Safety & Health Expo
March 1st 2006

With a large array of exhibitors, and additional features such as innovation awards and many seminars; Safety & Health Expo provides a great forum for your health & safety needs

Europe's largest dedicated annual event for the health & safety sector, Safety & Health Expo makes its return to the NEC Birmingham from May 9-11 this year.

With more exhibitors signed up than ever before, the 2006 event enjoys the support of major UK health and safety bodies including the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), and the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF).

The show also covers key areas for the construction and manufacturing sectors.

Key asbestos bodies will back a free seminar theatre dedicated solely to asbestos-related issues, repeating last year's successful format. Experts from across the industry line up in a programme of seminar sessions covering the entire process from detection to removal of asbestos.

Features back by popular demand for 2006 include:

• The Runway sponsored by Uvex
• Norwich Union Risk Services - Information Theatre
• Access Live
• BSIF Product Innovation Awards
• RoSPA Congress
• Asbestos Seminar Theatre

Norwich Union Risk Services - Information Theatre

Offering inspiration, education and innovation are three great ways to attract the best visitors…and the Norwich Union Risk Services sponsored Information Theatre manages all three of these.

Sessions in 2005 were packed out, demonstrating how visitors really value professional, expert advice from suppliers. Topics presented last year included working at height, noise at work regulations and manual handling.

Access Industry Forum & Access Live - The Access Industry Forum (AIF) will again be held alongside Safety and Health Expo in order to highlight key issues within the access industry. The conference will be opened by Lord Hunt of Kings Health, Minister with Responsibilities for Health and Safety, who will discuss 'Work at Height from Regulations to Action'.

After the success of Access Live at Safety & Health Expo 2005, this show floor demonstration area will run again in 2006, showcasing working at height issues.

BSIF Product Innovation Awards

Once again the Safety & Health Expo is proud to be playing host to the BSIF product innovation awards. These are presented each year to companies that have produced products and/or services, which, in the opinion of the judges, offer a significant contribution in improvements in Occupational Health and Safety and towards a reduction of workplace accidents.

The awards scheme underlines the importance of innovation and the highest standards of excellence within occupational health and safety. For further information call the BSIF on 01745 585 600.

RoSPA Congress

Health and safety professionals face two challenges: not only to keep pace with key developments but also to 'share and compare' and benchmark with fellow professionals. The 2006 RoSPA Safety and Health at Work Congress combines both of these elements. This years Congress has been restructured to offer more choice and greater flexibility. Delegates will benefit from a fresh approach to learning about health & safety by tailoring their own programme from an exhaustive list of topics. Lord Hunt of Kings Health OBE will open the high profile speaker programme.

Asbestos Seminar Theatre

A number of seminars will take place throughout the exhibition covering all aspects of asbestos management. Topics covered in the 2005 programme included the selection of asbestos removal contractors and asbestos surveyors; managing asbestos contracts and client duties under the control of asbestos surveyors at work regulations 2002.

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