2009 AUSA Conference

Daily Program

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Thursday 9 July

08:00 - 17:00 Conference Registration and Help Desk
Withdrawing Room, Holme Building
Time Session details
MORNING A
Refectory, Holme Building
9:00 - 10:00 Keynote 5
Mock Court
Tony Morris and Bruce Whitehead, The Brief Group
10:00 - 10:50 Keynote 6
Globalisation and Universities
Dr David Cooper, Regional Medical Director Australasia, International SOS
10:50 - 11:20 Morning Tea
The Bevery, Holme Building
MORNING B
Refectory, Holme Building
11:20 - 12:00 Keynote 7
Emergency and Crisis Management
Costa Zakis, Marsh Risk Consulting
Split Session - Member Papers and Case Studies
  Holme Sutherland Room MacCallum Cullen Room
12:00 - 12:30 Building EHS Risk Management into Curriculum
David Lloyd-Jones, University of Technology, Sydney
Chemical Risk Assessments in Teaching and Research - Demonstrating an Online Database
Lisa Kelly, University of Queensland
12:30 - 13:00 Introducing OHS into Curriculum - Not Plain Sailing
Daphne McCurdy, University of New England
Changing the Climate of Safety through Innovation
Steve Guggenheimer, University of Melbourne
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
The Bevery, Holme Building
Sponsored by Employers Mutual
AFTERNOON A - Split session - Member Papers and Laboratory Design Keynotes
Holme Sutherland Room MacCallum Cullen Room
14:00 - 14:30 Three lives saved: UWA's Experience with Defibrillators
Eddie Stoelwinder, University of Western Australia
14:00 - 14:45 Keynote 8
Laboratory Design

Colin Sakinofsky & Luis Martinez, S2F
14:30 - 15:00 Hazard Identification and Control Banding as a Potential Method of Risk Management
John Whale, Monash University
14:45 - 15:30 Keynote 9
Laboratory Design

Adam Garnys & Dr Robert Schiller, CETEC and Foray Laboratories
15:00 - 15:30 Standardising Overseas Fieldwork Safety with British Standard 8848
Andrew Knight, University of Brighton
15:30 - 15:50 Afternoon Tea
The Bevery, Holme Building
AFTERNOON B - Case studies
Holme Sutherland Room Refectory, Holme Building
15:50 - 16:10 The Ubiquitous Biohazard - Mould and the Spores Next Door
Janelle Hobbins, Queensland University of Technology
Injury Management IR/OHS Panel Session
Sue Kirk, Branch Manager, Safety & Wellbeing, University of Technology, Sydney (Chair)
  • Robyn Hickie - Partner, Lander and Rogers
  • Trish Cavanagh - Senior Group Case Manager, Employers' Mutual
  • Mark Shoesmith - Workers' Compensation Specialist, Oxley Workers Compensation Solutions, Oxley Insurance Brokers Group
  • Sharlene Wellard - Partner, Australian Business Lawyers
  • Marilyn Scott - Senior Lecturer in Dispute Resolution (UTS) & Solicitor and Barrister of the Supreme Court of NSW
16:10 - 16:30 Electric Shock While Fishing?
Chris Miller, CSIRO
16:30 - 16:50 Radiation Source Loss Case Study
Doug Pringle, Massey University, NZ
16:50 - 17:10 Thinking about OHS in another Culture
Leanne Mumford, University of Sydney
Factors that Influence Sick Leave Use
Michael O'Donoghue, Deakin University
EVENING
19:00 Informal Dinner at Almustafa Lebanese Restaurant.
Not included in conference registration fee.

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