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Past Conferences and Events 2008

13th November 2008
Tackling the Hidden Landscape of Domestic Abuse and 'Honour' Based Violence
Venue: One Whitehall Place, Westminster, London
Overview
Programme
Registration

11th – 12th November 2008
Regulating for Home Safety
Venue: Blackpool, England
Safety professionals interested in making a presentation at the conference should submit an abstract of about 500 words to RoSPA by May 16, 2008. They should be sent to: Kairen Sanderson, RoSPA, 353 Bristol Road, Birmingham, B5 7ST, or email: ksanderson@rospa.com

5th – 8th November 2008
EUPHA Annual Conference, ‘I-Health: health and innovation in Europe’
Venue: Lisbon, Portugal

3rd – 6th November 2008
2nd Asia Pacific Injury Prevention Conference
Venue: Hanoi, Vietnam

23rd October 2008, 29th October 2008, 4th November, 18th November
Road Safety Audit Guidelines 2008: A Route to Proactive Casualty Reduction
Venues:

  • 23rd October 2008 – Kendal, Celebrating 50 years of the IHT Northern Branch
  • 29th October 2008 – London
  • 4th November – Birmingham
  • 18th November – Edinburgh

30th October 2008
The Young People and Knife Crime Summit: Tackling Street Weapon Culture Through Partnership
Venue:One Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London
Overview
Programme
Registration

20th - 23rd October 2008
17th International Safe Communities Conference
Venue: Christchurch, News Zealand
For further information please contact the conference manager:
Lizzie Dryden, Conference Innovators Ltd.
Phone: +64 3 379 0390, Fax: +64 3 379 0460, Email: lizzie@conference.co.nz

9th - 10th October 2008
2nd European Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
Venue: Paris, France
As injury prevention and safety promotion initiatives gain momentum in Europe, the 2nd European Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion will be a milestone opportunity to take stock of these developments and help move actions at European and national levels forward.

1st October 2008
Making a Song and Dance About Child Safety
Venue:Tally Ho Police Training Centre, Pershore Road, Edgbaston. Starts 9.30am

30th September - 3rd October 2008
Prevention of Occupational Accidents in a Changing Work Environment
Venue: Crete, Greece
The programme will include plenary sessions, parallel technical sessions and a series of workshops dealing with case studies.
The main conference programme will finish lunchtime on Friday, 3 October 2008.

10th - 13th September 2008
8th IUHPE European Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education Towards the future: new frontiers for Health Promotion
Venue:Turin, Italy

7th - 10th September 2008
XVIIth ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect
Venue:Hong Kong SAR, China
The Congress is being organized by the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) in collaboration with Against Child Abuse (ACA), Hong Kong.

31st August – 3rd September 2008
Children and Injuries International Conference
Venue: Cape Town, South Africa

27th - 30th August 2008
12th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour
Venue:Glasgow

26th – 28th August 2008
Injury in the developing world:from prevention to care
Venue: Karachi, Pakistan

2nd July 2008
1st Annual Domestic Violence Symposium:Reducing Harm, Protecting Vulnerable People and Improving Partnership Working Locally
Venue: One WhiteHall Place, Westminster, London
Overview
Programme
Registration Form

26th - 28th June 2008
World Congress on Sports Injury Prevention
Venue:Tromso, Norway

24th-26th June 2008
Consumer Affairs & Trading Standards Annual Conference 2008
Venue: Bournemouth, England

23 - 29 June 2008
Child Safety Week
Supporting Organisation: Child Accident Prevention Trust
Email Address: csw@capt.org.uk
Telphone/Helpline number: 0207 608 3828

23rd June 2008, 13.30 – 18.30
Road safety PIN (Performance Index)
Venue: Brussels, Belgium

23rd - 25th June 2008
'Club Health 2008' The 5th International Conference on Nightlife, Substance Use and Related Health Issues
Venue: Ibiza, Spain

24th June 2008
National Falls Awareness Day
Supporting Organisation: Help the Aged
Email Address: falls@helptheaged.org.uk
Telphone/Helpline number: 0207 278 1114

3rd - 5th June 2008
Faculty of Public Health Annual Conference
Venue:Cardiff

22nd—23rd May 2008
Patient Safety Congress
Venue: ExCel, London, England

20th May 2008
Violent Crime Reduction National Conference: Local Action Through Multi-Agency Working
Venue: One Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London
Overview
Programme
Registration

14th May 2008
The biennial international congress for road safety professionals on speed and protecting vulnerable road users
Venue: Royal College of Physicians, Regents Park, London
Call +44 1484 559909 or email admin@brake.org.uk to reserve your place.

