Creating mentally healthy workplaces - Workplace Safety Brisbane forum

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- 9 Apr 2015 ( #713 )
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One in six working age people live with a mental illness, at an estimated cost of $11 billion to Australian businesses, and in some sectors, such as mining, the numbers are much higher.

The escalating mental health challenge will be the focus of next month's workplace safety gathering in Brisbane, expected to attract over 2,500 people. Employers and business leaders are particularly being encouraged to play a more active role in developing healthier workplaces for their employees.

beyondblue and AccessEAP will be speaking at the Safety in Action Exhibition Free Seminar (22-23 April), on how to create mentally healthy workplaces and why workplace wellness is good for a business's bottom line. They will be joined by safety experts who will share new research, discuss regulatory compliance issues and expand on technological innovations - including a new mobile App that empowers staff to log incidents and a global diagnostic tool that enables leaders to better review safety initiatives.

"Every year, work related injuries cost the Australian economy an estimated $60 billion or more and Safety in Action will provide people with the knowledge, tools and resources to minimise the economic burden of work related injuries in the future," said John Wilson at Informa, organisers of this year's event.

Safety in Action is Australia's largest and most trusted safety exhibition and has been revamped this year to include new features, including Spot the Hazard - showing how height, signage and other factors can present hazards in the workplace; Innovation Hour - a fast-paced demonstration of revolutionary new safety products; and a photo booth for attendees to interact with and experience the latest equipment.

Seminar sessions include:
  • Regulation and Culture Change - John Fell, Advanced Safety Systems Australia (ASSA)
  • Hazardous Chemicals - cost effective management and handling - Jeremy Trotman, JTA
  • Skin Cancer - What is the risk in your industry? - Tom Hastwell, Skin Patrol
  • The Heads Up Initiative - Creating More Mentally Healthy Workplaces - Nick Arvanitis, beyondblue
  • Workplace Wellness - It's Good for Business - Sally Kirkright, AccessEAP
  • Software and Mobile Apps for Hands on Safety Management - Adrian Manessis, MyOSH
  • Mindful Safety Leadership - the use of a successful diagnostic tool - Marc McLaren, Generative HSE
  • Fatigue Risk management - getting it right for your organisation - Michael Adeney, Fatigue Safety
  • Safety and Leadership - Don't Become Complacent - Ennio Bianchi, National Safety Council of Aust.
Major Corporate Sponsor myosh Safety Management Software and Lanyard and Show bag Sponsor Atom Supply Group, will be joined by exhibitors including WorkCover Queensland, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, UNSW Australia, QML Pathology, Fatigue Safety, AccessEAP, Urban Perspectives Environmental Solutions, Open Excavation Protection System, Done Safe, Techware, Liberty Shoes, Millsom, Bradley Australia, beyondblue, Aegis Safety. A full list of exhibitors can be found here.

Co-located is the Safety Institute of Australia's Brisbane Safety Conference, which will provide professionals with high level, in-depth analyses of safety legislation, regulation and workplace WHS policies across Queensland. For more information, visit www.siasafetyconferences.com.au/brisbane.

The Brisbane event is a forerunner to the national Safety in Action Exhibition (15-17 September 2015). which will be hosted at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. For more information please visit the website.

safety in action
safety in action
What:
Safety in Action Brisbane
Two-day Exhibition and Seminars

Where:
Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre,
Merivale Street, South Brisbane QLD 4101, Australia.

When:
Wednesday: 22 April 2015 , 10am - 4pm
Thursday: 23 April 2015, 9am - 4pm

Event organiser:
Informa Australia

Web:
www.safetyinaction.net.au/brisbane

Contact:
send an email


About Informa (www.informa.com.au)
Informa Australia is the nation's leading conference organiser and specialist trade publisher and is part of the Informa group of companies based in over 70 countries, employing over 10,000 staff and executing 10,000 events per year. Informa's conferences allow delegates to learn from leading Australian and International experts as well as providing unique networking experiences. Informa's large scale annual conferences attract a huge loyalty and following within their specialist sectors including: Resource, Mining and Energy; Maritime and Transport; and Finance, ICT, Healthcare, Education, Defence, Environment, Facility Design, Food, Skilling and Training, Indigenous Affairs, Infrastructure/PPP, Government and Social Policy, Legal, Media and Sports.
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