NISO Health and Safety Conference: SHWW – 30 Years On
Friday, 11 October 2019
Conference Programme
Speakers and Presentation times are subject to change
07:45 Registration, Coffee and Exhibition Viewing
08:30 Conference Opening and Welcome Address
Harry Galvin, President, National Irish Safety Organisation
Session 1 – Chairperson: Kieran Linehan, Managing Director, Ayrton Group
08:40 THE IRISH OSH DATA ICEBERG
Prof. Anne Drummond, University College Dublin
09:05 FROM THERE TO HERE – 30 YEARS ON
Tom Walsh, Former Director General, Health and Safety Authority
09:30 WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT – HOW PRACTITIONERS ARE MAKING WORKPLACES SAFER AND HEALTHIER
Prof. Lawrence Waterman, OBE, Chair of the Board of Trustees, British Safety Council
10.05 30 YEARS ON, WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED AND WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
Mark Cullen, Assistant Chief Executive Operational Compliance and Prevention, Health and Safety Authority
10:30 Questions and Answers
10:40 Morning Coffee & Exhibition Viewing
Session 2 – Chairperson
11:10 NATIONAL COORDINATION OF SEVERE WEATHER EMERGENCIES – CASE STUDIES OPHELIA AND EMMA
Sean Hogan, Director, National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management (NDFEM)
11:35 EMBRACING THE CHALLENGE OF DEMENTIA IN THE WORKPLACE
Pat McLoughlin, Chief Executive, The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
12:00 MEDICAL ASPECTS OF DRIVING FOR WORK
Prof. Desmond O’Neill, National Programme Director, Office for Transport Medicine
12:25 Question and Answer Session
12:35 Lunch and Exhibition Viewing
Session 3 – Chairperson
13:45 Launch of All Ireland Safety Quiz 2019
13:55 THE CHANGING NATURE OF OUR WORKPLACES
Mary Connaughton, Director, CIPD Ireland
14:20 JOINING THE DOTS BOTTOM UP. CONNECTING OUR PURPOSE TO PROCESS
Maeve O’Loughlin, Senior Lecturer / Acting Group Head of Health and Safety Risk Management, Middlesex University / ITV
14:45 Questions and Answers
14:55 Afternoon Coffee & Exhibition Viewing
Session 4: Chairperson: Dave Carroll, Chief Fire Officer, Tipperary Fire and Rescue
15:15 THE INSURANCE CRISIS – AN UPDATE
Peter Boland, Director, Alliance for Insurance Reform
15:25 A LEGAL VIEWPOINT
Kieran Cowhey, Partner, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Dillon Eustace
15:35 THE IRISH INSURANCE MARKET AND THE REFORM PROCESS
John Byrne, Head of Communications, Insurance Ireland
15:45 Insurance Questions and Answers
16:10 A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
Mairead McGuinness MEP, First Vice-President of the European Union
16:25 Closing Remarks and Close of Conference
Harry Galvin, President, National Irish Safety Organisation
Additional booking required for dinner
18:30 Awards Presentation Ceremony and Post Conference Gala Dinner – Cash Bar
19:00 Call for Dinner
Presentation of Awards, Dinner and Entertainment.
Please bring your tickets showing table and seat numbers. Guests should being their confirmation letter.
Guest: TBC