Conference Program
Day 1 Thursday 20 September
| 8:00 | Registration opens | |
| 9:00 | Conference open and welcome | AIDGC & FPA Australia |
| 9:15 | Update from Geneva; News of UN GHS & DG | Ken Price Riskom International Pty Ltd |
| 10:00 | Morning tea | |
| 10:30 | GHS in Australia; What happened, and what's next? | Richard Greenwood RG Chemical Safety |
| 11:20 | Work Health & Safety Legislation; 7 years on, time to review | Dave Chamings Manager Operational Practice, SafeWork NSW |
| 12:10 | Lunch | |
| 12:55 | Changes to Industrial Chemicals Regulations; What you need to know - implications for importers and manufacturers | John Issa Principal Consultant, Cintox Australia |
| 1:45 | Legislative Updates for Dangerous Goods Transport; ADG 7.6 & AS 2809 | Debra Kirk Group Dangerous Goods Manager, Toll Group |
| 2:35 | Afternoon tea | |
| 3:05 | Explosives classification; Development of the UN classification system | Ken Price Riskom International Pty Ltd |
| 3:55 | The Black Art of Pragmatism in Laboratory Design; Helping (Others) Make Bold Decisions | Ross Underwood Safety Engineering and Technical Services Pty Ltd |
| 4:50 | Conference close | |
| 5:00 | Welcome Reception | |
Day 2 Friday 21 September
| 8:00 | Registration opens | |
| 9:00 | Conference open and welcome | AIDGC & FPA Australia |
| 9:10 | A Selected Contemporary Anthology of Antipodean HAZMAT Incidents; Stuff that's gone wrong in Australia recently | Jeff Davis Principal Scientific Officer WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services |
| 10:00 | Morning tea | |
| 10:20 | Static electricity; the shocking truth | Cem Novella Novella Group of Companies |
| 11:10 | FEATURE PRESENTATION 30 Years Since Piper Alpha; How far have we come? | Dr Drew Rae Manager, Safety Science Innovation Lab, Griffith University |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 12:45 | Dust explosions; details of a small scale incident | Richard Greenwood RG Chemical Safety |
| 1:05 | 2017/2018 - A big year in dangerous goods transport | Dave Ingham Senior Technical Officer, Dangerous Goods Operations, NSW Environment Protection Authority |
| 1:55 | Sodium ethyl xanthate; Fire in an MHF | Krystle Mitchell Scientific Officer, South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (SAMFS) |
| 2:45 | Afternoon tea | |
| 3:05 | A brief recent history of spontaneous combustion in Western Australia | Jeff Davis Principal Scientific Officer WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services |
| 3:55 | Lightning; "the protection myth" | Cem Novella Novella Group of Companies |
| 4:50 | Conference close | |
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