European Child Home Safety Conference 2009
Theme: Child Safety: The next steps?
Date: 2nd-3rd November 2009
Venue: Holiday Inn Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon
Programme
Monday, November 2
10:00 Registration, exhibition and networking
10:30 Introduction from chair
10:35 Keynote presentation
Henry Watson, Deputy Director - Safeguarding, DCSF
11:05 Anatomy of a successful campaign
Dr Keith Judkins, Medical Director (Secondary Care), NHS Revalidation Support Team
11:35 Refreshments, exhibition and networking
12:00 National policies: Where are we at and what next?
Morag MacKay, Programme Manager, European Child Safety Alliance
12:40 Baby Dan: Our child safety mission
Spencer Jefferson, UK Sales Manager, Baby Dan
12:50 Delegate reaction and response
13:00 Lunch, Exhibition and Networking
14:00 Delegates to choose one of the below sessions to follow for the afternoon
Workshop 1 - Multi-sectoral working: opportunities and challenges
This workshop will present and discuss country experiences in working with diverse sectors to achieve actions for child home safety.
Dr Gabriella Páll, Paediatrician, Epidemiologist, Child Health Information and Research Department
Dr. Elsa Rocha, Paediatrician, Portuguese Association for Child Safety Promotion / Faro’s Hospital EPE
Ms. Katarina Rydberg, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)
Workshop 2 - Education: Varied approaches
This workshop will present and discuss examples of approaches to home safety education in various setting such as daycares, schools and well baby clinics.
Nina Daly, Accident Prevention Officer, Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Dr Rytis Vilkonis, Siauliai University, Lithuania
Mirjam E.J. van Beelen, Erasmus MC (Hospital), Department of Public Health, Netherlands
Workshop 3 - Regulation: Product safety challenges
This workshop will present and discuss 3 examples of product safety actions to address related child home safety with baby walkers, TMV’s and child resistant packaging
Natalie Norman, Project Officer, European Child Safety Alliance
Philip LeShirley, Product Safety Adviser, RoSPA
Tom Vanrenterghem, Packaging Engineer, Janssen Pharmaceutical
14:45 Refreshments, exhibition and networking
15:00 Workshops continue
15:45 Workshop feedback session (main conference room)
16:15 Close
19:00 Pre-dinner drinks reception - Sponsored by Kid Rapt
19:30 Conference gala dinner - Sponsored by Intertek
Programme
Tuesday, November 3
9:30 Introduction from chair
9:35 Safe at Home - The National Home Safety Equipment Scheme
Errol Taylor, Deputy Chief Executive, RoSPA
10:05 Educating Arab house builders
Liri Endy-Findling, Deputy Director General Research & Policy, Beterem, Safe-Kids Israel
10:35 Safety education through science lessons
Patricia Nascimento, University of Aveiro
11:05 Delegate reaction and response
11:20 Refreshments, exhibition and networking
11:35 Austria’s children’s safety house
Gudula Brandmayr, Managing Director, Safe Kids Austria
11:55 The LASER project - Learning About Safety by Experiencing Risk
Peter Cornall, Head of Leisure Safety, RoSPA
12:15 Children in the house
Nicola Quade, Project Manager, More Safety for Children
12:35 Delegate reaction and response
12:50 Lunch, exhibition and networking
14:00 Integrated child safety service - tackling inequalities
Samantha Pairman, Fife Cares Development Officer, Fife Community Safety Partnership
14:30 The role of television in influencing risky behaviour
Dr Karen Pfeffer, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Lincoln
15:00 Delegate reaction and response
15:15 Closing comments from chair
15:20 Close
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