Dedicated workplace safety show for WA in 2008

The surging growth in Western Australia's employment has brought a new, large workplace safety trade show and conference to the state.

The inaugural WA Safety Show and Conference will be held in Perth from 12 to 14 August 2008 and will then run every two years.

It comes from the same stable as the Melbourne-based Safety In Action trade show and The Safety Show, Sydney, which each attract more than 10,000 visitors annually and the two-year-old Queensland Safety Show.

Backing the WA Safety Show and Conference is the Safety Institute of Australia's Western Australian division and organiser, Australian Exhibitions & Conferences (AEC). The 7000 square metre WA Safety Show's announcement follows strong demand from exhibitors at other safety shows, says AEC managing director Marie Kinsella.

"Plenty of exhibitors were asking when we'd launch a Perth show," she said. "Within 24 hours of us announcing the WA Safety Show, more than a dozen had snapped up stands."

Kinsella anticipates the show will host over 150 exhibitors and 3000 visitors.

The WA Safety Show will be similar in format to its eastern seaboard counterparts, spanning asbestos removal and automation safety through to waste management and workplace wellness.

The concurrently held conference for the professional development of safety practitioners is expected to feature more than 40 leading thinkers in workplace safety.

The inaugural WA Safety Show and Conference will run from August 12-14 at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre. The Safety Show, Sydney, will be held from 24-26 October in 2007 at the Sydney Showground and Safety In Action will run from 29 April to 1 May 2008 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre.

For more information, visit www.wasafetyshow.com.