Proudly Announcing the 2018 ADAO Conference Meet the Artists Signature Cocktail Reception and Awards Dinner

If you’ve come to ADAO’s International Asbestos Awareness and Prevention Conference in the past, you know we always throw a fantastic Saturday night awards gala to present the annual honorees. 

ADAO is proud to announce the Meet the Artists Signature Cocktail Reception and Awards Dinner*, which will follow our academic conference programming from 6 – 9 PM on Saturday. In addition to our touching awards ceremony, from 6:00 – 6:30 pm you’ll be treated to an exclusive cocktail reception where you’ll have the chance to mingle with our featured artists who will be presenting throughout the weekend. 

*Please note: The Meet the Artists Signature Cocktail Reception and Awards Dinner requires an additional ticket, available for purchase here.

One lesson we’ve learned over the years is that art has a special capacity to touch people in a way that makes a message seen, heard, felt, and remembered in a deeper way than dry facts, and the many modes of art people create helps us reach new audiences. We’re thrilled to have such talented artists on our team using their talents to put a spotlight on asbestos issues, and even more excited to be able to feature their work at our conference.

Take a minute to learn a bit about the incredible panel of artists you’ll meet at this exclusive event:

Earl Dotter, began photographing coal miners in 1969, then the most dangerous job in America. After which, he focused on other hazardous occupations in the USA. After 30 years of documentation he created the exhibit and book, THE QUIET SICKNESS: A Photographic Chronicle of Hazardous Work in America. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard School of Public Health since his appointment in 1999. In the year 2000, Dotter received an Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellowship to document commercial fishing. It had become our nation’s most dangerous trade. After 9/11, he photographed the rescue recovery effort at Ground Zero. For that exhibit work he received APHA’s Alice Hamilton Award. Currently, Dotter is following hazardous jobs new immigrants perform in the USA. 

Daniel Pineda González is a physicist, specialist in innovation, new technologies and city management, and has a Master of Science in Geophysics. He is an expert in digital marketing, and management of social networks. Together with his wife Ana Cecilia Niño RIPE, he was co-creator of the Colombia Sin Asbesto movement of which he is current leader, president of the Ana Cecilia Niño Foundation, coordinator of the national network of caregivers of patients with mesothelioma and the Latin America Without Asbestos campaign. Lecturer, has received awards for his work in the fight against asbestos such as “National Award for Digital Social Mobilization” of the Ministry of Technology and Communications of Colombia, he was one of the 10 outstanding young leaders of the year 2017 highlighted by the International Junior Chamber organization . His favorite job: Driver of his daughter Ana Sofia.

Tony Rich has literally served “in the trenches” as an industrial hygienist and environmental technician in the consulting field for the past 24 years, specializing in asbestos-related work, including: inspection surveys, abatement monitoring/sample analyses, regulatory compliance, and worker training. He has also received microscopy training from McCrone Research Institute for identification of bulk asbestos via polarized-light microscopy (PLM). Through the course of his occupation and personal endeavor, Tony has developed an extensive and compelling collection of asbestos-related photographs, product materials, artifacts, historical books, industry documents, film archives, and other related media which have been utilized in a multitude of applications for various organizations worldwide, including, but not limited to: product and material research, asbestos awareness education blogs, informational presentations, corporate and governmental training programs, regulatory guidance documents, science and trade publications, university textbooks, museum & conference exhibits, and even as legal evidence.

Jordan Zevon, ADAO’s tremendous National Spokesperson, is a singer/songwriter and film composer. Jordan was the executive producer for his father, Warren Zevon’s, final album The Wind. He also co-produced Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon, which features an all-star cast of singers and musicians. Jordan’s own work includes his self-titled EP and the New West release, “Insides Out”. He’s performed multiple times on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Grammys and his music has been featured on numerous television shows. Jordan’s immeasurable commitment to asbestos victims and concerned citizens has provided a united voice that will continue to help ensure that their rights are fairly represented and protected, while raising public awareness about the dangers of asbestos exposure and often deadly asbestos related diseases.