The XVI Safety, Health and Environment World Congress – SHEWC2016, happened in Salvador, Bahia the first capital of Brazil, on July 24-27, 2016.

The theme of the congress was: “Research And Participation, Knowledge And Acting: A Challenge For The Researcher In Contemporary Times”.

The official languages were English, Portuguese and Spanish.

The host Institution was State University of Bahia (UNEB).

Prof. Dr. Claudio R. Brito
General Chair

General Chair:
Claudio R. Brito

Technical Program Chair:
Melany M. Ciampi

Local Chair:
Valnice Sousa Paiva

Vice Local Chair:
Jucineide Lessa de Carvalho

Publication Chair
Victor A. Barros

Advisory Committee:
James Sluss, President of IEEE Ed. Soc.
Joseph J. Rencis, President of ASEE
Martin Vigild, President of SEFI
Michael E. Auer, President of IGIP
Muthar Al-Ubaidi, President of INTERTECH
Tiia Rüütmann, President of IMC
Uriel Cukierman, President of IFEES

Technical Program Committee:
Melany M. Ciampi, Chair of Committee
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
Henrique D. Santos, Portugal
Irina Avenarious, Rússia

Ivanildo Hespanhol, Brazil
José Carlos Curvelo de Oliviera Jr., Brazil
Luis Amaral, Portugal
Marcia Silva de Oliveira, Brazil
María Feldgen, Argentina
Martín Llamas Nistal, Spain
Osvaldo Clúa, Argentina
Polyane Alves Santos, Brazil
Rosa Vasconcelos, Portugal
Valter Castro Alves, Brazil
Victor A. Barros, Brazil
Vladimir G. Zakharov, Rússia
Yolanda Guran-Postlethwaite, USA

Local Committee:

Valnice Sousa Paiva, UNEB, Chair of Committee
Jucineide Lessa de Carvalho, FBB, Vice Chair of Committee
Cintia Maura Jorge Soares, UFMG
Eduardo Sodré de Souza, UNIFESP
Eliana da Silva Neiva Brito, UNEB
Elinalda da Silva Santos Souza, UNEB
Elizabeth Teixeira, UEPA / UERJ
Erinaldo Dias Valério, UFG / UFRJ-IBCIT
Francisca de Paula Santos da Silva, UNEB
Graziele Sousa das Mercês, UNEB
Heloisa Helena Albuquerque Borges Quaresma Gonçalves, UNIRIO
Iara Santos de Oliveira, UNEB
Leandra Andreia de Sousa, USP
Leliana Santos de Sousa, UNEB
Luiza Hiromi Tanaka, UNIFESP
Maria Elisabeth Kleba da Silva, UNOCHAPECO
Maria Madalena Colette, UNIGRANRIO / UNIFESO
Maria da Soledade Simeão dos Santos, EEAN / UFRJ
Maria Isabel Peixoto Guimarães, PUC Rio
Marina Tarnowski Fasanell, FIOCRUZ
Michel Jean Marie Thiollent, UNIGRANRIO
Marco Antônio Araújo Silvany, UNEB
Najara Santos de Oliveira, UNEB

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