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This year’s programme was aimed specifically at helping companies:
- understand the importance of managing process safety, to avoid becoming complacent by relying purely on personal safety;
- understand why people act the way that they do, and why there is a need to design tasks that take human error into account;
- appreciate the value of co-operation and shared vision, and how worker involvement can help deliver sustainable improvements.
PRESENTATIONS
The programme included presentations from high-profile speakers, including:
- Leading from the Top
Clive Bowers, Chief Executive Officer, Smurfit Kappa Corrugated UK
- Managing Process Safety
David Snowball, Health & Safety Executive
- Business Improvement Framework: Securing Change
Martin Gummery and Sarah Stephenson, Newleaf International Ltd
- Process Safety and Corporate Manslaughter
Ron Reid, Shoosmith Solicitors
- Managing Human Factors
Why do People Break the Rules?
Pippa Brockington, HM, Specialist Inspector
Martin 718 Incident Case Study
Andy Godbold, DS Smith Packaging
- Leading Change in Difficult Times
Prof John Oliver, OBE, Director of Team Enterprise Solutions LLP
SAY NO, SAY YES CAMPAIGN
 The conference also marked the launch of the ‘Say No, Say Yes’ campaign, a joint initiative between CPI and Unite the Union, to improve health and safety at all levels in the industry. It lays down a set of common goals for managers and employees that involve Saying No to taking risks, but Saying Yes to health and safety.
For further information on the campaign, see the page on Worker Involvement
ANATOMY OF DISASTER VIDEO- US CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD
 In March 2005, 15 workers were killed and 180 others
were injured, when an explosion occurred at a BP
refinery. The actual computer reconstruction of this event, that we presented at the conference, is 3mins 26 sec into the film sequence. However, we would recommend that everyone watches the full 77 minutes, to fully appreciate and understand, the significant contributory factors that lead to this tragedy.
EXHIBITORS
For the first time, a small exhibition complimented the event.
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