International Workshop for Occupational Safety & Health 2017 (IWOSH2017) Finished

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan

JNIOSH will organize the International Workshop for Occupational Safety & Health in order to establish effective strategy to decrease labour accidents and diseases. We will invite some special speakers of governmental institute for Health & Safety from UK and USA and would like to discuss about on-going and future strategy, the regulatory philosophy, its effects on the decrease of fatalities and casualties, acceptable risk etc.

1. Place

JNIOSH（Kiyose District）
https://www.jniosh.johas.go.jp/en/about/access.html

2. Date

15^th and 16^th of February 2017

3. Chairman and Key note speakers

UK:
 Mr. Nic Rigby (HM Principal Inspector, Health & Safety Executive (HSE))
USA:
 Dr. Hongwei Hsiao (Chief, Protective Technology Branch, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH))
Japan:
 Professor Mitsuru Arai (University of Tokyo (UOT)) (Chairman of this WS)
 Professor Masayoshi Nakamura (Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT))
 Mr. Tomoki Natsui (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW))
 Professor Takenori Mishiba (Kindai University (KU))
 Mr. Takanori Kawashima (Japan Industrial Safety & Health Association (JISHA))
 Dr. Takehiro Matsunaga (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))
 Dr. Yasuo Toyosawa (Director General, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan (JNIOSH))

4. Secretariat

Professor Nakamura (TIT), Dr. Ohdo, Dr. Yamaguma, Mr. Hino, Dr. Yoshikawa, Dr. Takahashi, Dr. Kikkawa (JNIOSH)

5. Programme