Not to display my ignorance, but I never heard of CSHEMA befo re.  What does the acronym stand for?

Meg Osterby

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Meg Osterby

Chemistry Instructor

Western Tec hnical College

400 7th St. N.

LaCrosse, WI 54601

osterbym**At_Symbol_Here**westerntc.edu

60 8-789-4714

This was announced at the beginning of the month for t he CSHEMA conference this summer in Minneapolis.

There are also som e very timely preconference courses that may be of interest to many. 

I will send a separate note highlighting a couple with links to th e conference info itself.

Sincerely,

Patty

Patty Olinger, RBP

Director EHSO

Emory University

1762 Clifton Rd., S uite 1200

M.S. 0940-001-1AB

Atlan ta, GA 30322

404-727-5690 office

404-727-9778 fax

www.ehso.emory.edu

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CSHEMA announces final keynote for annual co nference

The CSHEMA Conference Planning Committee is proud to announce the closing keynote presentation for the CSHEMA 2011 annual conference. Laboratory Safety: Learning from Others' Accidents to Prevent Your Own , a keynote panel, will take place on Wednesday, July 20. < /o:p>

Items to be addressed during this panel include:

• Recent changes in safety culture a s a result of the 2010 laboratory explosion at Texas Tech and the 2008 labo ratory fire at UCLA
• < span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The succ esses and challenges in changing the safety culture from the perspective of EHS and chemistry department heads
• The role of the Chemical Safety Board, its investigations of these accidents, and preliminary findings concerning its investigation of the Tex as Tech University accident and academic laboratory safety in general

Find out more about this and the other three keynote ses sions on the CSHEMA annual conference "Highlights" page.

Register today

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http://www.cshema.org/minneapolis.aspx

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