APOSHO holds an annual conference every year to follow up on the performance of APOSHO's various committees and serve as a forum for presenting academic work on safety and occupational health. both in the form of seminars, academic lectures and exhibitions from various experts and organizations in the field of occupational safety and health from member countries and other countries.
Thailand was honored to host the 22nd APOSHO Annual Meeting, APOSHO 22, for the first time in 2006 and later, the APOSHO 29, in 2014.
APOSHO
22
The APOSHO 22, was organized in Bangkok, Thailand on 9th-12th May 2006. It was organized in conjunction with the 20th National Safety Week with the theme of “Enhancing Occupational Safety & Health in Asia Pacific”. The Ministry of Labour proposed to the Thai Cabinet to host the APOSHO meeting together with the Safety and Health at Work Promotion Association (Thailand), SHAWPAT, with an aim to enhance safety and occupational health in Thailand and other countries in the Asia Pacific region. This national and international joint event was considered to be significantly important to improve the quality of life of workers who are important resource for the national development. In addition, losses resulting from occupational hazards would affect the overall economy. Therefore, this event was an opportunity for Thailand to show its potential and role in the occupational safety, health and working environment and get more internationally recognized. This APOSHO 22 Meeting was considered to be one of very successful APOSHO Meetings, as it was strongly supported by the former Secretary General, Dr. K.C. Gupta and many of our APOSHO member organizations.
APOSHO
29
In 2014, SHAWPAT and the Ministry of Labour was given another opportunity to organize the 29th APOSHO Annual Meeting and Conference in Thailand. With support from another former Secretary General, Mr. Chi-Ming Law and other APOSHO members, APOSHO 29 could then be held from 2nd to 6th July 2014 at Bitec, Bangna in Bangkok, Thailand. The APOSHO 29 Conference was again concurred with the National OSH Conference and Exhibition 2014 which formed a major event of the series of activities of the 28th National Safety Week of Thailand. The theme of the Conference was “Strengthening Partnerships towards the Global OSH Standards”. In this event, Thailand had left many remarkable memories of Thai culture and hospitality, including exclusive Thai classical dance and music, to the APOSHO friends and colleagues. SHAWPAT also introduced the song “APOSHO Way”, which was specially composed for the APOSHO family.
