Exhibitor applications for OS+H Asia 2012, 8th Occupational Safety & Health Exhibition for Asia, are now available online at www.osha-singapore.com/exh-online-application.html or from Messe Düsseldorf North America.

AIHce 2012, which takes place from June 16-21, will bring more than 5,000 industrial hygiene and safety professionals to Indianapolis, Indiana for six days of education and networking.

New guidance published today by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) enables event organizers to report on sustainability issues like impacts on communities, natural environments, and local and global economies.

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) announced yesterday that the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has approved two new ASSE A10 construction and demolition standards aimed at enhancing safety.

The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) has announced plans to host the second annual Asia Pacific OH + EHS Conference + Exhibition in Singapore from November 14 - 16, 2012.

More than 13,000 public health professionals are in Washington, D.C. to discuss today’s top health challenges facing the country and the pivotal role local communities play in preventing disease, promoting health and reducing health disparities.

One exhibitor tells us the safety world has to get with it and conduct business like business-to-consumer models. He has a touch screen service in testing where, as his signs say, “Order Here” and “Buy Now.”

1) Consumer products and marketing continue to crossover to workplace safety. One of the new examples we see: Puma Safety Shoes. Timbaland is also here. And Skechers. And the surf culture clothing company Billabong.

Halloween morning in sunny, cold Philadelphia. It’s 9:30 am and in the elevator leaving our hotel a young couple, man in orange dreadlocks and pajamas, woman in leather jacket, tights and wearing a Joker’s daft hat and bells, seem to planning for a long Halloween.

It'll be the biggest event of its kind ever seen in Kuwait. More than 500 safety professionals from around the world will gather in Kuwait next month for the Sixth International Health, Safety, Security, Environment (HSSE) and Loss Prevention Professional Development Conference (PDC) and Exhibition hosted by the American Association of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) Kuwait Chapter.