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EUROSHE 2003 Conference: tomorrow's workplace
Aiming for a healthier and safer European Workplace
July 2003
If you are not planning to go to any other conference this year then
this conference is one you must NOT miss! EurOhse2003 looks at the major
themes of the European Commission's Adapting to change in work and
society: a new Community Strategy on health and safety at work
2002-2006. It will be held on Tuesday 4 November 2003 and Wednesday 5
November 2003 at the Royal National Hotel, Russell Square, London, UK.
It 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.
Eminent speakers from around the world, with backgrounds in
government, industry, research and education will discuss future ways of
working and training, the need for risk assessment for all aspects of
everyday and work life, corporate killing, fire safety, managing road
risks, fitness for work. Speakers will also cover researching for
tomorrow's workplace, enabling the disabled in the workplace and the
roles of the social partners in securing a healthier and safer
workplace.
This conference will provide key points for future activities for all
those responsible for securing good standards of health and safety in
the workplace.
The 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.
- Pierre-Raymond Bodin, Director, European Foundation for the
Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
- Dr Vern Andersen, United States National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- Don Litten, European Commission Joint Research Institute for the
Environment, Seville, Spain
- Dr John Kingston, Consultant, UK
- Professor 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
The following will be chairing the various sessions:
- Dr Brian Kellard, Croner CCH Group
- Professor Peter Waterhouse, Honorary Visiting Professor of
Occupational Safety, Robens Centre of the European Institute of
Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey
- Dr Sylvia Wood ex Health and Safety Authority Ireland
- John Howard, Safety Director Royal Society for the Prevention of
Accidents
It is the major occupational health and safety conference of 2003! It
addresses the future aspects of tomorrow's workplace thinking.
For further details contact:
Mary Meadows, Office and Logistics Manager, 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
The web site give full details of the programme, www.eurohse2003.com
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