13th—15th May 2008
Safety and Health Expo
Venue: NEC Birmingham, England

11th - 15th May 2008
'Harm Reduction 2008: IHRA’s 19th International Conference'
Venue: Palau de Congressos de Barcelona, Spain

23rd – 29th April 2008
First United Nations Global Road Safety Week

27th April 2008
European Road Safety Day

17th - 18th April 2008
2nd SafetyNet Conference Road Safety Management in Action:
Evidence based policy setting for the European Community
Organised by ERSO
Venue:Rome, Italy

13 - 16th April 2008
ICPAPH 2nd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health
Venue: VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
The themes of the congress will include E-health, Cost-effectiveness of interventions, Evidence-based policy/practice, Gene-environment interaction, Measurement of physical activity, Community-bases interventions, Injuries in the active population, Sedentary behaviour.

7th – 8th April 2008
International Workshop on Media and Tool Development. Preventing Injuries: National Campaign development on risk taking behaviour in adolescents
Venue: Vienna Austria Click here for invitation flyer.
Organiser:Eurosafe adRisk project

7th April 2008
Improving the response to road death and injury - An inter-professional conference.
Venue: Church House, Dean's Yard, Westminster, London SW1P 3NZ
Click here for booking form.
Organiser:Road Peace
To reserve a place contact RoadPeace, PO Box 2579 London NW10 3PW,
tel 020 8838 5102 info@roadpeace.org

1st - 2nd April 2008
UKPHA Annual Public Health Forum
Venue:Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre

March 31st - April 6th 2008
Brain Injury Awareness Week
Supporting Organisation: Headway
Email Address: enquiries@headway.org.uk
Telphone/Helpline number: 02085459644 / 08088002244

17th - 19th March 2008
5th Warwick Healthy Housing Conference
Venue: University of Warwick, Coventry
The Safe and Healthy Housing Unit at Warwick Law School is pleased to announce the fifth international conference on housing and health, to be held on the campus of the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, from 17th-19th March 2008. It will provide a unique opportunity for cross-disciplinary and international discussion and will be of particular interest to lawyers and academics, architects, environmental health officers, public and community health physicians, general practitioners, housing managers, health visitors and tenant organisations.

15-18th March 2008
9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Safety 2008
Venue: Merida, Mexico

12th March 2008
Falls Prevention in Older People
Venue: 76 Portland Place, London.

3rd - 4th March 2008
National Water Safety Congress 2008
Venue: Bristol Thistle Hotel

1st March 2008
Self Injury Awareness Day
Supporting Organisation: LifeSIGNS
Email Address: info@lifesigns.org.uk

25th - 27th February 2008
73rd ROSPA Road Safety Congress, Securing Wider Engagement in Road Safety
Organiser: ROSPA
Venue: Crowne Plaza, Glasgow
Book Online

29th January 2008
Climate change and its impact on health
Venue: London, Uk

29th January 2008
Young Driver Safety
Organiser: Brake
Venue: Midland Hotel, Peter Street, Manchester.
Further Information, agenda and registration form.

28th January 2008
Directors' Health and Safety Responsibilities Conference
Effective Health and Safety Leadership in Action

Organiser: ROSPA
Venue: De Vere Daresbury Park, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire
Programme
Book Online

17th & 28th January 2008
IOSH Work Placement Course
The course is intended for all those in the Education Sector, Training and Enterprise Councils, Education Business Partnerships and other organisations who arrange, monitor or administer work experience placements
Venue: Edinburgh (17th January) & Birmingham (28th January)
To book call 0121 248 2233 or for courses in Scotland call 0131 449 9378 or email sales@rospa.com

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