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Safe Bodies, Safe Minds Conference

2024 Safe Bodies, Safe Minds Conference:
Call for presentations

The Safe Bodies, Safe Minds Conference is an annual one day hybrid event funded by the WorkCover Board Tasmania and delivered by WorkSafe Tasmania.

The Conference will be held in Launceston on 31 July 2024. It is an opportunity for those with a passion for work health and safety and injury management to come together to share best practice, be challenged by what they see and hear in presentations and to build valuable networks.

This opportunity to increase knowledge of work health and safety and injury management matters is vital in supporting us all to ensure workers return home safe and well every day.

Call for presentations

The WorkCover Board Tasmania and WorkSafe Tasmania are seeking submissions for presentations.

The Conference will be delivered in-person at the Tailrace Centre, Launceston, and virtually.  Presenters will have the option to present in-person or remotely via a virtual platform.

Presenters should keep in mind that the Conference may need to be entirely delivered and attended virtually due to unforeseen circumstances, such as a significant increase in COVID-19 in the community.

See the Conference presentation guidelines below.

Streams and topics

The Conference is seeking presentations that fit into one of the three streams:

  • Work health and safety
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Workers compensation and injury management.

Conference sub-streams may include but are not limited to:

  • Creating positive safety cultures
  • Creating mentally healthy workplaces
  • Emerging technologies and the rise of artificial intelligence
  • New ways of working, such as the gig economy
  • New and young workers
  • Health and safety leadership
  • Health and safety risk management
  • Industry sectors such as construction, manufacturing, transport and health care and social assistance
  • Personal injury and disability in the workplace
  • Prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders
  • Managing the risk of exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust exposure / asbestos
  • Psychosocial hazards, including:
    • identifying and responding to psychosocial hazards in the workplace
    • harmful behaviours in the workplace, including work related harassment and/or workplace bullying and violence
    • job design/working environment factors including work pressure and mental stress
    • workplace trauma including post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Return to work/Recovery of workers with injuries
  • Sedentary behaviour and chronic illness
  • The ageing workforce
  • Work health and safety investigation learnings
  • Work health and safety law and compliance.

Interested presenters are welcome to propose other topics that would benefit delegates, providing they fall under the theme and one of the streams of work health and safety, mental health and wellbeing, or workers compensation and injury management.

Presentation submissions must include:

  • presenter contact details including title, first name, last name, organisation, position, email and contact number
  • presenter biography (150 words. If there is more than one presenter please keep combined biographies to 150 words)
  • presenter/s CV
  • presentation title (no more than 15 words)
  • presentation stream and topic
  • detailed presentation outline including ‘practical takeaways’ or ‘learning outcomes’ and how they can be applied at work (350 words).

Who can submit

WorkCover and WorkSafe are particularly interested in receiving presentation submissions from:

  • academics and researchers
  • business and industry leaders
  • health and safety practitioners and professionals.

Key dates

  • 19 April 2024: Deadline for presentation submissions
  • 17 May 2024: Presenters notified about the selection decision
  • 31 July 2024: Safe Bodies, Safe Minds Conference

Submit a proposal

See the Safe Bodies Safe Minds Conference guidelines 2024 (PDF, 2.8 MB)

Submit your Conference presentation submission

See also Call for presenters for WorkSafe Month 2024

For further information, please contact WorkSafe Tasmania.

Last updated: 13 February 2024
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