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March 2008 Events

3-4 March 2008 - RoSPA National Water Safety Congress 2008 "Information into Education" Looking to the future
Thistle Hotel, Bristol, UK
Contact: RoSPA Events, Edgbaston Park, 353 Bristol Road, Birmingham B5 7ST | Tel: +44 (0)121 248 2120 | Fax: +44 (0)121 248 2094 | www.rospa.com

3-6 March 2008 - 7th Panafrican Congress on Occupational Health (PACOH): Prevention initially: the informal economy and its risks; chemical hazards in industry and agriculture; child labour; mental health in the African context
Cotonou, Benin
Contact: General Secretariat PACOH 2008, 01 B.P. 188, Cotonou, Benin | Tel: +229 21 30 52 22 | Fax: +229 21 30 52 23 | Email: info@pacohbenin.org

3-7 March 2008 - Fourth international course for Leaders of interdisciplinary research projects
Gentofte Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact: Gunilla Rasi, NIVA, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, FIN-00250 Helsinki, FINLAND | Tel: +358 30 474 2498 | Email: gunilla.rasi@ttl.fi | www.niva.org

4 March 2008 - Pushing, Pulling, Lifting, and Lowering: A workshop on manual materials handling in the workplace to explore Reducing Painful Work-related Disorders
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) and the Centre of Research Expertise for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders (CRE-MSD)
CCOHS is offering a live webinar of the event for those registrants who prefer to participate from the comfort of their own computer or meeting room.
More information, including registration and pricing details about the workshop and the webinar is available on the CCOHS website: www.ccohs.ca/events/mmh
Contact: Eleanor Westwood, Manager of Communications, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, Canada | Tel: +1 905/572-2981, Ext. 4408 | Email: eleanorw@ccohs.ca | www.ccohs.ca

5 March 2008 - Drugs and alcohol; preventing driver impairment
Biffa Waste Services, Cannock, Staffordshire, UK
Contact: Chris Frost, Marketing Officer, Brake, the national road safety charity, UK | Tel: +44 (0) 1484 531 774 | Email: cfrost@brake.org.uk | www.brake.org.uk | www.roadsafetyweek.org

5 March 2008 - Noise Nuisance
The Kohn Centre, The Royal Society, London, UK
Contact: Linda Canty, Institute of Acoustics, 77A St Peter's Street, St Albans, Herts AL1 3B, UK | Tel: +44 (0)1727 848195 | Fax: 01727 850553 | Email: linda.canty@ioa.org.uk | www.ioa.org.uk/events

5-6 March 2008 - Health and Wellbeing @ Work
National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK
Contact: Health and Wellbeing @ Work, Sterling Events Ltd, 62 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BZ, UK | Tel: +44 (0)151 709 8979 | Email: laura@sterlingevents.co.uk
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5-7 March 2008 - 2008 China OHS Management Conference
Shanghai, China
Contact: Alan Wong, Avail Corporation | Tel: 86-21 6229 1717 ext. 116 | Fax: +86-21 6229 1718 | Email: awong@availcorp.com

6-8 March 2008 - Seventh International Conference on Occupational Stress and Health: Work, Stress and Health 2008
Contact: Wesley Baker, Conference Coordinator, American Psychological Association, Public Interest Directorate, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242, USA | Tel: +1 202-336-6033 | Fax: +1 202 336 6117 | Email: wshconference@apa.org (Wesley Baker) | www.apa.org/pi/work

9-13 March 2008 - Fifth international course on Age management: Life course and work
Hotel Riekonlinna, Saariselkä (Lapland), Finland
Contact: Pirjo Turtiainen, NIVA, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, FI-00250 Helsinki, FINLAND | Tel: +358 30 474 2349 | Email: pirjo.turtiainen@ttl.fi | www.niva.org

