Programme

Highlights

Day 1
14 Aug 2024

0900-0915: Welcome

Mr. Ameerali Abdeali

Honourary President of the National Safety Council Singapore

0915-0945: Keynote: Risk assessment and intersectoral collaboration to mitigate environmental transmission of infectious diseases

Dr. Sim Shuzhen

Director of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology Division, NEA

1015-1145: Session: Digitalisation and Sustainability within Occupational Safety and Health (Hosted by IOSH Singapore)

Speakers:

Mr. JC Sekar

Mr. Will Maiker

1145-1215: Keynote: Workplace Health & Sustainability, Lessons from the Supermarket

Asst Prof Dr Loh Tzu Yang

Co-Director for the Master of Science in Safety Health and Environmental Technology at the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, NUS

1315-1445: Session: Understanding Climate Risks and Opportunities for EHS Professionals (Hosted by University of Newcastle)

Speakers:

Ms Bhavani Prakash, Co-founder – Sustainable Gaia

A/Prof Dr Charles Lee, UON

1515-1645: Session: Safe to Breathe (Hosted by Occupational & Environmental Health Society)

Speakers:

Ms. Veronica Chow

Mr. Albert Khoo

1645-1800: Panel Discussion

Panelists:

To be announced

Day 2
15 Aug 2024

0910-0940: Keynote: Ensuring worker’s health, safety, and productivity in a warming world

A/Prof Dr Jason Lee

Director, Heat Resilience and Performance Centre, Co-Lead, Human Potential Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore

1010-1130: Session: Climate Anxiety and the Mental Health Burden (Hosted by Redcross Singapore)

Ms Lanurse Chen
Adjunct Trainer, Singapore Red Cross Academy, Centre for Psychosocial Support

1130-1200: Keynote: Relating occupational hygiene to social sustainability

Ms Samantha Connell,

President, IOHA

1300-1430: Session: Mental Healing Through Open Conversation (Hosted by Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Singapore)

Speakers:

Ms Hery deHaan

Ms Afzan Yas

1500-1630: Session: MacroErgonomic Workplace Assessment (MerWA) Application in Malaysia (Hosted by Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Malaysia)

Speakers:

A/Prof Dr Ng Yee Guan, ex-HFEM president and one of the key members who developed the MerW

1630-1730: Panel Discussion & Closing

Panelists:

To be announced

Full timetable

Day 1 (14 August 2024)

TimeHighlightSpeaker/Organiser
7.30am – 9amRegistration
9am – 9.15amWelcomeMr Ameerali Abdeali
9.15am – 9.45amKeynote: Risk assessment and intersectoral collaboration to mitigate environmental transmission of infectious diseasesDr Sim Shuzhen, Director of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology Division, NEA
Break
10.15am – 11.45amDigitalisation and Sustainability within Occupational Safety and HealthIOSH Singapore
11.45am – 12.15pmKeynote: Workplace Health & Sustainability, Lessons from the SupermarketDr Loh Tzu Yang, Co-Director for the Master of Science in Safety Health and Environmental Technology at the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, NUS
12.15pm – 1.15pmLunch
1.15pm – 2.45pmUnderstanding Climate Risks and Opportunities for EHS ProfessionalsUniversity Of Newcastle
Break
3.15pm – 4.45pmSafe to BreatheOccupational Environmental Health Society (OEHS)
4.45pm – 6.00pmPanel Discussion

Day 2 (15 August 2024)

TimeHighlightSpeaker/Organiser
7.30am – 9amRegistration
9am – 9.10amRe-Cap Day 1
9.10am – 9.40amKeynote: Ensuring worker’s health, safety and productivity in a warming worldDr Jason Lee, Director, Heat Resilience and Performance Centre, NUS
Break
10.10am – 11.30pmClimate Anxiety and the Mental Health BurdenRedcross Singapore
11.30pm – 12.30pmKeynote: Relating occupational hygiene to social sustainabilityMs Samantha Connell, President, IOHA
12.30pm – 1.00pmLunch
1.00pm – 2.30pmMental Healing Through Open ConversationHuman Factors & Ergonomics Society Singapore (HFESS)
Break
3.00pm – 4.30pmMacroErgonomic Workplace Assessment (MerWA) Application in MalaysiaHuman Factors & Ergonomics Society Malaysia (HFEM)
4.30pm – 5.30pmPanel Discussion & Closing

More details to be released soon…

* Please note that the programme may be subject to change without prior notice

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