Although he coached the England side that beat us (Australia) in 2003 Rugby World Cup Final (drat that drop goal) I would really like to listen to what he has to say at the IOSH 2016 and perhaps be inspired. Anyone want to give me over £1,000 to attend or lend me the money at 0% interest payable back at £5.00 a month, please O pretty please?

I know the topic is leadership but how you can compare H&S with Rugby is beyond me and im heavily involved in both

Graham, So yet again, the 10 or so percent of members who attend branches are better served than the vast majority.

Hi Graham, Branch or district? I am a member of the Midlands Branch we have four districts - how does that equate or is it a case of tough luck those at the top of the branch get to choose? Or does each district get half a ticket? :-)

Thanks Graham for the information- not your fault how much it costs or that there are only two free tickets and that they will only go to those lucky enough to be able to make it to branch meetings - we should not shoot the messenger. Suspect that the only people there will be those with free tickets. Find it hard to believe anything he has to say is worth £1,000. I'm starting to wonder if it is just me being a miser, not wanting to spend £1k on either a lecture or a metal box for a dozen fire docs. Chris Security image AaHER ( that's how I feel today as it happens)

I gather you would rather spend it listening to Sir Clive!

Totally agree.

Graham, no mention of the extraordinary cost of a ticket or the relevance of Sir Clive Woodward I see - you should be a politician with those skills. :)P

Or - speakers who do more complex things at a very high level could be booked to speak. I am available for a fee. LOL.

Events costs have to be recouped-perhaps that is why the cost? The relevance of great personalities/achievers is that they are supposed to be inspirational, irrespective of their vocation.

I would really like someone in authority at IOSH to justify the extroadinary, exhorbitant cost of this years IOSH 2016 conference. It is day light robbery and in my view discriminatory seeing as the cost precludes all but about 10 people of the 45,000 membership from affording the cost and attending.

All per others, asking £1000 to hear some Z rated 'celebrity' is way out of the league of your average H&S bod, who may be earns circa £30-40k per year. Why do we need a rugby coach to motivate us? Sounds like the 'Emperors new clothes'. Set your own standards and expectations, lead by example.

I gave up going to IOSH conferences (or even bothering to look at what they were offering) many years back. I attended a couple, was put off by the lack of diversity, and found most of the sessions rather dull, predictable and uninspiring. ('How we did this in our blue chip company'). That may have changed . . . They were (then) not good value for money, with additional high accommodation costs, and very little fun. The cost just doesn't stack up, with all our subscriptions, and now not even a proper journal. If your employer will pay - lucky you. Mine did at first, til the costs rose to silly levels. I have been to other conferences (IIRSM, RoSPA, and IOSH Public Sector Symposia) all better value and more educational. I have also been to many not H&S related, where they seem to be able to do 3 days for less than £500. In slightly less posh hotels admittedly. Cut cloth accordingly. However, I do support the inspirational speaker component - it is important that we see beyond our own world and take a broader perspective. I have been privileged to attend a few such speaker events, including sports leaders, and there is relevance - you just need to NOT take the 'will it make the boat / bike go faster?' message too literally. It's about focus in your daily life, tackling the daunting etc. not actually winning a sporting medal. Anyway - I won't be there.

More the fool the organisations that pay this sort of money to him. Nice work if you can get it though!!

Organising & hosting successful events, with the "Organiser" having to deal with the entire event admin etc. at the best venues has a cost that will be realised by the "Organiser" and likely to be in the region of £ 400 to 500 per day unless subsidised. IChemE has similar costs for one of its key conferences:- http://www.icheme.org/ev...rds-26/registration.aspx http://www.icheme.org/hazards26