Posted By Ian Waldram Can I suggest that if IIR want the help of IOSH members in staging such an event (as distinct from non-members who may also participate in this Forum), that you formally approach IOSH Technical Affairs. As a generality, I suggest that conferences about 'best practice' in this and other areas of OSH practice should typically be organised by a professional body, either alone or in in partnership with a commercial organisation, rather than be purely commercial events. What do others think?

Posted By Tim Mr Waldram It seem to me that Ms Brown is casting her net wide, looking for experts/ industry leaders (not IOSH members). There is a difference :-) Tim

Posted By Ian Waldram Apologies if my comment was unclear. I have absolutely no concerns about IIR contacting non-IOSH people through this forum. And if they have indeed 'spotted a niche' in relation to this subject, then well done. However I know they have run events with a similar theme previously. At their request, I made a presentation at one about a year ago and was interested that, I think without exception, all the other speakers were also IOSH members, though IOSH had no role in planning or publicising the event. Also the audience was extremly small on that occasion, so maybe the market for this particular 'niche' isn't so large? If there are non-IOSH people doing really good things re accident investigation, then we should be keen to learn from them, which is why partnering in such events seemed to me a good idea.