Health & safety experts to assemble in Dubai

The conference will take place at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre on 21st - 23rd January 2007.

IOSH is widely recognised in many parts of the world as the benchmark authority on all matters to do with health and safety.

In order to better represent the interests of existing members from the region and to encourage new members to join, IOSH has established a Middle East branch. Members work for some of the region's largest companies including Saudi Aramco, Balfour Beatty and Dubai Dry Docks.

IOSH has a membership of 30,000 worldwide, including more than 8,000 Chartered Safety and Health Practitioners. In the Middle East there are 200 members. IOSH's vision is a world of work which is safe, healthy and sustainable.

IOSH's incoming President, Lisa Fowlie, will chair the safety and health conference at Intersec,. Lisa has been involved in health and safety in the fields of retail, wholesale, transport, industry, agriculture and academia. She will discuss Competence, Communication and Training for Business Success.

Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Dry Docks will present his paper titled What's In It For Me? He will discuss how business can benefit from making safety the highest priority in their organisation.

Also from the UAE is Mr Kamarajan, General Manager HSE, ETA Ascon Group of Companies who will be talking about Safety Professionals in the Middle East - The Challenges and the Path Ahead. Kamarajan holds the position of Honorary Secretary in the Emirates Safety Group, a non-profit body of HSE Professionals in UAE.

The remaining speakers include Alawi Shubber, Managing Director of the Occupational Safety and Health Center of Bahrain and Graeme McCaig, General Manager of the Dutco Balfour Beatty Group, who will focus on both important global safety and health issues as well as those of particular interest to the Middle East region.