The IEEE IAS Electrical Safety Workshop

This is the best kept secret in the field of electrical safety!" exclaimed an attendee at his first Electrical Safety Workshop. The IEEE Industry Applications Society Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee created the Workshop in 1991 to provide a forum for people to meet and exchange ideas for preventing electrical accidents and injuries in the workplace. The Workshops have served to advance technology, establish best work practices and accelerate improvement in standards and regulations to reduce electrical incidents, prevent injuries, and reduce the economic impact of electrical accidents. They have linked professionals and centers of excellence in industry, engineering, government, and medicine. Participation has continued to grow and the technical program and exhibits have evolved to stay at the forefront of change impacting electrical safety. As a participant, you will be sharing experiences with engineers, electricians, scientists, safety professionals, risk managers, physicians, training professionals, and others all interested in accelerating progress in preventing electrical accidents and injuries.

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Welcome to Dallas!

For our 15th Annual Workshop, we are returning to Dallas, the location of the first Workshop. In 1992, 35 people met at the DFW Airport Hilton to “change and advance the electrical safety culture” limiting progress in reducing workplace electrical injuries. In 2008, we are expecting more than 400 attendees, 30 speakers, and 50 speakers to continue our mission.

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Workshop Mission

The mission of the IAS Electrical Safety Workshop is to:

• Accelerate application of breakthrough improvements in human factors, technology and managing systems that reduce risk of electrical injuries,
• Stimulate innovation in overcoming barriers, and
• Change and advance the electrical safety culture to enable sustainable improvements in prevention of electrical accidents and injuries.

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Strategies

To accomplish our mission, we will

• Provide forums for sharing and disseminating ideas for preventing workplace injuries from electrical hazards,
• Maintain an intimate, interactive environment, as a unique feature of the annual forum,
• Engage multiple disciplines and professions,
• Create collaboration and synergies among various centers of excellence.

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The Value of this Workshop

The IEEE IAS Electrical Safety Workshop provides attendees an interactive learning experience on the state of the art in electrical safety. Through multi-disciplinary presentations and cross-functional dialogue about the opportunities and challenges in general industry and construction electrical work, a first time participant can take away tools to aid in prioritizing their enterprise's compliance with US and IEC electrical codes and standards.

Repeat participants know they can bring their tough questions to the 3-day program where experts and peers focus specifically on real world problems. You will be able to compare experience and practical applications with your counterparts in other companies and organizations. You will be interacting with experts who are leading change in codes, standards, regulations, and research aimed at preventing electrical accidents and injuries in the workplace. For those interested in continuing education credits, IEEE will award 2.0 CEU credits (20 PDH credits).

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Who Should Attend

The workshop is not a training course, but a forum for exchanging ideas and practical experiences involving knowledge, work practices and technology that is changing electrical safety in the workplace. Targeted audiences include but is not limited to people involved in electrical safety in these areas of interest:

Our target audience embraces anyone concerned with advancing electrical safety performance in their operations, organizations or businesses.  Past attendance has included people concerned with occupational electrical safety from all aspects of industry, commerce, engineering and scientific communities, such as:

Past attendance has also included people concerned with providing knowledge, technology, products and services to enable and advance electrical safety performance in the workplace, such as:

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Past Workshops

The IEEE Industry Applications Society Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee created the Workshop in 1991 to provide a forum for people to meet and exchange ideas for preventing electrical accidents and injuries in the workplace. Past workshops addressed emerging aspects of a wide range of topics, including:

• Standards and Regulations
• Safety by Design
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Arc Flash Hazards
• Auditing Techniques
• Injury Research
• Construction Safety
• Electrical Safety Programs
• Protection Systems Integrity
• Accident Data Collection

The Workshops have served to advance technology, establish best work practices and accelerate improvement in standards and regulations to reduce electrical incidents, prevent injuries, and reduce the economic impact of electrical accidents. They have enabled synergies and partnerships linking people and centers of excellence in industry, engineering, government, and medicine. Participation has continued to grow and the technical program and exhibits have evolved to stay at the forefront of change impacting electrical safety.

