Annals of the MBC - vol. 2 - n' 4 -
December 1989
ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE
MAUI IV INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BURN CARE AND WOUND MANAGEMENT (HEALING)
will be held from 18th to 22th February 1990
in MAUI, HAWAII, USA
Organized by the International Society for
Burn Injuries
in conjunction with the Japanese Society for Burn Injuries
The scientific programme includes:
- The broad topics of bum care
- Wound healing and wound management
For further information contact:
Dr. David Herndon Shriners
Bums Institute 6 10 Texas Ave. Galveston,
TX 77550, USA (406) 761-2425
or
Dr. Naoki Aikawa
Department of Surgery School of Medicine Keio University
35 Shinanomachi; Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160, JAPAN
or
Dr. John Boswick
2005 Franklin St. 660
Denver, CO 80205, USA
(303) 839-1694
THE WORLD CONGRESS ON HEALTH TECHNOLOGY
STANDARDS
will be held from 26th to 29th August 1990
in DUBLIN, IRELAND
Organized by the Electrotechnical Council
of Ireland
in conjunction with the International Organization
for Standardization and with the International
Electrotechnical Commission
The scientific programme includes:
- State of art technology
- Risk management and application of the latest developments
in this field
- Research, manufacture, installation and application of
equipment used in health care
For further information contact:
The Electrotechnical Council of Ireland 1,
Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel.: (353-1) 612591
Fax: (353-1) 611730/682595
THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON HEALTH
AND DISASTERS
will be held in July 1990 in Brussels, Belgium
organized by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters
The scientific programme includes:
- Application of the standards for rapid assessment of health
needs
- Conventional topics of prediction, risk analysis, public
health and epidemiology.
The course will be held in English and in the week
following the Third International Course there will be an introductory microcomputer
course in health applications.
For further information contact:
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters School of Public Health,
University of Louvain 30 Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs,
EPID 30.34 Brussels 1200, Belgium.
Tel: (2) 764-3823, 764-3327
Fax: (2) 764-5322
Telex: B 23722 UCL WOL
A THREE-DAY WORKSHOP ON RISK ASSESSMENT
IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES
will be held from Sth to 7th March 1990
in Chester, England
The scientific programme includes:
5th March
- The present legislative framework and future developments
- The role of risk assessment in CIMAH - safety reports,
emergency planning and information to the public - HAZOP and QRA - Fault trees - Tutorial
and syndicate work
6th March
- Gas dispersion and consequence analysis - Risk
assessment and its application when hazards are flammable and/or explosive - The analysis
of hazards and risks from the storage, handling and transport of toxic gases - Offshore
hazard and risk analysis - Tutorials and syndicate work
7th March
- Use of risk criteria in decision-making - Risk
analysis and the environment - The use of human reliability analysis in risk studies - The
use of hazard and risk analysis in emergency planning and the use of cause tree analysis
in incident investigation - Tutorial and syndicate work
For further information contact:
Sara Mountford or Louise Marriott
IBC Technical Services Ltd
Bath House (3rd Floor), 56 Holborn Viaduct, London
ECIA 2EX
Tel: 01.236.4080
Telex: 888870
Fax No: 01-2482964
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