EWDTS 2011 - Symposium Programme

09:00 Official Welcome

Session 1: What is WDT? What should WDT achieve? Why WDT? Is WDT still a priority in financial crisis? Do we need WDT in Europe?

09:30 O1

-1: Europe faces new challenges posed by changes in drug supply and use

Lisbeth Vandam

EMCDDA

09:50 O1

-2: What levels of, and which, alcohol biomarkers could be used to estimate commercial driver fitness? Comparison with convicted DWI offenders

Paul Marques

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE)

10:10 O1

-3: Workplace Drug Testing in the Irish Industry

Eamon Devoy

Engineering and Electrical Union – Ireland

10:30 – 11:15: Coffee break, Sponsors’ Exhibition

11:15 O1

-4: Laboratory Oral fluid drug testing in the workplace: Sales, Marketing and Implementation strategies that will ensure success

Kathy Miller

Immunalysis Corporation

11:35 O1

-5: Pre-analytical aspects of workplace drug testing – Sample adulteration

Claire George

Concateno

11:55 O1

-6: Specimen Collection

Per Bjorklov

Drugtest Scandinavia

12:15 – 14:00: Lunch, Sponsors’ Exhibition

Session 2: Legal basis and Policy making for WDT - what should a WDT policy cover? What are the responsibilities of the Employer? What happens if there is no WDT policy?

14:00 O1

-7: Legal Aspects of Workplace Drug Testing

Anya Pierce

PPM Consultants

14:20 O1

-8: Legal and Regulatory Aspects

John O'Sullivan

Claymon-Biomnis

14:50 O1

-9: Developing Workplace Policies for Drugs and Alcohol

Lindsay Hadfield

Concateno

15:10 O1

-10: Developing Workplace Policies for Drugs and Alcohol in Turkey

Serap Annette Akgür

Ege University

15:30 – 16:15: Coffee break, Sponsors’ Exhibition

Session 3: WDT Case Studies

16:15 O1

-11: A snapshot of workplace drug testing in Italy

Isabella De Nardis

Institute of Occupational Medicine, Rome

16:35 O1

-12: Cannabis: False Positive Results With Immunochemical Techniques By Unsuspected Compounds In Workplace Drug Testing

Nadia Fucci

Institute of Legal Medicine, Catholic University, Rome

16:55 O1

-13: Workplace drug testing in Italy - An overview on the Italian Situation

Cristiana Stramesi

Department of Legal Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy

17:15 O1

-14: Workplace drug testing in Italy – Critical considerations

Claudia Vignali

Department of Legal Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy

17:35 O1

-15: Contractor Compliance Services for the Petrochemical Industry

Colin Woods

DISA

19:00: Conference Dinner (Extra fee)

Session 4: Drug testing in different matrices and the role of MRO

09:30 O2

-1: Workplace Drug Testing: Different Matrices Different Objectives

Lolita Tsanaclis

Cansford Laboratories Ltd

09:50 O2

-2: Oral fluid for workplace drug testing: Laboratory implementation

Christine Moore

Immunalysis Corporation

10:10 O2

-3: A two years experience with lowered cut-offs for drugs of abuse in urine and hair

Bertin Dufaux

Labor Krone

10:30 – 11:15: Coffee break, Sponsors’ Exhibition

11:15 O2

-4: Substance abuse testing policy and practice in the offshore oil and gas industry

Graham Furnace

Oil & Gas UK

11:35 O2

-5: Do we really need an MRO?

Helen Vangikar

Toxicology Consultant

12:05 O2

-6: Confessions of a Medical Review Officer

Bob Guest

Caritas Ltd

12:35 – 14:20: Lunch, Sponsors’ Exhibition

Session 5: Round table discussion: Combining legal basis and toxicology

14:20 O2

-7: EWDTS Guidelines in Urine, Oral Fluid and Hair

EA representative, Leendert Mostert, Gail Cooper, Ronald Agius

15:00 EWDTS Business meeting

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