California Forum for Workplace Health and Safety
February 8 -9, 2001

AGENDA

l. Welcome & introductions

Welcome & introductions

ll. California in the new millenium

• Changing Nature of Work and The Labor Force
  "Transformation of Work and Employment in the New Economy"
• "Negotiating Work in the NEW ECONOMY"
  Chris Benner, PhD, Instutite of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley
• "Cost of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, 1992"
  J. Paul Leigh, PhD, School of Medicine, UC Davis

Community Comments

• Employers
  Mary E. Garry, Hewlett-Packard
  
• Labor
  Maggie Robbins, Consultant, California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

lll. Effective workplace health and safety program

• "Effective Workplace Health & Safety Program"
  Robin Baker, Director, Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley
• "Defining Safety As Culture Determinant of Safety and Health"
  Knut Ringen, Dr.PH, Consultant, Stoneturn Consultants
• "Achieving Safety Excellence Through Joint Labor & Management Cooperation"
  Hal D. Lindsey, JD, Executive Director, Corporate Health and Safety
  Department of Water and Power/International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18
• "Efforts in Occupational Health and Safety, Targeting Hazardous Employers"
  Frank Neuhauser, Project Director, Survey Research Center, UC Berkeley
• Trends in Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
  John F. Burton, Jr., PhD, Dean, School of Management & Labor Relations, Rutgers University

IV. Best practices from the field: Developing new strategies

• Group Facilitators
  • Michael C. Alvarez, Area Manager, Cal Osha Consultation Services, DIR
    
  • Elaine El-Askari, Program Coordinator, LOHP, UC Berkeley
    
  • Marianne P. Brown, Director, LOSH, UC Los Angeles
    
  • Quintin Robinson, Program Coordinator, LOSH, UC Los Angeles
    
  • Richard Da Rosa, Sr. Industrial Hygienist, CalOSHA Consutation, DIR
    
  • Robin Baker, Director, LOHP, UC Berkeley
    
  • Kelly Howard, Area Manager, CalOSHA Consultation, DIR
    
  • Diane Bush, Program Coordinator, LOHP, UC Berkeley
    
  • Irina Nemirovsky, Research Specialist, CHSWC
    
  • Betty Szudy, Program Coordinator, LOHP, UC Berkeley
    
  • Laura Stock, Program Coordinator, LOHP, UC Berkeley
    
  • Suzanne P. Teran, Program Coordinator, LOHP, UC Berkeley

V. New solutions: Addressing special populations - panel discussion

• "Young Workers at Risk"
  Diane Bush, Project Coordinator, Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley
• "Addressing Special Populations: Immigrant Workers in California"
  Suzanne Teran, Program Coordinator, Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley
• "California Small Business: Investing In Prevention"
  Julianne Broyles, Director, Insurance & Employee Relations, California Chamber of Commerce
• California Small Business: Investing In Prevention
  Lori C. Kammerer, Managing Director, California Coalition on Workers' Compensation

VI. Disability management and return to work

• "Timely Return to Work: Recent Findings"
  Leslie I. Boden, PhD, Professor, Boston University
  Robert T. Reville, PhD, Director of Research, RAND
• Medical Management
  Jay Himmelstein, MD, MPH, Program Director
  Workers' Compensation Health Initiative, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Center
• "The Team Approach to Disability Management"
  Gideon Letz, MD, MPH, Medical Director, State Compensation Insurance Fund
• "Case Management Perspectives"
  Linda Stutzman, Legal Nurse Consultant, Disability Management Insights
• Injured Worker Needs
  Joan Lichterman, Injured Worker and Vice President, CTD Resouece Network, Inc.
• Educational Intervention
  Juliann Sum, Esq., MPH, Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley

VII. Future directions and new initiatives

Panel discussion

• John Howard, MD, Chief, Division of Occupational Safety and Health
• Robert J. Harrison, MD, Public Health Medical Officer, Dept. of Health Services
• Christine Baker, Executive Officer, Commission on Health & Safety & Workers' Compensation