Global Asbestos Forum

2019 Conference speakers

Brendan J. Tully

Brendan is a partner at the American law firm Simon Greenstone Panatier Trial Lawyers in New York.  One of the leading trial lawyers in the

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Charles Pickles

With a background in asbestos consultancy, Charles co-founded Lucion Environmental in 2002, which at the time of his exit from the company in 2019, was

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David de Vreede

David de Vreede is well known for his advocacy for a healthy environment, especially with regard to asbestos and asbestos awareness. In daily life, he

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Dr. Henk Koerten

Dr. Henk Koerten is a cell biologist and doctor in Medical Sciences. In 1991, he was appointed head of the electron microscopy department at Leiden

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Gerrie van Beljouw

Gerrie van Beljouw is a mechanical engineer and has been the Owner of an asbestos removal company in Uden (the Netherlands) since 1991. He is

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Graham Gould

Graham Gould is an experienced businessman and entrepreneur who was introduced to Thermal Recycling by the investors in the business.  He successfully built an international

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Harry Vonk

Harry Vonk will be presenting on his asbestos awareness museum in Delft, the first such in the world and recently founded by the International Asbestos

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Huig Bergsma

Huig Bergsma is a professional geochemical engineer trained at the University of Utrecht. He has worked for Geochem Research, ARCADIS and is now a self-employed

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Jody Schinkel

Jody Schinkel works as a senior exposure scientist at TNO. During his thesis, he developed and validated the generic exposure models Stoffenmanager and Advanched Reach

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Joris Gribnau M.Sc.

Joris Gribnau graduated from Delft University of Technology as a civil engineer. He believes in safeguarding a healthy and pleasant working and living environment for

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Lloyd Ludlow

Lloyd Ludlow has 35 years experience in the deconstruction, demolition, environmental recycling and decontamination industries, including projects overseas and in the USA for the United

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Maarten Schmidt

Maarten Schmidt is a film producer and has produced over 14 films and worked on almost 30 films in different departments. His company Storyhouse is

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Mark Wit B.Sc.

Mark Wit studied building technology at Delft Technical University, the Netherlands, and has considerable experience as a project manager in building engineering and fire safety.

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Nicholas Le Mintier

Nicholas Le Mintier is xRapid’s Head of Sales. Graduated from an engineering school, he has spent the last ten years selling innovative products. He has

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Nick Garland

With over twenty years’ experience under his belt, Nick provides health and safety management advice, asbestos audit, expert witness testimony, competence and compliance systems to

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Phil Cleary

Phil Cleary graduated as a computer engineer before joining the police service, where he worked as Detective raising to senior officer rank. He started SmartWater

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Professor Arthur Frank

Professor Arthur Frank MD Ph.D. is trained as an occupational physician with a special interest in occupational cancers and occupational lung diseases, especially those caused

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Professor Jukka Takala

Professor Jukka Takala is renowned for his many contributions to the sciences of occupational health, specifically occupational diseases, and occupational ergonomics. With an illustrious career

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Sean Fitzgerald

Sean Fitzgerald has decades of experience in the field of mineralogy, microscopy and spectroscopy. With his added knowledge as a research geologist and research in

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Simon Schneebeli

Simon Schneebeli has a particular eye for innovation, creation and new challenges. With a background in civil engineering, an MBA in entrepreneurship and business development

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Sven de Mulder

Sven has a master of science industrial engineering and started as project manager waste removal and soil remediations at OVAM. Currently, he is the project

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Tony Rich

Tony Rich, also known under his alias Asbestos Hunter, has literally served ‘in the trenches’ as an industrial hygienist and environmental technician in the consulting

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Udo Waltman

Within the globally operating company SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company for the sustainable built environment, Udo Waltman is part of

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Will Patrick

Will Patrick is specialised in air monitoring equipment for the asbestos removal industry. At the EAF conference, he will talk about his particular interest: the

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More speakers to be announced soon...