Industrial hygiene is the scientific discipline aimed at identifying, assessing and controlling the environmental factors of a chemical, physical and biological nature deriving from production activities that can negatively affect the health and well-being of workers, as well as of the population. AIDII promotes the development, analysis, dissemination and spreading of such a discipline, aiming at protecting health and the environment inside and outside places of work. AIDII organizes congresses and scientific symposia, conventions, courses as well as training and in-depth seminars. Furthermore, it publishes a scientific magazine, the “Journal of Industrial Hygienists” and, through the Institute for the Certification of Industrial Hygienists, it vouches for the skill and professionalism of all those who dedicate their efforts to improve the quality of work and life environments. AIDII is a non-profit scientific organization founded in 1969. The headquarters are located in Milan, Italy. In order to further promote the development of training as well as of the information activities, AIDII has created a peripheral organizational structure, constituted by four inter-regional sections, operating at a territorial level: “North-West (Piedmont, Liguria, Aosta Valley), “Triveneta (Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trentino Alto Adige), “Ter” (Emilia Romagna and Tuscany) and “Lamus” (Lazio, Abruzzo, Marche, Umbria and Sardinia), “South” (Campania, Basilicata, Molise, Apulia, Calabria and Sicily). AIDII is headed by a Board of Directors, composed by 12 elected members and by a member by right (the Past-President). The Board stays in office for three years. Among the twelve elected members, the Board identifies its President, its Deputy President, its Secretary and its Treasurer. The Board of Director is AIDII’s executive body. It disciplines and coordinates the activity according to the stance approved by the assembly, it prepares budgets and balances, it draws up the account of the activity that has been carried out and it establishes the programmatic guidelines that have to be submitted to the Members’ Meeting. Ordinary Members and Associated Members, subscribers who receive the “Journal of the Industrial Hygienists” and the annual edition of the TLVs and who can enjoy discounts on all the AIDII’s initiatives (congresses, seminars, courses, etc.) Company Associated Members, who enjoy the same privileges as the Ordinary Members, but also receive the updated address book of all the members. Furthermore, they can publish their trade name on the magazine and present illustrative material about their company at the national congress. Sponsor Associated Members, who enjoy the same privileges as the Company Associated Members, but they also have an exhibition space at the national congress and can publish advertising insertions on each of the magazine’s issues. The History The more than 30 years of AIDII’s history are marked by the dates and men who founded it, built it and made it grow, conquering the trust, as well as the involved and active interest of more than 1600 members. The Presidents |