The XV Safety, Health and Environment World Congress – SHEWC2015, was in Porto, the biggest region of North of Portugal, on July 19 to 22, 2015.

The theme of the congress was: “Keeping Planet “Water Earth” Safe and Sound: a challenge to Science and Technology”.

The official languages were English, Portuguese and Spanish.

The host Institution was Portugal Engineers Council – North Region (OERN).

Prof. Dr. Claudio R. Brito
General Chair

General Chair:
Claudio R. Brito

Technical Program Chair:
Melany M. Ciampi

Local Chair:
Fernando de Almeida Santos

Vice Local Chair:
Carlos Afonso Teixeira

Publication Chair
Victor A. Barros

Advisory Committee:
James Sluss, President of IEEE Ed. Soc.
Kamel Hawwash, President of SEFI
Michael E. Auer, President of IGIP
Muthar Al-Ubaidi, President of INTERTECH
Nicholas J. Altiero, President of ASEE
Tiia Rüütmann, President of IMC
Uriel Cukierman, President of IFEES

Technical Program Committee:
Melany M. Ciampi, Chair of Committee
Alexandre Botari, Brazil
André Luiz de Lima Reda,, Brazil
Anita Westerström, Sweden
Antonio Eduardo Poleti, Brazil
Carolina R. Brito, Brazil

Catharina R. Brito, Portugal
Cecilia R. Brito, Brazil
Claudio R. Brito, Brazil
Dan Budny, USA
Edmilson Roberto Braga, Brazil
Edmundo Tovar, Spain
Federico Flueckiger, Switzerland
Göran Westerström, Sweden
Irina Avenarious, Rússia
Ivanildo Hespanhol, Brazil
James Wolfer, USA
João Pedro Couto, Portugal
José Carlos Curvelo de Oliviera Jr., Brazil
Luis Amaral, Portugal
Marcia Silva de Oliveira, Brazil
Margarida Correia Marques, Portugal
María Feldgen, Argentina
Martín Llamas Nistal, Spain
Mauro Sérgio Braga, Brazil
Osvaldo Clúa, Argentina
Pedro José da Silva, Brazil
Protasio Ferreira e Castro, Brazil
Rosa Vasconcelos, Portugal
Simone de Fátima Pinheiro Pereira, Brazil
Teresa Larkin, USA
Valter Castro Alves, Brazil
Victor A. Barros, Brazil
Vladimir G. Zakharov, Rússia
Yolanda Guran-Postlethwaite, USA

Local Committee:
Fernando de Almeida Santos, Chair of Committee
Carlos Afonso Teixeira, Vice Chair of Committee

The topics of Congress were:

• Climate Change
• Environmental Management
• Environmental Sanitation
• Food Safety
• Planning, Production of Efficient and Clean Energy
• Preventive & Social Medicine
• Public & Environmental Health
• Safety and Health in Work Environment
• Sustainability
• Water Resources