IOSH Middle East Annual Conference and AGM
Overview
Our first Middle East Annual Conference is taking place on
Wednesday 28 April 2010 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Abu Dhabi Yas
Island.
The conference will bring you the latest legal and best practice
updates and will address key health and safety issues
affecting this ever-developing region.
Why attend?
Attend the conference to hear about successful initiatives and
to get easy-to-implement advice and guidance from experienced
professionals to take away with you.
The conference will bring together senior management and health
and safety practitioners from across the region to share ideas,
network with colleagues and make new contacts.
Key feature
We're offering all paying conference delegates the opportunity
to attend a tour of the Yas Marina Circuit, home to the first Abu
Dhabi Grand Prix, for no additional charge.
The tour will take place on the morning of Thursday 29 April and
transport from the Radisson Blu Hotel will be arranged.
Places are limited and will be filled on a first come first
served basis. We can only reserve these places once we have
received payment for your booking.
Programme
The conference will address:
- the importance of occupational safety and health in the
UAE
- Abu Dhabi Environment, Health and Safety Management System
- fire safety
- stress management
- the benefits of crash data in road safety programmes and
strategies
- lessons learnt from the 2009 H2S incident
- development and implementation of regulatory authorities
- managing liability for work site accidents.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Khaled Almenhali, Head of Safety Section, Ministry of
Labour
- Andrew Jukes, Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi
- Abdulla Al Marzouqi, ADCO
- Jonathan Pickering, Health and Safety Manager, CH2M HILL
- Osama Al Kurdi, Senior Road Safety Analyst - Data &
Information, Department of Transport, Abu Dhabi
- Mark Boyd, Director, BHB Fire and Specialist Training
Consultants
- John Milligan, Associate Director - Regional QSE Middle East
and India, and Andrew Cooke, Director, Management Consultants,
Atkins
- Erin Miller-Rankin, Senior Associate, Fulbright and Jaworski
LLP.
Download your copy of the brochure, with full programme details
and booking form, from the bottom of this page.
What you need to know
IOSH members are invited to attend the Middle East Branch AGM,
immediately after the conference, to to vote in the new committee
and to hear about:
- the branch objectives
- an IOSH update
- mentoring and CPD.
Afterwards, everyone is welcome to join us for an evening of
celebration and unmissable networking opportunities at the
black-tie gala dinner. Individual tickets or discounted table
bookings are available to purchase seperately from the conference
pass.
Ticket prices:
- IOSH member conference pass £153 or 765 AED
- Non-member conference pass £165 or 825 AED
- Gala dinner place £59 or 295 AED
- Gala dinner table of 10 £531 or 2,655 AED
AED prices may vary, depending on the exchange rate.
To book your place at the conference and/or gala dinner, please
download and complete the conference
brochure. (PDF 229KB)
Please note that alcohol will be served at the dinner - please
let us know when you book if you'd like an alcohol-free table.
You'll need to book your own accommodation for the conference
but we've reserved a number of rooms at the Radisson Blu Hotel at a
preferential rate. Please download and complete
a reservation
form. (PDF 71KB)
For more details or to book your place over
the phone, please contact the events team on +44 (0)116 257
3378.
Booking times: 09.00-17.00 UK time, Monday to Friday (the UAE is
three hours ahead).
Lead sponsor