5G and wireless safety at the AOCRP-5 in Melbourne, Australia

The 5th Asian and Oceanic IRPA Regional Congress on Radiation Protection will take place on May 20 – 23, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. Substantial part of the program will be devoted to the deployment and safety of the 5G networks and to the safety of the wireless communication in general.

I will be there presenting and my report from the conference will be published in June 2018.

The full program of the conference (as of April 18, 2018) is available here: http://www.aocrp-5.org/program/

The 5G and wireless safety presentations are listed below. Australia is very active in moving towards the 5G deployment and that’s why it is interesting to be down-under and listen and learn.

The program related to the 5G and wireless at the AOCRP-5 consists of a refresher course, number of platform presentations and is finalized with a panel discussion.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

REFRESHER course

• Overview of the radiofrequency health science and its relation to international guidelines; Rick Tinker, ARPANSA

SESSION: 5G / Non-Ionising Radiation; Chair: Mike Wood

1. The challenges, opportunities and setting the framework for 5G and EMF; Mike Wood, Telstra, Australia
2. EMF Exposure Research Related to 5G Equipment; Ken Joyner, Mobile Wireless Forum (MWF), Australia
3. Developing Electromagnetic Field Exposure (EMF) Compliance Assessment Standards for 5G; Mike Wood, Telstra, Australia
4. Electromagnetic Energy (EME) Exposure assessment of Telstra’s 5G trial network on the Gold Coast, Australia; Steve Iskra, Telstra, Australia
5. AMTA’s RadioWorkSafe program – a review of the new mobile industry safety initiative for contractors and height workers; Tony Paul, Australian Mobile telecommunications Association (AMTA), Australia

SESSION: Non-Ionising Radiation (1); Chair: TBD

1. International Framework for Protection against Non-ionizing Radiation Exposure; Rick Tinker, ARPANSA, Australia
2. Non-Ionising Radiation and Health: The New Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research; Andrew Wood, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
3. Wireless Radiation and Health: The case for the Precautionary Principle; Dariusz Leszczynski, University of Helsinki, Finland
4. The 5G telecommunication technology-emitted millimeter-waves: Lack of research on bioeffects; Dariusz Leszczynski, University of Helsinki, Finland

SESSION: Non-Ionising Radiation (2); Chair: TBD

1. Why the Precautionary Principle is needed for Non-Ionising Radiation Devices; Victor Leach, ORSAA, Australia
2. Radiofrequency (RF) Radiation Safety Assessment around Telecommunication Structure in Malaysia; Roha Tukimin, Malaysia Nuclear Agency, Malaysia
3. Effective Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection; Andrew Wood, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

NIR Panel Discussion

• Rick Tinker, ARPANSA, Australia
• Dariusz Leszczynski, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Roha Tukimin, Malaysia Nuclear Agency, Malaysia

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