Message from the General Chair

I am very pleased that you have joined SHEWC - Safety, Health and Environment World Congress. For this 16th edition our members, professionals and volunteers have organized this exceptional event with the goal to provide participants the best congress experience ever. We also have organized social and cultural events of high quality besides the technical sessions full of excellence. All of these congress events benefit our scientific and professional community and promote a wonderful time among our group members of participants.

SHEWC have for many years offered the possibility of updating and revisiting classical concepts and cutting edge useful information in environment, health and safety. Participants of SHEWC'2016 have the opportunity to discuss the latest improvements as well as to promote research and development in the core areas.

The theme of this edition is: "Research and Participation, Knowledge and Acting: A Challenge for the Researcher in Contemporary Times" It aims to provide participants with up-to-date information in safety, health and environment fields, counting with the presence of experts from across the globe.

SHEWC'2016 happens in Salvador, Bahia the first capital of Brazil, and the host Institution is State University of Bahia (UNEB). We are proud to organize this congress in such institution that has opened its door and providing the excellent organizing committee that has been working restless to make of this another successful congress. We could not forget to thank in special the UNEB local committee in the person of Prof. Valnice Paiva and Prof. Jucineide Lessa de Carvalho and their group the TIPENSE team for their efforts and great work.

The XVI Safety, Health and Environment World Congress - SHEWC'2016 is organized by COPEC - Science and Education Research Council and promoted by SHERO - Safety, Health and Environment Research Organization in Technical Cooperation (in alphabetical order): AAMP (Fishing Museum Friends Society), ABENC (Brazilian Society of Civil Engineers), ABENGE (Brazilian Society for Engineering Education), ABO (Brazilian Dental Association), AENUI (Asociación de Ensenantes Universitarios de la Informática), AGERCO (Brazilian Agency for Coastal Management), ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education), ASIBEI (Iberian-American Association of Engineering Education Institutions), GCMM (Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management), IEEE-Ed.Soc. (Education Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), IFEES (International Federation of Engineering Education Societies), IGIP (Internationale Gesellschaft für Ingenieurpädagogik), INTERTECH (International Council for Engineering and Technology Education), IRCWR (International Reference Center for Water Reuse), ISTEC (Iberian American Science & Technology Education Consortium), OERN (Institute of Engineers of Portugal - North Region), Porto Gente (PortFolk), RBE (Brazilian Network of Engineering), RCI (Réseau Carthagene d'Ingénierie), SBA (Brazilian Automation Society), SBE (Brazilian Society of Ecotoxicology), SEFI (Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs), SPEE (Portuguese Society for Engineering Education), SPEED (Student Platform for Engineering Education Development), WCCA (World Council on Communication and Arts) and WCSEIT (World Council on Systems Engineering and Information Technology).

I could not forget to thank our sponsors FAPESP (State of Sao Paulo Research Foundation), CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) and CAPES (Coordination for Improvement of Personnel of Superior Level).

COPEC's team is composed by a multidisciplinary group of professionals including experienced conferences organizers, scientists, researchers and academics, with a wide experience in the promotion of conferences. We are specialized in scientific conferences in the field of higher education and work globally.

The ideas, opinions and professionals contributions are shown in lectures, plenary sessions, presentations of papers and workshops. The opening session counts with the participation of promoters of the event and several authorities. At the end, the closing session presents the main results of the event.

I want to thank the authors and participants for their collaborations and willing to share their contributions for the development of science and technology for the betterment of humanity in their fields of expertise.

We are delighted that you have joined us and trust that the benefits of participating of such event meet your expectations.

 

Prof. Dr. Claudio da Rocha Brito
GENERAL CHAIR
President of COPEC
President Elect of IEEE Ed.Soc.