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October 2013 Events

1 October 2013 – Beyond Safety Culture: Improving behaviours in your organisation
COSLA, Verity House, 19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh, EH12 5BH
Contact: Health and Safety Laboratory | www.hsl.gov.uk/training.aspx

1 October 2013 – Machinery safety – what do we do now?
National Farmers Union, Stonleigh Park, Kenilworth CV8 2TZ , UK
Contact: Network Event, organised on behalf of, and in conjunction with, the Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) UK | www.iosh.co.uk

1-2 October 2013 – Workplace Ergonomics and Productivity
IBIS Earls Court, London, UK

1-4 October 2013 – Work-Life Balance at Different Stages of Life
Hanasaari, Espoo, Helsinki, Finland
Contact: Siv Janson, NIVA, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, 00250 Helsinki, FINLAND | Tel: +358 30 474 2498 | E-mail: siv.janson@ttl.fi | www.niva.org/courses

7 October 2013 – World Day for Decent Work
Worldwide
Contact: www.ituc-csi.org/world-day-for-decent-work

7-11 October 2013 – Ergonomics and Human Factors: Strategic Solutions for Workplace Safety and Health
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Contact: Peter Bretton, Harvard School of Public Health, USA | Tel: +1 617 432 2041 | Email: pbretton@hsph.harvard.edu | https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ecpe

8 October 2013 – Fires and Explosions in Petrochemical Plants
Busan, South Korea
Contact: www.fabig.com/events

10 October 2013 – World Mental Health Day: Theme 2013 Mental health and older adults
Worldwide
Contact: www.who.int/mental_health/world-mental-health-day/en

11 October 2013 – International Day of the Girl Child
Worldwide
Contact: www.un.org/en/events/girlchild

13 October 2013 – International Day for Disaster Reduction
Worldwide
Contact: www.un.org/en/events/disasterreductionday

14-16 October 2013 – Work – A Risk Factor or Trainer for Cardiovascular Health? Focus on Prevention and Workability
Hanasaari, Espoo (just outside of Helsinki), Finland
Contact: www.niva.org/courses

15-18 October 2013 – BICES – IPAF “show and tell” demonstrations of how mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) work
Beijing, China
Contact: www.khl.com/irc

15-18 October 2013 – Environmental Health in Low-Energy Buildings
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Contact: https://www.ashrae.org/membership--conferences/conferences

17 October 2013 – Health, Workplace and Environment: Cultivating Connections
Student Union Ballroom, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Contact: Pouran D. Faghri, MD, MS, FACSM, The University of Connecticut Center for Environmental Health and Health Promotion in conjunction with the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace and the Center for the Study of Culture, Health, and Human Development | Tel: +00 1 860 486 0018 | Email: pouran.faghri@uconn.edu or Martinus Evans, BS: Staff Coordinator | Tel: (860) 486-1773 | Email: martinus.evans@uconn.edu

17 October 2013 – HSL – Practical Management of LEV (Local Exhaust Ventilation) Controls
HSL, Buxton, UK
Contact: www.hsl.gov.uk/hsl-shop/health-and-safety-training-courses.aspx

19-22 October 2014 – 7th International Symposium "Safety & Health in Agricultural & Rural Populations: Global Perspectives (SHARP)"
Delta Bessborough Hotel & Sheraton Cavalier Hotel, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Contact Sponsor: Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, Sueli B. de Freitas | Tel: +1 306 966-7888 | Email: cchsa.symposium2014@usask.ca | http://cchsa-ccssma.usask.ca/sharp2014

19-23 October 2013 – 120th Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference and Exposition
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Contact: International Association of Chiefs of Police | www.iacp.org

21-22 October 2013 – IPAF US Convention
Chicago, USA
Contact: www.ipaf.org/usconvention

21-23 October 2013 – 3rd Annual World Class Process Safety Management for Chemicals, Petrochemicals, Oil and gas and Power Generation
London, UK
Contact: Luba Jersova, Events Operations Coordinator, T. A. Cook | Tel. +44 (0)121 200 3810 | Fax: +44 (0)121 212 1623 | Email: l.jersova@tacook.com

21-25 October 2013 – Ergonomics
HSL, Buxton, UK
Contact: Health and Safety Laboratory | www.hsl.gov.uk/health-and-safety-training-courses/ergonomics.aspx

22-23 October 2013 – Workplace health practices for employees with chronic illness
Square meeting centre, Brussels, Belgium

24-25 October 2013 – Dynamic Learning from Incidents and Accidents, Bridging the Gap between Safety Recommendations and Learning: 45th Seminar
Porto, Portugal
Contact: ESReDA | https://www.esreda.org/events

25-30 October 2013 – 61st Annual IAEM Conference & EMEX 2013
Reno, NV, USA
Contact: International Association of Emergency Managers | http://iaem.com

28-30 October 2013 – Taking into Account Employee Health and Well-being During Organisational Changes
Copenhagen area, Denmark
Contact: www.niva.org/courses

28-31 October 2013 – 5th International Conference on the History of Occupational and Environmental Health
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Contact: www.icohweb.org

29-31 October 2013 – AIHA 2013 Asia Pacific OH+EHS Conference + Exhibition
Singapore
Contact: www.aihaap.org