Speakers
Joy Oh
Day: 13 September 2006
Title: "The policy program improving occupational safety in The Netherlands: an innovative view on
occupational safety"
occupational safety"
CV: Joy Oh obtained BSc degrees in medical biology and chemical enigineering. After which he worked 7 years in the field of biomedical research. In 1983 he started his job as a policymaker at the ministry of Social Affairs and Employment in the Netherlands . He has more then 20 years experience as a policymaker in the field of safety and risk assessment and has an extensive field experience with inspections and audits. He coordinated several European research projects. His current job title is deputy head of the policy unit major hazards and occupational safety.
Erik Hollnagel
Day: 13 September 2006
Title: "Risk + Barriers = Safety"
CV: Erik Hollnagel (URL: http://www.ida.liu.se/~eriho/ ) is Full Professor of Human-Machine Interaction at Linköping University (S) and an internationally recognised expert in the fields of system safety, accident analysis, cognitive systems engineering, cognitive ergonomics and intelligent human-machine systems. He has worked at universities and in various industries since 1971, including nuclear power, aerospace, software engineering, healthcare, and automobiles. He has published widely including eleven books, the most recent titles being "Resilience Engineering" (Ashgate, 2006), "Joint Cognitive Systems: Foundations of Cognitive Systems Engineering" (Taylor & Francis, 2005) and "Barriers and Accident Prevention" (Ashgate, 2004), and is, together with Pietro C. Cacciabue, Editor-in-Chief of the international journal of Cognition, Technology & Work.
Magne Ognedal Day: 13 September 2006
Title: "The risk picture in the Norwegian Petroleum Activity ? the Petroleum Safety Authority's focus
and supervision"
and supervision"
CV: Mr. Magne Ognedal is a graduate from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (1967) with a BSC in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering.
He has experience from automation of ship engine rooms and in automatisation of industrial processes.
Employed by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate from 1974, starting as a petroleum engineer, later became Section Manager and from 1980 Director Safety and Working Environment Division, dealing with all aspects within safety and working environment for Norwegian offshore installations.
From 1st January 2004 Magne Ognedal has been appointed Director for the new Petroleum Safety Authority Norway , responsible for safety offshore and named facilities onshore.
He has experience from automation of ship engine rooms and in automatisation of industrial processes.
Employed by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate from 1974, starting as a petroleum engineer, later became Section Manager and from 1980 Director Safety and Working Environment Division, dealing with all aspects within safety and working environment for Norwegian offshore installations.
From 1st January 2004 Magne Ognedal has been appointed Director for the new Petroleum Safety Authority Norway , responsible for safety offshore and named facilities onshore.
Linda M. GoldenharDay: 14 September 2006
Title: "Does it really work; How do we know and why should we care?"
Linda Goldenhar received her Ph.D from the University Of Michigan School Of Public Health in 1991. She is currently an Assistant Dean, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, and Director of the Office of Evaluation and Research in Medical Education at the University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine. For 9 years prior to joining the University of Cincinnati, she was a Research Psychologist and Team Leader of the Intervention Effectiveness Research NORA team at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. For the past 15 years, she has used her expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methods to conduct program evaluation and research studies in a variety of content areas including the safety and health of women working in non-traditional occupations, job stress, and in particular intervention evaluation in occupational heath and safety as well as medical education. She is widely published and has been invited to present both nationally and internationally on these topics. She is an Associate Editor of Public Health Reports, is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Safety Research, and is a regular reviewer for Work and Stress and the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.
Fred Wegman Day: 14 september 2006
Title: "Advancing Sustainable Safety in the Netherlands "
CV: Education: 1972 Technical University Delft, MSc. Civil engineering, traffic engineering
Employment record
1974 - 1977 : Traffic engineer Municipality of Amsterdam , responsible for projects in the following areas: design of infrastructure and road safety, safety of vulnerable road users, safety of public transport, data-collection and analysis.
1977 - present : SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research
1977 - 1989 : researcher and research manager, responsible for projects in the following areas: road safety in built-up areas, traffic calming, speed and speed limits, seat-belt effectiveness, road side safety, accident black-spots, safety audits, (passive and active) vehicle safety, safety of cyclists and moped riders, incentive programmes for municipalities, elderly road users, legislation and enforcement, effects of bicycle facilities, accident analysis for municipalities, design of road safety plans, etc. (Co)-author of publications on all these subjects.
1989- april 1999 : Research Director, description of duties: management of research projects, developing road safety strategies for the Netherlands (concept of sustainable safety), developing of evaluation schemes and policy information systems related to national, regional and local road safety programmes, developing of road safety research programmes (national and international).
Since April 1999 : Managing Director SWOV
Employment record
1974 - 1977 : Traffic engineer Municipality of Amsterdam , responsible for projects in the following areas: design of infrastructure and road safety, safety of vulnerable road users, safety of public transport, data-collection and analysis.
