The highly acclaimed Kuwait Health, Safety & Environment Forum will now take place in Kuwait from 2-3 March 2020, with the addition of some exciting new features.

Taking place at the Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa, the Forum will once again bring together health and safety professionals, government regulators, policy makers and solutions providers to explore topical health, safety and environment issues.

Held under the patronage of the Ministry of Health, Kuwait, and in association with the Kuwait National Guard and Kuwait Fire Services, the Forum builds on the success of the highly acclaimed inaugural event held in September 2018.

It will provide a platform for the sharing of insights, expertise and best practice on critical issues across the spectrum of health and prevention, safety and security, environment, risk management and technology.

Despite rapid advances in the health and safety sector, Kuwait faces a range of occupational health challenges such as reducing environmental hazards, improving the effectiveness of health policies, addressing communication issues and promoting healthy lifestyles and behaviours that will encourage a safer work environment and advance worker wellbeing. As Prof. Mohamed Kamel, Ministry of Health, Kuwait commented at last year’s event, “You cannot be a safe worker if you are not a healthy worker.”

There is also a big push on sustainable healthcare, tying in with the unified Gulf Health Strategy and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to raise standards of health and wellbeing throughout the country.

Dr Ahmed Haji, senior doctor, Petrochemical Industries Company KSC (PIC), commented that there is an increasing level of awareness in Kuwait of the benefits of actively promoting worker health and wellbeing, particularly at the decision-maker level in oil sector companies.

“Line management commitment is a critical requirement for ensuring high standards of occupational health,” he said. “PIC has accomplished several Six Sigma projects in

occupational health, and we have a well-established and successful behavioural-based safety programme.”

He added that with the prevalence of lifestyle-related issues such as obesity, tobacco use and hypertension in Kuwait, community leaders as well as managers should be committed to occupational health promotion activities.

“Sharing expertise and best practice raises all standards and procedures,” he stressed.

The Forum on 2-3 March will feature a combination of presentations, case studies and panel discussions, through which industry experts will address subjects such as health promotion; sustainable healthcare as a way forward to achieve the unified Gulf Health Strategy; improving competency and safety in high rise construction sites; protecting workers with 3D modeling; driving safety; leadership and safety culture; mitigating risks in hostile environments; IoT for monitoring potential workplace hazards; the effects of greenhouse gases on health and environment; and preventing environmental contamination by hydrocarbons.

The line-up of eminent speakers includes -- Dr. Duaa AlKhaledi, Director, Occupational Health Department, Ministry of Health, Kuwait; Mazharuddin Shaikh, Engineer, Kuwait Oil Company; Dr Ghaida Mubarak Al-Shoraian, Senior General Practitioner, Kuwait National Petroleum Company; Mohamed Khalil Saeed, Director of Safety, Aluminium Bahrain; Qusai Al Shatti, Ex-Director-General, Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT); Dr Muhammad Alamgir, HSE Manager, Petrofac, Kuwait; Dr Ahmed Haji, Senior Doctor, Petrochemical Industries Company KSC; Shaikhah Alfajjam, Head, Shuaiba Medical Center; and Jason Woods, Middle East & India Representative from the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF).

The Forum will include an exhibition showcasing the latest technologies, products and services and will provide plentiful opportunities for networking and building new business relationships.

Soumen Chakraborthy, event producer, commented, “Kuwait is hard at work to achieve the third of the 17th UN 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely ‘ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development’. 

“There is a need to significantly strengthen the workforce by providing appropriate training in issues related to occupational health, safety and environment.” he noted.

“The Kuwait HSE Forum 2020, with the theme of ‘Prevent, Prepare, Protect’, is all set to deliver. Visionary speakers from KNPC, KOC, Aluminium Bahrain, Petrofac and more will present the latest case studies and share best practices. This will also be an avenue for safety professionals to embrace the future and help define what new technology (AI & IoT, Data) can bring to their professions,” Chakraborthy said.  

“Considering the huge emphasis on having a clean and green environment, the two-day gathering will have an exclusive session on some of the key areas of concern in this space,” he added.

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For further information and to register, see the website at http://www.hse-forum.com/kuwait 

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