The conference has the following objectives:
• To exchange information and experience in the field of occupational radiation protection;
• To review technical and regulatory advances, challenges and opportunities since the last conference on the topic organized in 2014;
• To review the global situation on radiation protection of workers;
• To identify priority actions and future needs;
• To formulate conclusions and recommendations.
The conference is expected to identify proposal for actions leading to improved global occupational radiation protection system.
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1. Review of international standards and recommendations on occupational radiation protection, progress over the past twenty years and existing challenges
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2. Radiation effects and health risks from radiation exposure at the workplace
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3. Monitoring and dose assessment of occupational radiation exposures
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4. Occupational radiation protection in medicine
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5. Occupational radiation protection in the workplaces involving exposure to naturally occurring radioactive material, radon and cosmic rays
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6. Occupational radiation protection in industrial, research and educational facilities
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7. Occupational radiation protection in nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel cycle facilities
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8. Occupational radiation protection in emergency exposure situations and subsequent transition periods
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9. Radiation protection of workers in special cases (itinerant workers, apprentices, female workers)
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10. Optimization in occupational radiation protection
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11. Technical service providers in occupational radiation protection
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12. Education and training in occupational radiation protection
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13. Health surveillance; probability of causation of occupational harm attributable to radiation exposure; compensation
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14. Occupational radiation protection networks
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15. Management systems
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16. Occupational exposure levels and dose registries
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17. Safety culture in occupational radiation protection
