The next meeting for the Workplace Health Promotion Network in Brisbane will be hosted by Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) at the State Law Building, 50 Ann St, Brisbane,from 10am to 1pm on Thursday 5th September, 2013.

Guest speakers will include Jo Kitney, MD & Principal Consultant of Kitney OHS, Julie Fox from Q-Comp and Paul Wyles from Brisbane City Council

The next meeting for the Workplace Health Promotion Network in Sydney will be hosted by Optus at 1 Lyon Park Rd, Macquarie Park, from 9:30am to 12:30pm on Tuesday 17th September, 2013.

Guest speakers will include Katrina Walton, presenting an interaction session on engaging senior management and employees in your workplace health program and a case study presentation from award winning organisation Mars Food.

For more information or to RSVP for either meeting, please contact Sharon on (02) 9339 6008 or whpn@mentalhealth.asn.au

The annual Sydney Forum is coming up on Monday 22 July, kindly hosted by King & Wood Mallesons. The event will run from 9:00am – 3:00pm.

The Sydney WHPN Annual Forum is a mini-conference and is the highlight of the WHPN calendar. In 2012 it was opened by the NSW Minister for Mental Health and Healthy Lifestyles, the Hon. Kevin Humphries M.P. The Forum provides an opportunity for members to present case studies showcasing the great work that they are doing in workplace health and wellbeing.

Guest speakers will include the Hon. Kevin Humphries the Minister of Mental Health and Minister of Healthy Lifestyles, NSW Mental Health Commissioner Mr John Feneley, as well as the BlackDog Institute, WISE Employment, Ingrid Ozols from MH@Work, and Graeme Cowan, a presentation about award winning programs from the Ambulance Service of NSW and Optus, RSPCA NSW, Interaction Disability Services, and University of Technology, Sydney, as well as people with lived experience of mental illness in the workplace. More announcements of speakers will be forthcoming.

This event is FREE for members of the Workplace Health Promotion Network (WHPN), but it is still important that you RSVP for catering purposes.

If you are not a member but are interested in attending please contact Sharon directly.

RSVP by Wednesday 17 July to ensure you don’t miss out.

To RSVP or for more information please contact Sharon on (02) 9339 6008 or whpn@mentalhealth.asn.au.

The next event for the Workplace Health Promotion Network (WHPN) for Sydney will be hosted by St Vincents and Mater Hospital on Tuesday April 9th 2013.

The next Sydney event of the Workplace Health Promotion Network (WHPN) will be held on Wednesday 21 November 2012 from 9.15am – 12pm at Henry Davis York.

We are pleased to announce our guest speakers for the event:

• Professor Niki Ellis from the Institute of Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research at Monash University;
• Nan Austin from the Australian Red Cross Blood Service.

To find out more, click here.

This will be the final event for 2012! Events are a great networking and professional development opportunity and we hope to see you there.

For more information or to RSVP contact Ci’an at whpn@mentalhealth.asn.au or (02) 9339 6008

The Workplace Health Promotion Network has played host to an impressive list of expert guest speakers, along with hearing from members themselves about their own experience in implementing health and wellbeing programs.

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