The Health and Safety Event announces largest ever programme

The impact of the latest sentencing guidelines, Brexit and mental wellbeing campaigns will come under the spotlight at the Health & Safety Event 2017. These key topics and many other important issues will feature in a comprehensive programme of presentations, seminars and workshops for health and safety professionals from all over the UK attending the event, which runs from 21^st to 23^rd March at Birmingham NEC.

Expanded to incorporate a number of new features, the UK’s fastest growing safety event offers education, insight, information and networking opportunities.

New features of the Health and Safety Event include an exciting partnership with the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF), which has chosen to stage the BSIF Safety Awards at the event for the first time. The BSIF will invite entrants in its Product Innovation Awards to pitch their products to a judging panel in front of a live audience before announcing the winners.

The British Safety Council has curated the main conference programme, which has been designed to support the continuing professional development (CPD) of delegates. Best practice guidance will be shared across key industry topics such as workplace wellbeing, personal resilience, embedding a health and safety culture, mental health and legal compliance, while the impacts of Brexit will also be explored.

Additionally, the event’s Safety Dialogue Theatre, sponsored by 3M and the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), continues to expand its line-up, with seminars covering respiratory hazards, training and competence, hearing, fall protection and the groundbreaking Locher Project, which is aimed at encouraging younger people to champion health and safety issues. A line-up of respected panellists will debate these prominent issues in a series of lively discussions.

The third seminar platform, Safer Logistics, sponsored by A-Safe and Toyota, offers practical advice on safety challenges surrounding warehouse and forklift operations. Another area of discussion will be load integrity on HGVs and vans, and how the police, together with the Driver Vehicle Standards Agency, are being trained to carry out stop and inspect operations. Experts believe this will lead to more inspections and prosecutions going forward. Seminars will be led by both sponsors, as well as industry organisations – the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL), the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT), the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) and the Regulatory Body for Workplace Transport Training (RTITB). The BSIF and United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) will also be lending their support.

Meanwhile, the NEBOSH Education Pavillion, managed by the National Examination Board of Safety and Health, serves as a central point providing access to a multitude of training providers. This area of the exhibition, centred around a café, has an ‘Ask The Expert’ feature and will also offer enhanced opportunities for networking.

Introducing the main conference programme, Louise Ward, policy, standards and communications director at the British Safety Council, explained: “What we’ve tried to do is balance this year’s educational programme so that each day delegates get the opportunity to experience a variety of educational presentations, including legal updates, interactive sessions and best practice case studies.”

Co-located with the Maintec, Facilities Management and new Fire Safety Event 2017, the Health and Safety Event 2017 provides coverage of the health and safety issues that really matter to anyone responsible for running a safe and healthy workplace.   

Tim Else, events director at Western Business Publishing and Exhibitions, which organises the event, said: “We continue to grow and expand this event. There are a number of new features and partnerships with the most influential organisations in UK health and safety. This year, we are particularly pleased to have established a new partnership with the British Safety Industry Federation, whose innovation awards promise to be a highlight. Other partners including the British Safety Council have developed a fantastic seminar programme that will give attendees unparalleled insight into current trends and developments, while the exhibition floor brings together the very latest technologies, products and services available to support professionals in the industry. It’s an event that people responsible for health and safety cannot afford to miss.”

To register and view the full educational programme online, visit: www.healthandsafetyevents.co.uk