Un­doubt­ed­ly, the Oc­cu­pa­tion­al Safe­ty and Health Act (2004) has changed many work­ing en­vi­ron­ments: from con­struc­tion to en­er­gy. Some im­por­tant is­sues re­lat­ed to health, safe­ty, se­cu­ri­ty and en­vi­ron­ment (HSSE), in­clud­ing im­pli­ca­tions for in­dus­tri­al re­la­tions un­der the T&T OSH Act, will be ex­plored at the Amer­i­can Cham­ber's 15th an­nu­al HSSE con­fer­ence and ex­hi­bi­tion on Sep­tem­ber 28 and 29. Theme of the two-day event is The Par­a­digm Shift: Ad­vanc­ing a Cul­ture of HSSE Ex­cel­lence. Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has been in­vit­ed to speak at the open­ing cer­e­mo­ny at the Hy­att Re­gency Trinidad Ho­tel, Dock Road, Port-of-Spain.

On the first day, Bar­ry Dy­er, health, safe­ty and en­vi­ron­ment man­ag­er at BG T&T, will ad­dress the top­ic of the re­al cost of ac­ci­dents. Com­mu­ni­ca­tions con­sul­tant Denise Dem­ming will look at com­mu­ni­cat­ing HSSE's par­a­digm shift. And De­onath Patrick Mara­jh, in­dus­tri­al re­la­tions spe­cial­ist, will re­late to par­tic­i­pants what are the im­pli­ca­tions for in­dus­tri­al re­la­tions un­der the T&T OSH Act. The first top­ic speak­ers will dis­cuss on day two is dis­as­ter man­age­ment /busi­ness con­ti­nu­ity. Jim Nel­son, chair­man, In­ter­na­tion­al Con­sor­tium for Or­gan­i­sa­tion­al Re­silience, will speak on the sub­ject: Us­ing a Stan­dards-based Man­age­ment-Sys­tem Ap­proach to In­creas­ing Re­silience.

Derek Drzez­inc­ki, gen­er­al man­ag­er, Flu­or Daniel South Amer­i­ca Ltd, will make a pre­sen­ta­tion on the top­ic, Busi­ness Re­silience and Project Man­age­ment. On the sub­ject of safe­ty, Dr Steve Roberts, co-founder of Safe­ty Per­for­mance So­lu­tions, will look at Be­hav­iour-based Safe­ty. Lat­er in the day, he will speak about hu­man-based er­ror. The Ex­cel­lence in HSE Awards pan­el and dis­cus­sion will fea­ture the win­ners of the in­au­gur­al 2010 win­ners: Phoenix Park Gas Proces­sors Ltd, bpTT, and Bris­tow Caribbean Ltd.