The third International Conference on Asbestos Awareness and Management was held on 13–15 November 2016 at the Adelaide Convention Centre in the week prior to National Asbestos Awareness Week.
Building on the agency conferences in 2014 and 2015, the event was a great success in drawing 360 attendees (experts in asbestos, industry and employer groups, unions, government representatives at all levels, researchers, medical experts and health professionals, community groups, victims of asbestos related diseases and other stakeholders) to hear internationally and locally renowned speakers discussing a range of topics in asbestos awareness and management.
Delegates from all over Australia and other countries including New Zealand, Canada, Sweden, Nepal, Indonesia and India participated in thought-provoking and informative sessions and debates about how asbestos needs to be managed in order to achieve the goal of a worldwide ban on asbestos mining and manufacturing. The conference also included a delegation from the Government of Cambodia who expressed interest in collaborating with the Australian Government and the agency in working towards a national ban on asbestos in their country.
The agency is currently organising the Asbestos Safety and Eradication Summit, which will take place at Old Parliament House, Canberra in November 2017. This is the week after National Asbestos Awareness Week, which begins 20 November 2017.
