2006 OHSE Conference - Presentation by speakers

Link to the 2006 OHSE Conference program

Day 1 - 19th June 2006 (Organisational Health & Wellbeing - Mind, Body, Spirit & The Community)

Dr. Sven Hansen, Medical Practitioner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

• Building Personal Resilience in the Workplace

Dr. Peter Cotton, Psychology Services, Health Services Australia

• Management, Leadership and Team Climate for Organisational Health

Ms. Betty Kitchener, Mental Health First Aid Program

• Mental Health First Aid - Improving Mental Health Literacy, Reducing Stigma and Increasing Helpful Behaviours

Dr. Craig Hassed, Medical Practitioner, Department of General Practice

• Mindfullness: An approach to Managing Stress, Enhancing Mental Health and Improving Performance in the Workplace

Mr. Michael Adeny, La Trobe University

• Sleep: The Missing Link in Employee Wellbeing

Ms. Judith Cooke, Work Life Consultant, Monash University

• Work Life Balance

Ms. Julie Goonan, EAP

• Employee Assistance Program

Day 2 - 20th June 2006 (Safety & Environment)

Safety Stream

Ms. Georgia Sinclair, Occupational Health, Safety & Environment

• Nanoparticles - What are the issues for health and safety?

Dr. Peter Binks, Nanovic

• Emerging Technologies - Managing the Risks-Nanotechnology

Ms. Elizabeth Stock, Pharmaceutics, Monash University

• Case Study 1: Hazardous Materials Projects Committee

Priscilla Chow, Art & Design, Monash University

• Safety in Art & Design  

Prof.  George Simon, Materials Engineering, Monash University

• OHS – Pre and Post the Explosion  

Mr. Brian Stark, Facilities & Services, Monash University

• Case Study 4: Facilities & Services - 'The OHS Journey So Far'

Environmental Stream

Mr. Kevin Hennessy, CSIRO

• Local Effects of Climate Change

Ms. Belinda Hatt, Monash Institute for Sustainable Water Resources

• Water Savings - Biofilter

Mr. Mr. Ken Stickland, ARUP

• Ecologically Sustainable Design  

Mr. Ben Romeril, Jasper Coffee

• Marketing Fair Trade & Sustainability