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British Safety Council announces Conference agenda
19th July 2016

The British Safety Council has unveiled the programme of its Annual Conference ‘Health and work in a changing world’ to be held on Wednesday, 5 October 2016, at The King's Fund, London.

The conference speakers will address the controversial issue of responsibility for health in the workplace: what should employers be doing and how can they encourage staff to manage and improve their health? How can this responsibility be best shared?

The event will feature a number of case studies of companies that are leading the industry with their record of managing health in the workplace and their commitment to facilitating the return to work of employees with health conditions.

The conference will be chaired by Steve Hails, Director of Health, Safety & Wellbeing at Thames Tideway Tunnel. He is also the former Health & Safety Director of Crossrail. The keynote speaker at the event will be Professor Dame Carol Black DBE, FRCP, a senior policy adviser on work and health to the government and a passionate campaigner for enabling people with health conditions to return to work.

The programme of the Annual Conference 2016

09:00	Registration opens
09:45	Welcome; Lynda Armstrong OBE Chair of Trustees, British Safety Council
09:50	Opening remarks; Mike Robinson Chief Executive, British Safety Council
09:55	Introduction; Steve Hails Health, Safety and Wellbeing Director, Thames Tideway Tunnel
10:00	The government agenda on health and work
10:15	Why does health matter? The business case for managing health Professor Dame Carol Black DBE, FRCP, FMedSci Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge
10:30	Healthy workplaces for all ages: Promoting a sustainable working life and healthy ageing Katalin Sas, European Agency for Health and Safety at Work (EU-OSHA)
10:50	Tea/coffee break and networking
11:15	Case study: Sharing what good health and wellbeing management can look like Deborah Astles, HR Director, Corporate Responsibility and Policy, Unipart Group
11:45	Case study: Valuing your workforce regardless of their health ability Dr Nasser Siabi OBE, CEO, Microlink
12:15	Shared responsibility - managing health together Kizzy Augustin, Senior Associate, Pinsent Masons
12:45	Q&A with speakers
13:00	Lunch
13:45	Guest speaker
14:15	Addressing health through behavioural change programme; sharing insight and good practice Mark Ormond, JOMC
14:45	Panel discussion: Identifying the challenges and implementing the strategies Dennis Curran; Chairman, Barhale ?Hugh Robertson; Senior Policy Officer for Health and Safety, TUC ?Lawrence Waterman; Director of Health and Safety, Battersea Power Station Development Professor Stephen Bevan; Head of HR Research Development, Institute of Employment Studies
15:50	Closing remarks; Mike Robinson Chief Executive, British Safety Council
16:00	Close

The price of a conference ticket is £195.00 plus VAT for British Safety Council members and £245.00 plus VAT for non-members.

SME companies (1-50 employees) attending the conference are eligible for a 25% discount on the above rate.

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British Safety Council announces Conference agenda 19th July 2016

British Safety Council announces Conference agenda
19th July 2016