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SASOM-MEDICHEM Joint Congress in South Africa, 31 July to 3 August 2019:

A Photographic Account

Setting the Scene

Photographs 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d – Convenient location

The SASOM-MEDICHEM Joint Congress 2019 was held at the Protea Hotel by Marriott Kempton Park,

Gauteng, South Africa, a suitable and practical venue located a stone’s throw from the ORT International

Airport of Johannesburg

Photographs: Claudina Nogueira

Photographs 2a and 2b – Attendance numbers

Approximately 110 participants (including invited speakers, delegates and exhibitors) attended

the Congress, representing 25 countries

Photographs: Laria Botha and Claudina Nogueira

The Main Event

Photograph 3 – Official Opening

Prof Daan Kocks, SASOM Chair (left) and Dr Murray Coombs, MEDICHEM President (right)

opened the Joint Congress and welcomed participants. SASOM and MEDICHEM collaborated

in this first joint venture to bring together international professional networks to share their

expertise

Photograph: Laria Botha

Photograph 4 – Congress Organisers and ICOH Officers

L to R: Dr Marissa Muller – SASOM member (South Africa); Prof Sergio Iavicoli –

ICOH Secretary General (Italy); Dr Murray Coombs – MEDICHEM President (South

Africa); Dr Jukka Takala – ICOH President (Finland); Prof Seong-Kyu Kang – ICOH

Vice President (Republic of Korea); Prof Daan Kocks – SASOM Chair (South Africa);

Ms Claudina Nogueira – ICOH Vice President and SASOM ExCo member (South

Africa); Dr André Kotzé – SASOM Vice Chair and MEDICHEM National

Representative (South Africa); Dr Adriaan Combrinck – SASOM Treasurer and

MEDICHEM member (South Africa) and Mr Jaco Botha – SASOM Project

Coordinator (South Africa)


Photograph 5 – African diaspora representation at the Congress

L to R: Dr Paloma Maripiha – occupational medicine registrar at the University of

KwaZulu-Natal (Mozambique); Dr Custódio Muianga – occupational hygienist and

environmental health scientist (Mozambique/USA); Mr Peter-John ‘Jakes’ Jacobs –

occupational hygienist, President of the International Occupational Hygiene

Association (IOHA) 2018-2019 and Southern African Institute for Occupational

Hygiene (SAIOH) Council member (South Africa); Prof Janvier Gasana – Associate

Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Kuwait University

(Rwanda/Kuwait); Ms Paulina Mutolo and Ms Flávia Saide – inspectors from the

Ministry of Labour, Work and Social Security (Mozambique)


Photograph 6 – Representatives of SASOM and MEDICHEM

L to R: Prof Kenneth Mundt – MEDICHEM Secretary General (USA); Prof Daan Kocks – SASOM

Chair (South Africa); Dr André Kotzé – SASOM Vice Chair and MEDICHEM National

Representative (South Africa); Dr Avi Wiener – MEDICHEM Board member and National

Representative (Israel); Ms Claudina Nogueira – SASOM ExCo member (South Africa); Dr Tee

Guidotti – MEDICHEM Board member (USA/Canada); Dr Alex Govender – MEDICHEM Board

and SASOM member (South Africa, based in China); Dr Abed Bin Onn – MEDICHEM Board

member and National Representative (Malaysia); Dr Adriaan Combrinck – SASOM Treasurer

and MEDICHEM member (South Africa); Dr Steffen Hitzeroth – MEDICHEM Treasurer

(Germany) and Dr Murray Coombs – MEDICHEM President and SASOM member (South Africa)

Photograph: Marissa Muller

MEDICHEM Awards

Photograph 7 – Congratulations to the winners

L to R: Seated – MEDICHEM Award winners - Dr Botembetume Maboso (Lesotho), winner of the

Young Professionals Programme (YPP) Award; Ms Annelize Jacobs (South Africa), winner of the

MEDICHEM Prize; Dr Itumeleng Ntatamala (South Africa), runner-up of the MEDICHEM Prize.

L to R: Standing – Prof Kenneth Mundt - MEDICHEM Secretary General (USA); Prof Daan Kocks

- SASOM Chair (South Africa); Dr André Kotzé - SASOM Vice Chair and MEDICHEM National

Representative (South Africa); Dr Avi Wiener – MEDICHEM Board member and National

Representative (Israel); Ms Claudina Nogueira – ICOH Vice President and SASOM ExCo

member (South Africa); Dr Alex Govender - MEDICHEM Board member (South Africa); Dr Tee

Guidotti – MEDICHEM Board member (USA / Canada); Dr Adriaan Combrinck - SASOM

Treasurer and MEDICHEM member (South Africa); Dr Abed Bin Onn – MEDICHEM Board

member and National Representative (Malaysia); Dr Steffen Hitzeroth – MEDICHEM Treasurer

(Germany); Dr Murray Coombs – MEDICHEM President (South Africa)

Photograph: Marissa Muller

Learning, Teaching, Sharing…

Photographs 8a to 8k

A bevy of presenters

Clockwise from top left: Dr Neale Lange (USA/South

Africa); Dr Nereshni Lutchman (South Africa); Dr

Sunisa Chaiklieng (Thailand); Prof Johan du Plessis;

Dr Spo Kgalamono; Prof Rajen Naidoo (South Africa);

Dr Gabi Schneider (Namibia); Dr Greg Kew (South

Africa); Dr Noémia Loio-Marques (Portugal); Dr

Thirumalai Rajgopal (India) and Dr Penny Orton (South

Africa)

