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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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