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Miners' Health & Wellbeing Conference (Perth)

Miners' Health & Wellbeing Conference (Perth)

IIR Conferences presents the inaugural Miners' Health & Wellbeing conference to be held in Perth in March. The event is attendees' first chance to benefit from practical, jargon-free and user friendly interaction in regards to securing the safety and wellbeing of miners.

March 2013 | Perth

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With staff productivity and retention becoming the main focal point of the mining industry, it is important that operations start focusing on the health and wellbeing of their most important asset, people.

Miner's Health & Wellbeing conference will create a unique forum specific to this issue for the mining industry. It will allow representatives to get together and hear from experts in the field and have the opportunity to discuss this issue which has come to the forefront of the industry.

Topics to be discussed include:

  • Working with miners to create a holistic approach to improve miners' health & wellbeing
  • The effects of Drugs & Alcohol
  • Hazardous & Uncomfortable Working Conditions
  • Working in remote locations
  • Extended working hours/productivity demands

Featuring a special address from John Schumann, Australian Icon and lead singer of Redgum


Hear from industry representatives & Health & Wellbeing experts including:

  • Lisa Ricketts, Senior Advisor – Health, BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance
  • Tony Baker, Manager Sustainable Health and Safety, Rio Tinto Dampier Salt
  • Philipp Kirsch, Associate Professor and Project Manager – RISKGATE Minerals Industry Safety & Health Centre, University of Queensland
  • Adrian Lang, Mines Inspector, Department of Mines & Petroleum, Western Australia
  • Dr Dean Laplonge, Factive
  • Ken Pidd, National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA), Flinders University
  • Maria Saraceni, Partner, Norton Rose Australia

To view the other key events in our Operational Excellence Series please visit: www.operationalexcellence.com.au


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