

1530 - 1600

 

TEA

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION 7A

 

MASKS IN THE MILITARY

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

1600 - 1620

ABS10

Respirable Fibre Release From Gas Masks

Robin Howie

 

 

 

 

1620 - 1640

ABS 32

Protection Factor and Filter Efficiency In Protective Face Masks

Gary Mccurdy and R. Vijayakumar

 

 

 

 

1640 - 1700

ABS 11

Development of An End-Of-Service-Life Indicator For NBC Mask Filters

Paul D. Gardner

 

 

 

 

SESSION 7B

 

PHYSIOLOGY AND HUMAN INTERACTION

SMALL THEATRE

 

 

 

 

1600 - 1620

ABS 29

The Use Of Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus During A Prolonged Mine Disaster Response And Safeguards Required To Protect Rescue Team Members From Biological Hazards

Jeffery Kravitz

 

 

 

 

 

1620 - 1640

ABS 39

Use Of An Ambulatory Powered Respirator For Airborne Peanut Allergy

R S Dawes, J Furguson and R Howie

 

 

 

 

1640 - 1700

ABS 35

3d Scanning Applications Relevant To Respirator Development

Grant S. Richardson, Laurence A. Pears and Chris J. Hindmarsh

 

 

 

 

1700 - 1730

 

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY AGM

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

 

 

EVENING FREE (Optional Whisky Tasting)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY 2 OCT


 

 

 

 

 

SESSION 8

 

PROTECTION FACTORS AND FIT TESTING

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

0900 - 0920

ABS04

The Introduction of Quantitative Respirator Fit Testing at The UKAEA Dounreay Site

Suzanne Calder

 

 

 

 

0920 - 0940

ABS 33

The Role of Peak Inhalation Air Flow in The Testing of Air Purifying Respirators

Göran Berndtsson

 

 

 

 

0940 - 1000

ABS 09

Relevance Of Simulated WPF Studies

Robin Howie

 

 

 

 

1000 - 1020

ABS 18

Recent NIOSH Research On Fit-Test

Ziqing Zhuang and Roland Berryann

 

 

 

 

1020 - 1100

 

COFFEE

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION  9

 

PROTECTION FACTORS AND FIT TESTING

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

1100 - 1120

ABS 20

A Faster, More Rigorous Protocol For Fit Testing Respirators

Clifton D. Crutchfield, Donald W. Kautz, and Wayne F. Peate

 

 

 

 

1120 – 1140

ABS 26

RPE Fit Testing Using A Controlled Negative Pressure Device

M. P. Clayton and B. Rajan

 

 

 

 

1140 - 1200

ABS 16

Correlation Between Quantitative Fit Factors And Protection Factors Measured Under Actual Workplace Environments At A Steel Foundry

Ziqing Zhuang

 

 

 

 

1200 - 1220

ABS06

Simultaneous Determination Of Face Seal Leakage With Gas And Particles

Ilse Tuinman, Jacques Van Bokhoven and Leo Steenweg

 

 

 

 

1220 - 1400

 

LUNCH

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION  10

 

SELECTION, USE AND USERS

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

1400 - 1420

ABS 34

Respirators From An Asbestos Stripper’s Viewpoint

David Bowie

 

 

 

 

1420 - 1440

ABS 49

Respiratory Protection From A Management Perspective

Terry Delany

 

 

 

 

1440 - 1500

ABS 42

Breathing In Comfort And Safety

Nigel Bryson

 

 

 

 

1500 - 1530

 

TEA

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION 11

 

WORKSHOP

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

1530 - 1700

 

A)      Risk Analysis in RPE Selection and Use

B)      Best Practice in WPF Studies

Leader: Jim Johnson

Leader: Robin Howie

 

 

 

 

1900 - 2230

 

CONFERENCE BANQUET

ASSEMBLY ROOMS

 

 

 

 

 

 

THURSDAY 3 OCT


 

 

 

 

 

SESSION 12

 

RESEARCH AND REVIEWS

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

0900 - 0920

ABS 38

Novel Polymeric Barrier Materials for Respiratory Protection

Chris J. Hindmarsh

 

 

 

 

0920 - 0940

ABS 46

Designing The Next Generation Military Respirator

Alex Rowbotham

 

 

 

 

0940 - 1000

ABS 41

The Development Of Respirator Protection Factors In The United States

Ching-Tsen Bien

 

 

 

 

1000 - 1020

ABS 47

Setting The Respirator Research Agenda

Rich Metzler, Ziqing Zhuang, And Roland Berryann

 

 

 

 

1020 - 1100

 

COFFEE

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION 13

 

LATE ENTRY PAPERS

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

1100 - 1120

ABS 51

How To Deal With RPE Within A Global Petrochemical Industry

Jan M.H.H. Hendrix

 

 

 

 

1120 – 1140

ABS 52

Capacity of Activated Carbon Filters: Theory and Experiment

R J Aitken, M A Hemingway, R C Brown, A Apsley, M J Bagley and R Rajan

 

 

 

 

1140 - 1200

ABS 53

Status Report 2002 of End-of-Service-Life Indicator for Gas Mask Filter: Concepts, Commercial Products and Recent Development Work.

M.G. Ziegler; W Hauthal; H Köser.

 

 

 

 

SESSION 14

 

CLOSING SESSION

MAIN THEATRE

 

 

 

 

1200 - 1230

 

CLOSING SPEECHES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

   

END OF CONFERENCE

 

 

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