Photographs: Laria Botha

Collaborating and Networking…

Photograph 10

Giving and receiving

Presenter and Chair Dr Haidee

Williams (South Africa), hands a

thank-you gift to fellow South

African presenter Mr Peter-John

‘Jakes’ Jacobs, who represented

IOHA and SAIOH at the Congress


Photograph 9

More than just pretty faces

Presenters Drs David

Miedinger, (Switzerland, left)

and Botembetume Maboso

(Lesotho, right) share a photo

opportunity and discuss future

North-South collaboration


Events associated with the Congress

Congress Exhibitors and Raffle Winners

Photographs 13 and 14

Congress Exhibitors (i)

Prevor, a joint venture with Prism Inter Africa CC

(Prismia), was represented by Mr Adrien Braud

(top); Ms Camille de Beer represented Novex

Pharmaceuticals CC (above)


Photographs 15 and 16 – Congress Exhibitors (ii)

Amtronix (Pty) Ltd was represented by Mr Sipho Magatyana and Ms Agnes Matiwane (top);

H.A.S.S. Industrial (Pty) Ltd was represented by Ms Pam Bezuidenhout and Mr Tiens van der

Walt (above)


Photographs 17 and 18 – Congress Exhibitors (iii)

Sleepfit (Pty) Ltd representative Mr Hannes Kruger (top right) converses with Mr Riaan de

Vries from iMed Distributors (top left); the Foundation for Professional Development (FPD)

was represented by Ms Monique Payne (above, seated) and Ms Alta Kruger (above right)


Photographs 19 and 20 – Congress Exhibitors (iv)

The South African National Institute for Occupational

Health (NIOH) was represented by Ms Shanaz

Hampson (above, seated) and Mr Simphiwe Yako

(below)



Luck of the draw

Drs Charles Hlekane (top

centre) and Angel Ndhlovu,

SASOM ExCo member (left

centre) were winners of the

lucky draws from Rand

Mutual Admin Services

(RMA).

The winners are flanked by

RMA representatives Ms

Khutso Mamabolo (left) and

Ms Humbulani Mmusi (right)


and Claudina Nogueira


Raffle Winners

Left:

Dr André Louw, SASOM ExCo

member, receives his prize

from Ms Sonja Pedro,

representative of Kendon

Medical Supplies TVL (Pty) Ltd

Below:

Sanofi Pasteur representative

Ms Edna Mogorosi and Ms

Claudina Nogueira, SASOM

ExCo member, are flanked by

raffle winners Ms Denise

Minnie, SASOHN President

(left) and Dr Marissa Muller

(right)


Photographs 25 and 26 – Pot luck

Dr André Kotzé, SASOM Vice Chair (centre) is flanked by Mr Sipho

Magatyana representing Amtronix (Pty) Ltd, and the winners of the

raffles, Ms Nellie Nel (above right) and Mrs Marthie Kocks (below right)



Prismia Round 1

Mr John Wessels of Prism Inter

Africa CC (Prismia) is flanked

by winners of the lucky draw Dr

Charlmé Blignaut (left) and Dr

Roslynn Baatjies (below)

Photographs: Laria Botha and

Claudina Nogueira

Photographs 29 and 30 – Prismia Round 2

Dr André Kotzé, SASOM Vice Chair (centre) is flanked by Mr John Wessels representing

Prism Inter Africa CC (Prismia) and the winners of the lucky draw, Ms Annelize Jacobs

(above right) and Dr William Buchta, USA (below right)


Movers and Shakers – Behind the Scenes

Photograph 31 – Engine Room

Prof Daan Kocks, SASOM Chair and Mr Jaco Botha, SASOM Project Coordinator

(seated), ran a tight ship and ensured the smooth sailing of the Congress by keeping

close tabs on the logistic and administrative requirements


Photograph 32 – Quiet before the storm

Prof Daan Kocks, SASOM Chair and Dr Marissa Muller, place the finishing touches

on the registration area before the arrival of the Congress participants



Marketing Platform

The Congress turned out to be

the ideal marketing platform for

SASOM, MEDICHEM, ICOH

and the Occupational Health

Southern Africa journal.

The joint event offered

numerous opportunities for

participants to network and

establish contacts for future

collaborations


Social Highlight – The Gala Dinner

Photographs 35 and 36 – Social Event

The official social function was the Gala Dinner. The evening was a

traditional ‘outdoor-indoor’ South African style ‘braai’ with a ‘shebeen’ theme,

complete with ‘konka’ fires, fairy lights and musical entertainment


Photographs 37 to 39

African Shebeen

‘Shebeens’- the name given to

illegally operated taverns,

mostly in black townships,

selling home-brewed alcohol.

They also functioned as

meeting places for activists of

the struggle against apartheid


Photographs 40 to 42

Out to dinner

The sumptuous banquet consisted of

typically South African nosh, completed

by very traditional table décor


Photograph 43 – Artistic licence

Mr Jaco Botha, Project Coordinator in the SASOM National Office (far right) shares

drumming tips with the members of ‘Drum Sound Circles’ who provided the entertainment at

the Gala Dinner



Standing room only

Drs Custódio Muianga

(Mozambique/USA, left),

Abed Bin Onn (Malaysia,

right) and Vasileios

Vasileiadis (Greece, below)

try their hands at drumming

during the gala dinner,

egged on by their own

cheerleading squad, the

members of ‘Drum Sound

Circles’



Happy feet

Guests threw caution to

the wind, let their hair

down and danced the

night away to the tunes

of both local and

international music,

enjoying many ‘blast from

the past’ renditions


Compilation: Claudina Nogueira

Contributions: Laria Botha, Marissa Muller, Jaco Botha, Claudia Frost, Claudina Nogueira

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