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09/07/2016 - 09/09/2016 | Bochum

First VISION ZERO Europe Conference (VIZE)

The First VISION ZERO Europe Conference is a new approach to strengthen Safety & Health at Work in Mining, Quarries, Aggregates & Cement Industries.

The conference will focus on the new VISION ZERO Prevention Strategy of the International Social Security Asscociation ISSA & its 7 Golden Rules for successful implementation and economical effective prevention in enterprises. By that a new leaf in safety & health in mining and other high risk industries will be turned over.

Large scale mining, mining in SME´s and related industrial activities are globally still seen as high risk businesses regarding safety & health at the workplaces. On the other hand there are many outstanding positive business cases to be found in Europe. On the occasion of the 200 year anniversary of the TFH Georg Agricola University in Bochum, Germany, the First VISION ZERO Conference for Europe – “VIZE Europe” shall strengthen the attitude and the knowledge on occupational safety and health culture and best practices. The event is jointly organized by a dedicated partner consortium Especially the experiences from the heart of the German Mining District focusing on the optimization of OSH in Mining in connection with national and international input will help to maintain awareness for all mining activities all over Europe and in other continents including cement industry, quarry mining, ornamental stone mining, sand and gravel pits. SME´s are included in the conference scope as well.

Information on participating / attending:
VIZE Europe is mainly designed for employers and managers from large and small scale mining operations. It addresses as well workers representatives, OSH professionals (e.g. safety experts, physicians, and psychologists), industrial associations & unions, expert organizations, producers and suppliers, universities & students. Furthermore experts from social insurances, government and state labor inspectorates will be welcome.

Date:

09/07/2016 10:00 - 09/09/2016 18:00

Registration deadline:

09/06/2016

Event venue:

Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola
Herner Straße 45
Studierendenzentrum (Gebäude/Building 3)
44787 Bochum
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany

Target group:

Business and commerce, Scientists and scholars

Email address:

Relevance:

international

Subject areas:

Economics / business administration, Environment / ecology, Geosciences

Types of events:

Conference / symposium / (annual) conference

Entry:

07/29/2016

Sender/author:

Stephan Düppe

Department:

Pressestelle

Event is free:

yes

Language of the text:

German

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event54958


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