Legal expert to speak at Hazards Australasia

Michael Tooma - one of Australia’s leading occupational health and safety lawyers - is the latest speaker to be confirmed for the Institution of Chemical Engineers’ (IChemE) inaugural Hazards Australasia conference in Perth.

Tooma, a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, will speak about process safety management from a legal perspective and draw on his impressive experience as a lawyer, reformer, lecturer, author and commentator in the field of occupational health and safety.

Tooma joins previously confirmed keynote speakers Jane Cutler, chief executive of Australia’s offshore safety regulator, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA), and Vince Santostefano, chief operating officer of Australia’s largest independent oil and gas operator, Woodside.

IChemE’s Australasia director, Peter Slane, said: “Hazards Australasia’s speaker line-up is getting stronger and stronger and Michael’s addition ensures that we will have one of the most authoritative speakers on the legal aspects of process safety.”

Hazards Australasia is an international process safety conference focusing on the Australasian chemical and process industries. Themes include: lessons learned from major hazard incidents; management of abnormal operations; process safety design and inherently safer design; regulatory compliance and legislation; human factors; asset integrity and extending the operating life span of infrastructure; safety management systems; education and training; and process safety key performance indicators.

Hazards Australasia is being held on 26-27 November 2013 at the Hyatt Regency Perth, Western Australia. Abstracts are being accepted for the conference until 5 August 2013.