Solar Radiation and Human Health
10 - 11 May 2007
Det Norske Videnskapsakademi, Drammensveien 78
Oslo, Norway
A number of outstanding international experts will contribute. The symposium covers a wide range of scientific disciplines, ranging from physics and biomedical research to epidemiology and public health. The conference is open to all interested in the subject area.
Scientific programme : (downloadable pdf program here: Scientific programme) 
- Thursday 10 May, 2007, morning session 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
- Introductory scientific overview (Johan Moan, University of Oslo)
- The transport of solar radiation through the atmosphere. Spectra relevant for health (Jacob Stamnes, University of Bergen)
- Global monitoring of ozone and UV. Time trends (Arne Dahlback, University of Oslo)
- The optics of human skin (Kristian Pagh Nielsen, University of Bergen)
- Light, systemic and local time regulations in human cells (Ole Didrik Lærum, University of Bergen)
- Circadian and circannual rhythms (Anders Johnsson, Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology, Trondheim)
- Thursday 10 May, 2007, afternoon session 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Solar radiation and skin cancer (Jörg Reichrath, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany)
- Could sun exposure improve melanoma survival? (Marianne Berwick, Division of Epidemiology, University of New Mexico, USA)
- Photoreactivity of drugs (Hanne Hjorth Tønnesen, University of Oslo)
- The evolution of different skin colours (Arnfinn Engeset Steindal, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, Oslo)
- Solar radiation and the development of life (Dag Hessen, University of Oslo)
- Friday 11 May, 2007, morning session 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- Solar radiation and induction of DNA damage, mutations and skin cancers (Richard B. Setlow, Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
- Vitamin D and Health, a D-Lightful story (Michael Holick, Medical Center, Boston University, USA)
- Epidemiological evaluations of health effects of sun-induced vitamin D (William Grant, Sunarc, San Francisco, USA)
- Cancer prognosis depends on season of diagnosis (Alina Porojnicu, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, Oslo)
- Sun deprivation, vitamin D insufficiency, coronary heart disease and diabetes mellitus: A point of concern (Armin Zittermann, Heart and Diabetes Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- The role of vitamin D in multiple sclerosis (Margitta T. Kampman, University of Tromsø)
- Friday 11 May, 2007, afternoon session 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Vitamin D-status - ethnic Norwegians and immigrants (Haakon Meyer, University of Oslo)
- Recommendations, dietary intake and upper tolerable levels of vitamin D (Jan I Pedersen, University of Oslo)
- Sunbeds and suncreams - friends or enemies (Johan Moan, University of Oslo)
- Panel discussion: Optimal levels of vitamin D up/intake, optimal exposure to solar radiation (Michael Holick, Johan Moan, Jan Pedersen)
- Summing up and reflections (Johan Moan)