Dangerous Goods Advisory Group Webinar Discuss/Chat meetings

DGAG meets by Zoom (& a Physical Location) 5 times a year, started on the  4th Wed or Thurs in February, 3rd (or 4th) Wed or Thurs in April, 3rd Wed or Thurs in June, 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 area, on a Saturday at a Cafe. A Zoom Webinar is run so everyone may take part (in particular for those not in the central Melbourne suburbs, in other Australian States, & in 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 19th February 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 Wed 30th April 2025, 5.50pm – 8.30pm Zoom Webinar Meeting. (delayed due to clashing with School Holidays and Anzac Day)
 
** 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 first 2025 CHCN meeting is Zoom ONLY on Wed 19th March 2025 at 6pm as a CHCN Webinar Discuss/Chat Meeting.
 
CHCN meetings are chaired and co-convened by Richard Greenwood email: Richard@rgchem.com.auand 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/

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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