1977 - present : SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research
1977 - 1989 : researcher and research manager, responsible for projects in the following areas: road safety in built-up areas, traffic calming, speed and speed limits, seat-belt effectiveness, road side safety, accident black-spots, safety audits, (passive and active) vehicle safety, safety of cyclists and moped riders, incentive programmes for municipalities, elderly road users, legislation and enforcement, effects of bicycle facilities, accident analysis for municipalities, design of road safety plans, etc. (Co)-author of publications on all these subjects.
1989- april 1999 : Research Director, description of duties: management of research projects, developing road safety strategies for the Netherlands (concept of sustainable safety), developing of evaluation schemes and policy information systems related to national, regional and local road safety programmes, developing of road safety research programmes (national and international).
Since April 1999 : Managing Director SWOV
Michael Baram Day: 15 September 2006
Title: "Alternatives to prescriptive regulation of workplace health and safety"
CV: Michael Baram is Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law and also holds faculty appointments in the School of Public Health and the Bioinformatics Department at BU. He was previously a partner in the Boston law firm of Bracken and Baram for over 25 years, and a Professor at MIT.
He specializes in Environmental Law, Occupational Health Law, Biotechnology Law, Corporate Risk Management, and Products Liability; and has provided consulting and legal services to numerous public and private organizations including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, United Nations, World Health Organization, OECD, European Union, Geneva Association, World Resources Institute, American Petroleum Institute, Chemical Manufacturers Association, Administrative Conference of the U.S., Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and California, and various corporations. He has also been Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Berlin and a lecturer at Carnegie-Mellon University .
He has served on numerous expert committees and boards including three National Academy of Sciences Committees, the EPA Toxic Substances Advisory Committee, the OSHA Construction Safety and Health Advisory Committee, Massachusetts Advisory Committees, the American Bar Association Environmental Law Committee (Chairman), the Chemical Education Foundation Board of Trustees, U.S. Delegation to the OECD on Chemical Industry Safety Hazards, and the Wharton Risk Management Center Advisory Board.
His publications include seven books: Safety Management (with Andrew Hale,1998), Managing Chemical Risks (1992), Transnational Corporations and Industrial Hazards Disclosure (1991), Corporate Disclosure of Environmental Risks (1990), Alternatives to Regulation for Managing Risks to Health, Safety, Environment (1982), Environmental Law and the Siting of Facilities (1976), and Marine Mining: Legal, Technical and Environmental Considerations (1978). Several reports and over 100 articles have also been published in legal, professional and academic journals, books and other media.
Education: Tufts University School of Engineering; (B.S.)
Columbia University Law School (LLB).
He specializes in Environmental Law, Occupational Health Law, Biotechnology Law, Corporate Risk Management, and Products Liability; and has provided consulting and legal services to numerous public and private organizations including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, United Nations, World Health Organization, OECD, European Union, Geneva Association, World Resources Institute, American Petroleum Institute, Chemical Manufacturers Association, Administrative Conference of the U.S., Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and California, and various corporations. He has also been Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Berlin and a lecturer at Carnegie-Mellon University .
He has served on numerous expert committees and boards including three National Academy of Sciences Committees, the EPA Toxic Substances Advisory Committee, the OSHA Construction Safety and Health Advisory Committee, Massachusetts Advisory Committees, the American Bar Association Environmental Law Committee (Chairman), the Chemical Education Foundation Board of Trustees, U.S. Delegation to the OECD on Chemical Industry Safety Hazards, and the Wharton Risk Management Center Advisory Board.
His publications include seven books: Safety Management (with Andrew Hale,1998), Managing Chemical Risks (1992), Transnational Corporations and Industrial Hazards Disclosure (1991), Corporate Disclosure of Environmental Risks (1990), Alternatives to Regulation for Managing Risks to Health, Safety, Environment (1982), Environmental Law and the Siting of Facilities (1976), and Marine Mining: Legal, Technical and Environmental Considerations (1978). Several reports and over 100 articles have also been published in legal, professional and academic journals, books and other media.
Education: Tufts University School of Engineering; (B.S.)
Columbia University Law School (LLB).
Nick Pidgeon Day: 15 September 2006
Title: "Safety culture 20 years on: Promise, Perils and Progress"
CV: Nick is Professor of Applied Psychology at Cardiff University (from 1 st February 2006 ). He has published and researched the topic of systems accidents, safety culture and organisational learning over the past 20 years in domains such as structural engineering, aviation and railways. Elected a Fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis in 2003, he was first author of the chapter on risk perception and communication in the influential 1992 Royal Society Report on Risk . Co-author (with Barry Turner) of the book Man-Made Disasters , 2nd Edn 1997, and (with Roger Kasperson and Paul Slovic) of The Social Amplification of Risk , Cambridge , 2003 . He was also was a member of the Royal Society / Royal Academy of Engineering study group on nanotechnology which reported in July 2004, and over the past 5 years has Directed a major research programme on Understanding Risk funded from 2001-2005 by the Leverhulme Trust.
(BA Keele 1979; PhD Bristol 1985)
(BA Keele 1979; PhD Bristol 1985)