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New for 2008

All attendees registered for the full conference will receive a commemorative DVD with presentation materials from all past Workshops.

Exciting keynote addresses from:

• James Shannon, CEO National Fire Protection Association
• Michael Morse, Professor Electrical Engineering University of San Diego
• Ken Mastrullo, Compliance Assistance Officer US OSHA
• Palmer Hickman, Director National Joint Apprenticeship Training Program

26 technical presentations

New innovations in the Products & Services Exposition

Two new, state-of-the-art tutorials:

• Safety by Design
• NFPA70E -2009, What has Changed?

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Dress Code

The dress code for the Workshop and evening socials is business casual.

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Spouse/Guest Activities

Spouse/Guest meal tickets may be purchased for a nominal fee, as noted on the registration form.

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Workshop Materials

Full registration fee includes commemorative 15 year collection of Workshop presentations on DVD and printed copy of the 2008 Conference Record.

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Discounts for IEEE Standards

During the workshop, IEEE memberships, standards, publications and other related materials are available to IEEE members at significant savings. Many of the most popular items are available during the workshop. Attendees may order the publications and have them ship directly to their home or work locations. Credit card orders are welcomed.

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Information for Authors and Session Presenters

Download Paper and Presentation style guide

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Information for Exhibitors & Sponsors

Introduction

The Workshop provides a unique venue for making the electrical community aware of your safety-related products and services. We encourage all exhibitors to attend the full Workshop in order to experience the latest technologies, listen to and better understand the problems encountered in the field, and hear the concerns of participants. This information is of great value in determining customer needs and wants, which can help in product design and marketing strategies. The face-to-face networking time available in between the workshop sessions offers each exhibitor the opportunity to reacquaint themselves with existing customers as well as develop new contacts and to share how their products and services benefit the industry. Each year the workshop has grown, largely due to the caliber of people that attend. At the end of the workshop all participants are given a printed attendees list. Most of the attendees are highly influential members of their organizations.

We entice all participants to visit all exhibitors on the exhibition night, by offering prizes that can only be won by participating in an exhibition drawing. Everyone is given a passport book. In order to qualify for prize drawings, every exhibitor must stamp the book. This ensures heavy traffic through your booth. While planning your budgets and your participation in this workshop, please consider offering one or more of your products, services or related items as prizes for participants.

Space is limited and will be reserved on a first come basis. Your early response will help make the Electrical Safety Workshop as successful as past workshops as it helps advise the planning committee on how to best draft the floor plan and layout.

As a five time participant in the Workshop, I would be more than happy to discuss the benefits of the Workshop with you at any time Since I am a salesman, I may share many of the same interests and concerns that you do.
Please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Exhibits Chair
Scott P Seaver
Killark Electric
(508) 473-1197

Opportunity to Participate as a Sponsor

We invite you to consider becoming a sponsor for one of our meals or refreshment breaks that occur in conjunction with workshop sessions. Commercialism and advertisement during the technical sessions of the Workshop is strictly controlled. As a sponsor you have exclusive rights to a reasonable amount of advertising such as screen time in the main auditorium, signage in the break area and the opportunity for prize raffles during the meal or break that you are sponsoring. For information about, and costs of, being a sponsor, contact Paul Sullivan via phone or email.

Sponsorships Chair
Paul Sullivan
DuPont
803-424-5703

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Commercialism and Ethics Policy

Introduction

The IEEE IAS Electrical Safety Workshop is designed to bring people together from various perspectives, groups, enterprises, agencies, communities, societies and affiliations to address the mission of Changing the Electrical Safety Culture. In recognition of the diverse presentations and audiences, that are joined together by this effort, the IEEE IAS Electrical Safety Workshop must establish an open, respectful, and professional forum. This forum includes both the exchange of technical information independent of commercial issues, and the display of products and services that are commercial in nature.

Participation in the Workshop from all interested parties is essential. To this end, the participation of all interested parties, as long as it is appropriate, is not only welcome but is encouraged. This policy has been developed to protect the integrity of the Workshop, and to preventing any potential conflicts or compromises relating to Business Ethics, Commercialism, and/or Vendor Entertainment Etiquette. All associated with the Workshop are expected to conduct themselves in accordance with this policy.

