Occupational Respiratory Diseases – From Risk Factors to Prevention

5th – 8th of May 2025
Sandbjerg Estate, Sønderborg, Denmark

About this course

This course will focus on the main occupational respiratory diseases including mechanisms, diagnostics, emerging and established occupational and non-occupational risk factors, the evidence level for occupational exposure as related to occupational respiratory diseases, and their prevention.

The course will be a mixture of lectures, group work, plenary discussions and participants presentations (own research or patient related work) provided to the course leaders before the course in order to prepare adequate feedback.

It is estimated that at least 15% of the disease burden among adults for the respiratory disease in question could be avoided if occupational exposures can be eliminated, thus there is still a substantial potential for preventing these diseases. It is key, in an evidence-based way, to further improve the working environment by minimizing or removing the occupational exposures in question (mainly airborne exposures such as chemicals, allergens, biological and non-organic dust, gases and fumes). This course relates primarily to the subject area: “chemical risks”.

	Course Summary
	5th – 8th of May 2025
	Onsite course
	Sandbjerg Estate, Sønderborg, Denmark
	Deadline 4th of March 2025
	1400 (all inclusive)
	Register

Price information

The price of the course consists of the course fee of EUR 500
and the day package of EUR 900, that include accomondation, course facilities and three meals per day (breakfast, lunch and dinner).

Day package

This package includes:

conference facilities and technical equipment
course material
breakfast, lunch and dinner during the course
accomodation

The total price of the course is EUR 1400 (course fee EUR 500 + day package fee EUR 900)

EUR 1400

Accommodation

The course will be held at Sandbjerg Estate in Sønderborg, Denmark.

When you register for the course, we also anticipate that you will stay at the course site. Accommodation and participation in dinners and social program are part of the course package. We hope this will provide further opportunities for networking and continued collaboration between course participants and lecturers.

Course objectives

The objective of the course is to provide the participants with the newest knowledges related to occupational respiratory disease, including mechanisms, diagnostics, emerging and well known occupational exposure, evidence level and prevention, and to provide inspiration to the participants to actively participate in development of the clinical field and the research field within occupational respiratory diseases.

Main topics

The main occupational diseases covered will be allergic and non-allergic asthma and rhinitis, COPD, interstitial lung disease, and lung cancer. For each disease, the course will cover mechanisms, diagnostics, emerging and well-known occupational and non-occupational risk factors, the evidence level for occupational exposure related to each disease, and prevention of occupational respiratory diseases.

Preliminary programme

Target group

Occupational junior and senior physicians, and clinicians interested in occupational respiratory disease
Occupational hygienists, Ph.D. students interested in occupational respiratory disease
Occupational and respiratory epidemiologists

General course fee and cancellation information

The courses and workshops vary in price. Please note that the course fee does not cover meals or accommodation. The course fee and day-package fee are invoiced after the registration deadline.

Travel arrangements

Please refrain from booking any travel tickets until we have confirmed the course. The confirmation, which will be sent at the latest after the registration deadline, will include detailed information on the payment of the course fee and day-package, as well as information on practical arrangements.

Please note that you are not insured by NIVA.