The Minister of Health, Ruiz Boi, opens 23th ISEE World Congress

- The Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) in Barcelona is the organizer of this year's Congress.

- More than 1,200 epidemiologists around the world who study the health effects of environmental factors like air pollution, global climate change, endocrine disruptors or radiation will meet in Barcelona from 13 to 16 September.

From 13rd to 16th September we will celebrate the 23rd World Congress of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) which will bring together more than 1,200 epidemiologists around the world in the Palacio de Congresos in Barcelona. The aim of this Congress, organized by the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) in Barcelona, is to share research being done worldwide on issues related to health and environment. This includes diseases such as cancer, asthma and reproductive problems or risk factors such as air pollution, global climate change, endocrine disruptors, water pollution, the effect of alternative transport to cars or to radiation we are exposed.

Opening ceremony
• Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
• Time: 17:30 to 18:10

- Prof. Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, CREAL researcher and Chair of ISEE 2011 conference.
- Prof. Manolis Kogevinas, CREAL co-director and co-chair of ISEE 2011 conference.
-Prof. Barbara Hoffmann, European Councillor of International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
-Prof. Dean Baker, President of International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
- Closing ceremony by Dr. Boi Ruiz, Minister of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia.
 

18:10 to 18:50

- Prof. Christopher Wild, Director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization. Lecture: "Environment and Cancer-research priorities".
- Prof. Ferran Sagarra, Director of School of Architecture of Barcelona. Lecture: "Ildefonso Cerdá, Barcelona city design and public health."
 

• Location: Palacio de Congresos de Barcelona. Montjuïc. Av Reina Maria Cristina s / n.