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Conference Information

Conference Hours

Tuesday 5 April 2011
9am - 5pm
Wednesday
6 April 2011
9am - 5pm
Thursday
7 April 2011
9am - 4pm

Conference Venue Details

Melbourne Convention Centre, 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf 3006 

Overview

The Safety Institute of Australia (Inc) (SIA) is presenting the 2011 Safety in Action Conference – New Frontiers. It will be held from Tuesday 5 April to Thursday 7 April 2011 inclusive at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Highlights of this year’s conference will include keynote addresses from:

Day 1: Darren Flanagan (Beaconsfield Mine Rescue)
Presenting: ‘The Gun’ behind the Beaconsfield Mine Rescue

Day 2: Professor Niki Ellis, SIA (Hon) (Institute for Safety, Compensation & Recovery Research)
Presenting: New Frontiers - Futures for OHS

Day 3: Ian Forsyth (Deputy Chief Executive, WorkSafe Victoria)
Presenting: Opportunities abound with new National Work Health & Safety Laws

This conference is designed to attract forward thinking managers and organisations looking at ways to continually improve the health and safety of their workplaces.
Ten key sessions will be held over the three days, covering topical industry subjects. These include:

  1. Business Leaders – Challenges we face
  2. Preparing Youth for the Workforce
  3. Contemporary Matters
  4. Applied Innovation
  5. OHS Professional as a Researcher
  6. International trends
  7. How to Motivate for Safety
  8. Low Risk Doesn’t Mean No Risk
  9. Capability Coaching – Coaching the Safety Professional
  10. Gulf of Mexico, Montara Airbus A380 Engine Failure – Lessons Learnt

 The health and safety journey is a never-ending process of continual improvement, and the SIA invites you to join us in driving this process forward. 

 

2011 Conference Program

2011 Conference Program

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