Visitors to IOSH 10 had access to a wealth of expert advice – and also helped make IOSH conference history with the Institution’s very first live conference webcasts.
‘Disaster! Sharing industry lessons from large-scale incidents’ was streamed live to the IOSH 10 exhibition space and to the desktops of people who had registered online.
The online audience saw Richard Taylor, visiting professor in civil engineering at the University of Bristol, discuss his research into the organisational and cultural issues underlying major disasters. Professor Taylor’s research has identified several similar issues that are common to a number of disasters, and he stressed the importance of addressing these alongside the ‘nuts and bolts’ issues that are also crucial to good health and safety. Rod Sylvester-Evans, of RSE Consultants, then brought the message home in his discussion of the investigation, recommendations and lessons learned from the 2004 explosion at ICL Plastics in Glasgow.
On Day Two of the conference there was a live webcast of the popular ‘In Court: Live!’ session, which saw a panel of expert lawyers answering delegates’ questions.
The webcasts are available to view until 23 June – visit www.ioshconference.co.uk to register.
