Dangerous Goods Advisory Group Webinar Discuss/Chat meetings

DGAG now meets by Zoom only, 5 times a year, starting on the  4th Wed or Thurs in February, then the 3rd (or 4th) Wed or Thurs in April, then the 3rd (or 4th) Wed or Thurs in June, then the 3rd (or 4th) Wed or Thurs in August and ending on the 3rd Wed or Thurs in November; with a separate end of year, physical meeting in the Melbourne inner East area (next to Gardiner Station), normally on the 2nd last or last Saturday in November at a Thai food restaurant. 

For the 5 standard DGAG meetings Zoom Webinars are run, so everyone may take part (for Australian States, for New Zealand, Asia, Germany and Britain).

 
Dangerous Goods Advisory Group Discuss/Chat meeting
 
Jeff Simpson will run the next DGAG Zoom Webinar Discuss/Chat Meeting, on Wed 20th August 2025, 5.50-8.30pm.
You can join from 5.50pm with the actual Meeting from 6.10pm to 8.10pm and stay on after 8.10pm for a catch up with colleagues until 8.30pm.
 
Then Thurs 20th November 2025, 5.50pm – 8.30pm Zoom Webinar Meeting. 
 
** There is a Saturday end of year lunch expected to be held on Sat 22nd Nov 2025 (12noon to 2.00pm) at a Thai Restaurant near Gardiner Station (on the Glen Waverley line) in Burke Rd. **
 
For those who would like to be added to my Dangerous Advisory Group / Chemical Hazard Communication Network email chat meeting issues list, please email me at: Jeff.Simpson@haztech.com.au. You don’t have to be in Melbourne, to be on this email chat meeting & issues alert list.
 
For Details see:
DGAG meetings are convened and chaired by Jeff Simpson.
For Details email: Jeff.Simpson@haztech.com.au
 
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The Chemical Hazard Communication Network Webinar Discuss/Chat meeting
 
CHCN meets twice yearly on the 3rd (or 4th) Wed of March and September, around the two Equinoxes (or as needed).
 
The second 2025 CHCN meeting is Zoom ONLY on Wed 17th September 2025 at 6pm as a CHCN Webinar Discuss/Chat Meeting.
 
CHCN meetings are chaired and co-convened by Richard Greenwood email: Richard@rgchem.com.au and co-convened by Jeff.Simpson@haztech.com.au .
There is also a CHCN email issues list that interested chemical hazard communication workers are welcome to join. Please ask Richard or Jeff.

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Monthly RACI Vic HS&E Effects of Chemicals Group info sharing meetings

Note: This RACI Vic HS&E Effects of Chemicals Group now has meetings on about the 4th or last Monday each month, early evenings 5.50pm-8.30pm, starting with a meal, except for holiday clashes), where we are EXPECTED to each first have a meal and THEN the meeting space is included at no extra cost.  (Currently at Graduate House, in the University of Melbourne campus). For details contact: Jeff.Simpson@haztech.com.au
 
This monthly RACI Group is typically composed of
chemists, chemical engineers, OHS&E scientists and
others interested in chemicals and their HS&E effects.
You do not have to be a member of the RACI to initially participate
in the RACI Vic HS&E Effects of Chemicals Group.

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Conferences, Seminars and Workshops

AIDGC Dangerous Goods 2025 Annual Conference

Friday 5th September 2025, at the Pullman, Hyde Park, Sydney.

For Details: https://aidgc.org.au/news-and-events/

Note: The AIDGC 2025 Sydney Conference now has  Melbourne / Brisbane / Perth Area Remote City Gatherings – 5 Sept 2025
It is now in place that for the AIDGC 2025 Conference that for AIDGC Members in the Melbourne, Brisbane Perth areas who cannot make it to the AIDGC Conference in Sydney there are these Remote City Satellite Gatherings (and possibly a Speaker at each Remote City Location).

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UNITAR Free Online Courses (for Chemicals)

Free Self-Paced, Open Enrollment Events (Web Based).

Made available since 1 May 2022.

Risk Reduction of Chemicals

Nanomaterials Safety Course

Plastic Waste and the Basel Convention

National Implementation Plans and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Legislation for Chemicals Placed on the Market

Sustainable Financing of Institutional Capacity for Chemicals Control

From: https://event.unitar.org/by-date/self-paced-open-enrolment-events

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Workshops on Hazardous Area Locations and Explosive Hazardous Areas

Hazardous Area 1-Day Basic; 2-Day Simplified; 3-Day Comprehensive

For details & early bird discounts: http://www.eptech.com.au/ mobile: 0448 110 216