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Opening Sessions
THURSDAY 11th Sept 2008
Official Opening and Welcome Paul Jarvie	How Engineering has a Major Impact on Safety Vanessa Yule	An Exploration of the Age-Old Question Dianne Dyck	Accomodation and Graduated Return to Work Margaret Macky
FRIDAY 12th Sept 2008
Occupational Health and Safety John Kerr	Elements in Building Prof. Graham Hunt	Assessing Workability in the Workplace Philip Taylor	Implementing a GloBal Occupational Richard Crafter

Concurrent Sessions
THURSDAY 11th Sept 2008
Dust Control in Refuse Transfer Stations Robyn Stewart	The Leadership Challenge for Health & Safety Sheri Suckling	Ambulance Paramedic: Low Back Injury and Workplace Rehabilitation Philippa Grimes	WORKSHOP Noise survey - DoL expectations Philippa Gibson Repeated on Friday	Change, Cheese and Occupational Health Nursing. What is the connection? Janice Riegen & Loretta McAllister	Preventative and Management Interventions – Psychosocial Issues and Musculoskeletal Disorders Chris Polaczuk, Lorraine Gardner–Wood
Evaluating Safe Patient Handling Systems: Is There A Better Way? Heidi Borner	Worker participation in job/task analysis, hazard identification and development of good working environment Kirsten Olsen Repeated on Friday	Evaluation of the Patient Handling Guidelines, Liten Up Training Programme Anne McMahon		The Evolving Work Environment in New Zealand: Implications for Occupational Health and Safety. Mark Wagstaffe	Commercial Driver Fatigue Campaign Sandra Nelson and Peter Baird
Intervention Effectiveness Research - do we really want to know? Iain Laird	Injury Management & Rehabilitation in the Rail & Maritime Industry Introduction and Use of the Predict Workplace software Paul Anderson and Shelley Leuchars	Occupational Health & Safety in Small Businesses: Which way Forward? Felicity Lamm	Copper Beryllium Alloys – Are they an occupational health issue for aircraft maintenance operations Judith Young	The Emperor Is Wearing Fluro Clothes Craig Carlyle	Respiratory Protection the last line of defence. Or is it? John Wallaart ACC
	Occupational Medicine Going Forward? Dr David Black	Tertiary education and professional certification in ergonomics: an international exemplar in New Zealand Stephen Legg	HASE sect 10 Monitoring exposures Philippa Gibson	The Emperor Is Wearing Fluro Clothes Craig Carlyle	NIHL the silent pandemic John Wallaart ACC
Engineered Nanoparticles and Respiratory Protection Erik W Johnson	Safety, Culture and Risk John Beattie & David Calvert	Changing culture; Web 2.0 in OH&S Cheryl Regan, and Teresa Byrnes	OH&S Risk Management & Risk Communication: Key Points for OHNs & OH&S Practitioners / Professionals Dianne Dyck	Solving OH&S Issues Together – A multidisciplinary approach to Noise Management in the RNZAF Jane Sparkes & Derek Miller	The role of contextual factors for the development of musculoskeletal disorders David Tappin
FRIDAY 12th Sept 2008
Alcohol and Other Drugs in the Workplace – Employer Resources Sandra Nelson - Sue Paton	The tolerability of risk – misunderstood, misapplied or missed altogether? Chris Peace	Workplace Exposure Standards - Interpretations of the current NZ WES for Carbon Monoxide Ian Bartlett	An exploration of the age-old question: Is OH&S a profession or not? Dianne Dyck	Fitness for Employment Susie Barlow	Transportability of Occupational Health Credentials - overseas conference report back Neville Rockhouse
WORKSHOP Noise survey - DoL Expectations Philippa Gibson	The development of preventive interventions to reduce hazardous chemical exposures in small business in New Zealand. Iain Laird	Professional Standards - Past Present and Future Ian Bartlett		Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome: A systematic review of risk factors and interventions Mark G. Boocock, Peter J. McNair and Peter J. Larmer	10 Ways to Motivate Safe Workplace Behaviours Sheri Suckling
WORKSHOP Noise survey - DoL Expectations Philippa Gibson	Worker participation in job/task analysis, hazard identification and development of good working environment Kirsten Olsen	Workplace Drug Testing New Standards : Urine & Oral Fluid Ann-Louise Weaver	Occupational Health Hazard Assessment Programme - a method to determine targeted Occupational Health Screening and testing Wendy Spence	From investigation to prosecution - a practical perspective Grant Nicholson & Shona Carr DoL	Psychosocial Barriers to Return to Work Kirsty Powell