Project Details Fifth IUPAC/UNESCO Workshop on Safety in Chemical Production

Objective

Four Workshops have been sponsored in the developed countries tohelp in the transmission of modern safety practices to especially less-developedcountries:

> Seeprevious project for description and report (#022/16/98)

Progress

The 5th workshop will be hosted by SINOPEC Corporation, and held inBeijing, on 20 November 2002. The Chairman, Dr J Qiao, is from Sinopecand also COCI representative from China.

Program

• 09h00 Welcome
• 09h05 IUPAC / COCI
  Nelson Wright, Chairman of the Committee On Chemistry and Industryof IUPAC
• 09h20 UNESCO
• 09h30 Safety in Chemical Production Workshops
  Mike Booth, Chemical & Allied Industries’ Association ofSouth Africa
  Session One
• 09h45 UK Safety Management Systems- Legal Requirements
  Steven Harper, UK Health & Safety Executive
  – 10h45 Break
• 11h00 Safe Management of Chemicals- Responsible Care
  Judy Castledine, Dow (Asia)
• 12h00 Safe Handling of Toxic Chemicals
  Harry Heo, BP (Asia )
  – 13h00 Lunch
  Session Two
• 14h00 Classification and Labelling of Hazardous Substances
  Steven Harper
• 14h30 Emergency Response Systems and Practices at BP
  Harry Heo
• 15h00 Emergency Plans and Preparedness in Chemical Production
  Steven Harper
  – 15h30 Break
• Panel Discussion
  Closure

> Workshop report published in Chem.Int.25(4) 2003>

Project completed