A week before the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Safety 2013 conference and exposition opened for business at the Las Vegas Convention Center, registration was at more than 4,000 attendees.
The expo was filled by approximately 550 exhibitors taking up more than 89,000 square feet of exhibit space.
The show, running June 24-27, is on pace to be one of ASSE’s largest ever annual professional development conferences.
On the education side, hundreds of sessions are set on these 22 educational tracks:
Business Skills & Personal Development / Construction & Mining / Emergency Management & Security / Environment & Hazardous Material / Ergonomics / Executive / Fire Protection / Healthcare & Wellness / Hospitality / Human Behavior / Industrial Hygiene & Health / International / Oil & Gas / Regulatory Issues & Government & Public Sector / Risk Management & Insurance / Safety Management / Sustainability / Technical & Engineering & Standards / Training & Education / Transportation / Fundamentals & Spanish / Key Issue Roundtables
17 roundtables are scheduled for these topics:
Key Issue Roundtable #1: Fatigue in Transportation: Latest in Regulations & Research
Key Issue Roundtable #2: Mentoring & Coaching from the Common Interest Group (CIG) Perspective
Key Issue Roundtable #3: Overcoming Obstacles for Success: Consulting Survival
Key Issue Roundtable #4: Transitioning from Military to a Private Sector SH&E Career: Help & Hints
Key Issue Roundtable #5: Tools to Engage Employees & Effectively Sustain Wellness Programs
Key Issue Roundtable #6: Boom or Bust of the Oil Industry: How Do We Safely Manage?
Key Issue Roundtable #7: The Future of Risk Control
Key Issue Roundtable #8: Sustainability 101: What Does This Mean & What's the Value?
Key Issue Roundtable #9: Power Communication for Women: How to Get Your Message Heard
Key Issue Roundtable #10: Emergency Management
Key Issue Roundtable #11: Developing and Mentoring the Young Safety Professional
Key Issue Roundtable #12: Integration of Ergonomics into a SH&E Management System
Key Issue Roundtable #14: Is There a Need for Safety Engineering in the Safety Profession?
Key Issue Roundtable #15: Best Practices for Fork Truck Operator Training
Key Issue Roundtable #16: Integrating Safety & Health into Green Construction
Next year, ASSE’s Safety 2014 will be held June 8-11 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, the second largest convention center in the country.