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For Hospitality Suite Hosts

Hospitality participation is very welcomed at the IEEE-Electrical Safety Workshop. Etiquette Rules are designed to prevent conflicts of hospitality activities with the technical programs. The following information is a summary of the rules from the Commercialism and Ethics Policy.

• Hospitality Rooms must be closed during all official conference functions such as technical sessions, conference luncheons, conference socials, expositions and subcommittee meetings.
• Commercial demonstrations and commercial literature distribution must be confined to the hospitality suite.
• Hospitality entertainment and activities are not allowed during official conference functions such as technical sessions, conference luncheons, conference socials, expositions and subcommittee meetings.  Offsite activities and entertainment must not host more than 25 registrants (excluding guests and host company personnel) away from the conference hotels.
• Please contact Steve Glass at sgglass@mindspring.com or 210-494-3135 to reserve a hospitality suite.

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Registration Cancellation Policy

All cancellations must be made directly with the Workshop Registrar. Because there is cost associated with processing the registration we will not be able to provide a 100% refund. Provided that written notice is received prior to February 18, 2008, a refund of 80% will be granted. Refund requests after February 18, 2008 may not be honored.

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2008 Workshop Committee

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Workshop Schedule

Download the 2008 Program (updated 12 November 2007)

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Hotel Information

A block of rooms are reserved at the Hyatt Regency Dallas Hotel for $159 per night, single or double occupancy.  When making reservations, note to that you are with the IEEE Electrical Safety Workshop to receive the conference rate. 

Conveniently located near the business, sports and shopping districts, Hyatt Regency Dallas is in the heart of downtown's historic district. This gem among Dallas hotels is four blocks from the downtown Dallas business center and 23 miles from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.

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Ground Transportation Options

Local train service is available from Dallas Fort Worth Airport to Reunion Station, adjacent to the Hyatt Regency Hotel.  SuperShuttle and taxi service are also available.

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Discounts for Students and Life Members of IEEE

Student and Life Members qualify for a 25% discount in registration fees, without need to stay at the conference hotel.  Contact the registrar directly by phone or email to register at the reduced rate.

Dan Doan, Registration
DuPont  -  302-999-6388

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If You Are Not An IEEE Member

Annual IEEE membership dues are $147.00, so if you are not an IEEE member, the first benefit you would receive by joining is a discount on the Workshop registration! You do not have to be an electrical engineer to join. IEEE membership is open to all that are interested in or involved in electrical and electronics technology. Online membership applications are at www.ieee.org/membership/.

The IEEE is a non-profit, technical professional association of more than 350,000 individual members in 150 countries. Through its members, the IEEE is a leading authority in technical areas ranging from computer engineering, biomedical technology and telecommunications, to electric power, aerospace and consumer electronics, among others. Through its technical publishing, conferences and consensus-based standards activities, the IEEE

• produces 30 percent of the world's published literature in electrical engineering, computers and control technology,
• holds annually more than 300 major conferences and
• has more than 800 active standards with 700 under development.

The benefits of IEEE membership include these offerings:

• An immediate discount on the IAS Electrical Safety Workshop registration fee
• An opportunity to join the Industry Applications Society or any of the other 35 IEEE Societies spanning the range of electro- and information technologies
• Educational opportunities to enhance your technical vitality
• Public advocacy for member interests, minorities in engineering and professional ethics
• Awards and recognition for technical and professional achievements
• Opportunities for volunteering, leadership and participation in a variety of IEEE activities

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How to Join the IEEE Industry Applications Society

One of the largest special interest societies in the IEEE, the IAS focuses specifically on the unique needs of industry and commerce. Through a network of local chapters, regional events and national and international conferences, the society keeps members abreast of current technology. IAS members have access to technical papers published in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, and receive the bimonthly IEEE Industry Applications Magazine, noted for its articles on practical applications you can use in your job and profession. Annual membership dues are $20. You can join the IAS by noting your interest on the IEEE membership application, or if you are currently an IEEE member, by completing the IAS application form available by selecting the "Join the IAS" button on the IAS home page at www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/ias/

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