11-12 March 2008 - Firex Roadshow South 2008
Empson Park, UK
Contact: Rachel Cowdrey, Senior Marketing Executive, CMP | Tel: +44 (0)20 7921 8154 | Email: rcowdrey@cmpi.biz
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12 March 2008 - Transportation Noise Update
The Arden Hotel, Birmingham, UK
Contact: Linda Canty, Institute of Acoustics, 77A St Peter's Street, St Albans, Herts AL1 3B, UK | Tel: +44 (0)1727 848195 | Fax: 01727 850553 | Email: linda.canty@ioa.org.uk | www.ioa.org.uk/events
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12-14 March 2008 - Work-related road safety: Creating a crash-free culture
12 March 2008 in Alexander Park Function Centre, Gate B Greenlane West, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand
13 March 2008 in Royal New Zealand Police College, Wellington, New Zealand
14 March 2008 in Russley Golf Club Function Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand
Contact: for all events Anita Dransfield, Event Co-ordinator | Tel: + 0-9-528 6092 | Fax: 0-9-521 1784 | Email pacificpr@ihug.co.nz
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12-14 March 2008 - IALI Conference 2008: Towards healthy, safe and decent work through alliances, ethics and influence
Organized by SafeWork SA - the occupational health and safety (OHS) and industrial relations authority of the Government of South Australia - and the International Association of Labour Inspection (IALI) in cooperation with the OHS authorities of Australia and New Zealand and the ILO.
Adelaide, South Australia.
Contact: IALI 2008 Conference Secretariat, SafeWork SA, Level 4, 1 Richmond Road, Keswick, South Australia 5035 | Tel: +61 8 8303 0469 | Fax: +61 8 8463 4978 | Email: iali2008@safework.sa.gov.au | www.iali-aiit.org/en/conferences.htm

18-19 March 2008 - IOSH 2008 conference
Arena and Conference Centre Liverpool, UK
Contact: IOSH | www.ioshconference.co.uk

22-27 March 2008 - 29th International Congress on Occupational Health: A Basic Right at Work - An Asset to Society. Supported by the International Commission on Occupational Health
Cape Town, South Africa
Contact: Information: ICOH 2009 Congress, PO Box 16179, Lyttelton 0140, South Africa | Tel: +27 (0)12-667-5160 | Fax: +27 (0)11-507-5085 | Email: admin@icoh2009.co.za

25-29 March 2008 - Semiconductor Environmental, Safety and Health Association (SESHA) Annual Symposium and Expo
Portland, OR., USA
Contact: www.seshaonline.org/meetings/2008

26-28 March 2008 - Nova Scotia Safety Council 26th Annual Health and Safety Conference
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Contact: Nova Scotia Safety Council, 2786 Agricola Street, Suite 207, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3K 4E1, Canada | Tel: +1 902 454 9621 | Fax: +1 902 454 6027

27 March 2008 - Update to Changes in the EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) Directive (Half Day course)
ERA Technology Ltd, Cleeve Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22, UK
Contact: The Events team, ERA Technology Ltd, Cleeve Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7SA, UK | Tel: +44 (0)1372 367319 | Fax: +44 (0)1372 367099 | Email: events@era.co.uk | www.era.co.uk

30 March - 4 April 2008 - Sixth International Course on Safety research - week 2
Alanga Hotel, Palanga, Lithuania
Contact: Gunilla Rasi, NIVA, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, FIN-00250 Helsinki, FINLAND | Tel: +358 30 474 2498 | Email: gunilla.rasi@ttl.fi | www.niva.org

31 March - 1 April 2008 - National Safety Council's Texas Safety Conference & Expo
Houston, Texas, USA
Contact: National Safety Council, 1121 Spring Lake Drive, Itasca IL 60143, USA | Tel: +1 800 621 7619 or +1 630 775 2056 | Email: customerservice@nsc.org

31 March - 2 April 2008 - 8th International Work Congress on Work Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation
Durban, South Africa
Contact: mnyenti@uj.ac.za