Co-sponsored Events
The Society co-sponsors events with other organisations. This is often on the basis of Society members and Affiliates receiving discounts on registration.
Please click the links below to go directly to the co-sponsored event website.
Tuesday 6th – Wednesday 7th March, 2012 – Manchester Central, UK
A uniquely focused event offering strategic insight, valuable case studies and unrivalled networking opportunities for all health and safety professionals.
The annual IOSH conference and exhibition offers health and safety practitioners – at all levels of experience and across all industries – access to strategic discussions on businesscritical issues, practical insight on overcoming specific workplace challenges and the opportunity to reflect on current perceptions of the profession and the impact they have.
Five conference tracks will drill down into the specific challenges the profession faces in relation to legislation and enforcement, working smarter, behavioural safety and culture, health matters and accident investigation. Tailor your own conference agenda by selecting the sessions that will best support your learning objectives.
Please register online here.
Wednesday 14th March, 2012 -London, UK
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health are hosting a conference to discuss the future for health and safety. This is a unique opportunity to be part of the first national conference organised by the fourteen Professional Organisations in Occupational Safety and Health (POOSH). Delegates have the chance to learn from leading experts and discuss the current issues facing all health and safety professionals.
“The recently published independent review on health and safety by Professor Löfstedt highlighted the need for consistency and transparency of information across all organisations responsible for delivering occupational safety and health as a way of changing negative perceptions of health and safety.”
The conference will also deliver a series of streamed sessions covering key occupational safety and health issues with a focus on improvement to the current approach to health and safety in the workplace.
Why should you attend?
- Hear essential updates on the future of health and safety and occupational safety and health from leading industry experts in a range of sectors.
- Unique opportunity to discuss key issues with members of all the UK occupational safety and health professional bodies at the same time.
- Take part in a panel discussion with representatives from several POOSH organisations.
- Gain greater awareness of current occupational safety and health issues.
Please click here to book online
The 20th IET Safety Critical Systems Course
12th – 15th June, 2012 at the Wyboston Lakes Hotel, Bedfordshire, UK
This highly popular course provides an extensive and authoritative account of the requirements for functional safety.
Attend this course to gain an understanding of how to interpret and apply IEC 61508, to understand the technical, management, assessment and competence issues and establish the associated safety regulatory implications, and changes to the new edition of the standard.
All course attendees receive a copy of the IEC 61508 standard.
Course objectives:
The Safety Critical Systems Course is a professional development course which will:
- Enable you to develop an understanding of the key aspects of IEC 61508
- Equip you with an appreciation of the various phases of the safety lifecycle in a systematic manner
- Prepare you to manage systems, hardware, software and human factor issues
- Help you to analyse risk based approaches to the development of the safety requirements specification
- Allow you to consider and apply the requirements of IEC 61508 in a realistic manner through case study material and practical exercises
- Offer you the chance to explore your practical work-based issues under the expert supervision of safety experts.
IET are delighted to extend to SaRS members the special IET Member booking rate.
Please see here for full details and booking information.
Automation and Control for Energy Conference 2012
15th – 16th March 2012 at Prospero House, London, UK
Join Europe’s control and automation thought leaders at the 2nd annual ACE Conference. Featuring case study presentations from Total E&P, Scottish power, Maersk FPSOs, Sellafield & EDF Energy.
20% discount for SARS members – quote VIP Code: FKA2263SARS
Find out how top energy companies are managing and upgrading legacy systems, rationalising alarms, improving HMI design, reducing the threat of cyber attaché and improving functional safety.
Including key insights from:
- Roger Warne, Control Systems Technical Authority, Woodside Energy
- Ewen MacDonald, Lead Systems & Instrument Engineer, Total E&P
- Jason Bryant, C&I Team Leader, EDF Energy
- Jai Chainani, Control and Instruments Engineer, Chevron
- Mufaddal Karimbhai, Instrument and Control Systems Technical Authority, Britannia Operator Limited
- Jos Menting, Senior Key Expert Process Automation, Laborelec, GDF Suez
- Andy Geddes, Group C&I Engineer, Scottish Power
Plus, panel discussions and debates on:
Alarms: Managing bad actors - How do you effectively manage and rationalise alarms?
DCS versus SCADA - Which system should you be using?
Challenges of integrating systems - Hear our expert panel discuss their experiences, challenges and solutions to these complex projects.
Please click here for full details of this IBC Energy event.
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