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Editorial
Are you ready to move Health and Safety forward in Europe? Make sure you attend EurOhse2003
August 2003
Sheila Pantry OBE
The European Commission's (EC) paper "Adapting to change in work
and society: a new Community Strategy on Health and Safety at work
2002-2006 " forms the basis for the EurOhse200 conference to be
held in London, UK on the 4th and 5th November 2003.
Focusing in on the EC's thrust and initiatives towards a healthier
and safer European workplace, eminent speakers with backgrounds in
governments, industry, research and education will be looking forward
and discussing how the future ways of working and training will impact
on
- the need for risk assessment for all aspects of everyday work life
- fire safety in Europe
- managing road risks
- fitness for work
- researching for tomorrow's workplace
- enabling the disabled in the workplace
- the roles of the social partners in securing a healthier and safer workplace
- corporate killing
Speakers include:
- Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, Director European Agency for Health and
Safety at Work, Bilbao, Spain
- Paul Huijzendveld, Vice President, International Association of
Labour Inspection (IALI) General Director of the Arbeidsinspectie, Netherlands.
- Dr Jukka Takala - Director International Labour Office (ILO)
Worksafe Programme
- Marc Sapir, Director, Trades Union Bureau, Brussels, Belgium
- Janet Asherson, Chair, European Employers Group
- Dennis Davis, OBE - International Committee for the Prevention
and Extinction of Fire (CTIF) and HM Chief Inspector of Fire
Services, Scotland
- Willy Buschak, Deputy-Director, European Foundation for the
Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
- Dr Vern Andersen, United States National Institute of
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- Don Litten, European Commission Joint Research Institute for the
Environment, Seville, Spain
- John Kingston, Chair Noordwijk Risk Initiative Foundation and
independent consultant
- Matti Ylikoski, Director, Training Centre, Finnish Institute on
Occupational Health
- Roger Bibbings MBE Occupational Health and Safety Advisor, Royal
Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
- Terry Fahy, Human Resources Manager, Gandon Enterprises, Ireland
- Mike Welham, UK Health and Safety Executive
- Dr Margaret Samuel, Occupational Physician
Dr Brian Kellard, Croner.CCH Group Ltd, John Howard, OBE, Safety
Director RoSPA, Professor Peter Waterhouse Honorary Visiting Professor
of Occupational Safety in the Robens Centre of the European Institute of
Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey, UK and Dr
Sylvia Wood, ex Deputy Director General Health and Safety Authority
Ireland will be chairing the sessions.
EurOhse2003 is organised by Angel Business Publications Ltd
publishers of the European Occupational Health and Safety Magazine (EurOhs)
and Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd. Sheila Pantry OBE is also editor of
EurOhs.
It is sponsored by Croner CCH Group Ltd and supported by the
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.
This is the most important conference for health, safety and
environmental professionals in 2003! Be part of the future plans for the
ever widening occupational safety, health in Europe. Invest in two days
to listen, learn, discuss and network. Bookings are already being made -
don't be too late making yours or you may be disappointed!
For further details contact: Mary Meadows, Office and Logistics
Manage, European Occupational Health and Safety Magazine (EurOhs), Angel
Business Communications Ltd, 34 Warwick Road, Kenilworth CV8 1HE,
Warwickshire, UK | Tel: +44 (0)1926 512424 | Fax: + 44 (0)1926 512948 |
email: mary@angelbc.co.uk | www.eurohse2003.com
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