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)
Time | Highlight | Speaker/Organiser |
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7.30am – 9am | Registration | |
9am – 9.15am | Welcome | Mr Ameerali Abdeali |
9.15am – 9.45am | Keynote: Risk assessment and intersectoral collaboration to mitigate environmental transmission of infectious diseases | Dr Sim Shuzhen, Director of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology Division, NEA |
Break | ||
10.15am – 11.45am | Digitalisation and Sustainability within Occupational Safety and Health | IOSH Singapore |
11.45am – 12.15pm | Keynote: Workplace Health & Sustainability, Lessons from the Supermarket | 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 |
12.15pm – 1.15pm | Lunch | |
1.15pm – 2.45pm | Understanding Climate Risks and Opportunities for EHS Professionals | University Of Newcastle |
Break | ||
3.15pm – 4.45pm | Safe to Breathe | Occupational Environmental Health Society (OEHS) |
4.45pm – 6.00pm | Panel Discussion |
Day 2 (15 August 2024)
Time | Highlight | Speaker/Organiser |
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7.30am – 9am | Registration | |
9am – 9.10am | Re-Cap Day 1 | |
9.10am – 9.40am | Keynote: Ensuring worker’s health, safety and productivity in a warming world | Dr Jason Lee, Director, Heat Resilience and Performance Centre, NUS |
Break | ||
10.10am – 11.30pm | Climate Anxiety and the Mental Health Burden | Redcross Singapore |
11.30pm – 12.30pm | Keynote: Relating occupational hygiene to social sustainability | Ms Samantha Connell, President, IOHA |
12.30pm – 1.00pm | Lunch | |
1.00pm – 2.30pm | Mental Healing Through Open Conversation | Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Singapore (HFESS) |
Break | ||
3.00pm – 4.30pm | MacroErgonomic Workplace Assessment (MerWA) Application in Malaysia | Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Malaysia (HFEM) |
4.30pm – 5.30pm | Panel Discussion & Closing |
More details to be released soon…
* Please note that the programme may be subject to change without prior notice