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Safety culture, a shared commitment

XI Latin American IRPARegional Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety 16-20 th April 2018 Havana, Cuba. Havana Convention Palace. Safety culture, a shared commitment. XI Latin American Regional IRPA Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety 16-20 th April 2018 Havana, Cuba.

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Safety culture, a shared commitment

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  1. XI Latin American IRPARegional Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety 16-20th April 2018 Havana, Cuba HavanaConvention Palace Safety culture, a shared commitment

  2. XI Latin American Regional IRPA Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety 16-20th April 2018 Havana, Cuba SimultaneousSessions in 5 historicallocations in Downtown Old Havana

  3. XI Latin American Regional IRPA Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety 16-20th April 2018, Havana, Cuba • The Cuban Society of RadiologicalProtectionwas in charge of the organization of the Congress in co-operation with the following Radiation Protection Societies: • Argentine Radiation Protection Society • Brazilian Radiation Protection Society • Chilean Radiation Protection Association • Colombian Radiation Protection Society • Costa Rican Radiation Protection Association • Paraguayan Radiation Protection Society • Peruvian Radiation Protection Society • Uruguayan Radiation Protection Society • Venezuelan Radiation Protection Society and • Federation of Radiation Protection Societies of Latin American and the Caribbean (FRALC)

  4. XI Latin American Regional IRPA Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety 16-20th April 2018, Havana, Cuba OpeningCeremony

  5. XI Latin American Regional IRPA Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety 16-20th April 2018, Havana, Cuba 18 thematic areas 431 paperswereapprovedforpresentation • 75 experts from the region and from international organizations and bodies integrated the International Scientific Committee to support the technical work of the Congress. • Associated events: • Ibero-American Symposium on Radiological Protection in Medicine: Echos of Madrid-Arequipa-Vienna • IAEA Workshop on Management of Disused Radioactive Sources • Second Meeting of the FORO Project on "Pilot Application of the Safety Culture Assessment Methodology of the FORO Guide to Industrial Gammagraphy"

  6. 18 thematic areas 431 paperswereapprovedforpresentation

  7. 18 thematic areas 431 paperswereapprovedforpresentation

  8. XI Latin American Regional Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety 23-27th April 2018, Havana, Cuba • 244 oral presentations (185 papers + 59 oral presentations in Round Tables and Technical Sessions) • 15 Round Tables • 23 Oral Technical Sessions • Poster Session (97 papers were presented as posters) • 4 Conferences • Safety culture, a shared commitment • Fukushima accident: lessons learnt and leadership for safety • Diagnostic reference levels in medical imaging: ICRP recommendations • Future challenges for radiation and nuclear safety • 1 Technical Session in plenary (Implementation of the basic safety standards) • an Information Meeting on Human Resources of the IAEA • a thematic panel on gender • IRPA AS Forum

  9. XI Latin American Regional Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety 23-27th April 2018, Havana, Cuba • Development of women in the nuclear sector - perspectives and experiences of professionals in the area of radiological and nuclear safety • This is the first panel of women that takes place in an IRPA Congress, an initiative that should continue at the next Congresses • It is necessary to continue to make visible and disseminate the contribution of women in the nuclear sector. • It is necessary to promote education in the population focused on gender equity to create a cultural change. • There is a need to promote education that fosters future professional development without gender barriers. • It is essential to establish actions aimed at reducing the gender gap in science and technology, particularly in radiological and nuclear safety. • A gender approach needs to be incorporated in all radiological and nuclear safety activities, at the local and regional levels.

  10. XI Latin American Regional Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety 23-27th April 2018, Havana, Cuba International launching of the Spanish version of technical documents: ¨Artificial tanning devices: public health interventions to manage sunbeds¨ ¨Communicating radiation risks in paediatric imaging. Information to support healthcare discussions about benefit and risk¨

  11. XI Latin American Regional IRPA Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety 16-20th April 2018, Havana, Cuba RefresherCourseshad 415 attendees

  12. XI Latin American Regional IRPA Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety 16-20th April 2018, Havana, Cuba • As in the two previous editions of the Regional Congress, there was a Young Professional in Radiation Protection Award and young professionals from Argentina, Colombia, Cuba and Peru participated.

  13. The (final) report of all the Congress (in Spanish) is available in www.irpacuba.com.

  14. XI Latin American Regional IRPA Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety 16-20th April 2018, Havana, Cuba Havana: ¨Wonder City of the modern world¨ (New 7 Wonders)

  15. XII Latin American Regional Congress on Radiation Protection and Safety • At the Closing Ceremony it was announced that at Federation of Radiation Protection Societies of Latin American and the Caribbean (FRALC) meeting • all the Radiation Protection Societies of the region decided that • the next Latin American Regional Congress • will be held in Santiago de Chile in 2022.

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